Minimal movement in first boys’ basketball poll of year

CEDAR RAPIDS - With only two game days last week, there is very little change in the initial Gazette boys' basketball poll of the new year.

The number ones remain the same: Iowa City West (Class 4A), Waverly-Shell Rock (3A), Iowa City Regina (2A) and Gladbrook-Reinbeck (6-0). West, Waverly and Regina all had victories last week while G-R did not play.

The marquee 4A game, if it's not postponed by weather, this week is Tuesday night's matchup between No. 7 Linn-Mar and No. 8 Cedar Rapids Kennedy, both 5-1.

In 3A, second-ranked Dubuque Wahlert (4-3) had an impressive 71-49 victory over seventh-ranked DeWitt Central last Saturday, which dropped Central out of the rankings. That game was a rematch of last year's Class 3A state championship game.

Here are the entire rankings:

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Class 4A

1. Iowa City West 7-0 (1)

2. West Des Moines Dowling 6-0 (2)

3. North Scott 5-1 (3)

4. Des Moines Hoover 7-0 (4)

5. Pleasant Valley 7-0 (5)

6. Ankeny Centennial 6-1 (8)

7. Linn-Mar 5-1 (7)

8. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 5-1 (8)

9. Waukee 6-3 (6)

10. Urbandale 6-1 (NR)

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Class 3A

1. Waverly-Shell Rock 7-0 (1)

2. Dubuque Wahlert 4-3 (2)

3. MOC/Floyd Valley 8-0 (3)

4. LeMars 6-1 (6)

5. Gilbert 7-0 (4)

6. Humboldt 6-1 (5)

7. Creston 6-1 (8)

8. Spirit Lake 6-1 (9)

9. Perry 7-1 (9)

10. Denison-Schleswig 7-1 (NR)

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CLASS 2A

1. Iowa City Regina 6-0 (1)

2. Western Christian 5-1 (2)

3. New Hampton 7-1 (3)

4. Treynor 6-1 (4)

5. IKM-Manning 7-0 (5)

6. Monticello 10-0 (7)

7. Cascade 7-1 (6)

8. Aplington-Parkersburg 8-0 (8)

9. Pella Christian 5-1 (9)

10. Roland-Story 6-1 (10)

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CLASS 1A

1. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 6-0 (1)

2. LeMars Gehlen 8-0 (2)

3. Danville 7-0 (3)

4. Central Lyon 7-1 (4)

5. Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 7-1 (5)

6. Nodaway Valley 6-0 (6)

7. West Hancock 7-1 (7)

8. Janesville 8-0 (8)

9. Ar-We-Va 7-0 (9)

10. Colo-NESCO 8-0 (10)

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