River Valley Conference Has Five Ranked Teams

West Branch's Allyson Simpson brings the basketball up the floor during the Bears season opener at Durant.  The Bears moved up one spot to #5 in the latest IGHSAU 2A rankings.  The Bears are one of five state ranked, RVC girl's basketball teams.  Photo by Ryan Stonebraker, Tipton Conservative.

DES MOINES — For the second time this season, there are five River Valley Conference girl's basketball teams ranked in either the class 3A or 2A top-15 IGHSAU polls. Those teams are Iowa City Regina, West Branch, Durant, Cascade and Monticello. The Cougars are ranked for the first time this season, checking in at #13 in class 3A.

Durant remains ranked #12 this week and have been ranked in all four of the class 2A rankings this season.

Iowa City Regina remains #2 while West Branch moved up a spot to #5 this week in class 2A. Monticello remained ranked #8 this week in class 3A.

In class 2A, the top-5 teams shuffled around after another loss for Western Christian, last week's #3 team. Pekin moved to #3, Manson-NW Webster moved to #4 and West Branch moved to #5. Western Christian dropped from #3 to #6. Lawton-Bronson, last week's #8 team also lost and dropped three spots to #11. Treynor entered the rankings at number 15 after improving to 6-0.

 In class 3A, the top-10 teams stayed the same this week.  Two teams dropped out of the class 3A poll - West Marshall (13) and Mediapolis (15).  Cascade moved into the rankings for the first time at #13 as did Crestwood at #14.  Davenport Assumption tumbled to #15 after suffering two losses last week and falling to 2-4.

  The other classes so no change in their top-ranked teams.  Waukee is ranked 1st in 5A, Ballard in 4A and Springville in class 1A.

Class 2A
1. Unity Christian                       6-0
2. Iowa City Regina                   6-0
3. Pekin                                     5-0
4. Manson-NW Webster             6-1
5. West Branch                           7-0
6. Western Christian                   2-2
7. Okoboji                                   7-0
8. Van Meter                               6-1
9. I-35                                          6-1
10. Central Decatur                     6-1
11. Lawton-Bronson                    5-2
12. Durant                                    7-2
13. Maquoketa Valley                 4-1
14. Des Moines Christian           6-1
15. Treynor                                 6-0

Dropped Out: West Hancock (14) 

Class 3A
1. Nevada                                    6-1
2. Pocahontas                              7-0
3. Center Point-Urbana               7-0
4. Osage                                      5-0
5. Sioux Center                           7-0
6. Union                                      6-0
7. Cherokee                                 5-0
8. Monticello                              5-1
9. Hampton-Dumont                  5-0
10. Spirit Lake                            4-1
11. Mt. Vernon                           4-3
12. Forest City                            5-0
13. Cascade                               6-1
14. Crestwood                            7-0
15. Davenport Assumption         2-4

Dropped Out: West Marshall (14), Mediapolis (15)