Wildcats Hold Steady At #12 In 2A Poll

Durant's Autumn Wolf dribbles towards the basket during the Wildcats game at Iowa City Regina earlier this month.  The Wildcats remain the 12th ranked team in 2A.  Iowa City Regina and West Branch in 2A and Monticello in 3A also remained ranked River Valley Conference schools in this week's IGHSAU girl's basketball poll.  Photo by Ryan Stonebraker.

DES MOINES — The River Valley Conference started the season with five teams ranked in the preseason Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s top-15 poll in classes 3A and 2A, and now there are four after Camanche has dropped out of the class 3A poll this week.

In class 2A, the top-6 teams remained the same including two RVC teams in 2nd ranked Iowa City Regina and #6 West Branch.  Both were ranked at their current position last week. Unity Christian remains the top-ranked team in 2A. Lawton-Bronson jumped up two spots to #8 and Van Meter jumped four spots from #13 to #9 and was the biggest jumper. Losses by I-35 and Central Decatur shook up the top-10 this week.

In class 3A, the top-3 teams remained the same in this order - Nevada, Pocahontas and Center Point-Urbana.  RVC member Monticello fell to #8 after losing their first game of the season.  Mt. Vernon continued their slide, falling to #12 after another loss. The Mustangs fell to #7 in last week's poll. RVC member Camanche fell out of the 3A rankings altogether.

Sioux Center made the biggest jump in any class this week. A week after not being ranked Sioux Center jumped all the way to #5 in the 3A rankings.

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

Dropped Out: none.

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











Class 3A