Cross-country rankings released

The Golden Hawks resumed their perch atop the Class 2A cross-country rankings Tuesday.

Mid-Prairie High School started the season in first for a number of weeks, had fallen as low as fourth, but were second last week. When the eighth weekly rankings were released Tuesday by the Iowa Association of Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches, the Golden Hawks had flown back to the No. 1 spot.

Mid-Prairie junior Marie Hostetler has remained No. 1 in the individual rankings all season. Teammate Mitzi Evans is ranked 18th this week. She is just a freshman. Senior Moriah Brase is rated 26th.

The Golden Hawks boys and girls teams run Thursday at the River Valley Conference meet at the Iowa City Kickers complex.

BOYS

Class 4A

1. West Des Moines Dowling; 2. Dubuque Hempstead; 3. Waukee; 4. Pleasant Valley; 5. Ankeny; 6. Cedar Rapids Prairie; 7. Johnston; 8. Cedar Rapids Washington; 9. Ames; 10. Cedar Falls; 11. Ankeny Centennial; 12. West Des Moines Valley; 13. Cedar Rapids Kennedy; 14. Indianola; 15. Sioux City North.

Teams to watch: Dubuque Senior, Iowa City West, Linn-Mar, Southeast Polk, Urbandale.

Class 3A

1. Gilbert; 2. Clear Creek-Amana; 3. Carlisle; 4. Marion; 5. Dallas Center-Grimes; 6. Decorah; 7. Dubuque Wahlert; 8. Grinnell; 9. Humboldt; 10. Pella; 11. Le Mars; 12. Waverly-Shell Rock; 13. Mount Vernon-Lisbon; 14. Sergeant Bluff-Luton; 15. Glenwood.

Teams to watch: ADM, Ballard, Bondurant-Farrar, Center Point-Urbana, MOC-Floyd Valley.

Class 2A

1. Tipton; 2. Sioux Center; 3. Bellevue; 4. Okoboji; 5. Camanche; 6. George-Little Rock/Central Lyon; 7. Monticello; 8. Roland-Story; 9. Williamsburg; 10. Sheldon; 11. Unity Christian; 12. Davis County; 13. Des Moines Christian; 14. Albia; 15. Waukon.

Teams to watch: Crestwood, Dike-New Hartford, Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck, Red Oak, South Hardin.

Class 1A

1. Madrid; 2. Nodaway Valley; 3. Calamus-Wheatland; 4. Mason City Newman; 5. Sibley-Ocheyeden; 6. South Hamilton; 7. Pekin; 8. South Winneshiek; 9. Earlham; 10. BCLUW; 11. Denver; 12. Maquoketa Valley; 13. ACGC; 14. West Fork; 15. Council Bluffs St. Albert.

Teams to watch: Central Springs, MVAO/COU, Ogden, Tri-Center, Woodward Academy.

GIRLS

Class 4A

1. Johnston; 2. Waukee; 3. Southeast Polk; 4. Pleasant Valley; 5. Dubuque Senior; 6. West Des Moines Valley; 7. West Des Moines Dowling; 8. Cedar Rapids Prairie; 9. Des Moines Roosevelt; 10. Urbandale; 11. Ankeny Centennial; 12. Iowa City West; 13. Cedar Falls; 14. Iowa City Liberty; 15. Cedar Rapids Kennedy.

Teams to watch: Bettendorf, Dubuque Hempstead, Indianola, Iowa City High, Linn-Mar.

Class 3A

1. Dubuque Wahlert; 2. Ballard; 3. Pella; 4. Sioux City Heelan; 5. Glenwood; 6. Harlan; 7. Dallas Center-Grimes; 8. Decorah; 9. North Polk; 10. Charles City; 11. Atlantic; 12. Solon; 13. Grinnell; 14. Carlisle; 15. Spencer.

Teams to watch: Davenport Assumption, Benton, Gilbert, Le Mars, Norwalk.

Class 2A

1. Mid-Prairie; 2. Williamsburg; 3. Panorama; 4. Kingsley-Pierson/Woodbury Central; 5. Dike-New Hartford; 6. Cascade; 7. Aplington-Parkersburg; 8. Crestwood; 9. Jesup; 10. Waukon; 11. Central City-Springville; 12. Danville-New London; 13. Unity Christian; 14. Shenandoah-Essex; 15. Okoboji.

Teams to watch: Cherokee, Davis County, Emmetsburg, Monticello, Tipton.

Class 1A

1. Logan-Magnolia; 2. Iowa City Regina; 3. Kee; 4. Denver; 5. Hudson; 6. South Winneshiek; 7. Pekin; 8. Starmont; 9. North Linn; 10. Mason City Newman; 11. AHSTW; 12. Tri-Center; 13. Bellevue Marquette; 14. East Marshall; 15. Fort Dodge St. Edmond.

Teams to watch: ACGC, Collins-Maxwell, Nashua-Plainfield, Ridge View, West Fork.