Eagles up, Panthers out

Area teams Keota and Pekin both suffered losses last week and it had opposite effects on the status of the position of the teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school boys basketball poll released Monday.

Keota fell to Cardinal in a last-minute scheduled game Friday 60-57. Keota moved up from to ninth from last week's No. 10 in Class 1A. Pekin lost on its home floor to New London Thursday in the Super Conference Shootout series. The Panthers fell out of the 2A top 10 but still garnered votes, enough to be in the 11th position. The two teams losses may have had opposite results in the polls because Keota is a 1A school that is a fourth the size of 2A Cardinal. Pekin is a 2A school and New London is 1A.

Washington's second consecutive Southeast Conference championship impressed an AP voter. It got a single vote in 3A where Clear Creek-Amana got three votes. Washington defeated CCA Feb. 6.

River Valley Conference member Monticello is unbeaten but ranked second in 3A. Pella is fifth. The Dutch are a likely postseason game for the Demons.

West Branch escaped Mid-Prairie on a last-second shot in an RVC game last week and moved up a spot in Class 2A. Albia, which defeated Washington Jan. 5, got four votes.

Keota's fellow South Iowa Cedar League member, Montezuma, is sixth in 1A. Keota is 16th in 1A as a team in steals, 14th in blocks. Brady Duwa is 21st in blocks. Carson Sprouse is 25th in steals.

Super Conference members Wapello (3) and New London (4) were the recipients of votes in 1A.

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Class 4A

Record Points Previous

1. Cedar Falls (8) 15-0 98 2

2. West Des Moines Valley 14-3 78 3

3. Waukee (2) 11-2 77 1

4. Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 15-3 65 5

5. Ames 13-3 56 6

6. Dubuque Hempstead 14-3 53 7

7. Pleasant Valley 15-3 36 10

8. Johnston 8-3 33 4

9. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 13-6 13 NR

10. Ankeny Centennial 12-4 12 8

Others receiving votes: Southeast Polk 9, Des Moines North 7, West Des Moines Dowling 6, Ottumwa 5, Des Moines Hoover 2.

Class 3A

Record Points Previous

1. Ballard (6) 18-1 87 1

2. Monticello (3) 18-0 82 2

3. Dallas Center-Grimes 16-2 69 3

4. Carroll 18-2 64 5

5. Pella 18-2 49 6

6. Glenwood 17-2 47 7

7. Epworth Western Dubuque 13-4 31 8

8. Solon 17-2 24 4

9. Clear Lake 19-2 17 9

10. Davenport Assumption 13-6 8 10

Others receiving votes: Le Mars 7, Mount Vernon 3, Clear Creek-Amana 3, Algona 2, Atlantic 1, Washington 1.

Class 2A

Record Points Previous

1. Boyden-Hull (9) 21-0 90 1

2. OA-BCIG 19-1 77 2

3. Des Moines Christian 18-2 57 4

4. A-H-S-TW Avoca 19-2 56 6

5. Dike-New Hartford 18-2 54 5

6. Western Christian Hull 16-5 41 3

7. Treynor 17-4 38 9

8. Aplington-Parkersburg 18-3 29 T10

9. West Branch 17-2 16 T10

10. Rock Valley 16-5 8 NR

Others receiving votes: Pekin 7, Roland-Story Story City 6, Unity Christian Orange City 5, Albia 4, Spirit Lake 3, AC/GC 2, Denver 2.

Class 1A

Record Points Previous

1. North Linn Troy Mills (9) 21-0 90 1

2. Lake Mills 21-0 78 2

3. Martensdale-St. Marys 21-0 72 3

4. Le Mars Gehlen 20-1 54 5

5. Easton Valley 18-0 51 4

6. Montezuma 19-2 39 7

7. Grand View Christian 15-1 37 6

8. Springville 20-2 29 8

9. Keota 18-2 14 10

10. Remsen St. Mary's 18-3 7 NR

Others receiving votes: Tri-Center Neola 6, New London 4, Wapello 3, West Fork Sheffield 2, Wapsie Valley Fairbank 1, East Mills 1.