1st volleyball rankings out

New London was ranked eighth when the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released its first rankings of the regular season last week.

The Tigers were ranked third in Class 1A in the preseason poll.

New London’s Super Conference South Division rivals Holy Trinity and West Burlington climbed in the poll. The Crusaders moved up to fifth from ninth in Class 1A. The Falcons jumped a spot from eighth to seventh. Fellow South team and defending champion Notre Dame stayed at No. 1.

The River Valley Conference had two teams ranked with Wilton third in 2A and West liberty eighth in 3A.

IGHSAU initial regular season rankings

Class 1A

No. School Record LW

1 Burlington Notre Dame 8-4 1

2 Springville 4-1 2

3 Gladbrook-Reinbeck 4-0 4

4 Gehlen Catholic 2-1 5

5 Holy Trinity Catholic 4-2 9

6 Lisbon 4-0 10

7 North Tama 4-1 NR

8 New London 1-3 3

9 Ankeny Christian 5-3 NR

10 Newell-Fonda 2-1 6

11 MMCRU 1-0 11

12 Southeast Warren 7-1 7

13 Council Bluffs St. Albert 3-2 8

14 Lamoni 6-0 14

15 Janesville 2-2 15

Dropped Out: Belle Plaine (12) Tripoli (13),

Class 2A

1 Dike-New Hartford 9-0 1

2 Denver 6-0 2

3 Wilton 8-0 4

4 Western Christian 5-4 3

5 Wapsie Valley 1-3 5

6 South Hardin 7-0 6

7 Sumner-Fredericksburg 2-1 8

8 Osage 2-0 9

9 Grundy Center 7-0 10

10 Kuemper Catholic 4-3 7

11 Boyden-Hull 3-0 11

12 Beckman Catholic 7-0 12

13 Lake Mills 3-0 13

14 Treynor 5-1 NR

15 Missouri Valley 4-1 NR

Dropped Out: Columbus Catholic (14), Starmont (15)

Class 3A

1 Sergeant Bluff-Luton 3-0 1

2 West Delaware 7-1 2

3 Davenport Assumption 2-0 3

4 Des Moines Christian 4-0 4

5 Unity Christian 0-0 5

6 Sheldon 5-1 7

7 West Burlington 5-0 8

8 West Liberty 5-0 9

9 Mount Vernon 2-0 10

10 Red Oak 3-3 6

11 Independence 4-4 11

12 Union 3-1 12

13 Sioux Center 2-1 13

14 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 9-0 NR

15 Nevada 1-4 15

Dropped Out: Roland-Story (14)

Class 4A

1 North Scott 7-3 1

2 Western Dubuque 2-1 3

3 Oskaloosa 7-0 5

4 Marion 3-0 7

5 Bondurant-Farrar 9-0 11

6 Waverly-Shell Rock 5-1 2

7 Glenwood 9-1 4

8 Xavier 1-1 6

9 Clear Creek-Amana 5-2 8

10 North Polk 4-3 13

11 Norwalk 5-3 15

12 Lewis Central 0-0 12

13 Indianola 6-4 10

14 Pella 6-2 9

15 Humboldt 5-2 NR

Dropped Out: Clinton (14)

Class 5A

1 Iowa City Liberty 6-1 1

2 West Des Moines Valley 5-2 6

3 Ankeny 8-1 3

4 Pleasant Valley 4-1 2

5 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 4-1 8

6 Urbandale 8-3 9

7 Ankeny Centennial 7-3 4

8 Cedar Falls 5-1 5

9 Iowa City West 3-2 11

10 Johnston 4-1 7

11 Dowling Catholic 4-4 10

12 Cedar Rapids Prairie 3-2 15

13 Dubuque Hempstead 6-0 NR

14 Southeast Polk 5-3 NR

15 Dubuque Senior 6-3 NR

Dropped Out: Sioux City East (12), Bettendorf (13), Des Moines Roosevelt (14)