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Boys rankings released
Doug Brenneman
Dec. 25, 2019 12:00 am
The latest rankings from the Associated Press have been release for Iowa high school boys basketball.
WACO, a member of the Southeast Iowa Super Conference South Division, sits at No. 6 in the Class 1A poll with one vote for first place among the 11 voters and 54 points total.
Fellow SEISC South member West Burlington had five points in the Class 2A poll and Burlington Notre Dame three in 1A.
WACO is unbeaten, yet Algona Garrigan is 7-1 and ranked third, falling from second last week.
South Iowa Cedar League member Keota was ranked 10th by one voter for a single point.
Fellow SICL member Montezuma is ranked second in Class 1A.
The River Valley Conference has two members ranked in Class 2A with Camanche at No. 4 and Iowa City Regina No. 6 with Monticello getting eight points.
AP Rankings
CLASS 4A
Rec Pts Pv
1. Waukee (5) 5-0 98 1
2. Ankeny Centennial (2) 6-0 91 2
3. Dubuque Hempstead (2) 6-0 79 4
4. Sioux City East (1) 7-0 61 5
5. Waterloo West 5-1 51 6
6. Cedar Rapids Prairie 6-0 43 9
7. Cedar Falls (1) 5-1 42 8
8. Iowa City West 4-1 37 3
9. West Des Moines Dowling 5-1 35 7
10. Council Bluffs Lincoln 7-0 20 10
Others receiving votes: North Scott 18, Ankeny 11, Cedar Rapids Kennedy 7, Dubuque Senior 6, Linn-Mar 5, Iowa City Liberty 1.
CLASS 3A
Rec Pts Pv
1. Davenport Assumption (10) 6-0 108 2
2. Carroll (1) 5-0 89 5
3. Dallas Center-Grimes 6-0 77 6
4. Mount Vernon 6-0 65 7
5. Winterset 5-1 52 1
6. Harlan 6-0 51 8
7. Algona 6-0 47 9
8. Norwalk 4-2 32 4
9. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 3-2 20 3
10. Pella 4-2 14 NR
Others receiving votes: Glenwood 11, DeWitt Central 11, Clear Lake 9, MOC-Floyd Valley 9, Marion 8, Gilbert 1, Webster City 1.
CLASS 2A
Rec Pts Pv
1. Dyersville Beckman (5) 7-0 101 1
2. Treynor (2) 7-0 85 2
3. North Linn 6-0 75 3
4. (tie) West Sioux (1) 8-0 71 5
... Camanche (3) 5-0 71 4
6. Iowa City Regina 5-1 39 8
7. Osage 7-0 36 9
8. Boyden-Hull 5-1 23 NR
9. Dike-New Hartford 6-0 22 NR
10. Van Meter 5-0 17 NR
Others receiving votes: Aplington-Parkersburg 15, Orange City Unity Christian 13, Des Moines Christian 9, Monticello 8, West Burlington 5, Woodward-Granger 5, East Sac County 4, Pella Christian 4, Rock Valley 1, Tri-Center 1.
CLASS 1A
Rec Pts Pv
1. Remsen St. Mary's (6) 6-0 103 1
2. Montezuma (1) 6-0 88 3
3. Algona Garrigan (1) 7-1 78 2
4. Easton Valley 7-0 70 5
5. West Fork (1) 7-0 62 4
6. WACO (1) 8-0 54 6
7. A-H-S-T-W (1) 8-0 41 7
8. Janesville 6-0 26 9
9. Lake Mills 5-1 24 8
10. Gladbrook-Reinbeck 6-0 15 NR
Others receiving votes: Cumberland-Anita-Massena 8, Martensdale-St. Mary's 6, Madrid 6, Don Bosco 5, South O'Brien 5, East Mills 4, Burlington Notre Dame 3, Edgewood-Colesburg 2, Mount Ayr 2, Keota 1, Grand View Christian 1, Siouxland Community Christian 1.
Union photo by Andy Krutsinger WACO's Pietro Vannini shoots over Keota's JD Stout in a recent high school boys basketball game. WACO is currently ranked sixth in the Associated Press most recent poll and Keota had a vote.
Union photo by Doug Brenneman Mt. Pleasant High School students and Panthers assistant coach and vice principal Michael Wilson (sitting far left in blue) dressed for the Christmas season to watch Washington's Luke Turner drive toward the lane Dec. 20 in Washington during a 62-50 win over the Panthers.