Fairfield 3rd in softball rankings

The second softball rankings of the 2021 season were released Thursday by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

Fairfield remained third in the Class 4A rankings despite being swept by EBF, ranked fifth in Class 3A. Burlington, a Southeast Conference member with Fairfield, dropped out of the 4A top 15 teams. The two teams split a pair of games Thursday and Fairfield lost two games Friday at Iowa City West — 7-5 Bettendorf, 14-0 Muscatine.

There are two South Iowa Cedar League teams, Lynnville-Sully and Sigourney, ranked in 1A.

There are six teams from the River Valley Conference in the rankings. The RVC has Wilton, Northeast, Iowa City Regina and Durant all ranked in 2A with Anamosa and West Liberty ranked in 3A.

Super Conference member Louisa-Muscatine fell out of the top spot in 2A while West Burlington/Notre Dame stayed level at No. 4 in 3A.

Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union second 2021 softball rankings

Class 1A

Record LW

1 Newell-Fonda 8-1 1

2 Lynnville-Sully 4-2 2

3 Lisbon 5-1 3

4 Collins-Maxwell 4-0 4

5 Sigourney 3-2 5

6 Southeast Warren 8-0 14

7 Wayne 3-4 6

8 Akron-Westfield 5-1 8

9 Newman Catholic 6-1 7

10 Martensdale-St. Marys 5-1 9

11 Exira-EHK 7-0 12

12 Clarksville 4-2 10

13 Turkey Valley 2-0 13

14 North Butler 4-1 NR

15 Lenox 7-2 15

Dropped Out: Twin Cedars (11)

Class 2A

Record LW

1 Central Springs 4-0 3

2 Wilton 3-1 4

3 Louisa-Muscatine 2-2 1

4 North Linn 9-0 8

5 Northeast 1-4 2

6 Underwood 7-0 9

7 Ridge View 4-1 7

8 Van Meter 6-2 10

9 Earlham 5-3 5

10 Mount Ayr 3-4 6

11I Iowa City Regina 5-0 12

12 West Monona 7-0 NR

13 North Union 5-0 NR

14 Interstate 35 6-2 NR

15 Durant 4-5 11

Dropped Out: Colfax-Mingo (13), East Marshall (14), Treynor (15)

Class 3A

Record LW

1 Davenport Assumption 6-0 2

2 Williamsburg 5-1 1

3 Mount Vernon 6-0 3

4 West Burlington/Notre Dame 9-0 4

5 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 6-0 8

6 Anamosa 5-1 10

7 Roland-Story 4-0 15

8 Atlantic 4-1 5

9 West Liberty 4-2 7

10 Spirit Lake 6-3 9

11 Solon 6-2 NR

12 Sioux Center 5-0 NR

13 Humboldt 3-1 13

14 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 2-0 NR

15 Saydel 6-1 NR

Dropped Out: West Lyon (11), Clarke (12), Nevada (14)

Class 4A

Record LW

1 Dallas Center-Grimes 3-3 6

2 Winterset 8-1 1

3 Fairfield 3-3 3

4 Benton 5-0 11

5 ADM 7-1 10

6 Norwalk 4-2 5

7 Carlisle 5-3 7

8 North Polk 4-2 NR*

9 North Scott 2-3 4

10 West Delaware 2-1 2

11 Boone 7-1 NR

12 Charles City 4-2 9

13 Grinnell 4-2 NR

14 Harlan 6-2 13

15 Marion 6-2 15

Dropped Out: Xavier (8), Creston (12), Burlington (14)

Note: North Polk was inadvertently listed in 3A in the initial set of rankings

Class 5A

Record LW

1 Muscatine 4-02

2 Fort Dodge 6-31

3 Waukee 5-13

4 Indianola 6-14

5 West Des Moines Valley 6-26

6 Iowa City High 3-15

7 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 5-17

8 Johnston 7-110

9 Pleasant Valley 1-29

10 Iowa City Liberty 5-38

11 Ankeny Centennial 5-311

12 Cedar Rapids Jefferson 5-2NR

13 Ankeny 5-113

14 Bettendorf 3-412

15 Southeast Polk 2-314

Dropped Out: Cedar Rapids Prairie (15)