New London down one spot, Mid-Prairie up two in rankings

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released its fifth round of weekly volleyball rankings last Thursday. For the fourth consecutive week, the Union area is represented on the list by the Tigers of New London and the Golden Hawks of Mid-Prairie.

New London, previously No. 10 in Class 1A, dropped down one spot to No. 11 in this weeks rankings.

Last week, the Tigers took part in the North Mahaska tournament. The Tigers went 2-2 in the tournament, sweeping Tri-County and Lynnville-Sully, but fell to Pella Christian in a pair of matches on the day.

The Tigers participated in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference Tournament to end last week. New London’s performance in the tournament is sure to affect the week 6 rankings. The conference tournament featured No. 5 (Class 1A) Burlington Notre Dame, No. 12 (Class 1A) Holy Trinity and No. 8 (Class 2A) West Burlington as well. Winfield-Mt. Union also competed. The Wolves were previously ranked No. 15 in week one. WACO also entered the tournament undefeated.

Mid-Prairie, who previously held the No. 15 ranking in Class 3A, moves up two spots to No. 13 this week.

The Golden Hawks have been playing some great volleyball as of late. They have played some tough matches in the past couple of weeks, taking on No. 6 (Class 3A) West Liberty. The Golden Hawks went down to wire in nearly every set, but fell to the Comets 3-1.

Next up, the Golden Hawks took on No. 13 (Class 2A) Wilton. Mid-Prairie swept the Beavers in three sets. They then capped off their week of matches with a dominant three set victory over Durant.

WEEK FIVE VOLLEYBALL RANKINGS

Class 1A

School Record LW

1 Springville 19-1 2

2 North Tama 17-3 1

3 Ankeny Christian 18-1 3

4 Don Bosco 15-3 8

5 Burlington Notre Dame 19-9 5

6 Sidney 19-4 6

7 Gehlen Catholic 11-5 7

8 Gladbrook-Reinbeck 17-5 4

9 Newell-Fonda 15-3 9

10 Stanton 13-4 12

11 New London 8-5 10

12 Holy Trinity Catholic 11-7 11

13 Riverside 19-2 15

14 AGWSR 9-13 13

15 Dunkerton 10-11 14

Dropped Out: None

Class 2A

School Record LW

1 Dike-New Hartford 23-1 1

2 Western Christian 15-3 2

3 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 18-3 3

4 Wapsie Valley 27-2 9

5 Denver 16-5 5

6 Lisbon 21-2 6

7 Missouri Valley 20-1 7

8 West Burlington 21-4 4

9 Sumner-Fredericksburg 16-5 9

10 Hinton 9-0 10

11 Grundy Center 18-6 11

12 Kuemper Catholic 22-3 NR

13 Wilton 15-4 12

14 Beckman Catholic 14-6 13

15 Lake Mills 19-2 14

Dropped Out: South Central Calhoun (15)

Class 3A

School Record LW

1 Des Moines Christian 25-2 1

2 Davenport Assumption 20-5 2

3 Mount Vernon 15-1 3

4 Sioux Center 14-1 4

5 Union 19-2 5

6 West Liberty 17-4 6

7 Unity Christian 10-6 7

8 Solon 19-8 8

9 Osage 14-4 9

10 Nevada 9-8 11

11 Sheldon 7-5 12

12 Dubuque Wahlert 10-8 12

13 Mid-Prairie 10-5 15

14 Monticello 15-6 NR

15 Center Point-Urbana 10-10 NR

Dropped Out: Van Meter (10), Cherokee (14)

Class 4A

School Record LW

1 Cedar Rapids Xavier 19-1 1

2 North Scott 19-3 3

3 Marion 19-3 2

4 Western Dubuque 14-3 4

5 Lewis Central 11-2 5

6 Clear Creek-Amana 17-5 6

7 Indianola 19-4 7

8 ADM 12-1 11

9 Waverly-Shell Rock 14-8 9

10 North Polk 21-6 13

11 Decorah 10-3 10

12 West Delaware 18-9 12

13 Bishop Heelan 10-7 8

14 Norwalk 11-5 NR

15 Bondurant-Farrar 11-6 NR

Dropped Out: Dropped Out: Humboldt (14), Dallas Center-Grimes (15)

Class 5A

School Record LW

1 Pleasant Valley 16-3 1

2 Iowa City Liberty 15-6 2

3 Dowling Catholic 18-6 3

4 Ankeny 23-4 4

5 Waukee Northwest 16-5 5

6 Ankeny Centennial 15-5 6

7 Cedar Falls 16-5 7

8 Johnston 11-6 8

9 Valley 11-15 9

10 Waukee 8-15 10

11 Muscatine 10-5 13

12 Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 12-10 10

13 Urbandale 6-9 12

14 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 8-8 NR

15 Sioux City North 10-6 NR

Dropped Out: Linn-Mar (14), Dubuque Senior (15)