Pekin gains another spot

Pekin advanced another step up the Class 2A rankings ladder Monday when the Associated Press released its list of the top 10 teams in each of the four classes of Iowa high school basketball.

Pekin was the sole represenative from the area although other teams received votes, namely Keota and New London in Class 1A. Another Southeast Iowa Super Conference team to get votes beside the Panthers and Tigers was Notre Dame.

The River Valley Conference saw third-ranked Monticello get two votes for No. 1 in 3A and West Branch was sixth in 2A.

South Iowa Cedar League's Montezuma was ranked eighth in 1A.

Pekin's Brayden Sobaski is second in 2A in blocks while Brock Long is 11th in steals and teammate Brady Millikin is tied for fifth in assists. Chandler Stull is 20th in 3-point percentage.

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 the previous week at right:

Class 4A

Record Points Previous

1. Cedar Falls (6) 10-0 87 1

2. Waukee (3) 8-1 82 2

3. Johnston 6-1 67 3

4. Ankeny Centennial 10-1 64 4

5. Dubuque, Hempstead 9-2 44 6

6. Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 12-3 35 8

7. West Des Moines Valley 8-3 33 7

8. Iowa City Liberty 5-1 28 5

(tie) Southeast Polk 9-2 28 9

10. Ames 9-3 8 NR

Others receiving votes: Davenport North 7, Sioux City East 4, Pleasant Valley 3, North Scott Eldridge 3, Norwalk 1, Ottumwa 1.

Class 3A

Record Points Previous

1. Ballard (6) 13-1 86 1

2. Pella (1) 13-1 78 2

3. Monticello (2) 14-0 74 3

4. Solon 14-1 52 T6

5. Carroll 12-2 43 5

6. Epworth Western Dubuque 11-2 38 8

7. Dallas Center-Grimes 11-2 37 4

8. Glenwood 13-2 26 9

9. Davenport Assumption 10-4 19 T6

10. Clear Lake 14-1 17 10

Others receiving votes: Clear Creek-Amana 11, Le Mars 8, Mount Vernon 5, Decorah 1.

Class 2A

Record Points Previous

1. Boyden-Hull (9) 16-0 90 1

2. A-H-S-TW Avoca 16-1 65 2

3. Western Christian Hull 14-3 62 4

4. OA-BCIG 15-1 52 7

5. West Branch 12-0 44 6

6. Des Moines Christian 13-2 39 3

7. Dike-New Hartford 13-2 34 5

8. Pekin 16-1 25 9

9. Aplington-Parkersburg 13-2 20 NR

10. Denver 13-3 18 8

Others receiving votes: Spirit Lake 8, Roland-Story 6, Rock Valley 6, North Fayette Valley 5, East Sac County 4, Treynor 4, Orange City Unity Christian, 4, Dyersville Beckman Catholic 3, Camanche 2, Van Meter 2, Panorama Panora 1, West Lyon Inwood 1.

Class 1A

Record Points Previous

1. North Linn Troy Mills (9) 16-0 90 1

2. Lake Mills 15-0 75 2

3. Martensdale-St. Marys 15-0 69 3

4. Easton Valley 16-0 52 4

5. Gehlen Catholic Le Mars 16-1 47 5

6. Grand View Christian 13-1 46 8

7. Springville 16-1 42 6

8. Montezuma 15-2 38 7

9. Remsen St. Mary's 13-2 10 9

10. Wapsie Valley Fairbank 11-3 7 10

Others receiving votes: Tri-Center Neola 6, Keota 4, Notre Dame 4, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 2, Edgewood-Colesburg 2, New London 1.