WACO to No. 3 in rankings

WACO basketball hasn’t been just one of the best teams in Southeast Iowa, but one of the best teams in Class 1A across the state.

After another week of action, the Warriors find themselves inside the top five rankings of Class 1A boys Iowa High School Athletic Associations list once again.

This time around, WACO is sitting at No. 3 in the class.

WACO has seen a lot of success thus far to say the least.

The Warriors have yet to see defeat, amassing an overall record of 13-0 and a Southeast Iowa Super Conference North record of 9-0. Both are SEISC North Division bests.

Through the season thus far, WACO has won every game by at least double digits with the exception of two four point wins over Winfield-Mt. Union and New London.

Leading the Warriors in scoring this go around its junior Hunter Hughes. Hughes is averaging 18.5 points per game along with five rebounds and four assists (team-best). His 4.1 steals a contest are a team-high as well.

Fellow junior Colton Leichty follows with an 8.6 points per game average. Leichty pulls down 4.8 rebounds as well.

Senior’s Cody Graber (7.5 PPG), Simeon Reichenbach (7.4 PPG) and Odee Shtefanchuk (7 PPG) all average at least seven points per game. Graber also pulls down a team-best 7.8 rebounds.

Isaac Oswald (5.3 PPG), Mason Miller (4.3 PPG), Reece Oswald (4.3 PPG) and Chase Waterhouse (4.0 PPG) all follow in scoring.

After a conference rivalry battle against second seeded Winfield-Mt. Union (11-2, 10-1) on Tuesday night, Columbus (2-12, 1-8) awaits on Friday.

The full boys rankings can be found below.

CLASS 4A

Rank SchoolWL

1Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 10-0

2Waukee Northwest 12-1

3Waukee 11-2

4Valley, W.D.M. 8-3

5Ankeny Centennial 8-3

6Indianola 11-1

7Sioux City, East 12-0

8Dubuque, Senior10-1

9Waterloo, West 11-1

10Cedar Falls 6-3

CLASS 3A

Rank SchoolWL

1Bondurant-Farrar11-0

2MOC-Floyd Valley 9-1

3Xavier, Cedar Rapids9-2

4Bishop Heelan, Sioux City9-2

5Webster City9-0

6Clear Lake 8-1

7Marion10-3

8Newton7-3

9North Polk 9-2

10Waverly-Shell Rock 8-3

CLASS 2A

Rank SchoolWL

1Central Lyon9-0

2Aplington-Parkersburg 11-0

3Western Christian, Hull 10-1

4Roland-Story11-1

5West Burlington 12-0

6Alburnett 12-1

7Kuemper, Carroll11-2

8Sioux Central 11-0

9AHSTW 11-1

10Grundy Center 10-2

CLASS 1A

Rank SchoolWL

1Grand View Christian 12-0

2North Linn, Troy Mills 12-0

3WACO 13-0

4Gladbrook-Reinbeck 11-1

5Dunkerton 13-0

6West Harrison 10-1

7Remsen, St. Marys 8-1

8Lynnville-Sully 14-0

9Marquette Catholic14-0

10Wapsie Valley 11-1