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Winfield-Mt. Union to No. 8
Wolves up one spot in latest Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings
Hunter Moeller
Feb. 2, 2023 2:11 pm
WINFIELD — Winfield-Mt. Union just keeps moving up.
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released its 10th list of rankings on Wednesday morning and yet again the Winfield-Mt. Union Wolves moved up on the Class 1A list.
On this go around of rankings, Winfield-Mt. Union sits at No. 8 in the class, up one spot from last weeks list.
After a big win over Highland on Tuesday night, the Wolves now sit at 19-0 and 16-0 in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference North standings.
The Wolves are one of four undefeated teams left in the Class 1A, with No. 3 North Linn, No. 5 Westwood and No. 6 West Fork all gracing unblemished records as well.
In their next matchup, WMU will look to take down No. 12 Mediapolis (Class 2A) at Southeast Community College in the SEISC Shootout.
The Wolves previously defeated Mediapolis, 54-38 on January 9.
The full list of the Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings can be found below.
CLASS 1A
School Record LW
1 Algona Bishop Garrigan 16-1 1
2 Newell-Fonda 14-2 2
3 North Linn 18-0 3
4 Remsen St. Mary's 16-1 4
5 Westwood 17-0 5
6 West Fork 18-0 8
7 Council Bluffs St. Albert 15-4 6
8 Winfield-Mount Union 18-0 9
9 Central Elkader 17-1 7
10 Woodbine 17-1 10
11 North Mahaska 17-1 12
12 Riceville 19-1 13
13 AGWSR 16-1 14
14 Exira-EHK 15-3 NR
15 Martensdale-St. Marys 15-3 NR
Dropped Out: Burlington Notre Dame (11), Earlham (15)
CLASS 2A
School Record LW
1 Dike-New Hartford 17-0 1
2 Central Lyon 15-0 2
3 Sibley-Ocheyedan 16-1 3
4 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 17-0 4
5 Cascade 16-1 5
6 Iowa City Regina 16-4 6
7 Panorama 17-1 8
8 Pocahontas Area 12-3 9
9 Underwood 15-3 7
10 Treynor 15-2 10
11 Hinton 14-3 13
12 Mediapolis 16-3 15
13 South Hamilton 14-3 11
14 Sioux Central 12-5 14
15 Aplington-Parkersburg 15-3 12
Dropped Out: None
CLASS 3A
School Record LW
1 Estherville Lincoln Central 17-0 1
2 Solon 16-2 2
3 Benton Community 16-2 3
4 West Marshall 17-1 4
5 Des Moines Christian 15-3 5
6 Sioux Center 14-2 6
7 Osage 17-1 7
8 Grinnell 12-5 8
9 Dubuque Wahlert 13-5 9
10 Unity Christian 13-4 10
11 Vinton-Shellsburg 11-6 12
12 Mount Vernon 11-6 13
13 Clear Lake 15-2 NR
14 Center Point-Urbana 11-8 14
15 Atlantic 14-4 NR
Dropped Out: Cherokee (11), Harlan (15)
Class 4A
School Record LW
1 Dallas Center-Grimes 15-3 1
2 North Polk 16-2 2
3 Sioux City Bishop Heelan 15-2 3
4 Ballard 15-2 4
5 Decorah 17-2 6
6 Cedar Rapids Xavier 11-7 5
7 Clear Creek-Amana 12-4 7
8 Pella 13-4 9
9 Carlisle 12-5 8
10 Lewis Central 13-4 11
11 Central DeWitt 13-5 12
12 Spencer 13-3 15
13 Indianola 9-9 12
14 North Scott 9-9 14
15 Mason City 10-6 NR
Dropped Out: Waverly-Shell Rock (10)
Class 5A
School Record LW
1 Pleasant Valley 16-0 2
2 Johnston 17-1 1
3 Waterloo West 15-1 3
4 Dowling Catholic 12-4 4
5 Davenport North 14-2 5
6 Ankeny Centennial 13-4 6
7 Valley 10-6 7
8 Cedar Falls 13-4 9
9 Southeast Polk 12-5 8
10 Iowa City Liberty 11-6 12
11 Linn-Mar 12-6 13
12 Iowa City West 13-5 13
13 Ankeny 9-9 10
14 Sioux City East 13-3 10
15 Des Moines North 15-3 15
Winfield-Mt. Union’s Bradie Buffington and the Wolves are up to No. 8 in the latest Iowa High School Girls Class 1A rankings. (Hunter Moeller/The Union)