Winfield-Mt. Union up to No. 3, Keota No. 7 in latest IHSAA poll

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released its second round of boys’ basketball rankings on Monday. Not much changed from week one as two Union area teams still find themselves in the rankings, but one of those has made a bit of a jump in this time around.

Those two teams are the Wolves of Winfield-Mt. Union (10-1) and the Eagles of Keota (11-0).

Winfield-Mt. Union moves up in this weeks rankings to No. 3 in Class 1A. The Wolves were previously No. 6. Keota meanwhile stays exactly where its was a week ago, No. 7 in the class.

WMU has been flawless as of late. The Wolves have dominated every opponent with their closest win being 15 points.

Since last week, the Wolves defeated Hillcrest Academy for a second time, 72-35, and then Lone Tree, 68-31. WMU has a firm hold on the Southeast Iowa Super Conference North standings with a 9-0 record. The next closest team is 7-1. The only SEISC North opponent that WMU hasn’t played is Mediapolis.

As for Keota, it has yet to be beaten. The Eagles have a two-game lead in the South Iowa Cedar East (SICL) standings, sitting at 9-0. The good news for Keota, they have already beaten second-place Belle Plaine by 41 points.

Without a doubt the Eagles biggest win thus far has come against SICL South foe Lynnville-Sully, who is ranked No. 9 in the 1A rankings. That victory for the Eagles ended 59-56 back in December.

The IHSAA will release new rankings each Monday through the end of the regular season.

Class 4A boys’ basketball rankings

1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 8-0 (1)

2. West Des Moines Valley 7-2 (2)

3. Dubuque Senior 8-0 (3)

4. North Scott 8-1 (5)

5. Waukee 8-3 (7)

6. Ankeny Centennial 8-2 (8)

7. Ankeny 8-2 (9)

8. Iowa City West 8-1 (10)

9. Cedar Falls 6-2 (6)

10. Linn-Mar 6-3 (4)

Class 3A boys’ basketball rankings

1. Clear Lake 9-0 (2)

2. Adel ADM 9-1 (3)

3. Waverly-Shell Rock 8-2 (5)

4. Solon 9-0 (4)

5. Decorah 8-1 (1)

6. Sioux City Heelan 8-2 (6)

7. Davenport Assumption 7-3 (9)

8. MOC-Floyd Valley 10-2 (8)

9. Ballard 7-3 (NR)

10. Mount Vernon 8-2 (NR)

Dropped out: Cedar Rapids Xavier, Williamsburg.

Class 2A boys’ basketball rankings

1. West Lyon 11-0 (1)

2. Western Christian 9-1 (2)

3. Monticello 10-0 (3)

4. Hudson 9-1 (4)

5. Carroll Kuemper 10-1 (5)

6. Underwood (7)

7. Pella Christian 6-2 (8)

8. Treynor 9-2 (NR)

9. South Hamilton 10-1 (NR)

10. Grundy Center 9-2 (NR)

Dropped out: Roland-Story, Grand View Christian, Central Lyon.

Class 1A boys’ basketball rankings

1. North Linn 11-0 (1)

2. Bellevue Marquette 11-0 (2)

3. Winfield-Mount Union 10-1 (6)

4. Earlham 9-1 (3)

5. Guthrie Center ACGC 8-2 (NR)

6. Madrid 8-2 (4)

7. Keota 11-0 (7)

8. Lansing Kee 12-0 (8)

9. Lynnville-Sully 10-1 (10)

10. South O’Brien 8-1 (5)

Dropped out: Remsen St. Mary’s.