WMU moves up in IGHSAU poll

It was a brief stay for Van Buren County. It fell out of Thursday's basketball rankings by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union after two losses.

VBC was ranked 15th in Class 2A. Fellow Southeast Iowa Super Conference school Winfield-Mt. Union and its unblemished record moved a slot to No. 9 in Class 1A as did Notre Dame at No. 10. Class 3A West Burlington moved to No. 6 in 3A. WMU and WB will play at West Burlington Friday in the SEISC Shootout.

South Iowa Cedar League's North Mahaska dropped out, but fellow South Iowa Cedar League member Sigourney moved in and Montezuma was up a spot.

Southeast Conference leader Fort Madison, with one loss, was snubbed again in Class 4A. Nearly half of the ranked teams in 4A (seven teams) have at least four losses.

River Valley Conference schools West Branch (No. 3 in 2A) and Bellevue (No. 6 in 2A) are in the same positions for the third consecutive week, but Cascade continued its climb, up from 15 to 13 to 11 in 2A. West Liberty dropped from seventh to 11th in 3A.

Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union

Basketball Rankings

Class 1A

School Record Last Week

1. Bishop Garrigan 18-0 1

2. Newell-Fonda 17-1 2

3. Kingsley-Pierson 19-0 3

4. St. Ansgar 16-1 4

5. Exira-EHK 17-0 5

6. MMCRU 15-2 6

7. Montezuma 18-1 8

8. Springville 15-3 9

9. Winfield-Mt. Union 16-0 10

10. Notre Dame 14-1 11

11. Lenox 15-2 12

12. Baxter 18-1 NR

13. Collins-Maxwell 17-1 7

14. Storm Lake St. Mary's 15-3 NR

15. Sigourney 16-3 NR

Dropped Out: North Mahaska (13). Westwood (14). Paton-Churdan (15)

Class 2A

1. Maquoketa Valley 18-0 1

2. Dike-New Hartford 16-0 2

3. West Branch 13-1 3

4. Nodaway Valley 19-0 4

5. North Linn 14-2 5

6. Bellevue 16-1 6

7. Grundy Center 13-2 7

8. Central Lyon 16-2 8

9. Treynor 16-3 10

10. Denver 13-4 12

11. Cascade 15-4 13

12. Sibley-Ocheyedan 15-3 14

13. Underwood 16-2 11

14. West Hancock 17-4 9

15. Ridge View 12-5 NR

Dropped Out: Van Buren County (15)

Class 3A

1. Cherokee 17-0 1

2. Clear Lake 15-1 3

3. Unity Christian 16-2 4

4. Osage 15-1 5

5. West Lyon 17-1 6

6. West Burlington 17-1 8

7. Des Moines Christian 15-3 2

8. Center Point-Urbana 13-4 13

9. Roland-Story 12-4 9

10. Estherville-Lincoln Central 16-4 10

11. West Liberty 10-5 7

12. Solon 13-5 11

13. Vinton-Shellsburg 15-3 12

14. Waukon 14-3 15

15. Bishop Heelan 13-4 NR

Dropped Out: Panorama (14)

Class 4A

1. Glenwood 14-3 1

2. Ballard 16-0 2

3. Dallas Center-Grimes 14-2 3

4. Central DeWitt 13-1 5

5. North Scott 11-1 6

6. Waverly-Shell Rock 16-2 7

7. Bondurant-Farrar 11-4 8

8. Denison-Schleswig 14-2 9

9. Gilbert 12-4 4

10. Harlan 13-5 11

11. Cedar Rapids Xavier 9-5 12

12. Winterset 11-6 NR

13. North Polk 10-7 13

14. Creston 11-5 9

15. Clear Creek-Amana 13-3 NR

Dropped Out: Spencer (14), Boone (15)

Class 5A

1. Johnston 11-0 1

2. Waukee 5-1 2

3. Waterloo West 13-1 3

4. Southeast Polk 11-2 4

5. Ankeny Centennial 10-2 5

6. Iowa City West 7-3 6

7. Cedar Rapids Washington 12-1 7

8. Cedar Falls 13-3 8

9. W. Des Moines Dowling 8-4 9

10. West Des Moines Valley 7-5 10

11. Des Moines Roosevelt 6-1 11

12. Iowa City High 7-4 12

13. Davenport North 6-1 14

14. Sioux City East 15-2 NR

15. Indianola 14-4 15

Dropped Out: Ankeny (12)