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Wolves moving on up
Doug Brenneman
Dec. 18, 2020 12:00 am, Updated: Dec. 22, 2020 3:44 am
Winfield Mt. Union has climbed three spots to No. 11 in the latest Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union rankings that were released Thursday.
Fellow Southeast Super Conference member Notre Dame rejoined the Class 1A rankings three spots behing the Wolves. The Super Conference also has a 3A entry in West Burlington.
Southeast Conference member Keokuk fell out of the Class 4A rabkings and River Valley Conference member West Branch lost its spot atop 2A. The RVC's Bellevue joined the 2A Top 15 and West Kiberty is in 3A.
South Iowa Cedar League member Montezuma maintained its position and saw league member North Mahaska enter the 1A listing, but Lynnville-Sully dropped out.
2020 FOURTH Iowa Girls High School High School Basketball Rankings
Class 1A
School Record LW
1. Algona Bishop Garrigan 7-0 2
2. Newell-Fonda 5-1 1
3. St. Ansgar 5-0 3
4. Kingsley-Pierson 8-0 4
5. MMCRU 5-1 5
6. Springville 6-0 6
7. Exira-EHK 5-0 7
8. Collins-Maxwell 6-0 8
9. Montezuma 4-1 9
10. CAM 4-0 10
11. Winfield-Mount Union 7-0 14
12. Turkey Valley 5-2 13
13. Logan-Magnolia 3-1 15
14. Notre Dame 3-1 NR
15. North Mahaska 4-1 NR
Dropped Out: Lynnville-Sully (11), Council Bluffs St. Albert (12)
Class 2A
1. Maquoketa Valley 5-0 2
2. South Central Calhoun 7-0 3
3. North Linn 6-0 4
4. Dike-New Hartford 5-0 5
5. West Branch 4-1 1
6. Nodaway Valley 5-0 7
7. West Hancock 6-0 8
8. Grundy Center 3-0 10
9. Denver 3-2 11
10. Treynor 5-1 13
11. Central Lyon 5-1 15
12. AHSTW 5-2 9
13. Bellevue 5-0 NR
14. Jesup 6-1 12
15. Underwood 7-0 NR
Dropped Out: West Monona (6), Sibley-Ocheyedan (14)
Class 3A
1. Cherokee 7-0 3
2. Des Moines Christian 7-1 1
3. Clear Lake 6-0 4
4. Center Point-Urbana 5-1 5
5. Unity Christian 5-1 7
6. West Liberty 2-2 2
7. Osage 3-1 11
8. Davenport Assumption 2-3 8
9. Roland-Story 0-2 9
10. Panorama 5-1 6
11. West Burlington 6-0 NR
12. West Lyon 3-1 13
13. Iowa Falls-Alden 6-0 14
14. Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 4-1 10
15. Hampton-Dumont-CAL 4-1 15
Dropped Out: Estherville-LC (12)
Class 4A
1. Glenwood 4-0 1
2. Gilbert 6-0 2
3. Ballard 6-0 3
4. Central DeWitt 4-0 5
5. North Scott 3-0 6
6. Dallas Center-Grimes 6-1 11
7. Waverly-Shell Rock 4-1 4
8. Denison-Schleswig 4-1 9
9. Grinnell 3-1 8
10. Creston 6-1 12
11. Bondurant-Farrar 2-1 13
12. Dubuque Wahlert 2-2 7
13. Harlan 4-1 10
14. Clear Creek-Amana 4-1 14
15. Spencer 6-1 NR
Dropped Out: Keokuk (15)
Class 5A
1. Southeast Polk 1-0 2
2. Johnston 0-0 3
3. Waukee 0-0 4
4. Iowa City West 0-0 4
5. Cedar Falls 4-0 6
6. Waterloo West 1-1 1
7. Ankeny Centennial 2-0 7
8. Iowa City High 0-0 8
9. Davenport North 0-0 9
10. Des Moines Roosevelt 0-0 10
11. Ames 2-0 11
12. Cedar Rapids Washington 2-0 NR
13. Dowling Catholic 3-0 13
14. West Des Moines Valley 0-0 14
15. Indianola 4-1 15
Dropped Out: Muscatine (12)
Winfield-Mt. Union's Jenna Buffington drives for a score in a game against WACO earlier this season. (File)