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A year ago City High was one of the final eight Class 4A baseball teams playing advancing to the quarterfinals of the state tournament.

The Little Hawks open the 2021 favored to be in that position again.

City High opens the season ranked eighth in Class 4A in the pre-season rankings released on Sunday by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association.

The Little Hawks are coming off an 11-9 season that ended with a loss to Dubuque Hempstead in the quarterfinals of the 4A state tournament.

Top-ranked teams to open the season are Ankeny in Class 4A, Gilbert in Class 3A, Van Meter in 2A and Council Bluffs St. Albert in 1A.

Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Rankings 

Class 4A

1. Ankeny

2. Urbandale

3. Johnston

4. Waukee

5. Dubuque Hempstead

6. Pleasant Valley

7. West Des Moines Dowling

8. City High 

9. Cedar Falls

10. Cedar Rapids Kennedy

Class 3A

1. Gilbert

2. Davenport Assumption

3. Marion

4. Winterset

5. Ballard

6. ADM

7. Decorah

8. Harlan

9. Dallas Center-Grimes

10. Cedar Rapids Xavier

Class 2A

1. Van Meter

2. Centerville

3. Dyersville Beckman

4. Mid-Prairie

5. Roland-Story

6. West Lyon

7. Durant

8. Panorama

9. Des Moines Christian

10. Carroll Kuemper

Class 1A

1. Council Bluffs St. Albert

2. Remsen St. Mary’s

3. Don Bosco

4. Mason City Newman

5. Martensdale-St. Marys

6. South Winneshiek

7. Alburnett

8. North Linn

9. Kingsley-Pierson

10. Newell-Fonda

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