Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

An unbeaten start to the season has the Clear Creek Amana boys basketball program back in a familiar spot – ranked in the top 10 in Class 3A.

Clear Creek Amana made its season debut in the Associated Press Class 3A poll released on Monday entering the rankings at No. 9.

The Clippers are off to a 4-0 start to the season after back-to-back road wins last week over Grinnell and Mount Vernon.

Clear Creek Amana is tied with Denison-Schleswig for ninth in the 3A poll with Cedar Rapids Xavier one spot ahead in eighth.

City High and West High were both just outside of the top 10 in the Class 4A poll with both teams receiving votes.

Top-ranked teams this week are Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln (4A), Dallas Center-Grimes (3A), Aplington-Parkersburg (2A) and North Linn (1A).

Associated Press Boys Basketball Poll 

Class 4A

1. Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln

2. Ames

3. Johnston

4. Cedar Falls

5. Cedar Rapids Prairie

6. Sioux City East

7. Waterloo West

8. Pleasant Valley

9. Waukee Northwest

10. West Des Moines Valley

Receiving votes: West High; City High; Ankeny; Mason City; Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Des Moines Hoover; Waterloo East; Des Moines Lincoln; North Scott; Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Southeast Polk

Class 3A

1. Dallas Center-Grimes

2. Clear Lake

3. Ballard

4. Harlan

5. Washington

5. Dubuque Wahlert

7. Pella

8. Cedar Rapids Xavier

9. Denison-Schleswig

9. Clear Creek Amana 

Receiving votes: Bondurant-Farrar; Carroll; Fort Madison; Marion; Clarke; Hampton-Dumont; Glenwood; Humboldt; Charles City; Waverly-Shell Rock; Anamosa; Center Point-Urbana; West Delaware; Decorah; Davenport Assumption; Spencer

Class 2A

1. Aplington-Parkersburg

2. Estherville Lincoln Central

3. Western Christian

4. Denver

5. Van Meter

5. Des Moines Christian

7. Boyden-Hull

8. Central Lyon

9. Camanche

10. Monticello

Receiving votes: Roland-Story; Unity Christian; Dyersville Beckman; Northeast; Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont; Pella Christian; South Central Calhoun; Union; Osage; Mediapolis; Jesup; Hinton; Garner-Hayfield-Ventura; Central Springs; Cardinal; Forest City; Dike-New Hartford; Mid-Prairie; Wilton; Rock Valley; Cherokee

Class 1A

1. North Linn

2. Grandview Christian

3. Montezuma

4. Easton Valley

5. Remsen St. Mary’s

6. LeMars Gehlen

7. Janesville

8. Martsendale St. Marys

9. AHSTW

10. Lake Mills

Receiving votes: Mason City Newman; West Harrison; Gladbrook-Reinbeck; New London; Dunkerton; Woodbury Central; Winfield-Mount Union; Don Bosco; North Mahaska; Riceville; Springville; East Buchanan; West Hancock; Danville; WACO; E-H-K; Wapsie Valley

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