Regina Makes Season Debut in IGHSAU Girls Basketball Rankings
Ryan Murken
Your Prep Sports
Regina will close 2021 with a 7-2 record and an unblemished mark in River Valley Conference play after a 53-37 win at Bellevue in its final game of the pre-holiday schedule.
Thanks to a strong start the Regals will open 2022 as a ranked team.
Regina made its season debut in the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union rankings on Thursday entering at No. 14 in Class 2A.
The Regals join West Liberty (No. 9 in 3A), West Branch (No. 9 in 2A) and Cascade (No. 10 in 2A) as top-10 ranked River Valley Conference teams.
West Branch (7-1) was ninth in the 2A rankings for the second consecutive week after breaking into the 2A rankings for the first time this season a week ago.
City High (7-0) held its spot at second in the Class 5A rankings while West High (6-1) dropped one spot to fifth in 5A.
Johnston (10-0) retained the top spot in the 5A rankings followed by City High, Waterloo West, West Des Moines Dowling and West High.
Other top-ranked teams this week include Glenwood (4A), Unity Christian (3A), Dike-New Hartford (2A) and Newell-Fonda (1A).
IGHSAU Girls Basketball Rankings
Class 5A
1. Johnston
2. City High
3. Waterloo West
4. West Des Moines Dowling
5. West High
6. Des Moines Roosevelt
7. Ankeny Centennial
8. Southeast Polk
9. Ankeny
10. West Des Moines Valley
11. Waukee Northwest
12. Cedar Falls
13. Pleasant Valley
14. Cedar Rapids Washington
15. Sioux City East
Class 4A
1. Glenwood
2. Sioux City Heelan
3. North Polk
4. Grinnell
5. Waverly-Shell Rock
6. Dallas Center-Grimes
7. Indianola
8. Cedar Rapids Xavier
9. Central DeWitt
10. Spencer
11. Pella
12. North Scott
13. Benton Community
14. Winterset
15. Bondurant-Farrar
Class 3A
1. Unity Christian
2. West Lyon
3. Ballard
4. Estherville-Lincoln Central
5. Sergeant Bluff-Luton
6. Center Point-Urbana
7. Clear Lake
8. Cherokee
9. West Liberty
10. Davenport Assumption
11. Roland-Story
12. Vinton-Shellsburg
13. West Marshall
14. West Burlington
15. Forest City
Class 2A
1. Dike New-Hartford
2. Denver
3. Central Lyon
4. Panorama
5. Grundy Center
6. Treynor
7. Sibley-Ocheyedan
8. West Hancock
9. West Branch
10. Cascade
11. Aplington-Parkersburg
12. South Central Calhoun
13. Mediapolis
14. Regina
15. Jesup
Class 1A
1. Newell-Fonda
2. Algona Garrigan
3. Exira-EHK
4. Springville
5. North Linn
6. MMCRU
7. Burlington Notre Dame
8. North Mahaska
9. Storm Lake St. Mary’s
10. East Buchanan
11. Martensdale St. Marys
12. Stanton
13.Westwood
14. Montezuma
15. Woodbine
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