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A solid 3-1 start to the season has bumped Solon into the Class 3A volleyball rankings.

The Spartans made their season debut in the 3A rankings released by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union on Thursday coming in at No. 14.

Liberty High (6-3) slipped from first to fourth in the most recent Class 5A rankings trailing top-ranked Cedar Falls, Pleasant Valley and Ankeny.

Clear Creek Amana (6-3) dropped six spots in the Class 4A rankings to No. 13. The Clippers have won six of their last seven matches following an 0-2 start to the season that included losses to Solon and 3A top-ranked Mount Vernon.

Other top-ranked teams this week include Marion (4A), Dike-New Hartford (2A) and North Tama (1A).

IGHSAU Volleyball Rankings

Class 5A

1. Cedar Falls

2. Pleasant Valley

3. Ankeny

4. Liberty High 

5. Ankeny Centennial

6. West Des Moines Dowling

7. Waukee Northwest

8. Johnston

9. West Des Moines Valley

10. Waukee

11. Urbandale

12. Cedar Rapids Prairie

13. Bettendorf

14. Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln

15. Cedar Rapids Kennedy

Class 4A

1. Marion

2. Cedar Rapids Xavier

3. Waverly-Shell Rock

4. Decorah

5. North Scott

6. Council Bluffs Lewis Central

7. Western Dubuque

8. Sioux City Heelan

9. West Delaware

10. Knoxville

11. Indianola

12. Humboldt

13. Clear Creek Amana 

14. North Polk

15. Norwalk

Class 3A

1. Mount Vernon

2. Des Moines Christian

3. West Liberty

4. Sioux Center

5. Davenport Assumption

6. Unity Christian

7. Osage

8. Sheldon

9. Union

10. Mid-Prairie

11. Nevada

12. New Hampton

13. Van Meter

14. Solon 

15. Forest City

Class 2A

1. Dike-New Hartford

2. Western Christian

3. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont

4. West Burlington

5. Denver

6. Lisbon

7. Missouri Valley

8. Sumner-Fredericksburg

9. Wapsie Valley

10. South Hardin

11. Hinton

12. Grundy Center

13. Wilton

14. Dyersville Beckman

15. Carroll-Kuemper

Class 1A

1. North Tama

2. Springville

3. Gladbrook-Reinbeck

4. Dunkerton

5. Ankeny Christian

6. LeMars Gehlen

7. Burlington Notre Dame

8. Fort Madison Holy Trinity

9. Sidney

10. Newell-Fonda

11. Tri-Center

12. Tripoli

13. Stanton

14. Council Bluffs St. Albert

15. New London

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