Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports 

A week after returning to the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association rankings City High is on the move.

The Little Hawks jumped three spots to sixth in the most recent Class 4A rankings released by the IHSBCA on Monday.

City High has won four of its last five games including a doubleheader sweep of eighth-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy while improving to 15-8 on the season.

Ankeny Centennial remained atop the Class 4A rankings followed by Cedar Rapids Prairie, Johnston, Southeast Polk and Pleasant Valley.

Other top-ranked teams this week include Western Dubuque (3A), Van Meter (2A) and Mason City Newman (1A).

IHSBCA Baseball Rankings 

Class 4A

1. Ankeny Centennial (15-1)

2. Cedar Rapids Prairie (19-1)

3. Johnston (17-3)

4. Southeast Polk (17-6)

5. Pleasant Valley (16-6)

9. City High (15-8) 

7. West Des Moines Dowling (13-5)

8. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (18-6)

9. Dallas Center-Grimes (11-5)

10. Indianola (13-7)

Other teams mentioned: Ankeny (9-9); Bettendorf (12-4); Cedar Falls (11-7); Urbandale (11-8) Waukee Northwest (10-11)

Class 3A

1. Western Dubuque (18-4)

2. Council Bluffs Lewis Central (13-1)

3. North Polk (11-2)

4. Knoxville (17-1)

5. Marion (12-3)

6. Sioux City Heelan (16-6)

7. ADM (14-5)

8. Ballard (12-3)

9. Dubuque Wahlert (13-8)

10. Davenport Assumption (9-9)

Other teams mentioned: Bondurant-Farrar (13-6); MOC-Floyd Valley (11-4); Sergeant Bluff-Luton (13-5); West Delaware (12-6); Cedar Rapids Xavier (9-10)

Class 2A

1. Van Meter (12-5)

2. Mid-Prairie (12-4)

3. Estherville-Lincoln Central (11-4)

4. Dyersville Beckman (11-6)

5. Underwood (9-2)

6. Carroll Kuemper (10-5)

7. Williamsburg (14-7)

8. Cascade (10-5)

9. West Marshall (14-3)

10. New Hampton (12-5)

Other teams mentioned: Anamosa (14-3); Dike-New Hartford (9-4); Pella Christian (12-5); Pleasantville (14-6); West Lyon (10-1)

Class 1A

1. Mason City Newman (17-2)

2. Kingsley-Pierson (13-0)

3. Remsen-St. Mary’s (14-2)

4. Lynnville-Sully (13-0)

5. North Linn (14-2)

6. West Harrison (11-1)

7. Coon Rapids-Bayard (14-1)

8. Burlington Notre Dame (13-4)

9. Lisbon (10-2)

10. LeMars Gehlen (11-2)

Other teams mentioned: Akron-Westfield (13-4); Don Bosco (13-3); Newell-Fonda (10-4); South Winneshiek (11-2); Woodbury Central (10-2)

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