Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports 

City High moved up two spots to sixth in the latest Class 4A baseball rankings released on Monday by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association.

The Little Hawks have won seven straight games and eight of their last nine and join second-ranked Cedar Rapids Prairie and fourth-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy as Mississippi Valley Conference teams ranked in the top six in Class 4A.

Ankeny Centennial (25-2) remained atop the Class 4A rankings followed by Cedar Rapids Prairie, Johnston, Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Southeast Polk.

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

IHSBCA Baseball Rankings 

Class 4A

1. Ankeny Centennial (25-2)

2. Cedar Rapids Prairie (27-3)

3. Johnston (27-7)

4. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (25-9)

5. Southeast Polk (23-9)

6. City High (22-12) 

7. West Des Moines Dowling (19-9)

8. Dallas Center-Grimes (21-6)

9. Indianola (22-7)

10. Ankeny (16-5)

Other teams mentioned: Ames (22-11); Linn-Mar (19-12); Pleasant Valley (20-13); Sioux City North (23-9); Urbandale (17-15)

Class 3A

1. Western Dubuque (26-6)

2. North Polk (20-3)

3. Council Bluffs Lewis Central (22-3)

4. Marion (21-5)

5. ADM (20-7)

6. Knoxville (27-2)

7. Dubuque Wahlert (22-10)

8. Davenport Assumption (21-10)

9. Ballard (15-8)

10. Sioux City Heelan (19-11)

Other teams mentioned: Benton Community (24-8); Central DeWitt (19-8);  MOC-Floyd Valley (21-7); Sergeant Bluff-Luton (23-11); West Delaware (19-9)

Class 2A

1. Van Meter (22-8)

2. Mid-Prairie (20-6)

3. Dyersville Beckman (18-8)

4. Estherville-Lincoln Central (17-6)

5. Underwood (18-2)

6. Carroll Kuemper (18-9)

7. Cascade (16-7)

8. West Marshall (21-6)

9. New Hampton (19-8)

10. Pleasantville (22-6)

Other teams mentioned: Anamosa (17-8); Sumner-Fredericksburg (16-4); West Lyon (18-2); Williamsburg (16-16); Woodward-Granger (14-4)

Class 1A

1. Mason City Newman (25-3)

2. Kingsley-Pierson (21-1)

3. Remsen-St. Mary’s (23-2)

4. Lynnville-Sully (21-1)

5. Don Bosco (23-5)

6. North Linn (22-4)

7. West Harrison (18-3)

8. Burlington Notre Dame (23-6)

9. Lisbon (19-4)

10. LeMars Gehlen (17-3)

Other teams mentioned: Algona Garrigan (19-5); Coon Rapids-Bayard (21-4); Newell-Fonda (17-5); Saint Ansgar (20-5); Woodbury Central (13-5)

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