Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports 

Regina climbed four spots to fifth in the most recent girls basketball rankings released by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union on Thursday.

The Regals were ninth in Class 2A preseason rankings and moved up to fifth this week after consecutive wins to open the season over Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Northeast.

West High (3-1) remained No. 13 in the Class 5A rankings while Liberty High (1-0) made its season debut in the rankings at No. 15.

The Lightning opened the season with a win over Southeast Polk.

Clear Creek Amana dropped four spots to ninth in the Class 4A rankings after opening the season fifth. The Clippers have dropped back-to-back games to ranked opponents Maquoketa and West High.

Top ranked teams this week are Johnston in Class 5A, Sioux City Heelan in Class 4A, Mount Vernon in Class 3A, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont in Class 2A and Algona Garrigan in Class 1A.

IGHSAU Girls Basketball Rankings

Class 5A (Record) 

1. Johnston (2-0)

2. West Des Moines Dowling (3-1)

3. Davenport North (1-0)

4. Waukee Northwest (1-1)

5. Ankeny Centennial (1-1)

6. Cedar Rapids Prairie (2-0)

7. Ankeny (4-0)

8. Pleasant Valley (1-1)

9. Cedar Falls (2-1)

10. West Des Moines Valley (1-1)

11. Bettendorf (1-0)

12. Waukee (1-1)

13. West High (3-1) 

14. Cedar Rapids Washington (1-0)

15. Liberty High (1-0) 

Class 4A

1. Sioux City Heelan (2-1)

2. North Polk (2-0)

3. Sioux Center (2-0)

4. Norwalk (4-0)

5. Gilbert (1-0)

6. Maquoketa (3-0)

7. Cedar Rapids Xavier (2-0)

8. Central DeWitt (2-0)

9. Clear Creek Amana (0-2)

10. Dallas Center-Grimes (2-1)

11. Storm Lake (2-0)

12. Carlisle (1-0)

13. Keokuk (0-1)

14. Waverly-Shell Rock (2-1)

15. Oskaloosa (1-0)

Class 3A

1. Mount Vernon (1-1)

2. Estherville-Lincoln Central (3-2)

3. Dubuque Wahlert (1-0)

4. Forest City (2-0)

5. Roland-Story (2-0)

6. Cherokee (2-0)

7. Williamsburg (2-0)

8. Algona (0-2)

9. PCM (3-0)

10. West Delaware (2-0)

11. Monticello (1-2)

12. Humboldt (0-1)

13. Center Point-Urbana (1-1)

14. Clarinda (3-0)

15. Spirit Lake (2-0)

Class 2A

1. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (4-0)

2. Westwood (2-0)

3. North Mahaska (2-0)

4. Central Lyon (2-0)

5. Regina (2-0) 

6. Rock Valley (0-1)

7. MVAOCOU (1-0)

8. Denver (2-0)

9. West Lyon (2-0)

10. Hudson (2-0)

11. Hinton (2-0)

12. Cascade (0-2)

13. Treynor (3-0)

14. Maquoketa Valley (3-0)

15. Pella Christian (2-1)

Class 1A

1. Algona Garrigan (2-0)

2. North Linn (3-0)

3. Riceville (1-1)

4. Mount Ayr (3-0)

5. Newell-Fonda (1-0)

6. Kee (1-0)

7. Council Bluffs St. Albert (2-0)

8. Montezuma (1-3)

9. Highland (4-0)

10. Fremont-Mills (1-0)

11. Dunkerton (1-1)

12. Akron-Westfield (0-1)

13. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (1-0)

14. East Buchanan (1-1)

15. Woodbine (2-0)

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