High School Girls’ Soccer: Final Rankings Heading into the Playoffs for Class 2A and 3A

Prep Girls’ Soccer- The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has released the final rankings of the season for Class 2A and 3A. Class 3A returned to form by bringing some chaos before the postseason gets underway.

Waverly-Shell Rock still clings on to the top spot in Class 2A with a 14-1 record. Independence experienced their first loss of the season to Assumption 3-0, which dropped them down one spot to 5^th. North Polk was ranked 6^th last week but after falling 1-0 against previously ranked 9^th now ranked 8^th Bondurant-Farrar, the Comets plummeted to 11^th in the rankings. Norwalk jumped up to 10^th in the rankings after taking down fellow ranked team Lewis Central 5-4. The Titans are now ranked 13^th. Burlington was dropped from the top 15 after losing 1-0 to Davenport Central. Glenwood rounds out the top 15 with a 10-5 record.

Comparing the final rankings to the preseason, 13 teams remain ranked in the top 15. North Polk had the biggest drop in the rankings, falling 8 spots from being ranked 3^rd at the start of the season. ADM moved up the rankings 6 spots from 12^th to 6^th, the biggest climb of all the teams in Class 2A.

In Class 3A, Waukee Northwest holds the top spot, but there’s a new #2 team. Ankeny continues their climb back up the rankings after defeating the previous #2 team Valley 1-0 last week. The Hawks are now ranked 2^nd with the Tigers falling back to 4^th. Dowling Catholic has lost their last three games and fall two spots in the rankings from 5^th to 7^th. Dubuque Hempstead fell out of the top 15 after losing to #6 Linn-Mar 6-0 last week. Prairie enters the top 15 at the #15 slot with a 10-3 record.

12 of the 15 teams listed in the preseason rankings remain on the list. Two schools kept their same rankings: Ankeny in 2^nd and Valley in 4^th. Ankeny Centennial had the largest fall and the most surprising fall after entering the season as the #1 team. The Jaguars enter the postseason ranked 8^th with an 8-6 record. Johnston had the highest climb entering the season ranked 9^th and ending the regular season ranked 3^rd.