Prep Basketball: West Burlington Hangs on to Top Ten Ranking in IHSAA’s Latest Update

Prep Basketball- The Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) released their latest top 10 rankings for the four classes and southeast Iowa is down to only one representative after a bit of friendly fire.

Class 4A

Cedar Falls still sits atop the rankings as the top five remained unchanged. Dowling Catholic was dropped from the rankings after a loss to #8 Waukee 62-57 and unranked Ankeny 63-48.

Prairie rounds out the list as the new team on the block having won their past three matchups, including a 71-70 victory over #1 Cedar Falls last Tuesday.

Class 3A

#1 Clear Lake and #2 Decorah kept the status quo at the top of the rankings, but no one else kept their spot from a week ago. Ranked #3 a week ago, MOC-Floyd Valley fell two spots to #5 after falling to a top ten team in Class 2A Unity Christian 67-59.

Surprisingly, no teams were dropped from the top ten despite the juggling of spots.

Class 2A

Western Christian still rules Class 2A with Kuemper Catholic sitting as their right-hand man. Unity Christian jumped West Lyon to be ranked 3rd this week and Cascade and Treynor switched spots to be ranked 7th and 8th, respectively.

#10 West Burlington hung on to their spot with a 77-63 victory over #9 Burlington Notre Dame last Friday. Mason Watkins ranks second in the state, averaging 30.9 points per game as he also contributes five rebounds, 5.8 assists, and 2.5 steals per game.

Regina Catholic was kicked out of the top 10 after losing 66-56 to Solon, ending their 16-game win streak. Aplington-Parkersburg jumped over the Falcons to claim that #9 slot.

Class 1A

The top five stayed the same with Maquette Catholic, Madrid, and MMCRU making up the top three, respectively. Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s loss to Aplington-Parkersburg 71-56 caused the Rebels to tumble back to #8 in the rankings from #6.

Notre Dame’s loss to the Falcons caused the Nikes to be ousted from the top 10, despite bouncing back to defeat Class 3A Fort Madison 59-54 the next day. North Linn is back in the top 10 after a brief hiatus, following their last three wins all being by at least 25 points.