Iowa High School Boys Basketball Rankings

Five teams from the Cedar Valley and Northeast Iowa are once again featured in this week's Associated Press boys high school basketball rankings.

Unbeaten Dike-New Hartford (15-0) remains the highest ranked area team from the area. The Wolverines are rated at No. 2 in Class-2A, heading into Thursday night's showdown at Jesup (14-1), the No. 5-ranked squad in Class-1A.

The match-up between the J-Hawks and Dike-New Hartford will likely determine the championship of the North Iowa Cedar League's East Division. The Wolverines handed the J-Hawks their only loss (59-56) of the season on Dec. 15 and currently have a one-game lead over Jesup in the conference standings.

Thursday's game was initially scheduled to be played Tuesday night (Jan. 26, 2016), but was postponed by weather.

One other NICL team is rated in Class-1A. West Division leader Gladbrook-Reinbeck (12-2) moved up one spot from last week, climbing to No. 8 from No. 9.

Two to other area squads are considered to be among the best in Iowa. Waverly-Shell Rock is ranked fifth in Class-3A, a one spot improvement from last week. Cedar Falls, which wasn't ranked a week ago, has returned to the Class-4A survey at No. 10.

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The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Class-4A
	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Valley, West Des Moines (14)	13-0	167	1
2. Pleasant Valley (3)	13-0	156	2
3. Iowa City, West	10-3	124	4
4. Des Moines, Hoover	12-1	122	3
5. Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln	12-1	87	5
6. Linn-Mar, Marion	9-3	79	8
7. Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines	11-2	73	7
8. Ankeny	11-3	40	6
9. Ames	11-3	28	10
10. Cedar Falls	9-3	21	NR

Others receiving votes: Waukee 15. Ankeny Centennial 13. Des Moines, North 5. Sioux City, East 4. North Scott, Eldridge 1.

Class-3A
	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Pella (15)	12-1	168	1
2. Xavier, Cedar Rapids (1)	11-2	144	3
3. Wahlert, Dubuque (1)	9-4	134	2
4. Harlan	11-2	118	5
5. Waverly-Shell Rock	11-3	94	6
6. Spirit Lake	12-3	69	4
7. Glenwood	11-3	63	7
8. Mount Vernon	10-3	39	NR
9. MOC-Floyd Valley	11-3	37	10
10. Chariton	13-1	23	9

Others receiving votes: Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 18. Webster City 14. Newton 5. Atlantic 5. Mount Pleasant 3. Algona 1.

Class-2A
	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Western Christian, Hull (15)	13-1	167	1
2. Dike-New Hartford (2)	15-0	145	2
3. Treynor	13-0	127	3
4. Cascade,Western Dubuque	13-1	119	4
5. Northeast, Goose Lake	14-1	114	5
6. Ridge View	13-1	43	9
7. Pocahontas Area	12-2	42	6
8. Anamosa	10-5	40	10
9. Camanche	13-3	39	NR
10. Kuemper Catholic, Carroll	10-4	22	NR

Others receiving votes: Earlham 19. Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 12. Pella Christian 11. Des Moines Christian 10. Aplington-Parkersburg 10. Monticello 5. Sioux Center 4. Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 3. Southeast Valley-Gowrie 2. Southwest Valley 1.

Class-1A
	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Danville (11)	16-0	151	2
2. Boyden-Hull (5)	13-1	148	3
3. West Fork, Sheffield (1)	15-0	127	4
4. West Hancock, Britt	14-1	115	1
5. Jesup	14-1	109	5
6. Colo-Nesco	13-1	71	6
7. Montezuma	15-0	58	7
8. Gladbrook-Reinbeck	12-2	48	9
9. IKM-Manning	13-2	37	8
10. Grand View Christian	12-0	20	NR

Others receiving votes: Meskwaki Settlement School 12. St. Albert, Council Bluffs 10. South O'Brien, Paullina 9. Ar-We-Va, Westside 7. Lynnville-Sully 4. St. Edmond, Fort Dodge 4. Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 2. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 1. Lenox 1. Janesville 1.

Note: Team records DO NOT include games played on Monday and Tuesday night.