Iowa High School Volleyball Rankings (Sept. 18, 2014)
Fourteen teams from Northeast Iowa are featured in the latest volleyball rankings, released by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union on Thursday (September 18, 2014).
Dike-New Hartford remains the highest ranked from the area. The three-time defending state champion Wolverines lead the Class-2A poll for a fourth-straight week, following a 10-1 start their season. Four other North Iowa Cedar League (NICL) teams are featured among the top 15 in 2A -- fifthth-ranked Grundy Center, seventh-rated Sumner-Fredericksburg, eighth-ranked Wapsie Valley and No. 14 Denver.
A sixth NICL team is ranked in Class-3A. La Porte City Union is rated eighth after opening the season with 11 victories in 13 matches. Ahead of the Knights is Independence, which remains third.
Three Iowa Star Conference teams are ranked in Class-1A. Janesville is second, Tripoli is fifth, and Don Bosco is 17th.
The Class-4A poll also features three Northeast Iowa teams. The highest-ranked squad is second-rated West Delaware. The others are fifth-ranked Charles City and 13th-rated Waverly-Shell Rock.
CLASS 1A: School | Record | LW | ||||
1 | Holy Trinity Catholic | 10-1 | 1 | |||
2 | Janesville | 6-1 | 2 | |||
3 | Central Lyon | 17-1 | 3 | |||
4 | LeMars Gehlen Catholic | 11-5 | 4 | |||
5 | Tripoli | 8-4 | 5 | |||
6 | New London | 5-3 | 6 | |||
7 | Grand View Christian | 6-5 | 7 | |||
8 | Algona Bishop Garrigan | 10-4 | 9 | |||
9 | Turkey Valley | 10-3 | 11 | |||
10 | Marquette Catholic | 13-2 | 15 | |||
11 | Don Bosco | 4-7 | 10 | |||
12 | Springville | 9-6 | 12 | |||
13 | Murray | 4-0 | 14 | |||
14 | Griswold | 10-4 | NR | |||
15 | Keota | 8-3 | NR |
CLASS 2A; School | Record | LW | ||||
1 | Dike-New Hartford | 10-1 | 1 | |||
2 | Western Christian | 13-1 | 2 | |||
3 | Unity Christian | 9-2 | 3 | |||
4 | Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont | 16-1 | 4 | |||
5 | Grundy Center | 11-1 | 5 | |||
6 | South Central Calhoun | 22-0 | 6 | |||
7 | Sumner-Fredericksburg | 9-1 | 7 | |||
8 | Wapsie Valley | 8-3 | 8 | |||
9 | West Branch | 8-2 | 9 | |||
10 | Treynor | 12-5 | 10 | |||
11 | Lake Mills | 16-1 | 13 | |||
12 | North Cedar | 9-4 | 14 | |||
13 | Durant | 8-0 | NR | |||
14 | Denver | 12-5 | 12 | |||
15 | Earlham | 7-1 | NR |
CLASS 3A: School | Record | LW | ||||
1 | Solon | 12-3 | 1 | |||
2 | Mount Vernon | 12-3 | 2 | |||
3 | Independence | 12-1 | 3 | |||
4 | Red Oak | 13-1 | 4 | |||
5 | Nevada | 10-4 | 5 | |||
6 | Mediapolis | 14-0 | 6 | |||
7 | West Liberty | 14-0 | 8 | |||
8 | La Porte City Union | 11-2 | 10 | |||
9 | Sioux Center | 14-3 | 8 | |||
10 | Iowa Falls-Alden | 11-4 | 11 | |||
11 | Beckman Catholic | 8-5 | 9 | |||
12 | North Polk | 12-3 | 13 | |||
13 | Forest City | 9-2 | 12 | |||
14 | Shenandoah | 10-3 | NR | |||
15 | Algona | 13-4 | 14 |
CLASS 4A: School | Record | LW | ||||
1 | Harlan | 12-1 | 1 | |||
2 | West Delaware | 16-0 | 2 | |||
3 | Marion | 11-2 | 3 | |||
4 | Le Mars | 11-0 | 4 | |||
5 | Charles City | 15-2 | 7 | |||
6 | Clear Creek-Amana | 6-4 | 8 | |||
7 | Sioux City Bishop Heelan | 6-6 | 5 | |||
8 | Indianola | 11-6 | 6 | |||
9 | Cedar Rapids Xavier | 8-4 | 9 | |||
10 | ADM | 14-5 | 10 | |||
11 | Creston | 9-0 | NR | |||
12 | Boone | 6-2 | 14 | |||
13 | Waverly-Shell Rock | 10-8 | 13 | |||
14 | Lewis Central | 5-5 | 9 | |||
15 | Humboldt | 9-3 | NR |
CLASS 5A: School | Record | LW | ||||
1 | Ankeny Centennial | 18-0 | 1 | |||
2 | Bettendorf | 12-0 | 3 | |||
3 | Johnston | 8-1 | 4 | |||
4 | Ankeny | 10-2 | 5 | |||
5 | Dowling Catholic | 12-2 | 2 | |||
6 | Southeast Polk | 20-2 | 7 | |||
7 | Iowa City High | 6-1 | 8 | |||
8 | West Des Moines Valley | 16-4 | 10 | |||
9 | Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln | 13-7 | 9 | |||
10 | Cedar Rapids Prariie | 9-3 | NR |