Plenty Of Shakeup In Latest Iowa High School Softball Class Rankings

While all five No. 1 teams remain same, several others move up and down.

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The second edition of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union class softball rankings saw plenty of movement outside of the No. 1 positions.

All five top-ranked teams remained the same this week in Waukee Northwest (Class 5A), ADM (Class 4A), Williamsburg (Class 3A), Louisa-Muscatine (Class 2A) and Clarksville (Class 1A). Waukee Northwest also holds the top overall position in the High School On SI Softball State Rankings.

But outside of that, the Top 15 featured a lot of changes, including in Class 1A where West Monona jumped from unranked to the No. 2 position.

The Spartans earned wins over No. 15 (Class 4A) Sioux City Bishop Heelan and Class 5A’s North Scott, opening the season with seven consecutive victories. Juniors Georgia Jones and McKenna Baker have a combined 14 RBI and 18 hits on the season, with Baker already swiping 20 bases.

Logan-Magnolia made a similar move, going from outside of the Class 2A Top 15 to ranked third this week behind Louisa-Muscatine and West Lyon. The Panthers have won all eight games, highlighted by a 13-3 victory over Treynor, who was ranked 11th.

Host Of Other Newcomers Enter Iowa High School Softball Rankings

Several other teams have entered the Top 15 this week in their respective class. In Class 5A, Dowling Catholic and Dubuque Hempstead replaced Iowa City High and Indianola, as Class 4A now includes both Ballard and Sioux City Bishop Heelan.

Dropping out of the Class 4A Top 15 was Waverly-Shell Rock and Grinnell.

In Class 3A, Mid-Prairie and Clear Lake joined the rankings, taking the place of Algona and Central Lee. Along with Logan-Magnolia, Interstate 35, Grand View Christian, Missouri Valley and Iowa City Regina are all now ranked.

Remsen St. Mary’s moved into the Class 1A Top 15 along with West Monona.

Here are the latest Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union softball class-by-class rankings.

Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Softball Rankings

Class 5A

1. Waukee Northwest
2. Ankeny Centennial
3. Pleasant Valley
4. West Des Moines Valley
5. Southeast Polk
6. Dallas Center-Grimes
7. Linn-Mar
8. Cedar Rapids Kennedy
9. Muscatine
10. Bettendorf
11. Ottumwa
12. Dowling Catholic
13. Johnston
14. Dubuque Hempstead
15. Cedar Falls

Dropped out: Iowa City High (14); Indianola (15).

Class 4A

1. ADM
2. Carlisle
3. Fort Dodge
4. Western Dubuque
5. Clear Creek-Amana
6. Cedar Rapids Xavier
7. North Scott
8. Norwalk
9. North Polk
10. Pella
11. Gilbert
12. Winterset
13. Solon
14. Ballard
15. Sioux City Bishop Heelan

Dropped out: Waverly-Shell Rock (13); Grinnell (14).

Class 3A

1. Williamsburg
2. Dubuque Wahlert Catholic
3. Albia
4. Mount Vernon
5. Van Meter
6. West Liberty
7. West Delaware
8. PCM
9. Davenport Assumption
10. Center Point-Urbana
11. Osage
12. Atlantic
13. Des Moines Christian
14. Mid-Prairie
15. Clear Lake

Dropped out: Algona (10); Central Lee (15).

Class 2A

1. Louisa-Muscatine
2. West Lyon
3. Logan-Magnolia
4. Wapsie Valley
5. East Marshall
6. Durant
7. Riverside
8. Pleasantville
9. West Marshall
10. Lisbon
11. Interstate 35
12. Grand View Christian
13. Missouri Valley
14. Iowa City Regina
15. Sumner-Fredericksburg

Dropped out: Jesup (5); Treynor (11); Ogden (14); Cascade (15).

Class 1A

1. Clarksville
2. West Monona
3. Mason City Newman
4. Exira-EHK/Audubon
5. Edgewood-Colesburg
6. Fort Dodge St. Edmond
7. Newell-Fonda
8. Highland
9. Martensdale-St. Marys
10. Southeast Warren
11. North Linn
12. Collins-Maxwell
13. Wayne
14. North Union
15. Remsen St. Mary’s

Dropped out: Don Bosco (14); Kee (15).