Xavier maintained its hold on the No.8 spot in the Class 4A softball poll released Thursday by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

Jefferson, meanwhile, slid one spot to ninth in the Class 5A rankings.

Ottumwa is No.1 in Class 5A, followed by Pleasant Valley. Dubuque Senior, which split with Jefferson on Tuesday, dropped one spot to No.5. Dubuque Hempstead is No.10.

Dallas Center-Grimes is No.1 in Class 4A, followed by Winterset. Solon is No.3 and Benton No.10 among ranked Wamac Conference teams. Center Point-Urbana is No.15 in Class 3A.

IGHSAU SOFTBALL RANKINGS
Records through June 12

CLASS 5A
1. Ottumwa (14-2), 2. Pleasant Valley (13-4), 3. Muscatine (16-2), 4. WDM Dowling (14-4), 5. Dubuque Senior (14-3), 6. Ankeny (9-4), 7. Waukee (11-6), 8. Fort Dodge (12-4), 9. CR Jefferson (16-5), 10. Dubuque Hempstead (14-2)

CLASS 4A
1. Dallas Center-Grimes (17-0), 2. Winterset (18-2), 3. Solon (17-0), 4. LeMars (17-1), 5. Carlisle (12-3), 6. Indianola (15-4), 7. Ballard (10-4), 8. CR Xavier (11-5), 9. Oskaloosa (12-0), 10. Benton (14-1), 11. Norwalk (15-1), 12. Washington, Iowa (9-3), 13. Waverly-Shell Rock (11-3), 14. Webster City (13-4), 15. Fairfield (16-3)

CLASS 3A
1, West Burlington/Notre Dame (15-1), 2. Mid-Prairie (10-4), 3. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (13-2), 4. East Marshall (12-1), 5. Bondurant-Farrar (9-6), 6. Monticello (10-1), 7. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (11-2), 8. Interstate-35 (11-2), 9. Iowa Falls-Alden (8-4), 10. Crestwood (11-2), 11. Greene County (10-2), 12. Mount Vernon (13-6), 13. North Polk (8-3), 14. Cascade (12-3), 15. Center Point-Urbana (11-6)

CLASS 2A
1. Treynor (12-1), 2. North Union (13-0), 3. Durant (16-3), 4. Fort Dodge St. Edmond (11-2), 5. Jesup (12-2), 6. Highland (14-2), 7. Sumner-Fredericksburg (11-2), 8. Alburnett (11-4), 9. AGWSR (10-2), 10. BCLUW (8-4), 11. Woodbury Central (14-4), 12. George-Little Rock/Central Lyon (12-2), 13. Westwood (12-6), 14. Hinton (11-3), 15. Eddyville-Blakesburg (14-4)

CLASS 1A
1. Don Bosco (11-2), 2. Martensdale-St. Marys (12-0), 3. Akron-Westfield (16-1), 4. Newell-Fonda (15-2), 5. Clarksville (9-1), 6. Earlham (14-3), 7. Lynnville-Sully (19-3), 8. Lisbon (11-6), 9. Wayne (6-3), 10. Remsen St. Mary's (12-5), 11. West Bend-Mallard (10-1), 12. Janesville (4-2), 13. Preston (7-2), 14. Sigourney (8-3), 15. Bellevue Marquette (8-6)