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Lions, Cougars climb in boys basketball poll

The Linn-Mar Lions and Kennedy Cougars jumped two spots apiece in the Associated Press Class 4A boys basketball rankings Monday.

Linn-Mar (15-4) climbed from No. 8 to No. 6 in the poll, while Kennedy (14-5) jumped from No. 10 to No. 8. The Lions and Cougars are playing in the same substate this season, so only one of them can make the Class 4A state tournament.

Iowa City West (19-0) continued to sit atop the rankings, followed closely by Ankeny (19-0) heading into the final week of the regular season. Iowa City West received 8 of 11 first-place votes and Ankeny received the other three.

There are five Mississippi Valley Conference teams in the top-10 with Iowa City West No. 1, Cedar Falls No. 3, Linn-Mar No. 6, Kennedy No. 8 and Dubuque Senior No. 10.

Class 4A
1. Iowa City West (19-0), 2. Ankeny (19-0), 3. Cedar Falls (17-2), 4. Sioux City East (16-3), 5. West Des Moines Valley (16-3), 6. Linn-Mar (15-4), 7. Waukee (15-4), 8. Kennedy (14-5), 9. Des Moines Hoover (14-4), 10. Dubuque Senior (15-4).
Others receiving votes: Urbandale, Des Moines Roosevelt, West Des Moines Dowling.

Class 3A
1. MOC Floyd Valley (21-0), 2. Waverly-Shell Rock (19-1), 3. Mount Pleasant (19-1), 4. Davenport Assumption (16-3), 5. Western Dubuque (18-2), 6. Iowa Falls Alden (18-2), 7. Webster City (18-2), 8. Atlantic (17-3), 9. Dallas Center-Grimes (17-3), 10. Le Mars (17-4).

Class 2A
1. West Marshall (21-0), 2. Des Moines Christian (20-1), 3. Denver (20-1), 4. West Fork (20-1), 5. MFL MarMac (20-1), 6. Mount Vernon (17-4), 7. Monroe PCM (19-2), 8. Monticello (20-1), 9. North Cedar (17-4), 10. Sioux Center (15-6).

Class 1A
1. Danville (21-0), 2. Storm Lake St. Mary's (21-0), 3. NE Hamilton (21-0), 4. Boyden Hull (19-2), 5. Harris Lake Park (20-0), 6. Keota (21-0), 7. Treynor (19-1), 8. Nodaway Valley (18-2), 9. North-Linn (20-2), 10. Lone Tree (18-3).

Last Updated ( Monday, 13 February 2012 23:09 )  

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