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Cougars finish No. 2 in baseball poll

Cedar Rapids Kennedy remains ranked at No. 2 in the final Class 4A baseball poll released Monday by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association.

Linn-Mar dropped one spot to No. 9. The Lions swapped positions with North Scott. The Lancers swept a doubleheader from Linn-Mar on Saturday.

Kennedy and Linn-Mar finished the Mississippi Valley Conference season tied for first place in the Mississippi Division. Valley Division winner Iowa City West is ranked No. 5.

Ankeny held onto the top spot in Class 4A. Dallas Center-Grimes is No. 1 in Class 3A.

The Class 4A substate and Class 3A district tournaments begin Friday.

IHSBCA RANKINGS
Final
(Records through July 8)

CLASS 4A
1. Ankeny (35-2)
2. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (29-5)
3. West DM Valley (28-9)
4. Fort Dodge (29-6)
5. Iowa City West (30-8)
6. Dowling Catholic (27-10)
7. Waukee (25-9)
8. North Scott (30-8)
9. Linn-Mar (26-10)
10. Southeast Polk (22-13)

CLASS 3A
1. Dallas Center-Grimes
2. Grinnell
3. Clear Lake
4. Sioux City Heelan
5. LeMars
6. Benton Community
7. Harlan
8. Western Dubuque
9. New Hampton
10. Davenport Assumption

J-Hawks finish regular season ranked No. 4

Cedar Rapids Jefferson heads into postseason play with the No. 4 ranking in Class 5A softball, according to the final polls released Thursday by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

Jefferson completed the regular season with a 35-5 record, that included a 25-1 record in Mississippi Valley Conference games. The J-Hawks split a season-opening doubleheader with Iowa City West, then ran off 24 straight MVC wins.

Iowa City West (33-6) is ranked ninth.

Ankeny (34-6) is ranked No. 1, followed by West Des Moines Valley (29-5) and Muscatine (34-5).

Jefferson does not play until the regional semifinals on Saturday, when the J-Hawks face either Cedar Falls or Waterloo West. If they win that game they advance to the regional final on July 10 against either No. 10 Davenport West (29-10) or Davenport Central.

IGHSAU SOFTBALL RANKINGS
Final

CLASS 5A

1. Ankeny 34-6
2. WDM Valley 29-5
3. Muscatine 34-5
4. CR Jefferson 35-5
5. Pleasant Valley 30-6
6. DM East 29-5
7. Waukee 32-8
8. Ottumwa 37-7
9. Iowa City West 33-6
10. Davenport West 29-10

CLASS 4A

1. Clear Creek Amana 39-1
2. Dallas Center-Grimes 31-5
3. Carlisle 30-8
4. Indianola 26-11
5. Creston 28-7
6. Winterset 27-13
7. Washington, Iowa 29-7
8. North Scott 24-16
9. SC Heelan 29-6
10. Glenwood 25-9
11. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 28-10
12. Keokuk 24-13
13. Charles City 26-9
14. Denison-Schleswig 28-8
15. Harlan 30-9

Class 3A, 2A and 1A softball polls

IGHSAU RANKINGS

Final polls for Class 3A, 2A and 1A; Class 5A and 4A polls will be released July 5

cLASS 3A

1. Solon 32-6
2. West Burlington Notre Dame 31-5
3. Bondurant-Farrar 31-7
4. Mid-Prairie 27-11
5. Estherville-LC 24-6
6. Monticello 24-5
7. East Marshall 27-5
8. Clarke 26-5
9. Ballard 29-9
10. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 22-8
11. MOC-Floyd Valley 21-5
12. Center Point-Urbana 22-9
13. Wilton 20-14
14. OA-BCIG 23-7
15. Crestwood 21-7

CLASS 2A

1. North Union 29-4
2. Durant 27-5
3. Wayne 28-3
4. Van Meter 28-6
5. DM Christian 23-6
6. Jesup 30-7
7. Emmetsburg 27-9
8. Sumner-Fredericksburg 29-9
9. North Mahaska 23-5
10. BCLUW 25-9
11. Woodbury Central 20-7
12. Tri-Center 18-6
13. Treynor 22-5
14. Central Springs 24-6
15. Iowa City Regina 15-20

CLASS 1A

1. Akron-Westfield 33-1
2. Earlham 30-4
3. Martensdale-St. Marys 35-2
4. Newell-Fonda 31-7
5. Lisbon 28-11
6. Don Bosco 25-6
7. Lynnville-Sully 23-5
8. MC Newman 22-11
9. Remsen St. Mary's 25-8
10. Charter Oak-Ute 24-12
11. Remsen Union 17-7
12. MMC 17-8
13. Sigourney 20-6
14. Coon Rapids-Bayard 21-10
15. Janesville 20-10

Cougars hold No. 2 spot in baseball poll

Cedar Rapids Kennedy stayed in the No. 2 spot behind Ankeny in the new Class 4A baseball rankings Tuesday.

The Cougars (24-4) have been ranked No. 1 or No. 2 all season by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association.

The Linn-Mar Lions (22-8) stayed in the No. 8 spot in the 4A rankings this week. Linn-Mar leads the Mississippi Division standings in the MVC with a 17-3 record, with Kennedy a half-game behind with a 17-4 mark.

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