April 16, 2024

Preseason volleyball rankings courtesy of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union

The first poll of the new volleyball season released Monday by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. Records shown are from last season.

No C-NA area teams are ranked in the first poll of the season.

CLASS 5A

1. Johnston 29-11; 2. Ankeny Centennial 39-5; 3. Iowa City West 27-12; 4. Cedar Falls 37-5; 5. West Des Moines Valley 42-10; 6. Dubuque Hempstead 25-11; 7. Ankeny 25-15; 8. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 29-10; 9. Bettendorf 33-2; 10. Dowling Catholic 42-6; 11. Urbandalle 23-18; 12. Des Moines Roosevelt 29-17; 13. Linn-Mar 28-9; 14. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 16-21; 15. Iowa City High 17-6.

CLASS 4A

1. Bishop Heelan 31-4; 2. Pella 27-11; 3. Marion 31-9; 4. Charles City 30-11; 5. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 35-12; 6. Harlan 37-6; 7. Dubuque Wahlert 20-15; 8. Waverly-Shell Rock 42-10; 9. Western Dubuque 24-13; 10. Fairfield 33-4; 11. Nevada 33-9; 12. Cedar Rapids Xavier 15-22; 13. Lewis Central 33-6; 14. Fort Madison 18-18; 15. Norwalk 26-11.

Class 3A

1. Dike-New Hartford 37-9; 2. Mount Vernon 26-12; 3. Kuemper Catholic 29-4; 4. Union 27-14; 5. West Delaware 49-2; 6. Sioux Center 31-6; 7. Davenport Assumption 23-13; 8. Spirit Lake 34-7; 9. Gilbert 27-11; 10. Center Point-Urbana 31-8; 11. North POlk 26-12; 12. Humboldt 28-5; 13. Cherokee 21-13; 14. West Liberty 37-5; 15. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 35-3.

Class 2A

1.Western Christian 43-5; 2. Sumner-Fredericksburg 31-4; 3. Unity Christian 36-5; 4. North Cedar 30-11; 5. Tri-Center 29-4; 6. Lake Mills 40-2; 7. Treynor 26-9; 8. Woodward-Granger 29-9; 9. Central Lyon 32-5; 10. Council Bluffs St. Albert 23-7; 11. Hinton 25-12; 12. Montezuma 22-7; 13. Cascade 19-15; 14. Waterloo Columbus 20-15; 15. Underwood 22-11.

Class 1A

1. Janesville 28-14; 2. Tripoli 24-14; 3. Springville 31-7; 4. Gehlen Catholic 29-11; 5. Iowa Valley 25-9; 6. New London 36-7; 7. Grandview Christian 30-12; 8. Marquette Catholic 22-8; 9. Holy Trinity Catholic 30-11; 10. Lawton-Bronson 32-6; 11. George-Little Rock 20-13; 12. Starmont 30-10; 13. Siouxland Christian 24-11; 14. Sidney 34-2; 15. Stanton 22-16.

Dropped out: Iowa Mennonite (10), Grandview Park Baptist (14).

Source: Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.