Iowa City High is the No. 1 team to start the season in Iowa high school baseball for Class 4A, as the Little Hawks were placed in the top position by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association.
Johnston, Dallas Center-Grimes, Waukee and Pleasant Valley round out the Top 5 in the state’s largest classification.
Taking the No. 1 positions in the other three classes are Dubuque Wahlert (3A), Underwood (2A) and Remsen St. Mary’s (1A). That time atop the 1A poll for Remsen St. Mary’s is likely to be short-lived, as they were upset by Newell-Fonda already this season.
Here is the preseason installment of the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Iowa high school baseball rankings:
IOWA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION PRESEASON RANKINGS
Class 4A
1. Iowa City High; 2. Johnston; 3. Dallas Center-Grimes; 4. Waukee; 5. Pleasant Valley; 6. Waukee Northwest; 7. Ottumwa; 8. Sioux City East; 9. Cedar Rapids Kennedy; 10. Cedar Rapids Prairie.
Others receiving votes: Ankeny Centennial; Indianola; Iowa City Liberty; Linn-Mar; Southeast Polk.
Class 3A
1. Dubuque Wahlert; 2. Pella; 3. Marion; 4. Bishop Heelan; 5. Algona; 6. Western Dubuque; 7. Clear Creek-Amana; 8. Sergeant Bluff-Luton; 9. MOC-Floyd Valley; 10. North Polk.
Others receiving votes: Bondurant-Farrar; Boone; Davenport Assumption; Grinnell; Harlan.
Class 2A
1. Underwood; 2. Unity Christian; 3. Pleasantville; 4. West Lyon; 5. Northeast; 6. Chariton; 7. Wilton; 8. Van Meter; 9. New Hampton; 10. Sumner-Fredericksburg.
Others receiving votes: Dyersville Beckman; Cascade; Estherville-Lincoln Central; Mid-Prairie; West Marshall.
Class 1A
1. Remsen St. Mary’s; 2. Saint Ansgar; 3. North Linn; 4. Sigourney; 5. Martensdale-St. Marys; 6. Coon Rapids-Bayard; 7. Bedford; 8. Don Bosco; 9. Woodbine; 10. Lynnville-Sully.
Others receiving votes: Akron-Westfield; Bishop Garrigan; Hillcrest Academy; Mason City Newman; Wapsie Valley.
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