With baseball on the sports schedule for Tuesday the 2023 IHSBCA Baseball Pre-Season Rankings are out. Remsen St Mary’s tops the first 1A poll of the season. Gehlen Catholic is ranked #8. Estherville Lincoln Central is #7 in the 2A poll with Central Lyon receiving votes. MOC Floyd Valley is ranked 9th in the 3A pre season poll.
4A
1. West Des Moines Dowling (27-15)
2. Ankeny Centennial (25-14)
3. Johnston (36-4)
4. Cedar Rapids Prairie (31-9)
5. Waukee Northwest (27-13)
6. Pleasant Valley (24-12)
7. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (25-15)
8. West Des Moines Valley (20-15)
9. Iowa City High (32-9)
10. Indianola (26-13)
Others Mentioned (alphabetical order): Ankeny (23-14), Cedar Falls (26-13), Sioux City East (24-15), Southeast Polk (22-19), and Waukee (27-12)
3A
1. Western Dubuque (32-11)
2. Marion (25-11)
3. Xavier, Cedar Rapids (28-12)
4. Assumption, Davenport (32-7)
5. Lewis Central (31-4)
6. Wahlert, Dubuque (25-13)
7. North Polk (17-9)
8. Independence (30-12)
9. MOC-Floyd Valley (26-14)
10. Pella (23-15)
Others Mentioned (alphabetical order): ADM (19-9); Ballard (19-11); Heelan, Sioux City (27-14); Sergeant Bluff-Luton (31-12); Waverly-Shell Rock (25-11)
2A
1. Van Meter (39-0)
2. Mid-Prairie (19-11)
3. Kuemper, Carroll (20-17)
4. Beckman, Dyersville (25-14)
5. Dike-New Hartford (26-4)
6. Williamsburg (22-14)
7. Estherville-Lincoln Central (33-3)
8. Underwood (20-4)
9. Cascade (20-6)
10. Osage (20-5)
Others Mentioned (alphabetical order): Central Lyon (15-9); Clarinda (22-8); Des Moines Christian (24-11); New Hampton (18-15); West Marshall (28-9)
1A
1. Remsen-St. Mary’s (35-1)
2. Newman Catholic, Mason City (33-4)
3. North Linn (31-3)
4. Lisbon (24-6)
5. Kingsley-Pierson (27-5)
6. Lynnville-Sully (24-3)
7. Don Bosco (23-6)
8. Gehlen Catholic (21-10)
9. Saint Ansgar (19-12)
10. West Harrison (17-7)
Others Mentioned (alphabetical order): Coon Rapids-Bayard (23-8); Moravia (21-7); St. Albert, Council Bluffs (17-16); Wapsie Valley (19-12); Woodbury Central (19-6)
