SOCCERTOWN: Centennial, Ankeny girls are 1-2 in first Class 3A rankings of 2023

**Ankeny Centennial’s Averi Porter (No. 11) celebrates with Ava Martin after Martin scored one of her two goals in the Jaguars’ 10-0 victory over visiting Carlisle on Tuesday. (Photo by Drue Wolfe)**

Defending champion Ankeny Centennial and Ankeny are ranked 1-2 in the first Class 3A girls’ soccer rankings of the season.

The Jaguars (1-0) opened their season on Tuesday with a 10-0 victory over visiting Carlisle. The Hawkettes (1-0) posted a 1-0 overtime win at North Polk, the No. 3 team in Class 2A.

Ankeny and Centennial met in the Class 3A championship game in 2018. The Jaguars won, 3-2.

**Ankeny’s Teja Pritchard races after the ball during the Hawkettes’ matchup against Dallas Center-Grimes in the Ankeny Jamboree on Friday. (Photo by Dan Holm)**

The two teams appeared to be headed for a rematch in last year’s title game before Ankeny lost to Council Bluffs Lincoln, 1-0, in overtime in the semifinals. Lincoln then lost to Centennial, 2-0, in the final.

Here are the Class 3A rankings, along with each team’s record from a year ago:

1. Ankeny Centennial 19-3

2. Ankeny 18-2

3. Waukee Northwest 16-3

4. West Des Moines Valley 19-1

5. Linn-Mar (Marion) 16-3

6. Pleasant Valley 13-6

7. Council Bluffs Lincoln 17-4

8. Dowling Catholic 12-6

9. Johnston 9-8

10. Bettendorf 12-5

11. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 10-6

12. Muscatine 13-6

13. Sioux City East 7-5

14. Iowa City High 12-4

15. Urbandale 8-10