YAIAA girls' basketball power rankings, Jan. 4

Now for the girls' top five. Pretty status quo this week, for the most part. More after the jump.

Last week's rankings here.

1. Red Lion (1) -- Ho-hum. Another week, another lopsided Division I win for the Lions, who blasted Central York, 64-28, on Tuesday. Not surprisingly, Red Lion (8-1) once again owns the YAIAA top scoring defense, allowing an average of 33.8 points per game. It also has the league's second best offense, which is posing 57.9 per game. That means the Lions average point differential is a shade over 24 per game. Yeah, that's pretty good.

2. Delone Catholic (3) -- Not much of a surprise to see the Squirettes (7-2) leading the league in points. When you have Sierra Moore on your team, you're probably going to score quite a bit. Then again, Delone has been about more than just its Duke-bound star lately. Moore scored only 14 in a rout of Biglerville on Tuesday. Both Abbey Sponseller and Maria Photiades have picked up the scoring pace lately. They're averaging 10.3 and 11.5 points, respectively, in the Squirettes' last four games. That's a good sign.

3. York Catholic (4) -- The Fighting Irish followed up their first loss of the season to Solanco with a pasting of Fairfield. York Catholic plays a potentially intriguing nonleague contest against Lancaster Mennonite this Saturday, then has five days off before traveling to McSherrystown for its first matchup with Delone Catholic. The formula for the Irish has been pretty simple: Balanced scoring from guards Morgan Klunk (13.1 ppg), Rachel Forjan (10.9) and Karli McFatridge (10).

4. Eastern York (5) -- The Golden Knights' win streak is up to five now, after a three-point victory over Central York on Wednesday. Forwards Liz Myers and Morgan DeRemer continue to shine, but only four times this season has an Eastern player other than those two reached double figures in scoring. Under-the-radar game coming up this Friday, when Eastern hosts Susquehannock. The Warriors are 7-3, and own an impressive +170 point differential this season. That's the third-best mark in the league, behind only York Catholic and Red Lion.

5. Dover (2) -- Tough one for the Eagles on Wednesday. Dover had survived a few close calls previously, but coughed up a late lead this time in a 36-35 loss to Elizabethtown. If there's a silver lining for the Eagles, it's that they'd rather lose that game than the one coming up Friday -- when they host defending Division II champion Spring Grove. "The nice start we had, it was nice," Dover coach Troy Lokhaiser said, "but we know there’s a heck of a lot of tough teams in Division II. It’s wide open, really."

Honorable mention: Bermudian Springs (6-3), Kennard-Dale (6-3), Spring Grove (4-5), Susquehannock (7-3), West York (6-4)