Area Teams Still Ranked in AP Basketball Polls
Published on February 1 2017 1:42 pm
Last Updated on February 1 2017 1:50 pm
Written by Millie Lange
Area teams are still ranked in both the boys and girls Associated Press Basketball Polls this week.
Teutopolis is fourth both in the Class 2A boys and girls polls. The Wooden Shoes had a 20-3 record and 89 points in the boys poll and remained in the No. 4 spot.
The T-town girls squad moved up from fifth to fourth with a 23-5 record and 88 points.
Effingham St. Anthony is still sitting in second place in the Class 1A Girls State Poll. Coach Bart Wiedman's squad has a 22-1 record and 115 points.
The St. Anthony boys squad is in the others receiving votes with five.
Effingham boys and girls are also in the others receiving votes. The Hearts boys squad has six first place votes while the girls squad has three.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Class 4A
No. Team W-L Pts Prv
1. Bolingbrook (10) 18-0 117 1
2. Edwardsville (2) 18-1 104 3
3. Curie (2) 20-2 100 4
4. Simeon 19-2 81 2
5. Fremd 20-0 70 6
6. Whitney Young 16-5 43 5
7. East Moline United 20-3 38 7
8. Wheaton Warrenville South 21-1 36 10
9. Evanston Township 18-3 23 9
10. Joliet West 18-3 12 8
Others receiving votes: Geneva 10, East. St. Louis 7, Harvey Thornton 5, Marist 4, Rockford Boylan 4, Belleville Althoff Catholic 3, Willowbrook 3.
Class 3A
No. Team W-L Pts Prv
1. Morgan Park (13) 15-3 130 1
2. Springfield Lanphier 17-2 108 2
3. Bloomington 17-3 102 3
4. North Lawndale 19-4 90 5
5. Fenwick 16-4 80 4
6. Benton 21-1 55 6
7. Breese Central 20-3 46 7
8. Centralia 15-5 35 8
9. Bogan 15-6 34 10
10. Farragut 8-6 12 9
Others receiving votes: Effingham 6, Burlington Central 5, Cahokia 5, Washington 4, Springfield Southeast 2, Peoria Manual 1.
Class 2A
No. Team W-L Pts Prv
1. Chicago Uplift (11) 19-4 137 1
2. Quincy Notre Dame (3) 18-1 124 2
3. Orr 13-3 116 3
4. Teutopolis 21-2 89 4
5. Alton Marquette 21-2 64 5
6. Tremont 18-2 58 6
7. Hoopeston 19-1 47 T7
8. Pinckneyville 21-2 40 T7
9. Mt. Carmel 19-3 27 10
10. Eldorado 21-2 26 9
Others receiving votes: Rockridge 15, DePaul College Prep 11, Pittsfield 6, Chicago-University 5, Illini Bluffs 3, Waterloo Gibault 2.
Class 1A
No. Team W-L Pts Prv
1. Quest Academy (12) 23-1 129 1
2. Effingham St. Anthony (1) 22-0 115 2
3. Colfax Ridgeview 21-1 100 3
4. Okawville 20-3 83 5
5. East Dubuque 22-1 82 4
6. Newark 17-3 62 6
7. Annawan 20-2 52 7
8. Chicago Hope Academy 20-4 42 9
9. DePue 21-2 22 8
10. Mendon Unity 16-5 11 10
Others receiving votes: Harvest Christian Academy 9, Patoka 3, Nokomis 2, Crab Orchard 1.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Class 4A
No. Team W-L Pts Prv
1. Montini (8) 23-1 98 1
2. Rock Island (1) 25-1 90 2
3. Edwardsville (1) 22-0 82 3
4. Homewood-Flossmoor 16-2 69 4
5. Rockford Boylan 23-1 59 5
6. Marist 22-4 42 6
7. Oswego East 22-3 36 7
8. Benet 21-3 32 8
9. Bradley-Bourbonnais 22-2 19 10
10. Hersey 21-3 14 9
Others receiving votes: Springfield (6), Geneva (3)
Class 3A
No. Team W-L Pts Prv
1. Chicago Marshall (10) 13-0 109 1
2. Morton (1) 24-2 98 2
3. Highland 22-3 86 3
4. Bethalto Civic Memorial 21-3 68 5
5. Mattoon 24-1 67 4
6. Normal University 23-3 56 8
7. Rochester 18-3 52 7
8. Richwoods 21-4 32 6
9. North Lawndale 17-3 26 9
10. Litchfield 23-3 4 NR
Others receiving votes: Galesbug (3), Effingham (3), Rockford Lutheran (1).
Class 2A
No. Team W-L Pts Prv
1. Byron (12) 25-2 129 1
2. Eureka (1) 23-2 112 2
3. Camp Point Central 23-2 97 4
4. Teutopolis 23-5 88 5
5. Sherrard 23-3 83 3
6. Kewanee 22-3 58 6
7. Hall 22-6 47 8
8. Sesser-Valier 22-1 45 7
9. Buffalo Tri-City 21-0 25 10
10. ALAH 20-4 12 9
Others receiving votes: Oakwood (10), St. Edward (6), Watseka (2), Gilman Iroquois West (1)
Class 1A
No. Team W-L Pts Prv
1. Lebanon (9) 23-1 117 1
2. Ashton-Franklin Center 22-2 100 3
3. Winchester (3) 25-2 97 2
4. Mount Olive 24-2 86 4
5. Danville Schlarman 17-5 63 6
6. Galena 21-1 48 8
7. Calhoun 17-5 39 7
8. Annawan 17-8 28 10
9. Colfax-Ridgeview 20-4 28 5
10. Okawville 18-6 23 9
Others receiving votes: Princeville (7), Heyworth (7), Harvest Christian Academy (7), Centralia Christ Our Rock (5), Effingham St. Anthony (5), Amboy (1)