St. Anthony Moves To No. 1 In Girls State Poll

Effingham St. Anthony moved into the No. 1 spot in the Class 1A girls state basketball poll this week.

The Bulldogs were sitting in second last week but took the top spot.

Brownstown/St. Elmo is tied for fifth in the same 1A poll.

Teutopolis stands in fifth in the  Class 2A poll.

In the boys poll, Effingham St. Anthony is in the fifth spot while Dieterich is in the others receiving votes category.

By The Associated Press

GIRLS POLLS

Class 1A

Rank Team Record Points Previous Rank

1 Effingham St. Anthony (3) 10-1 57 2

2 Okawville (2) 6-2 42 1

T3 Abingdon-Avon (1) 10-2 30 3

T3 Cissna Park 9-2 30 4

T5 Orangeville 11-1 25 9

T5 Brownstown/St. Elmo 11-2 25 7

7 Gibson City-Melvin Sibley (1) 8-0 24 NR

8 Pecatonica 11-1 22 NR

9 Morgan Park Academy 8-0 18 8

10 Calhoun 5-2 17 5

Receiving votes: 11, Salt Fork 12. 12, Roanoke-Benson 8. 13, Serena 6. 14, Rockford Lutheran 5. 15, Galena 3. 16, United 3. 17, Illini Bluffs 2. 18, St. Edward 1.

Class 2A

Rank Team Record Points Previous Rank

1 Breese Central (5) 8-0 67 2

2 Nashville (1) 7-1 55 1

3 Stillman Valley 11-0 44 6

4 Carlyle 8-0 43 5

5 Teutopolis 9-2 37 3

6 Peoria Notre Dame (1) 8-3 31 1

7 Vienna 9-0 19 NR

8 Bishop McNamara 9-2 18 7

9 Watseka 10-1 13 9

10 Alleman 9-2 11 NR

Receiving votes: 11, Byron 10. 12, Mt. Carmel 9. 13, Sherrard 9. 14, Breese Mater Dei 8. 15, Central Southeastern 6. 16, Sullivan 5.

Class 3A

Rank Team Record Points

T1 Dixon (1) 11-0 59 2

T1 Washington (5) 12-0 59 1

3 Mount Vernon 9-1 47 4

4 Civic Memorial 10-0 45 3

5 St. Ignatius (1) 9-1 42 7

6 Quincy Notre Dame 7-0 38 5

7 Galesburg 10-1 27 7

T8 Montini 8-3 17 8

T8 Morton 8-1 17 9

10 Marian Catholic 9-1 14 NR

Receiving votes: 11, Sterling 9. 12, Kankakee 6. 13, Morris 2. 14, St. Viator 2. 15, Ottawa 1.

Class 4A

Rank Team Record Points Previous Rank

1 Lyons (6) 11-0 60 1

2 Benet 9-1 51 2

3 Kenwood 11-1 40 8

4 Waubonsie Valley 10-1 34 T3

5 Fremd 10-2 29 10

6 St. Charles North 11-1 22 9

7 Whitney Young 5-4 19 T3

T8 Alton 8-1 18 NR

T8 Loyola 7-2 18 6

T10 Huntley 10-0 14 NR

T10 Nazareth 8-2 14 5

Receiving votes: 12, Lockport 3. 13, Prospect 3. 14, Normal Community 2. 15, Batavia 2. 16, Maine South 1.

BOYS

Class 4A

Rank School Total Points Previous

1. Kenwood (8) (8-0) 88 1

2. Quincy (1) (7-0) 69 3

(tie) Bolingbrook (8-1) 69 4

4. Waubonsie Valley (8-0) 59 8

5. Homewood-Flossmoor (9-1) 49 2

6. Lisle (Benet Academy) (8-1) 39 NR

7. Lincoln Park (9-1) 35 7

8. Marist (8-1) 16 9

(tie) Rock Island (8-0) 16 NR

10. Glenbard West (8-0) 15 NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Gurnee Warren 11. 12, St. Ignatius 9. 13, Normal Community 5. 14, Rolling Meadows 4. 15, Niles North 4. 16, Curie 3. 17, Simeon 3. 18, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 1.

Class 3A

Rank School Total Points Previous

1. DePaul College Prep (7) (8-1) 79 1

2. Peoria (H.S.) (10-0) 61 3

3. Mt. Zion (9-0) 54 4

4. Brother Rice (8-0) 52 5

5. Fenwick (8-1) 46 NR

6. St. Laurence (8-2) 42 7

7. Chicago Mt. Carmel (1) (7-1) 41 2

8. Kankakee (5-1) 31 6

9. Metamora (8-2) 11 10

10. Lemont (8-1) 9 NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Chicago (Perspectives Charter/Leadership) 5. 12, Lake Forest 4. 13, St. Patrick 3. 14, Wheaton Academy 2.

Class 2A

Rank School Total Points Previous

1. Peoria Manual (10) (5-2) 100 1

2. Benton (7-0) 81 3

3. Columbia (8-1) 73 2

4. Williamsville (6-0) 56 5

5. Bismarck-Henning (10-0) 48 4

6. Belleville (Althoff Catholic) (7-2) 36 6

7. Chicago Dyett (7-1) 26 7

8. Warsaw West Hancock (6-1) 25 10

9. Rockford Christian (7-0) 21 9

10. Carlyle (8-0) 19 NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Warrensburg-Latham 15. 12, Kankakee (McNamara) 14. 13, Chicago (Christ the King) 8. 14, St. Joseph-Ogden 7. 15, Pinckneyville 6. 16, Fieldcrest 5. 17, El Paso-Gridley 4. 18, Auburn 4. 19, Murphysboro 1. 20, Sherrard 1.

Class 1A

Rank School Total Points Previous

1. Lanark Eastland (3) (7-0) 84 2

2. Pecatonica (6) (5-0) 82 1

3. Waltonville (8-0) 65 3

4. Tuscola (8-0) 50 5

5. Effingham St. Anthony (7-2) 43 6

6. Chicago (Fenger) (8-1) 40 9

7. Casey-Westfield (8-0) 31 NR

8. Hope Academy (4-4) 22 4

9. Annawan (9-0) 19 NR

10. Yorkville Christian (7-3) 18 8

Others receiving votes: 11, Jacksonville Routt 12. 12, LeRoy 7. 13, Springfield Calvary 4. 14, Woodlawn 4. 15, Dieterich 4. 16, Illini Bluffs 3. 17, South Beloit 3. 18, Goreville 2. 19, East Dubuque 1. 20, Aurora Christian 1.