Boys, Girls High School Basketball Polls

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Published on January 9 2025 6:29 am
Last Updated on January 9 2025 6:32 am
Written by Millie Lange

Effingham St. Anthony moved up to third place in the latest boys high school basketball polls.

The Bulldogs have 101 points and were fifth in the previous Class 1A state poll.

Dieterich is in the others receiving votes in Class 1A.

In the girls polls, Effingham St. Anthony remained at No. 1 in the Class 1A poll with 54 points.

Brownstown/St. Elmo dropped from a tie for fifth place to eighth place, also in Class 1A. They drew 25 points.

In Class 2A, Teutopolis remained at fifth place with 62 points.

Effingham is in the others receiving votes category in Class 3A with nine votes.

 

BOYS BASKEBALL

CLASS 4A

Rank

School

Total Points

Previous

1.

Quincy (6) (13-1)

90

T2

2.

Kenwood (3) (14-1)

80

1

(tie)

Rich Township (1) (9-4)

80

NR

4.

Bolingbrook (15-2)

74

T2

5.

Waubonsie Valley (15-0)

67

4

6.

Lisle (Benet Academy) (15-2)

46

6

7.

Homewood-Flossmoor (14-2)

36

5

8.

Gurnee Warren (11-3)

25

NR

9.

Hinsdale Central (13-2)

19

NR

10.

Rock Island (15-1)

10

9

Others receiving votes: 11, Simeon 6. 12, Alton 5. 13, Waukegan 3. 14, Lincoln Park 3. 15, Normal Community 2. 16, St. Ignatius 1. 17, Curie 1. 18, Edwardsville 1. 19, Evanston Township 1.

CLASS 3A

Rank

School

Total Points

Previous

1.

DePaul College Prep (9) (15-1)

98

1

2.

Brother Rice (14-1)

84

4

3.

Metamora (15-3)

63

T8

4.

Fenwick (13-3)

60

5

5.

Kankakee (11-2)

47

T8

6.

Chicago Mt. Carmel (13-2)

41

7

7.

Peoria (H.S.) (1) (14-4)

36

2

8.

Morton (11-5)

34

NR

9.

St. Laurence (13-3)

33

6

10.

Mt. Zion (12-3)

26

3

Others receiving votes: 11, Carmel 9. 12, Centralia 6. 13, Kaneland 4. 14, East Peoria 3. 15, Lemont 3. 16, Waterloo 2. 17, St. Patrick 1.

CLASS 2A

Rank

School

Total Points

Previous

1.

Belleville (Althoff Catholic) (6) (13-3)

117

6

2.

Williamsville (3) (13-0)

110

4

3.

Benton (3) (15-0)

104

2

4.

Peoria Manual (2) (10-4)

86

1

5.

Bismarck-Henning (16-0)

71

5

6.

Chicago Dyett (12-3)

69

7

7.

Rockford Christian (12-0)

45

9

8.

Columbia (11-4)

24

3

9.

Auburn (15-1)

23

NR

10.

Pinckneyville (13-2)

19

NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Murphysboro 18. 12, Chicago (Christ the King) 15. 13, Warsaw West Hancock 12. 14, Breese Mater Dei 8. 15, Breese Central 8. 16, Carlyle 6. 17, Crane 6. 18, Rockridge 6. 19, St. Joseph-Ogden 5. 20, Warrensburg-Latham 5. 21, Riverton 4. 22, Chicago King 4. 23, IC Catholic 3. 24, Kankakee (McNamara) 1. 25, Sherrard 1.

CLASS 1A

Rank

School

Total Points

Previous

1.

Pecatonica (12) (11-0)

130

2

2.

Waltonville (13-0)

111

3

3.

Effingham St. Anthony (1) (13-2)

101

5

4.

Jacksonville Routt (14-1)

82

NR

5.

Lanark Eastland (1) (12-2)

78

1

6.

Tuscola (15-1)

63

4

7.

Hope Academy (9-4)

50

8

8.

Goreville (11-2)

46

NR

9.

Casey-Westfield (11-3)

31

7

10.

Yorkville Christian (12-5)

28

10

Others receiving votes: 11, Dieterich 12. 12, Annawan 11. 13, LeRoy 5. 14, Chicago (Fenger) 5. 15, Mounds Meridian 5. 16, Lexington 4. 17, Bluford Webber 3. 18, Dakota 2. 19, Unity Christian 2. 20, Illini Bluffs 1.

 

GIRLS BASKETBALL

CLASS 4A

Rank

School

Total Points

Previous

1.

Benet (4)

72

2

2.

Lyons (2)

68

1

3.

Kenwood (1)

64

3

4.

Alton (1)

53

T8

5.

Waubonsie Valley

42

4

6.

Fremd

40

5

7.

Huntley

30

T10

8.

Loyola

18

T8

9.

Whitney Young

16

7

10.

Nazareth

12

T10

Others receiving votes: 11, Prospect 8. 12, Normal Community 8. 13, St. Charles North 7. 14, Maine South 2.

CLASS 3A

Rank

School

Total Points

Previous

1.

Washington (8) (20-0)

88

T1

2.

Quincy Notre Dame (16-0)

74

6

3.

Mount Vernon (14-2)

67

3

4.

St. Ignatius (13-3)

58

5

5.

Bethalto Civic Memorial (15-1)

54

4

6.

Galesburg (15-3)

30

7

7.

Chicago Heights Marian Catholic (16-2)

24

10

8.

Sterling (14-2)

22

NR

9.

Morton (13-4)

21

9

10.

Morris (15-1)

17

NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Montini 16. 12, Dixon 14. 13, Effingham 9. 14, Kankakee 1.

CLASS 2A

Rank

School

Total Points

Previous

1.

Breese Central (11)

119

1

2.

Stillman Valley

75

3

(tie)

Peoria Notre Dame (1)

75

6

4.

Nashville

74

2

5.

Teutopolis

62

5

(tie)

Central Southeastern

62

NR

7.

Carlyle

45

4

8.

Byron

44

NR

9.

Pittsfield (15-0)

32

NR

10.

Watseka

13

9

Others receiving votes: 11, Vienna 10. 12, Bishop McNamara 10. 13, Deer Creek-Mackinaw 8. 14, Sullivan 8. 15, Sherrard 7. 16, Rock Island Alleman 6. 17, Breese Mater Dei 5. 18, Bloomington Central Catholic 2. 19, Mt. Carmel 1. 20, Petersburg PORTA 1. 21, Tremont 1.

CLASS 1A

Rank

School

Total Points

Previous

1.

Effingham St. Anthony (4)

54

1

2.

Abingdon (A.-Avon) (1)

49

T3

3.

Cissna Park (1)

45

T3

4.

Okawville (1)

43

2

5.

Orangeville

38

T5

6.

Pecatonica

37

8

7.

Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley

34

7

8.

Brownstown/St. Elmo

25

T5

9.

Brown County

12

NR

(tie)

Roanoke-Benson

12

NR

(tie)

Catlin (Salt Fork)

12

NR

Others receiving votes: Monmouth United 9. 13, Hardin Calhoun 8. 14, St. Edward 3. 15, Rockford Lutheran 2. 16, Chicago Morgan Park Academy 2.