T-town, Altamont Ranked In Boys, Girls Polls

Teutopolis is ranked third in the latest Associated Press Class 2A state boys basketball poll.

The Wooden Shoes have a 15-2 record and 82 points. They previously were in 15th place. Leading the way is Nashville, earning nine votes followed by Chicago Leo in second.

In the Class 2A girls state poll, the Wooden Shoes are ranked eighth with a 17-3 mark. They have 41 points and remained in the eighth spot from the last poll.

Altamont is 10th in the Class 1A poll with a 19-2 record. They have 17 points and were previously 10th.

The Effingham girls basketball squad is in the others receiving votes category in Class 3A. They garnered four votes.

The polls are as follows:

BOYS

Class 1A

(Listed School Name, W-L, Points, Previous Spot)

1. Providence St. Mel, (3), 15-4, 111, 2; 2. Cissna Park (6), 16-1, 109, 1; 3. East Dubuque, (3), 16-0, 97, 3, 4. Concord Triopia, 18-0, 89, 4; 5. Kewnaee Wethersfield, 15-2, 60, 6, 6. Payson Seymour, 13-3, 54, 5; 7. Moweaqua Central A&M, 16-3, 31, NR; 8. Thompsonville, 17-2, 29, 7; 9. Ottawa  Marquette, 16-2, 28, T8; 10. Winchester West Central, 14-5, 11-NRl

Others receiving votes -- Nokomis 10, Polo 9, Elmwood 7, Sesser-Valier 6, Woodlawn 5, Champaign Judah Christian 2, Newark 1, Springfield Calvary 1

Class 2A

(Listed School Name, W-L, Points, Previous Spot)

1. Nashville, (9) 18-2, 118, 2; 2. Chicago Leo, 13-5, 84, 1; 3. Teutopolis, 15-2, 82, T5; 4. Chicago Orr, (2) 13-7, 80, 7; Bloomington Central Catholic, 11-5, 75, 4; 6. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, 15-2, 65, T5; 7. Warsaw West Hancock, 16-1, 40, 9; 8. Chicago Uplift, 9-6, 39, 3; 9. Casey-Westfield, 17-2, 34, 8; 10. Pinckneyville, (2) 17-2, 29, NR

Others receving votes: Williamsville 15, Deer Creek-Mackinaw 12, Aurora Christian 12, Chicago Hall 7, Fairfield 7, Westmont 4, Westville 4, Chicago Corliss 4, Alton Marquette 1, Monticello 1, Petersburg PORTA 1, Sterling Newman 1

Class 3A

(Listed School Name, W-L, Points, Previous Spot)

1. Chicago Bogan, (10), 17-2, 109, 1; 2. Morgan Park, (1), 15-3, 100, 2; 3. Springfield Southeast, 14-1, 87, 3; 4. East St. Louis, 13-5, 72, 5; 5. DePaul College Prep, 13-4, 46, T6; 6. Peoria Notre Dame, 13-4, 44, T6; 7. Lincoln, 13-2, 42, 8; 8. Ottawa, 14-1, 31, 9; 9. Rock Falls, 19-1, 20 NR; 10. St. Viator ,14-4, 16, 4

Others receiving votes: Kankakee 13, St. Laurence 9, Lindblom 8, Carbondale 4, North Lawndale 2, Highland 1, Hillcrest 1

Class 4A

(Listed School Name, W-L, Points, Previous Spot)

1. Belleville West, (8), 17-0, 80, 1; 2. Curie, 18-1, 72, 2; 3. Whitney Young, 14-6, 50, 5; 4. Chicago Heights Bloom Twp., 17-1, 49, 3; 5. Danville, 16-2, 46, 6; 6. Chicago Heights Marian Catholic, 16-2, 28, 4; 7. Evanston Township, 17-3, 27, T9; 8. (tie) Moline, 16-2, 23 T9; Bolingbrook, 11-3, 23, T7; 10. Rockford East, 18-2, 16, NR

Others receiving votes: Bloomington 10, Chicago Simeon 6, Homewood-Flossmoor 4, Loyola 3, Collinsville 1, Lisle Benet Academy 1, Geneva 1

GIRLS

Class 1A

(Listed School Name, W-L, Points, Previous Spot)

1. Danville Schlarman, (13) 18-2, 130, 1; 2. Jacksonville Routt, 19-2, 105, T3; 3. Lewistown, 21-1, 97, 2; 4. Stockton, 18-3, 83, 5; 5. Lanark Eastland, 21-4, 76, 6; 6. Goreville, 15-3, 61, T3; 7. Shiloh, 17-4, 47, 7; 8. Illini Bluffs, 19-5, 40, 8; 9. Amboy, 20-1, 36, 9; 10. Altamont, 19-2, 17, 10

Others receiving votes: Concord Triopia 15, Dakota 4, Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran 3, Chicago Aquin 1

Class 2A

(Listed School Name, W-L, Points, Previous Spot)

1. Eureka, (9) 20-2, 117, 1; 2. Greenville, (1) 19-1, 93, 2; 3. Sullivan, (1) 19-1, 73, 5; 4. Chicago Marshall, (1) 13-7, 71, 6; 5. Watseka, 19-2, 69, 4; 6. Walther Christian, 17-0, 51, 7; 7. Hamilton County, 21-1, 44, T9; 8. Teutopolis, 17-3, 41, 8; 9. Harrisburg, 21-2, 40, 3; 10. St. Joseph-Ogden, 18-4, 22, T9

Others receiving votes: Hillsboro 9, Buffalo Tri City, 8, Pleasant Plains 6, Camp Point Central 6, Carlinville 4, Bismarck-Henning 3, Illini West Carthge 2, Knoxville 1

Class 3A

(Listed School Name, W-L, Points, Previous Spot)

1.( tie) Kankakee, (6), 24-0, 101, T2; Richwoods, (5), 20-2, 101, 1; 3. Morton, 18-2, 90, T2; 4. Bloomington Central Catholic, 19-3, 68 T4; 5. Charleston, 20-0, 66, T4; 6. Nazareth, 18-1, 62, 8; 7. Carterville, 18-3, 38, 7; 8. Sandwich, 22-0, 37, 9; 9. (tie) Bethalto Civic Memorial, 19-4, 14, Burlington Central, 14-5, 14, 10

Others receiving votes: Effingham 4, Geneseo 4, Sterling 4, Breese mate rDei 1, Columbua 1

Class 4A

(Listed School Name, W-L, Points, Previous Spot)

1. Maine West, (8), 21-0, 80, 1; 2. Rock Island, 18-1, 70, 2; 3. Edwardsville, 18-2, 56, 5; 4. Fremd, 19-3, 55, 3; 5. Rockford Boylan 19-0, 49, 7; 6. Montini, 21-3, 45, 4; 7. Whitney Young, 15-4, 29, 8; 8. Benet, 18-4, 28, 6; 9. Mother McAuley, 19-2, 14, 10; 10. Hononegah, 19-4, 6-, 9

Others receiving votes: Geneva 4, Bartlett 2, Normal Community 1, O'Fallon 1