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City, Area Girls, Boys Teams Listed In This Week's State Polls

Published on January 4 2024 6:08 am
Last Updated on January 4 2024 6:13 am
Written by Millie Lange

Four area girls teams and three area boys squads are listed in this week's Associated Press high school basketball polls.

Two girls squads are listed in the Class 1A poll. Altamont received one vote and is listed in seventh place. The Indians are 13-2 on the season and have 32 points. They were listed as 10th in last week's poll.

Effingham St. Anthony is listed in ninth place. The Bulldogs are 11-6 on the season and received 22 points. They dropped from seventh place last week.

In the Class 2A poll, Teutopolis is ninth with an 11-4 record and 20 points. They were not in the poll last week.

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

In the boys Class 1A poll, St. Anthony is in second place with a 13-4 record and 103 points. The Bulldogs were in fourth place in last week's poll.

Altamont is in the others receiving votes category with three votes.

Teutopolis is in the Class 2A others receiving votes poll with four votes.

GIRLS

Here are the girls prep basketball polls with rank, team, first-place votes, record, total points, and previous rank.

Class 1A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Galena (6) 14-1 93 1

2. Orangeville (1) 18-1 78 3

3. Annawan (1) 15-3 66 4

4. Okawville 11-4 63 2

5. Tuscola (1) 15-1 48 NR

6. Pecatonica 17-1 33 NR

7. Altamont (1) 13-2 32 10

8. Elmwood 14-2 31 5

9. Effingham St. Anthony 11-6 22 7

10. Illini Bluffs 17-1 20 NR

Others receiving votes: Serena 16. Brown County 12. Aquin 10. Goreville 10. Peoria Heights 6. Pope County 2. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 2. Wethersfield 2. Father McGivney Catholic 2. Willows 1. Moweaqua Central A&M 1.

Class 2A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Breese Central (3) 13-2 96 1

2. Breese Mater Dei (3) 14-2 74 10

3. Deer Creek-Mackinaw 16-1 71 5

4. Peoria Notre Dame (3) 17-3 66 4

5. Rock Island Alleman 17-2 65 6

6. Nashville 15-2 49 2

7. Central Southeastern (1) 13-2 46 9

8. Petersburg PORTA (1) 16-1 43 3

9. Teutopolis 11-4 20 NR

(tie) Carlyle 14-1 20 NR

Others receiving votes: Watseka 16. DePaul College Prep 11. Bishop McNamara 8. Staunton 6. Carterville 4. Canton 3. Stillman Valley 3. Pleasant Plains 2. Princeton 1. Beecher 1.

Class 3A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Lincoln (8) 17-0 80 2

2. Peoria Central 16-1 64 1

3. Galesburg 17-1 59 3

4. Quincy Notre Dame 16-1 55 7

5. Morton 14-4 51 6

6. Bethalto Civic Memorial 14-3 28 4

7. Washington 10-4 16 9

8. Montini 12-4 15 NR

9. Rockford Boylan 15-2 13 NR

(tie) Mt. Zion 14-6 13 10

Others receiving votes: Effingham 9. Hyde Park 8. Taylorville 7. Mattoon 6. Mount Vernon 5. Richwoods 5. Dixon 3. Morris 2. Chicago (Butler) 1.

Class 4A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Loyola (3) 18-0 62 2

2. Alton (3) 15-0 58 3

3. Maine South (1) 18-0 52 7

4. Normal Community 17-1 42 8

5. Bolingbrook 14-2 39 1

6. Nazareth 11-3 20 NR

7. O'Fallon 13-4 17 5

8. Batavia 14-3 15 NR

9. Quincy 13-4 13 10

10. Hononegah 15-3 12 9

(tie) Waubonsie Valley 17-1 12 NR

Others receiving votes: Kenwood 10. Whitney Young 8. Fremd 6. Glenbard West 5. St. Charles North 4. East Moline United 3. Lincoln-Way East 3. Downers North 2. Stevenson 1. Romeoville 1.

BOYS

Here are the boys prep basketball polls with rank, team, first-place votes, record, total points, and previous rank.

Class 1A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Tuscola (16) 15-0 160 1

2. Effingham St. Anthony 13-4 103 4

3. Illini Bluffs 15-4 96 3

4. Aurora Christian 13-2 86 9

5. Goreville 14-1 81 NR

6. Pecatonica 11-3 62 2

7. Winchester-West Central 15-2 47 NR

8. Camp Point (Central) 10-2 46 NR

9. Scales Mound 12-2 44 5

10. Lexington 13-3 27 NR

Others receiving votes: Serena 26. Waltonville 23. Springfield Calvary 18. Casey-Westfield 15. Mounds Meridian 13. South Beloit 12. Manley 6. Annawan 5. Bluford Webber 5. Altamont 3. Calvary Christian Academy 2.

Class 2A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Breese Central (7) 14-2 136 2

2. Tolono Unity (2) 13-0 104 6

3. Peoria Manual (4) 9-4 96 3

4. Byron 11-0 82 9

5. Benton 14-1 71 NR

6. El Paso-Gridley 13-2 61 NR

7. Beecher (2) 16-0 51 NR

8. St. Joseph-Ogden 12-2 43 10

9. Rockridge 12-3 41 1

10. Chicago (Christ the King) 12-2 35 8

Others receiving votes: Phillips 34. Fieldcrest 21. Clinton 11. Trenton Wesclin 10. Peoria Notre Dame 9. Bismarck-Henning 5. Pinckneyville 5. Teutopolis 4. Macomb 3. Rockford Christian 1. Belleville (Althoff Catholic) 1. Shelbyville 1.

Class 3A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. DePaul College Prep (5) 15-0 124

2. Chicago Mt. Carmel (6) 16-2 120 1

3. Harvey Thornton 11-2 97 3

4. Centralia (3) 16-0 81 NR

5. Mt. Zion 15-0 72 7

6. Metamora 12-3 60 NR

7. Morton 15-2 49 10

(tie) Brother Rice 15-2 49 2

9. Kankakee 13-1 45 9

10. Richwoods 11-2 37 4

Others receiving votes: East St. Louis 10. Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights) 10. Decatur MacArthur 3. Champaign Centennial 3. Olney (Richland County) 3. Sterling 2. Hyde Park 2. De La Salle 1. Belvidere North 1. Crystal Lake South 1.

Class 4A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Curie (4) 14-1 119 2

2. Collinsville (4) 16-0 97 10

(tie) Homewood-Flossmoor (4) 13-1 97 4

4. Normal Community (1) 12-1 82 1

5. Gurnee Warren 15-1 76 8

(tie) Lisle (Benet Academy) 14-1 76 5

7. Quincy 14-1 71 3

8. Bolingbrook 12-2 25 NR

9. New Trier 15-2 23 NR

10. Downers North 12-2 22 9