Here are this season's fifth set of rankings of Illinois high school boys' basketball teams in each class, according to an Associated Press statewide panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. The poll now is weekly until the start of the postseason. This poll was taken Jan. 29. The next poll is taken Feb. 5.
Class 4A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Chicago Simeon (11) 18-2 110 2 2. Chicago Whitney Young 18-2 98 1 3. Proviso East 16-3 86 3 4. Belleville East 19-2 66 5 5. Lisle Benet 19-3 61 6 6. Edwardsville 18-2 42 4 7. Oswego 19-2 34 9 8. Chicago Curie 14-6 27 8 9. Quincy 15-4 15 NR 10. Chicago Heights Marian 20-3 13 7 (tie) Aurora West 16-3 13 10 -- Others receiving votes: Niles Notre Dame 12. Rock Island 10. Chicago Heights Bloom 7. Naperville Neuqua Valley 6. Rockford East 3. Niles North 1. Elgin Larkin 1.
Class 3A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Chicago Morgan Park (12) 19-2 120 1 2. North Chicago 22-1 105 2 3. Washington 20-1 84 4 4. Chicago Orr 17-2 79 5 5. Cahokia 21-3 71 3 6. East St. Louis 14-6 59 6 7. Champaign Centennial 17-5 35 8 (tie) Peoria Manual 14-5 35 9 9. Lincoln 20-4 22 7 10. Hillcrest 15-5 15 NR -- Others receiving votes: Metamora 10. Quincy Notre Dame 7. Springfield Southeast 5. Woodstock 5. Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin 3. Centralia 2. Hampshire 2. Normal University 1.
Class 2A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Harrisburg (13) 21-1 148 1 2. Pleasant Plains (1) 21-0 126 2 3. Winnebago 20-0 104 3 4. Rockridge 18-2 94 4 5. Providence-St. Mel 16-4 82 6 6. Teutopolis 19-3 80 5 7. Seton Academy (1) 14-9 64 7 8. St. Joseph-Ogden 18-2 36 9 9. Monmouth-Roseville 16-4 26 10 10. Robinson 19-3 19 8 -- Others receiving votes: Bismarck-Henning 9. Riverton 8. Monticello 7. Westville 7. Breese Central 7. Elgin St. Edward 2. Kankakee Bishop McNamara 2. Kewanee 1. Nashville 1. Newton 1. West Hancock 1.
Class 1A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Woodlawn (10) 18-2 140 1 2. Illini Central (4) 15-5 127 T2 3. Gallatin County 18-2 114 T2 4. Freeport Aquin 15-1 79 5 5. Okawville (1) 19-4 70 T6 6. Salt Fork 18-3 56 T6 7. Waterloo Gibault 18-5 47 4 8. Madison 12-9 43 NR 9. Kewanee Wethersfield 18-3 40 8 10. Mounds Meridian 18-4 33 9 -- Others receiving votes: Lanark Eastland 20. Hinckley-Big Rock 20. Goreville 10. Shiloh 8. Okaw Valley 6. Cissna Park 4. Payson-Seymour 3. Putnam County 2. Nokomis 2. St. Anne 1.
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ILLINOIS GIRLS:
Here are this season's fifth set of rankings of Illinois high school girls' basketball teams in each class, according to an Associated Press statewide panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. The poll now is weekly until the start of the postseason. This poll was taken Jan. 29. The next poll is taken Feb. 5.
Class 4A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Chicago Whitney Young (7) 19-4 97 1 2. Edwardsville (3) 23-0 92 2 3. Rolling Meadows 22-1 77 3 4. Chicago Heights Marian 23-1 70 5 5. Springfield 22-2 49 4 6. Rock Island 22-2 36 T6 7. Bolingbrook 16-5 31 10 8. River Forest Trinity 19-3 29 8 9. Peoria Richwoods 20-5 21 T6 (tie) DeKalb 19-3 21 9 -- Others receiving votes:Oak Park Fenwick 8. Naperville Neuqua Valley 7. Evanston Township 3. Belleville West 3. Wheaton Warrenville South 3. Rockton Hononegah 2. Chicago Mother McAuley 1.
Class 3A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Lombard Montini (10) 25-1 109 1 2. Chicago Morgan Park 19-2 92 T2 3. Quincy Notre Dame (1) 18-0 88 T2 4. Champaign Centennial 23-3 73 4 5. Bloomington Central Catholic 20-3 59 5 6. Morton 20-4 47 6 7. Joliet Catholic 19-4 46 7 8. Vernon Hills 22-2 28 8 9. Springfield Southeast 21-4 15 NR 10. Breese Mater Dei 20-5 11 9 -- Others receiving votes: Hillcrest 10. Normal University 8. Rockford Lutheran 7. Belleville Althoff Catholic 6. Rochester 3. Effingham 2. Bethalto Civic Memorial 1.
Class 2A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Champaign St. Thomas More (10) 25-2 126 1 2. Breese Central (1) 27-2 113 2 3. Nashville (2) 25-1 102 3 4. Mt. Carmel 27-0 89 4 5. El Paso-Gridley 25-1 73 5 6. Byron 24-2 67 7 7. Sherrard 22-3 34 9 8. Marshall 22-1 32 10 9. Pana 23-5 26 6 10. Clinton 23-4 9 NR (tie) Teutopolis 20-6 9 8 (tie) Riverdale 21-2 9 NR -- Others receiving votes: Carlyle 8. Watseka 7. Oregon 6. St. Joseph-Ogden 2. Piasa Southwestern 2. Peoria Christian 1.
Class 1A School W-L Pts Prv 1. Freeport Aquin (11) 23-3 128 1 2. Annawan (1) 18-2 122 2 3. Illini Bluffs (2) 26-1 109 3 4. Moweaqua Central A&M 24-2 101 4 5. Goreville 26-1 78 5 6. Prophetstown 24-3 66 6 7. Newark 24-1 35 NR (tie) Brimfield 23-3 35 9 9. Shiloh 21-7 34 7 10. Mt. Pulaski 23-4 17 8 -- Others receiving votes: Cowden-Herrick 12. Okawville 12. Villa Grove 7. Mendon Unity 4. Winchester West Central 3. Kewanee Wethersfield 2. Carrollton 2. Stark County 1. Stockton 1. Calhoun 1.
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IOWA BOYS:
As of Jan. 28, the Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school boys' basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right: According to a statewide panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.
Class 4A Record Pts Prv 1. Iowa City,West (18) 15-0 180 1 2. Bettendorf 15-0 159 2 3. Epworth Western Dubuque 17-0 127 4 4. Dubuque Senior 14-1 122 3 5. Sioux City East 16-0 121 5 6. Sioux City North 14-1 66 7 7. West Des Moines Valley 12-3 52 10 8. Ankeny 11-3 42 6 9. North Scott 14-2 37 NR 10. Urbandale 12-4 33 9 -- Others receiving votes: Des Moines Roosevelt 25. Des Moines Hoover 22. Cedar Falls 4.
Class 3A Record Pts Prv 1. Vinton-Shellsburg (15) 16-0 177 1 2. Dallas Center-Grimes (2) 16-0 157 2un 3. Davenport Assumption (1) 12-3 130 3 4. Atlantic 15-1 129 4 5. Centerville 13-1 101 7 6. Creston 13-2 98 8 7. MOC-Floyd Valley 14-3 47 5 8. Waverly-Shell Rock 12-4 33 NR (tie) Crestwood Cresco 13-2 33 10 10. Grinnell 13-3 20 NR -- Others receiving votes: Solon 19. Sioux City Bishop Heelan Catholic 17. Carroll 8. Nevada 6. Fort Madison 4. Iowa Falls-Alden 4. Le Mars 3. Mount Pleasant 2. Chariton 1. Anamosa 1.
Class 2A Record Pts Prv 1. West Fork Sheffield (12) 17-0 170 1 2. Western Christian, Hull (6) 16-1 160 2 3. Cascade Western Dubuque 17-0 139 3 4. Nodaway Valley 16-1 127 4 5. Sheldon 17-1 102 T5 6. IKM-Manning 17-1 91 T5 7. PCM Monroe 16-1 60 8 7. West Branch 15-1 60 7 9. Des Moines Christian 17-2 40 10 10. New Hampton 12-3 12 9 -- Others receiving votes:Burlington Notre Dame 8. Fort Dodge St. Edmond 6. North Cedar Stanwood 6. West Marshall State Center 3. MFL-Mar-Mac 3. Sioux Center 2. Carroll Kuemper Catholic 1.
Class 1A Record Pts Prv 1. Danville (16) 18-0 178 1 2. Lone Tree (1) 18-0 146 3 3. Lawton-Bronson 19-0 127 4 4. Storm Lake St. Mary's (1) 15-1 125 2 5. Harris-Lake Park 15-1 92 5 6. Boyden-Hull 14-3 77 6 7. North Tama Traer 18-1 55 10 (tie) Murray 18-1 55 7 9. Dunkerton 17-0 53 9 10. Riverside Oakland 16-1 47 8 -- Others receiving votes: Preston 16. Iowa Mennonite Kalona 8. Ankeny Christian Academy 6. Woodbury Central Moville 2. Lamoni 2. North Iowa Buffalo Center 1.
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IOWA GIRLS:
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union releases its ninth coaches poll of the season on Jan. 31.
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