Seven metro-east girls high school basketball teams are ranked among best in Illinois

Here are the latest rankings of Illinois high school girls and boys basketball teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters:

Girls AP Poll

Class 4A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Hersey (3) 9-1 63 2

2. Benet (2) 5-2 62 1

3. Fremd (1) 9-0 60 4

4. Bolingbrook (1) 9-0 47 T6

5. Loyola 5-1 36 3

6. O’Fallon 7-1 30 T6

(tie) Kenwood 8-0 30 8

8. Normal Community 7-0 12 NR

9. Lyons 7-1 11 10

10. Geneva 6-2 9 9

Others receiving votes: Barrington 7. Lincoln Way West 6. Stevenson 3. York 2. Naperville North 2. Libertyville 2. Hononegah 2. Alton 1.

Class 3A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Nazareth (7) 6-1 70 1

2. Carmel 7-1 61 2

3. Peoria Notre Dame 8-0 49 3

4. Washington 6-0 46 5

5. Montini 6-1 40 4

6. Lincoln 9-0 30 8

(tie) Deerfield 9-0 30 7

8. Peoria Central 7-2 24 3

9. Galesburg 8-1 19 NR

10. Geneseo 6-1 9 6

Others receiving votes: Chicago Heights Marian Catholic 2. Highland 1. Hyde Park 1. Rochester 1. Rockford Boylan 1. Oak Forest 1.

Class 2A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Quincy Notre Dame (7) 8-1 79 1

2. Fieldcrest (1) 9-0 73 2

3. Stillman Valley 9-0 56 4

4. Chicago (Noble Street/Butler) 8-2 54 3

5. Byron 6-0 40 T6

6. Teutopolis 5-1 38 5

7. Princeton 7-0 37 T6

8. Paris 7-0 21 8

9. Winnebago 6-1 10 NR

10. Canton 6-4 7 10

Others receiving votes: Althoff Catholic 5. Arthur-Lovington-Hammond-Atwood 5. Monmouth-Roseville 4. Sherrard 3. Hamilton County 2. Tolono Unity 2. Staunton 1. Knoxville 1. Peotone 1. Pana 1.

Class 1A

School W-L Pts Prv

†1. Galena (6) 8-0 78 1

2. Okawville (2) 6-0 73 2

3. Neoga 9-0 58 T4

4. Mendon Unity 8-1 53 3

5. Havana 9-0 51 T4

6. Tuscola 8-0 44 6

7. Effingham St. Anthony 9-0 34 7

8. Christopher 8-0 18 T9

† 9. Brimfield 7-2 10 T9

†10. Orangeville 6-1 9 8

Others receiving votes: Altamont 5. Waterloo Gibault 4. Chicago Morgan Park Academy 1. Brown County 1. Carrollton 1.

Boys AP Poll

Class 4A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Kenwood (6) 5-0 96 T3

2. Moline (4) 4-1 78 2

3. Joliet West 6-2 70 1

4. Whitney Young 3-1 67 5

5. Brother Rice 8-0 49 7

6. Rolling Meadows 8-0 47 6

7. St. Rita 3-3 39 T3

8. Lisle (Benet Academy) 7-0 28 T10

9. Quincy 5-0 24 8

10. Glenbrook North 6-0 15 NR

Others receiving votes: Evanston Township 14. Belleville East 6. Lyons 5. New Trier 3. Barrington 3. Bolingbrook 3. Curie 2. Rockford Auburn 1.

Class 3A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Simeon (6) 4-0 96 2

2. Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) (4) 4-0 87 1

3. Hillcrest 6-0 66 5

(tie) East St. Louis 5-0 66 3

5. Metamora 4-2 53 4

6. St. Ignatius 5-1 52 6

7. Decatur MacArthur 6-0 29 7

8. Lemont 7-0 23 NR

9. Rock Island 6-1 22 8

10. Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights) 5-1 19 9

Others receiving votes: Hyde Park 13. Peoria (H.S.) 8. Chicago Mt. Carmel 6. Lake Forest 2. Richwoods 2. Crystal Lake South 2. Centralia 2. Grayslake Central 1. Kankakee 1.

Class 2A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. DePaul College Prep (6) 4-2 101 1

2. Fairbury Prairie Central (3) 6-0 98 2

3. Princeton (2) 8-0 84 3

4. Columbia 5-1 68 5

5. St. Joseph-Ogden 5-0 59 4

6. Chicago (Perspectives Charter/Leadership) 6-1 52 6

7. Rockridge 4-1 36 7

8. Breese Central 6-0 29 9

9. Pinckneyville 5-0 20 8

10. Bloomington Central Catholic 5-2 17 NR

Others receiving votes: Teutopolis 11. Breese Mater Dei 10. Quincy Notre Dame 7. Clark 5. Massac County 4. Rockford Lutheran 2. Carmi White County 1. Normal University 1.

Class 1A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Augusta Southeastern (11) 7-0 110 1

2. New Berlin 7-0 96 4

3. Jacksonville Routt 5-1 83 2

4. Casey-Westfield 5-1 75 3

5. Scales Mound 7-0 49 10

6. Decatur Lutheran (LSA) 7-0 39 NR

7. Winchester-West Central 6-2 32 5

8. Chicago Marshall 2-3 28 NR

9. Yorkville Christian 1-5 27 9

10. Waterloo Gibault 3-2 23 NR

Others receiving votes: South Beloit 16. North Clay 6. East Dubuque 5. Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg 5. Farina South Central 2. Pecatonica 2. Camp Point Central 2. Ottawa Marquette 2. Madison 1. Aurora Christian 1. Tuscola 1.

This story was originally published December 7, 2022 at 3:31 PM.