7 metro-east high school girls, boys basketball teams 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

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

Class 4A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Geneva (5) 14-2 72 2

2. Fremd (2) 17-1 67 1

3. Bolingbrook (1) 14-1 62 4

4. Alton 17-0 61 6

5. Normal Community 18-0 38 5

6. Maine South 14-3 33 7

7. Hersey 16-4 29 3

8. O’Fallon 17-3 22 NR

9. Kenwood 14-3 18 9

10. Naperville North 14-6 11 10

Others receiving votes: Lake Zurich 9. Loyola 5. Benet 4. Whitney Young 4. Libertyville 3. Hononegah 2.

Class 3A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Nazareth (7) 16-1 88 1

2. Peoria Central 16-2 74 2

3. Peoria Notre Dame 16-1 67 3

4. Lincoln (2) 21-0 61 4

5. Carmel 14-3 53 6

6. Montini 13-4 45 5

7. Washington 16-2 44 7

8. Chicago Heights Marian Catholic 14-3 25 8

9. Galesburg 18-4 14 T9

10. Geneseo 14-4 6 T9

Others receiving votes: Deerfield 5. Dunlap 4. Rockford Boylan 3. St. Ignatius 3. Mahomet-Seymour 2. Taylorville 1.

Class 2A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Quincy Notre Dame (11) 18-1 119 1

2. Teutopolis 17-2 91 4

3. Petersburg PORTA (1) 18-0 77 10

(tie) Chicago (Noble Street/Butler) 19-3 77 3

5. Peotone 16-0 62 7

6. Paris 19-1 50 6

(tie) Byron 15-2 50 5

8. Fieldcrest 17-2 37 2

9. Central Southeastern 16-2 28 8

10. Princeton 16-2 25 9

Others receiving votes: Breese Mater Dei 21. Pana 5. Monmouth-Roseville 5. Eureka 3. Stillman Valley 3. Breese Central 3. DePaul College Prep 2. Sherrard 1. Canton 1.

Class 1A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Galena (9) 18-0 105 1

2. Mendon Unity 16-2 88 2

3. Tuscola (1) 20-0 86 4

4. Okawville (1) 16-3 79 3

5. Brown County 19-2 59 7

6. Neoga 19-2 37 5

7. Havana 16-3 36 6

8. Effingham St. Anthony 16-4 34 8

9. Christopher 16-1 27 9

10. Father McGivney Catholic 16-2 15 NR

Others receiving votes: Nokomis 12. Elmwood 8. Carrollton 7. Hardin County 3. Orangeville 2. Amboy 2. Chicago Morgan Park Academy 1. Woodlawn 1. Hardin Calhoun 1. Tri-County 1. Woodland 1.

Boys AP Poll

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

Class 4A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Kenwood (8) 14-2 116 2

2. Whitney Young (4) 14-4 110 1

3. Lisle (Benet Academy) 18-1 93 3

4. Moline 15-2 83 5

5. Joliet West 15-4 67 6

6. Rolling Meadows 17-2 48 4

7. Curie 12-4 44 7

8. Lyons 13-2 28 8

9. Brother Rice 16-2 22 9

10. Quincy 15-2 16 10

Others receiving votes: Lincoln Way East 12. Proviso East 8. Geneva 4. Libertyville 3. Belleville East 3. New Trier 2. O’Fallon 1.

Class 3A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) (7) 15-0 124 2

2. Simeon (6) 14-1 121 1

3. Chicago Mt. Carmel 17-1 100 4

4. Metamora 14-2 86 6

5. Decatur MacArthur 16-1 65 5

6. Hillcrest 15-2 51 3

7. East St. Louis 9-3 38 7

8. Lemont 4-2 33 10

9. Hyde Park 15-2 32 9

10. Grayslake Central 15-1 21 NR

Others receiving votes: St. Ignatius 21. Richwoods 12. Burlington Central 7. Mt. Zion 4.

Class 2A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Princeton (13) 17-0 154 2

2. Fairbury Prairie Central (1) 15-1 126 1

3. Columbia (2) 16-2 99 3

4. Rockford Christian 18-0 96 6

5. Breese Central 16-2 86 7

6. St. Joseph-Ogden 13-2 77 4

7. Williamsville 13-1 68 NR

8. DePaul College Prep 10-6 32 8

9. Rockridge 12-3 27 10

10. Teutopolis 14-3 26 9

Others receiving votes: Chicago (Perspectives Charter/Leadership) 21. Beecher 20. Normal University 14. Massac County 8. Rockford Lutheran 6. Seneca 6. Pinckneyville 5. Reed-Custer 4. Carterville 4. Vienna 1.

Class 1A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Jacksonville Routt (13) 15-1 147 1

2. Decatur Lutheran (LSA) (2) 16-0 114 3

3. Pecatonica 14-2 104 2

4. Altamont 14-3 71 10

5. Waterloo Gibault 15-3 61 8

6. Augusta Southeastern 13-3 52 5

7. Illini Bluffs 16-3 44 NR

8. New Berlin 12-3 39 T6

9. Camp Point Central 14-3 37 T6

10. Centralia Christ Our Rock 15-0 33 NR

(tie) Casey-Westfield 11-4 33 NR

Others receiving votes: Casey-Westfield 33. Scales Mound 26. Catlin (Salt Fork) 25. North Clay 18. Griggsville-Perry 5. Tuscola 4. South Beloit 3. Manley 3. Nokomis 2. Winchester-West Central 2. Beecher City 1. Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg 1.<

This story was originally published January 11, 2023 at 4:00 PM.