Illinois high school girls basketball polls
Here are the rankings of Illinois high school girls basketball teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters:
Class 4A
| No. | Team | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. | Maine West (8) | 26-0 | 80 | 1 |
| 2. | Rock Island | 25-1 | 71 | 2 |
| 3. | Fremd | 24-4 | 60 | 4 |
| 4. | Edwardsville | 25-2 | 59 | 3 |
| 5. | Boylan Catholic | 25-1 | 45 | 5 |
| 6. | Montini | 26-4 | 42 | 6 |
| 7. | Benet | 22-5 | 26 | 8 |
| 8. | Whitney Young | 22-5 | 25 | 7 |
| 9. | Mother McAuley | 24-2 | 17 | 9 |
| 10. | Hononegah | 23-4 | 11 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: O’Fallon 2, Belleville East 1, Geneva 1.
Class 3A
| No. | Team | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. | Kankakee (9) | 28-0 | 107 | 1 |
| 2. | Richwoods (2) | 27-2 | 100 | 2 |
| 3. | Morton | 23-3 | 83 | 3 |
| T-4. | Nazareth | 23-1 | 73 | 5 |
| T-4. | Charleston | 24-0 | 73 | 6 |
| 6. | Sandwich | 26-0 | 52 | 7 |
| 7. | Carterville | 26-3 | 39 | 8 |
| 8. | Bloomington Central Catholic | 23-5 | 29 | 4 |
| 9. | Bethalto Civic Memorial | 23-5 | 29 | 4 |
| 10. | Sterling | 20-4 | 20 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Geneseo 2, Effingham 2, Burlington Central 1.
Class 2A
| No. | Team | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. | Eureka (11) | 26-2 | 119 | 1 |
| 2. | Greenville (1) | 27-1 | 106 | 2 |
| 3. | Walther Christian | 25-0 | 85 | 4 |
| 4. | St. Joseph-Ogden | 23-4 | 78 | 5 |
| 5. | Chicago Marshall | 20-8 | 60 | 3 |
| 6. | Sullivan | 23-3 | 55 | 6 |
| 7. | Teutopolis | 26-4 | 54 | 8 |
| 8. | Watseka | 23-3 | 47 | 7 |
| 9. | Hillsboro | 24-5 | 25 | 9 |
| 10. | Pleasant Plains | 25-6 | 13 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Knoxville 7, Harrisburg 6, Hamilton County 5.
Class 1A
| No. | Team | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. | Danville Schlarman (11) | 26-2 | 110 | 1 |
| 2. | Lewiston | 26-1 | 98 | 2 |
| 3. | Jacksonville Routt | 26-3 | 80 | 4 |
| 4. | Lanark Eastland | 25-4 | 77 | 5 |
| 5. | Stockton | 24-4 | 61 | 3 |
| 6. | Shiloh | 24-4 | 60 | 6 |
| 7. | Aquin | 24-4 | 51 | 9 |
| 8. | Amboy | 24-2 | 25 | 8 |
| 9. | Altamont | 26-3 | 16 | NR |
| 10. | Goreville | 20-7 | 11 | 7 |
Others receiving votes: Centralia Christ Our Rock 5, Gardner-South Wilmington 4, Brimfield 3, Concord Triopia 3, Dakota 1.
This story was originally published February 6, 2019 at 10:54 AM.
Dean Criddle
Belleville News-Democrat