Two new No. 1 teams and a No. 2 in AP state basketball rankings
Four local teams, including the Edwardsville Tigers, Althoff Crusaders, Okawville Rockets and Marquette Explorers, cracked the Top 10 in the new Associated Press boys basketball state rankings released Tuesday.
Okawville (12-2), which was No. 2 in Class 1A, also received two first-place votes. The Rockets are coming off a third-place finish at the Mater Dei Christmas Tournament.
In Class 4A, Edwardsville (11-1) was third and Althoff (8-3) was ninth. Edwardsville has handed Althoff two of its three losses this season, with those defeats coming in the championship games of the Collinsville Prairie Farms Holiday Classic and the Highland Thanksgiving Tournament.
East St. Louis (9-4), which finished third at Collinsville, was 13th in the Class 4A state rankings. Nashville (10-3), which lost to Central in the finals of the Mater Dei Christmas Tournament, was 12th in Class 2A.
Marquette (13-1) was eighth in Class 2A after winning the championship of the Freeburg-Columbia Holiday Tournament.
In the new girls basketball state rankings, Lebanon (14-0) was first in Class 1A and Civic Memorial (15-0) was first in 3A. Lebanon won its own holiday tournament championship and Civic Memorial won the Jerseyville Holiday Tournament.
Edwardsville (13-0) was fourth in Class 4A and also received a first-place vote after defeating host Oswego East to win the Oswego East Holiday Tournament.
Okawville (13-3) was third in Class 1A while Highland (14-3) was tied for fourth in Class 3A. Mater Dei (9-5) held down the No. 9 spot in the Class 2A.
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Illinois Boys Basketball State Rankings
Here are the Associated Press boys prep basketball polls with rank, team, first-place votes, record, total points and previous ranking.
Class 4A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Simeon (13) | 11-0 | 130 | 2 |
2. Evanston Township | 13-2 | 101 | 3 |
3. Edwardsville | 11-1 | 91 | 5 |
4. Kenwood | 10-3 | 61 | NR |
5. Whitney Young | 9-3 | 48 | NR |
6. Bolingbrook | 10-0 | 47 | NR |
7. East Moline United | 13-1 | 38 | 7 |
8. Curie | 11-2 | 32 | 1 |
9. Althoff | 8-3 | 29 | 8 |
10. Joliet West | 13-1 | 27 | 6 |
Others receiving 12 or more votes: Lisle (Benet Academy) 21. Fremd 19. East St. Louis 18. Rockford Boylan 17.
Class 3A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Springfield Lanphier (7) | 11-0 | 113 | 8 |
2. Morgan Park (6) | 9-2 | 112 | 1 |
3. Bloomington | 9-2 | 97 | 2 |
4. North Lawndale | 11-3 | 62 | 5 |
5. Springfield Southeast | 9-3 | 53 | NR |
6. Fenwick | 10-3 | 49 | 4 |
7. Benton | 12-1 | 45 | 9 |
8. Mahomet-Seymour | 9-3 | 29 | NR |
9. Morton | 11-3 | 28 | NR |
10. Farragut | 6-2 | 20 | NR |
Others receiving 12 or more votes: Centralia 19. Effingham 18. Peoria Manual 15.
Class 2A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Chicago Uplift (8) | 11-3 | 114 | T1 |
2. Mt. Carmel (1) | 12-1 | 92 | NR |
3. Quincy Notre Dame (3) | 11-1 | 87 | NR |
4. Orr (2) | 7-1 | 84 | 3 |
5. Tremont | 13-0 | 77 | T8 |
6. Teutopolis | 9-1 | 70 | 7 |
7. St. Joseph-Ogden | 11-3 | 65 | T1 |
8. Marquette | 13-1 | 50 | 6 |
9. Pittsfield | 10-1 | 30 | NR |
10. Eldorado | 14-1 | 26 | NR |
Others receiving 12 or more votes: Pinckneyville 22. Nashville 18.
Class 1A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Colfax Ridgeview (7) | 13-0 | 109 | 2 |
2. Okawville (2) | 12-2 | 99 | 1 |
3. East Dubuque (1) | 14-0 | 89 | 10 |
4. Effingham St. Anthony | 14-1 | 79 | NR |
5. Quest Academy (1) | 16-1 | 76 | 6 |
6. Newark | 9-2 | 60 | 8 |
7. DePue | 14-0 | 39 | 7 |
8. Annawan | 11-2 | 34 | T3 |
9. St. Anne | 11-1 | 21 | NR |
10. Hope Academy (1) | 11-3 | 18 | NR |
Others receiving 12 or more votes: None
Illinois Girls Basketball State Rankings
Here are the Associated Press girls prep basketball polls with rank, team, first-place votes, record, total points and previous rank.
Class 4A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Montini (5) | 16-0 | 111 | 2 |
2. Homewood-Flossmoor (5) | 9-2 | 98 | 1 |
3. Rock Island (1) | 15-1 | 96 | T3 |
4. Edwardsville (1) | 13-0 | 93 | T3 |
5. Benet | 16-2 | 65 | 5 |
6. Geneva | 12-1 | 57 | 7 |
7. Rockford Boylan | 14-0 | 52 | 10 |
8. Evanston Township | 15-2 | 33 | 6 |
9. Hersey | 14-2 | 26 | NR |
10. Springfield | 14-2 | 15 | NR |
Others receiving 12 or more votes: None.
Class 3A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Civic Memorial (6) | 15-0 | 121 | 2 |
2. Morton (3) | 14-1 | 105 | 6 |
3. Chicago Marshall (3) | 8-0 | 81 | 7 |
4. Mattoon | 18-0 | 66 | NR |
(tie) Highland | 14-3 | 66 | 5 |
6. Richwoods | 14-3 | 58 | NR |
7. North Lawndale | 8-3 | 38 | 3 |
8. Effingham | 15-1 | 32 | NR |
9. Rochester | 12-3 | 30 | NR |
10. Peoria Central | 11-2 | 29 | NR |
Others receiving 12 or more votes: Galesburg 24. Normal University 22. Kaneland 12.
Class 2A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Byron (11) | 13-1 | 110 | 1 |
2. Sherrard | 15-1 | 91 | 7 |
3. Hall | 13-2 | 86 | 2 |
4. Eureka (1) | 15-2 | 65 | 9 |
5. Teutopolis | 16-2 | 53 | NR |
6. Camp Point Central | 14-1 | 52 | NR |
7. Hillsboro | 14-3 | 38 | T4 |
8. Auburn | 18-1 | 31 | 6 |
9. Mater Dei | 9-5 | 29 | 3 |
10. St. Edward | 12-3 | 27 | NR |
Others receiving 12 or morevotes: Kewanee 26. Gilman Iroquois West 22. Monticello 15.
Class 1A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Lebanon (12) | 14-0 | 124 | 1 |
2. Ashton-Franklin Center | 14-1 | 84 | 3 |
3. Okawville | 13-3 | 67 | 4 |
4. Calhoun | 12-3 | 64 | 5 |
(tie)Danville Schlarman (1) | 10-4 | 64 | 2 |
6. Winchester | 14-0 | 60 | NR |
7. Mount Olive | 15-2 | 52 | 7 |
8. Colfax Ridgeview | 16-1 | 44 | NR |
9. Harvest Christian Academy | 11-3 | 39 | NR |
10. Princeville | 16-2 | 29 | NR |
(tie)Galena | 16-2 | 29 | 6 |
Others receiving 12 or more votes: Amboy 21. Annawan 14.
This story was originally published January 3, 2017 at 5:19 PM with the headline "Two new No. 1 teams and a No. 2 in AP state basketball rankings."