Althoff on top in first 3A state basketball rankings; Central boys and girls are both No. 1
Central High School near Breese had the rare distinction of seeing both its boys and girls basketball teams ranked first in the state Tuesday in Class 2A when the Associated Press released its first state basketball rankings of the season.
Althoff (3-1), which finished second in the state in Class 3A last season, was ranked first in the inaugural 3A boys state poll. The Crusaders return all five starters and most of their top players from a 29-4 team.
The Central boys are off to a 4-0 start that included winning the Effingham St. Anthony Thanksgiving Tournament. The Central girls team is 4-1 with its only loss to 4A O’Fallon.
Okawville (1-0) was second in the Class 1A boys state rankings after reaching the super-sectional a year ago and returning one of the region’s top scorers in junior Noah Frederking. Gibault (4-1) was sixth in 1A while Metro-East Lutheran (4-0), which beat Gibault to win the Metro-East Lutheran Thanksgiving Tournament, was eighth.
Madison received votes in the 1A boys state poll.
Nashville was third in the 2A boys state rankings while Roxana (4-1) was 12th with Marquette also receiving votes.
Mater Dei, Highland and Columbia’s boys teams all received votes ih the first 3A state rankings
Edwardsville (3-1) began the season sixth in the Class 4A boys state rankings, where East St. Louis, Collinsville and Belleville West all received votes.
After the Central girls’ No. 1 ranking, the area’s next highest ranked girls basketball team was Edwardsville (4-0). The Tigers were fourth in the first 4A girls state poll while Highland received votes in 3A and Mater Dei received votes in 2A.
The Lebanon girls, off to a 4-0 start, were ranked eighth in Class 1A.
Norm Sanders: 618-239-2454, @NormSanders
Illinois High School Boys Basketball Top 10 Poll
The Associated Press
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. Simeon (7) | 0-0 | 79 | -- |
2. Riverside-Brookfield | 4-0 | 69 | -- |
3. Kenwood | 1-0 | 62 | -- |
4. Evanston Township (1) | 4-0 | 58 | -- |
5. Curie | 1-0 | 43 | -- |
6. Edwardsville | 3-1 | 42 | -- |
7. Bradley-Bourbonnais | 3-0 | 29 | -- |
8. Niles Notre Dame | 3-1 | 20 | -- |
9. Whitney Young | 0-0 | 12 | -- |
(tie) Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights) | 4-1 | 12 | -- |
Others receiving votes: East St. Louis 9. Grayslake North 9. Rock Island 9. Lisle (Benet Academy) 8. Niles North 7. Deerfield 5. Maine South 4. Champaign Centennial 3. Collinsville 2. Belleville West 1. East Moline United 1. Oak Park River Forest 1.
Class 3A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Belleville (Althoff Catholic) (9) | 3-1 | 104 | -- |
2. Peoria Manual (1) | 4-0 | 80 | -- |
3. Morgan Park (2) | 0-0 | 72 | -- |
4. Fenwick | 4-0 | 66 | -- |
5. Bogan | 3-0 | 57 | -- |
6. Springfield Lanphier | 2-1 | 33 | -- |
7. Westchester St. Joseph | 4-0 | 31 | -- |
8. Galesburg | 5-0 | 29 | -- |
9. Carbondale | 4-0 | 24 | -- |
10. Decatur MacArthur | 3-0 | 23 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Rockford Boylan 21. Centralia 19. Champaign Central 12. Chicago Vocational 9. De La Salle 8. Breese Mater Dei 5. Jacksonville 4. Highland 4. Hyde Park 3. Columbia 3. Dixon 3. LaSalle-Peru 2. Farragut 1. Massac County 1. Metamora 1.
Class 2A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Breese Central (6) | 4-0 | 94 | -- |
2. Winnebago (1) | 1-0 | 68 | -- |
3. Nashville | 1-0 | 67 | -- |
4. St. Joseph-Ogden | 0-0 | 43 | -- |
5. Chicago Marshall (2) | 2-1 | 41 | -- |
6. Monmouth-Roseville | 4-0 | 32 | -- |
(tie) Warrensburg-Latham | 1-0 | 32 | - |
8. Teutopolis | 3-1 | 29 | -- |
9. Kewanee | 1-3 | 28 | -- |
10. Pleasant Plains | 2-1 | 27 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Petersburg PORTA 17. Roxana 11. Orr 11. Lawrenceville 10. Athens 10. Bismarck-Henning 9. Reed-Custer 8. Byron 7. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 6. Pana 5. Sterling Newman 5. Alton Marquette 5. Hales Franciscan 4. Gillespie 3. Rockridge 2.
Class 1A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Colfax Ridgeview (5) | 4-0 | 81 | -- |
2. Okawville (1) | 1-0 | 80 | -- |
3. Seton Academy (3) | 4-1 | 67 | -- |
4. Brimfield (1) | 4-0 | 65 | -- |
5. Polo | 4-0 | 51 | -- |
6. Waterloo Gibault | 3-1 | 41 | -- |
7. Quest Academy | 4-0 | 34 | -- |
8. Metro-East Lutheran | 4-0 | 29 | -- |
9. Woodlawn | 1-0 | 24 | -- |
(tie)Sangamon Valley | 1-0 | 24 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Altamont 16. Leo 6. Raymond Lincolnwood 6. Madison 5. Christopher 5. Crab Orchard 4. Mounds Meridian 4. LeRoy 3. Patoka 3. Pawnee 2. Arcola 2. Carrollton 2.
— | — | — |
Illinois High School Girls Basketball Top 10 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. Montini (7) | 5-0 | 77 | -- |
2. River Forest Trinity | 3-1 | 62 | -- |
3. Whitney Young | 3-0 | 61 | -- |
4. Edwardsville | 4-0 | 57 | -- |
5. Fremd (1) | 6-0 | 54 | -- |
6. New Trier | 1-0 | 39 | -- |
7. Benet | 6-0 | 26 | -- |
8. Rock Island | 5-1 | 23 | -- |
9. Geneva | 3-1 | 20 | -- |
10. Homewood-Flossmoor | 3-0 | 10 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Huntley 4. Hersey 3. Quincy Notre Dame 3. Evanston Township 1.
Class 3A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Morton (9) | 5-0 | 90 | -- |
2. Morgan Park | 4-1 | 74 | -- |
3. Burlington Central | 3-0 | 62 | -- |
(tie)Champaign St. Thomas More (1) | 3-0 | 62 | -- |
5. Joliet Catholic | 3-0 | 42 | -- |
6. Galesburg | 7-0 | 30 | -- |
7. Rockford Lutheran | 4-0 | 29 | -- |
8. Antioch | 6-0 | 28 | -- |
9. Rochester | 1-1 | 22 | -- |
10. Rich South | 3-2 | 16 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Peoria Central 14. Bogan 10. Charleston 10. Springfield 7. Normal University 6. Highland 3.
Class 2A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Breese Central (4) | 3-1 | 66 | -- |
2. Hillsboro | 6-0 | 46 | -- |
(tie) Chicago Marshall (2) | 2-1 | 46 | -- |
4. Lawrenceville | 7-0 | 38 | -- |
5. Sherrard | 5-1 | 30 | -- |
6. Eureka | 4-0 | 29 | -- |
(tie)Rock Island Alleman | 3-3 | 29 | -- |
8. Teutopolis | 4-1 | 23 | -- |
9. Havana | 5-1 | 22 | -- |
10. Marshall | 5-1 | 16 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Flora 14. Piasa Southwestern 13. Monticello 11. Athens 11. Byron 10. Gilman Iroquois West 7. Bloomington Central Catholic 6. Elmhurst (IC Catholic) 6. Morrison 3. Peoria Christian 1. Breese Mater Dei 1. Pleasant Plains 1. Midwest Central 1.
Class 1A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Moweaqua Central A&M (5) | 8-0 | 71 | -- |
2. Annawan | 3-2 | 68 | -- |
3. Calhoun (2) | 4-0 | 62 | -- |
4. Danville Schlarman | 3-0 | 49 | -- |
5. Brimfield | 7-0 | 42 | -- |
6. Cissna Park (1) | --- | 39 | -- |
7. Harvest Christian Academy | 3-2 | 33 | -- |
8. Lebanon | 4-0 | 19 | -- |
9. Catlin (Salt Fork) | --- | 14 | -- |
10. Mount Olive | 6-1 | 13 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Chrisman 8. Hardin County 6. Springfield Lutheran 5. Ashton-Franklin Center 5. Ottawa Marquette 3. Durand 2. Erie 1.
— | — | — |
This story was originally published December 1, 2015 at 6:06 PM with the headline "Althoff on top in first 3A state basketball rankings; Central boys and girls are both No. 1."