Central girls basketball still first in state rankings; Althoff, Central and Okawville boys are No. 2
The metro-east still had three teams ranked second in the state when the new Associated Press boys state basketball rankings were released on Tuesday.
Althoff (17-2) was second in Class 3A, Central (19-2) was second in 2A and Okawville (19-3) was second in 1A.
The Central Cougars (21-3) held on to the No. 1 spot in the Class 2A girls state rankings after winning the Highland Invitational Tournament.
Edwardsville (15-4) remained seventh in the Class 4A boys state rankings while Centralia (18-2), which beat Edwardsville in overtime Saturday to win the Salem Invitational Tournament, cracked the 3A poll at No. 10.
Metro-East Lutheran (20-3) moved up to sixth in Class 1A after being eighth the week before while Gibault was 12th. Nashville was 14th in the Class 2A state rankings.
On the girls side, Edwardsville (20-1) stayed third in the Class 4A state rankings after crushing the competition at the Carbondale Mid-Winter Tournament while Belleville West received votes.
In Class 3A, Highland (19-4) fell from seventh to 10th and is just one spot ahead of No. 11 and Mississippi Valley Conference rival Triad.
Lebanon (19-1) moved from seventh to sixth in the Class 1A girls state rankings and Cahokia Conference rival New Athens (18-3), a team Lebanon has beaten three times, was 13th. New Athens is unbeaten against everyone else.
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Illinois High School Boys Basketball State Rankings
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 (6) 15-1 123 2
(tie) Simeon (7) 15-3 123 3
3. Curie 15-4 91 1
4. Harvey Thornton 14-1 86 4
5. Evanston Township 17-2 85 5
6. Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights) 16-4 53 9
7. Edwardsville 15-4 45 7
8. Glenbard West 16-1 22 6
9. Lisle (Benet Academy) 17-3 21 NR
10. Rock Island 12-5 14 8
Others receiving votes: Riverside-Brookfield 13. East Moline United 12. Belleville East 9. Whitney Young 8. Homewood-Flossmoor 2. Naperville North 2.
Class 3A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Morgan Park (13) 15-1 139 1
2. Althoff (1) 17-2 125 2
3. Fenwick 17-2 112 4
4. Galesburg 22-1 72 7
5. Peoria Manual 15-3 68 6
6. Bogan 15-5 49 5
7. Rockford Boylan 19-2 42 9
8. Washington 19-1 40 8
9. Springfield Lanphier 15-3 39 3
10. Centralia 18-2 38 NR
Others receiving votes: Bloomington 11. LaSalle-Peru 10. Springfield Southeast 7. Normal University 6. Dixon 6. Westchester St. Joseph 3. North Lawndale 2. Metamora 1.
Class 2A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Winnebago (8) 16-1 140 1
2. Central (3) 19-2 128 2
3. Orr (2) 14-2 121 3
4. Warrensburg-Latham (1) 15-0 102 4
5. Lawrenceville (1) 18-1 85 6
6. Seton Academy 15-4 81 5
7. Rockridge 14-4 46 7
8. Pleasant Plains 15-2 34 9
9. Teutopolis 16-5 19 8
(tie) Sterling Newman 18-2 19 NR
Others receiving votes: Hales Franciscan 17. Quincy Notre Dame 12. Bloomington Central Catholic 10. Nashville 6. Athens 1. Illiana Christian 1. Kewanee 1. Williamsville 1. Marshall 1.
Class 1A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Colfax Ridgeview (8) 18-2 135 1
2. Okawville (3) 19-3 131 2
3. Brimfield 19-1 112 3
4. Leo (3) 15-4 91 4
5. Liberty (1) 20-1 86 6
6. Metro-East Lutheran 20-3 77 8
7. Newark 18-2 51 9
8. Woodlawn 16-2 47 5
9. Flanagan 16-3 45 7
10. Payson Seymour 17-2 20 10
Others receiving votes: Quest Academy 13. Waterloo Gibault 7. Altamont 3. Arcola 3. LeRoy 3. Kewanee (Wethersfield) 1.
Illinois High School Girls Basketball State Rankings
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 (9) | 21-1 | 134 | 1 |
2. Fremd (2) | 19-2 | 125 | 2 |
3. Edwardsville (3) | 20-1 | 115 | 3 |
4. Benet | 19-3 | 92 | 4 |
5. Whitney Young | 17-5 | 76 | 5 |
6. Rock Island | 22-3 | 62 | 6 |
7. River Forest Trinity | 17-4 | 53 | 8 |
8. Huntley | 20-3 | 35 | 10 |
9. New Trier | 19-4 | 33 | 9 |
10. Homewood-Flossmoor | 13-3 | 12 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Proviso East 6. Buffalo Grove 6. Hersey 6. Hononegah 4. Quincy Notre Dame 3. Oswego East 1. Belleville West 1. Kenwood 1. Stevenson 1.
Class 3A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Morgan Park (14) | 19-2 | 140 | 1 |
2. Morton | 21-3 | 100 | 2 |
3. Chicago Marshall | 21-2 | 99 | 4 |
4. Galesburg | 24-2 | 96 | 3 |
5. Rockford Lutheran | 18-1 | 92 | 5 |
6. Rochester | 18-3 | 74 | 6 |
7. Charleston | 20-1 | 54 | 8 |
8. Burlington Central | 17-2 | 38 | 9 |
9. Rich East | 20-4 | 21 | 10 |
10. Highland | 19-4 | 20 | 7 |
Others receiving votes: Triad 11. Washington 8. North Lawndale 6. Springfield 5. Antioch 3. Champaign St. Thomas More 2. Salem 1.
Class 2A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Central (14) | 21-3 | 140 | 1 |
2. Piasa Southwestern | 21-3 | 125 | 3 |
3. Knoxville | 22-4 | 94 | 5 |
4. Teutopolis | 19-6 | 91 | 4 |
5. Hillsboro | 20-3 | 85 | 2 |
6. Bloomington Central Catholic | 17-5 | 74 | 6 |
7. Sherrard | 17-5 | 38 | 9 |
8. Athens | 18-7 | 33 | 8 |
9. Havana | 23-4 | 25 | 7 |
10. Peoria Christian | 15-7 | 24 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Byron 21. Tremont 8. Kewanee 6. Auburn 2. Flora 2. Camp Point Central 1. Lawrenceville 1.
Class 1A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Moweaqua Central A&M (15) | 19-0 | 150 | 1 |
2. Annawan | 22-3 | 123 | 2 |
3. Danville Schlarman | 18-1 | 119 | 3 |
4. Cissna Park | 22-1 | 90 | 4 |
5. Calhoun | 19-2 | 86 | 5 |
6. Lebanon | 19-1 | 66 | 7 |
7. Brimfield | 21-4 | 64 | 6 |
8. Catlin (Salt Fork) | 21-2 | 28 | 9 |
(tie) Liberty | 22-2 | 28 | 10 |
10. Indian Creek | 21-0 | 23 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Harvest Christian Academy 20. Ashton-Franklin Center 10. New Athens 7. Mount Olive 5. Winchester 2. Mendon Unity 1. Galena 1. Seton Academy 1. Wethersfield 1.
This story was originally published January 26, 2016 at 3:52 PM with the headline "Central girls basketball still first in state rankings; Althoff, Central and Okawville boys are No. 2."