Althoff and Okawville boys, Central girls all No. 2 in latest state basketball rankings
Althoff and Okawville held onto their No. 2 spots in their respective boys basketball classes when the latest Associated Press boys state basketball rankings came out on Tuesday.
Althoff (21-2), which remained behind top-ranked Morgan Park, received five first-place votes to five for Morgan Park. Althoff travels to eighth-ranked Centralia (21-2) on Friday for a South Seven Conference showdown.
In 2A, the 22-4 Central Cougars boys team dropped from second to third following losses last week to Columbia and Mater Dei.
Okawville (22-3) stayed second in Class 1A while Metro-East Lutheran (21-4) stayed at No. 8. Gibault (17-8) was 12th in the latest 1A state poll.
In the girls basketball state rankings, Edwardsville (24-1) remained third in Class 4A and the Tigers show no signs of slowing down.
Mississippi Valley Conference rivals Highland (23-4) and Triad (21-3) both moved up in the 3A girls state rankings. Highland moved from eighth to seventh while Triad jumped from No. 10 to No. 8.
Central (24-4) had seven first-place votes in Class 2A to only five for Piasa Southwestern (26-3), but the Cougars still dropped from first in the state to second this week.
Lebanon (23-3) dropped out of 1A girls Top 10, falling to 11th. Okawville 14-8) was 15th and New Athens (21-5) was 17th.
The Class 1A and 2A girls basketball playoffs began Monday.
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Illinois High School Boys Basketball State Rankings
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 (10) | 19-3 | 100 | 1 |
2. Curie | 18-4 | 89 | 2 |
3. Harvey Thornton | 18-1 | 76 | 4 |
4. Evanston Township | 20-2 | 67 | 5 |
5. Kenwood | 16-3 | 64 | 3 |
6. Edwardsville | 17-4 | 49 | 7 |
7. Lisle (Benet Academy) | 21-3 | 36 | 8 |
8. Marian Catholic | 17-5 | 20 | 6 |
(tie) Homewood-Flossmoor | 16-5 | 20 | 10 |
10. East Moline United | 19-5 | 15 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Riverside-Brookfield 8. Rock Island 2. Proviso East 1. Quincy 1. Whitney Young 1. Glenbard West 1.
Class 3A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Morgan Park (7) | 19-2 | 115 | 1 |
2. Althoff (5) | 21-2 | 113 | 2 |
3. Fenwick | 22-2 | 94 | 3 |
4. Galesburg | 26-1 | 81 | 4 |
5. Peoria Manual | 18-3 | 64 | 5 |
6. Rockford Boylan | 23-2 | 53 | 6 |
7. Bogan | 17-6 | 37 | 7 |
8. Centralia | 21-2 | 35 | 9 |
9. Springfield Lanphier | 17-3 | 21 | 10 |
10. Bloomington | 19-4 | 19 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Dixon 10. LaSalle-Peru 6. Metamora 4. Springfield Southeast 3. Washington 2. Normal University 2. Westchester St. Joseph 1.
Class 2A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Orr (7) | 18-2 | 113 | 1 |
2. Warrensburg-Latham (4) | 19-0 | 105 | 4 |
3. Central (1) | 22-4 | 88 | 2 |
4. Rockridge | 18-4 | 71 | 7 |
5. Seton Academy | 17-5 | 50 | 6 |
6. Pleasant Plains | 19-2 | 49 | 8 |
7. Teutopolis | 21-5 | 39 | 10 |
(tie) Winnebago | 17-4 | 39 | 3 |
9. Lawrenceville | 20-2 | 38 | 5 |
10. Sterling Newman | 21-2 | 22 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: Quincy Notre Dame 16. Bismarck-Henning 15. Bloomington Central Catholic 9. Athens 3. Williamsville 2. Kewanee 1.
Class 1A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Colfax Ridgeview (10) | 21-2 | 120 | 1 |
2. Okawville (1) | 22-3 | 111 | 2 |
3. Brimfield | 22-2 | 83 | 5 |
4. Leo (2) | 16-6 | 79 | 4 |
5. Newark | 21-2 | 66 | 6 |
6. Woodlawn | 21-1 | 64 | 7 |
7. Payson Seymour | 20-2 | 56 | 9 |
8. Metro-East Lutheran | 21-4 | 46 | 8 |
9. Liberty | 23-02 | 39 | 3 |
10. Arcola | 19-3 | 26 | T10 |
Others receiving votes: Flanagan 12. Gibault 7. Kewanee (Wethersfield) 2. Quest Academy 2. Christopher 1. Polo 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. Fremd (1) | 23-2 | 98 | 2 |
2. Whitney Young (5) | 22-5 | 94 | 5 |
3. Edwardsville (4) | 24-1 | 92 | 3 |
4. Montini (1) | 26-2 | 75 | 1 |
5. Benet | 24-3 | 62 | 4 |
6. River Forest Trinity | 21-5 | 58 | 10 |
7. Rock Island | 25-3 | 45 | 7 |
8. Huntley | 25-3 | 36 | 6 |
9. New Trier | 23-4 | 19 | 8 |
10. Homewood-Flossmoor | 18-3 | 17 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: Proviso East 4. Hononegah 3. Batavia 1. Geneva 1.
Class 3A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Morgan Park (8) | 23-3 | 112 | 1 |
2. Morton (2) | 24-3 | 108 | 2 |
3. Chicago Marshall (1) | 25-3 | 92 | 3 |
3. Galesburg (1) | 27-2 | 92 | 4 |
5. Rockford Lutheran | 21-2 | 71 | 5 |
6. Rochester | 23-3 | 58 | 6 |
7. Highland | 23-4 | 39 | 8 |
8. Rich East | 22-5 | 37 | 7 |
9. Triad | 21-3 | 20 | 10 |
10. Burlington Central | 21-4 | 15 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: Washington 7. Springfield 4. Antioch 2. Charleston 1. North Lawndale 1. Stillman Valley 1.
Class 2A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Piasa Southwestern (5) | 26-3 | 121 | 2 |
2. Central (7) | 24-4 | 118 | 1 |
3. Knoxville (1) | 27-4 | 107 | 3 |
4. Teutopolis | 22-6 | 96 | 4 |
5. Hillsboro | 24-4 | 67 | 6 |
6. Sherrard | 22-5 | 52 | 7 |
7. Bloomington Central Catholic | 20-6 | 43 | 5 |
8. Havana | 26-4 | 33 | 8 |
9. Gilman Iroquois West | 24-2 | 27 | 9 |
10. Byron | 24-3 | 23 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Camp Point Central 21. Tremont 3. Peoria Christian 3. Kewanee 1.
Class 1A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Moweaqua Central A&M (11) | 25-1 | 133 | 1 |
2. Danville Schlarman (1) | 23-2 | 120 | 2 |
3. Annawan | 26-4 | 108 | T3 |
4. Cissna Park (1) | 26-2 | 96 | T3 |
5. Calhoun (1) | 25-2 | 95 | 5 |
6. Indian Creek | 25-1 | 43 | 8 |
7. Catlin (Salt Fork) | 26-2 | 41 | 7 |
8. Ashton-Franklin Center | 23-1 | 33 | NR |
9. Winchester | 23-5 | 22 | NR |
10. Brimfield | 24-6 | 20 | 6 |
(tie)Liberty | 25-2 | 20 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: Lebanon 12. Mount Olive 8. Harvest Christian Academy 6. Galena 4. Okawville 4. Mendon Unity 2. New Athens 1. Stockton 1. Wethersfield 1
This story was originally published February 9, 2016 at 3:09 PM with the headline "Althoff and Okawville boys, Central girls all No. 2 in latest state basketball rankings."