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Illinois Girls High School Basketball Poll

Illinois Girls High School Basketball Poll

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Class 4A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Benet (8) (20-1)801
2.Loyola (24-2)722
3.Nazareth (20-3)564
4.Naperville Central (20-4)533
(tie)Waubonsie Valley (23-1)535
6.Alton (18-2)299
7.Kenwood (19-6)286
8.Mother McAuley (19-5)178
9.Fremd (18-5)11T10
(tie)DePaul College Prep (18-4)117

Others receiving votes: 11, Downers North 10. 12, Marist 6. 13, Belleville East 4. 14, Maine South 4. 15, Glenbard West 4. 16, Bolingbrook 2.

Class 3A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Washington (4) (22-1)732
2.Galesburg (3) (21-2)713
3.Providence (24-3)584
4.Morton (1) (19-5)481
5.Chatham Glenwood (17-3)405
6.Dixon (22-3)357
(tie)Quincy Notre Dame (17-4)356
8.Peoria Notre Dame (19-4)308
9.Marion (16-4)199
10.Kankakee (17-6)10NR

Others receiving votes: 11, River Forest Trinity 8. 12, Carbondale 5. 13, Metamora 5. 14, Freeport 3.

Class 2A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Nashville (11) (23-2)115T1
2.Pleasant Plains (19-1)983
3.Breese Central (20-3)89T1
4.Effingham (22-2)726
5.Byron (21-2)715
6.Teutopolis (1) (19-5)644
7.Johnsburg (24-0)538
8.Downs Tri-Valley (21-2)20NR
9.West Hancock (21-2)199
(tie)Paris (17-4)197

Others receiving votes: 11, Benton 10. 12, Manteno 7. 13, Mt. Carmel 5. 14, Tolono Unity 4. 15, Harrisburg 4. 16, Breese Mater Dei 3. 17, Pinckneyville 3. 18, Watseka 2. 19, Petersburg PORTA 1. 20, Clinton 1.

Class 1A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Deer Creek-Mackinaw (4) (21-2)851
2.Mt. Pulaski (3) (21-0)78T3
3.Brown County (2) (20-2)77T3
4.Brownstown/St. Elmo (21-2)642
5.Cissna Park (1) (17-2)616
6.Illini Bluffs (21-3)455
7.Abingdon (A.-Avon) (17-5)277
8.Cumberland (20-3)25NR
9.Catlin (Salt Fork) (20-3)2110
10.Liberty (20-4)208

Others receiving votes: 11, Hope Academy 14. 12, Sterling Newman 13. 13, Havana 8. 14, Lanark Eastland 6. 15, Heyworth 3. 16, Rockford Christian 2. 17, Carrollton 1.

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