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Illinois Girls High School Basketball Poll

Illinois Girls High School Basketball Poll

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Class 4A

RankSchoolTotal Points 
1.Benet (6) (12-1)69 
2.Waubonsie Valley (1) (16-0)62 
3.Loyola (14-2)56 
4.DePaul College Prep (15-1)36 
5.Naperville Central (13-2)35 
6.Nazareth (12-3)23 
(tie)Glenbard West (16-1)23 
8.Fremd (13-3)22 
9.Maine South (13-3)15 
10.Lyons (13-4)12 

Others receiving votes: 11, Kenwood 10. 12, Alton 9. 13, Belleville East 7. 14, Mother McAuley 4. 15, Marist 2.

Class 3A

RankSchoolTotal Points 
1.Washington (4) (15-0)45 
2.Galesburg (1) (16-1)41 
3.Morton (11-2)34 
4.Chatham Glenwood (11-2)27 
5.Dixon (13-2)21 
6.Providence (16-2)19 
7.Quincy Notre Dame (11-2)18 
8.Sterling (11-2)17 
9.Marion (12-1)16 
10.Bethalto Civic Memorial (12-3)9 
(tie)Freeport (13-2)  

Others receiving votes: 11, Kankakee 8. 12, Peoria Notre Dame 7. 13, Mattoon 2. 14, Metamora 1. 15, Carbondale 1.

Class 2A

RankSchoolTotal Points 
1.Teutopolis (2) (15-1)57 
2.Breese Central (3) (12-2)53 
3.Nashville (2) (15-2)48 
4.Effingham (14-2)35 
5.Byron (12-2)26 
6.Paris (12-2)23 
7.Princeton (13-0)22 
8.Pleasant Plains (10-0)16 
8.Manteno (15-1)16 
10.Hamilton (13-1)11 

Others receiving votes: 11, Pinckneyville 9. 12, Breese Mater Dei 8. 13, Harrisburg 8. 14, Johnsburg 8. 15, Watseka 8. 16, St. Joseph-Ogden 7. 17, Clinton 5. 18, Winnebago 5. 19, Rockford Christian 4. 20, Riverdale 4. 21, Downs Tri-Valley 3. 22, Carmi White County 3. 23, Mercer County 2. 24, Benton 2. 25, Carlyle 1. 26, Illinois Valley Central 1.

Class 1A

RankSchoolTotal Points 
1.Brownstown/St. Elmo (3) (17-1)45 
2.Cissna Park (1) (10-1)39 
3.Illini Bluffs (14-2)27 
4.Brown County (13-2)25 
5.Mt. Pulaski (14-0)21 
6.Liberty (13-2)18 
(tie)Heyworth (14-1)18 
8.Deer Creek-Mackinaw (14-1)17 
9.Catlin (Salt Fork) (13-2)13 
10.Abingdon (A.-Avon) (12-3)11 

Others receiving votes: 11, Hope 10. 12, Havana 6. 13, Sterling Newman 5. 14, Rockford (Christian Life) 5. 15, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 4. 16, LeRoy 3. 17, St. Bede 2. 18, Lanark Eastland 2. 19, Carrollton 2. 20, Midland 1. 21, Okawville 1.

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