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Basketball: Kankakee boys climb to third in 3A Poll; Cissa Park girls stay fifth in Class 1A

By Mason Schweizer
Kankakee's Myair Thompson breaks toward the net in Tuesday's game against Rich Township.

Kankakee's Myair Thompson breaks toward the net in Tuesday's game against Rich Township. (Daily Journal/Nicholas Holstein)

This week’s IHSA AP Basketball Polls were released Wednesday, with the same three local teams finding themselves state-ranked once again, albeit with two of them in a different spot than a week ago.

Despite a 65-63 loss to Class 4A No. 3 Rich Township Tuesday night, Kankakee (12-3) climbed two spots from fifth to third in the Class 3A Poll. The only other boys team to receive votes locally was Bishop McNamara (16-2), who received one voting point in Class 2A.

In girls hoops, Watseka-Milford (15-1) kept its spot at No. 10 in Class 2A, where Bishop McNamara (12-6) and Manteno (15-1) received votes. In Class 1A, Cissna Park (14-5) took a slight slide from third to fifth.

For the entirety of the boys and girls polls, see below:

BOYS

Class 4A

Rank School Total Points Previous

1. Quincy (4) (16-1) 80 1

2. Kenwood (2) (17-1) 75 T2

3. Rich Township (2) (12-4) 74 T2

4. Bolingbrook (1) (17-2) 64 4

5. Waubonsie Valley (18-0) 59 5

6. Lisle (Benet Academy) (17-2) 43 6

7. Homewood-Flossmoor (16-2) 35 7

8. Hinsdale Central (16-2) 24 9

9. Rock Island (18-1) 20 10

10. Lincoln Park (16-3) 8 NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Niles North 3. 12, Edwardsville 3. 13, Gurnee Warren 2. 14, Alton 2. 15, Normal Community 1. 16, Rolling Meadows 1. 17, St. Ignatius 1.

Class 3A

Rank School Total Points Previous

1. DePaul College Prep (8) (17-1) 80 1

2. Brother Rice (17-1) 70 2

3. Kankakee (12-3) 43 5

4. Chicago Mt. Carmel (16-2) 41 6

5. Metamora (16-4) 39 3

5. Morton (12-5) 39 8

7. Fenwick (14-4) 32 4

8. Peoria (H.S.) 31 7

9. St. Laurence (15-4) 25 9

10. Centralia (15-3) 12 NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Carmel 8. 12, Waterloo 6. 13, Kaneland 5. 14, Mt. Zion 4. 15, Deerfield 3. 16, St. Patrick 2.

Class 2A

Rank School Total Points Previous

1. Williamsville (6) (15-0) 108 2

2. Benton (2) (15-0) 103 3

3. Peoria Manual (2) (13-4) 91 4

4. Belleville (Althoff Catholic) (2) (14-4) 89 1

5. Bismarck-Henning (18-0) 63 5

6. Chicago Dyett (14-4) 56 6

7. Rockford Christian (15-0) 41 7

8. Auburn (17-1) 24 9

9. Chicago (Christ the King) (11-6) 17 NR

10. Pinckneyville (14-2) 16 10

Others receiving votes: 11, Columbia 11. 12, Breese Central 8. 13, Breese Mater Dei 7. 14, Murphysboro 6. 15, IC Catholic 5. 16, Rockridge 5. 17, St. Joseph-Ogden 5. 18, Warsaw West Hancock 2. 19, Carlyle 1. 20, Tremont 1. 21, Kankakee (McNamara) 1.

Class 1A

Rank School Total Points Previous

1. Pecatonica (9) (14-0) 90 1

2. Effingham St. Anthony (1) (15-2) 83 3

3. Waltonville (14-0) 79 2

4. Jacksonville Routt (17-1) 68 4

5. Lanark Eastland (14-2) 53 5

6. Hope Academy (11-5) 45 7

7. Tuscola (15-2) 38 6

8. Goreville (12-2) 37 8

9. Yorkville Christian (15-6) 24 10

10. Casey-Westfield (11-4) 8 9

10. Lexington (15-3) 8 NR

Others receiving votes: 12, Dieterich 5. 13, Bluford Webber 4. 14, Chicago (Fenger) 2. 15, LeRoy 2. 16, Mounds Meridian 2. 17, Annawan 1. 18, Dakota 1.

GIRLS

Class 4A

Rank School Total Points Previous

1. Benet (3) (17-1) 48 1

2. Lyons (1) (19-1) 43 2

3. Kenwood (1) (18-1) 40 3

4. Alton (18-1) 34 4

5. Fremd (16-4) 25 6

6. Huntley (18-0) 22 7

6. Waubonsie Valley (16-1) 22 5

8. Loyola (17-2) 17 8

9. Nazareth (16-2) 13 10

10. Whitney Young (11-7) 6 9

Others receiving votes: 11, Maine South 3. 12, Prospect 2.

Class 3A

Rank School Total Points Previous

1. Quincy Notre Dame (2) (17-1) 45 2

1. Washington (2) (21-1) 45 1

3. St. Ignatius (1) (15-3) 40 4

4. Morton (15-4) 37 9

5. Mount Vernon (15-3) 29 3

6. Chicago Heights Marian Catholic (18-2) 21 7

7. Galesburg (17-3) 20 6

8. Sterling (17-2) 15 8

9. Bethalto Civic Memorial (16-2) 13 5

10. Effingham (15-4) 3 NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Dixon 2. 12, Morris 2. 13, Montini 2. 14, Glenbard South 1.

Class 2A

Rank School Total Points Previous

1. Breese Central (7) (17-1) 70 1

2. Peoria Notre Dame (17-3) 62 T2

3. Nashville (15-2) 45 4

4. Stillman Valley (18-0) 44 T2

5. Byron (17-1) 31 8

6. Central Southeastern (17-3) 30 T5

7. Teutopolis (15-4) 22 T5

8. Deer Creek-Mackinaw (16-2) 14 NR

9. Carlyle (15-3) 12 7

10. Watseka (15-1) 9 10

Others receiving votes: 11, Sullivan 8. 12, Pittsfield 8. 13, Breese Mater Dei 7. 14, Sherrard 6. 15, Bishop McNamara 6. 16, Bloomington Central Catholic 4. 17, Aurora Central Catholic 4. 18, Tremont 2. 19, Manteno 1.

Class 1A

Rank School Total Points Previous

1. Abingdon (A.-Avon) (4) (17-3) 40 2

2. Effingham St. Anthony (!4-4) 30 1

3. Okawville (10-5) 28 4

4. Pecatonica (16-4) 26 6

5. Cissna Park (14-4) 18 3

6. Hardin Calhoun (13-4) 14 NR

6. Orangeville (18-3) 14 5

8. Monmouth United (17-2) 13 NR

9. Brown County (14-5) 8 T9

9. Catlin (Salt Fork) (17-2) 8 T9

Others receiving votes: 11, Brownstown/St. Elmo 7. 12, Roanoke-Benson 7. 13, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 6. 14, St. Edward 1.

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