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Final AP girls basketball rankings are announced

No. 5 Sterling (25-5), No. 7 Dixon (25-5) ranked in 3A

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The final AP high school girls basketball rankings were released today.

Three of the No. 1 ranked teams remained on top of the final polls - Effingham St. Anthony (24-4) in 1A, Breese Central (26-2) in 2A and Washington (30-1) in 3A.

In 4A, Kenwood (27-2) jumped two spots from No. 3 to No. 1.

Area teams ranked were No. 5 Sterling (25-5) and No. 7 Dixon (25-5) in 3A, No. 4 Byron (28-2) in 2A and No. 8 Wethersfield (24-4) in 1A.

In the boys poll, Pecatonica (25-0) remained No. 1 in 1A, Belleville Althoff (24-4) remained No. 1 in 2A and Kenwood (25-1) stayed at No. 1 in 4A.

The only change came in 3A where Chicago DePaul College Prep (25-3) flipped spots with Brother Rice (25-3) to take over the top spot.

Sherrard (24-3) was ranked No. 8 in 2A.

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin has been sports editor of the BCR since 1986 and is Sports Editor of Putnam County Record. Was previously sports editor of the St. Louis Daily News and a regular contributor for the St. Louis Cardinals Magazine. He is a member of the IBCA and Illinois Valley Hall of Fames. He is one of 4 sportswriters from his tiny hometown Atlanta, IL