April 28, 2024
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Princeton climbs one spot to No. 3 in 3A

Princeton's Casey Etheridge navigates through traffic in Friday's game vs. Sterling. He scored three touchdowns to lead the Tigers to their first win over Sterling in 95 years.

Princeton moved up one spot in this week's 3A rankings with its 28-6 win over Sterling last week. (Mike Vaughn)

With a convincing 28-6 over 5A Sterling last week, Princeton climbed one spot to No. 3 in this week’s Associated Press Class 3A rankings.

The Tigers (4-1) received 82 points to move from No. 4 to No. 3 behind No. 1 Byron (5-0), which received 11 first-place votes and 128 points, and No. 2 Montini Catholic (5-0), which picked up the other two first-place votes and 118 points.

Wilmington (4-1) also moved up one spot to No. 4 while St. Joseph-Ogden (4-1) slipped from No. 3 to No. 5 with its first loss.

Rounding out the top 10 in 3A are Stanford Olympia (4-1/57 points), Durand-Pecatonia (5-0/54), Roxana (5-0/49), Williamsville (4-1/ 44) and DuQuion (5-0), which cracks the rankings for the first time at No. 10 with 19 points.

Rockridge (4-1) dropped one spot to No. 9 in 2A while Sterling Newman (4-1) remained at No. 7 in 1A. St. Bede received one vote in 1A.

All eight top-ranked teams retained their spots, including Lena-Winslow (1A), Maroa-Forsyth (2A), Rochester (4A), Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge (5A), East St. Louis (6A), Chicago Mt. Carmel (7A) and Loyola (8A).