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Princeton takes No. 2 ranking into season finale

Princeton's Ace Christiansen races away from Kewanee's Dontaveon Thomas Friday night at Bryant Field.

Princeton will take a No. 2 ranking in Class 3A into Friday’s regular season finale against rival Hall.

The Tigers (7-1) stood firm at the No. 2 spot with 100 points behind the Byron Tigers (8-1), who received all 12 first-place votes cast and 120 points in this week’s AP Class 3A poll.

The top five teams remained the same with No. 3 Wilmington (7-1) with 91 points, No. 4 Roxana (8-0) with 79 points and No. 5 DuQuoin (8-0) with 61 points.

The 1A rankings are loaded with area teams behind No. 1 Lena-Winslow (8-0), which received all 12 first-place votes, with Stark County (8-0) at No. 5, Morrison (7-1) at No. 6 and Annawan-Wethersfield (7-1) at No. 9. Newman (6-2) dropped out of the 10, receiving one point.

Other area ranked teams are Seneca (8-0), No. 4 in 2A, and Dixon (7-1), No. 9 in 4A.

All of the remaining top-ranked teams stayed at No. 1, including Maroa-Forsyth (2A), Rochester (4A), Prairie Ridge (5A), East St. Louis (6A), Chicago Mt. Carmel (7A) and Loyola (8A).

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