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Basketball: Some shuffling in this week’s AP rankings

Annawan girls remain No. 3 in 1A, Serena boys and girls ranked; Sterling boys, Dixon girls receive votes in 3A

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There was a little shuffling in this week’s Associated Press prep state basketball rankings, but most of the top-ranked teams remained the same.

Breese Central (19-2) stayed atop the 2A boys poll with 10 first-place votes and 143 points. Tolono Unity (17-0) moved up to second with 127 points, swapping positions with No. 3 Peoria Manual (9-9), which had 97 points, both receiving two first-place votes. Byron (14-0) stayed at No. 4 with 96 points.

Rockridge (14-3) moved up one spot to No. 9 for 2A boys while Fieldcrest (15-1) received 11 points just out of the rankings at No. 13.

Effingham St. Anthony (17-4) with 12 first-place votes and 135 points and Tuscola (17-2) with two first-place votes and 126 points stayed at No. 1 and No. 2 in 1A boys. Goreville (17-1) parlayed 87 points to move up two spots to No. 3 with Illini Bluffs (19-3) falling one spot to No. 4 with 85 points. Serena (17-1) gained 35 points to move up one spot to No. 8.

Chicago Mt. Carmel (20-2) stayed atop the 3A rankings with Sterling receiving two points.

The 4A boys saw Homewood-Flossmoor (17-1) jumped over Currie for the top spot. H-F gained six first-place votes and 105 points while Currie received five first-place votes and 104 points.

The Annawan girls (17-4) remained at No. 3 in 1A with 65 points. Galena (16-1) retained top billing with six first-place votes and 86 points with Orangeville (21-1) at No. 2 with three first-place votes and 81 points. Serena (16-2) moved back in the rankings at No. 10 with 12 points while Wethersfield gained six points.

Peoria Notre Dame (21-3) supplanted Breese Central( 18-2) for the top spot for 2A girls, receiving eight first-place votes and 110 points to move up two spots. Central came in at No. 2 with three first-place votes and 101 points.

The Dixon girls received one vote in 3A.

Lincoln (23-0) and Loyola (22-0) remained at No. 1 in 3A and 4A, respectively. Lincoln received all nine first-place votes in 3A while Loyola (5) shared first-place votes with Alton (21-1) and Bolingbrook (18-2), who tied for second place with two and one first-place vote, respectively.

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin has been sports editor of the BCR since 1986, covering Bureau County and IL Valley Sports. 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