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Princeton moves to No. 1 in 3A

Princeton's Noah LaPorte points Tiger ball after Andrew Peacock recovers the ball at Monmouth-Roseville Friday night. Princeton won 40-0.

Princeton is ranked No. 1 in football for the first time in school history.

And St. Bede joins them in this week’s rankings.

Princeton (1-0) swapped places with Byron (1-0) in this week’s AP Class 3A Poll. Princeton, which opened with a 40-0 win at Monmouth-Roseville, received three of 10-first place votes and 89 points to edge Byron, which earned six first-place votes and 86 points.

Byron grabbed the No. 1 ranking in last week’s preseason poll despite receiving fewer first-place votes than Princeton. This week, Byron, which routed Rock Falls, 77-6, received more first-place votes than Princeton, but came in No. 2.

Princeton’s No. 1 ranking in football follows the Tigers’ basketball team receiving the No. 1 position for the first time a year ago.

The other first-place vote in 3A went to Tolono Unity, which tallied 70 points. Rounding out the top 10 are No. 4 Williamsville (68 points), No. 5 Montini Catholic (56), No. 6 Reed-Custer (38), No. 7 Stanford Olympia (10), No. 8 Eureka (32), No. 9 Wilmington (29) and No. 10 St. Joseph-Ogden (12).

St. Bede moved into the Class 1A rankings at No. 9 after beating previously No. 6 ranked Tuscola, 34-25, which fell out of the top 10.

Lena-Winslow garnered all seven first-place votes to remain at No. 1 in 1A with 70 points. Forreston moved from No. 4 to No. 2 with 60 points. Other area teams ranked are Fulton at No. 6, Annawan-Wethersfield at No. 7 and Sterling Newman at No. 8.

Rockridge fell from No. 3 in 2A to No. 10 after falling to Newman. Maroa-Forsyth received five of seven first-place votes to take over the No. 1 spot. Decatur St. Teresa fell from No. 1 to No. 6 after a Week 1 loss.

Other No. 1 ranked teams are Rochester (4A), Joliet Catholic (5A), East St. Louis (6A), Chicago Mt. Carmel (7A) and Lincoln-Way East (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