8 metro-east high school boys basketball teams are ranked among the best in Illinois

Here are the latest rankings of Illinois high school girls and boys basketball teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters:

Girls

These are the girls polls with rank, team, first-place votes, record, total points and previous ranking.

Class 4A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Fremd (3) 24-2 55 2

2. Bolingbrook (2) 22-3 51 4

3. Geneva (1) 21-3 50 3

4. Alton 25-1 48 1

5. Kenwood 23-4 33 8

6. O’Fallon 24-4 26 9

7. Normal Community 25-3 18 5

8. Maine South 21-5 15 7

9. Whitney Young 18-5 12 6

10. Benet 17-6 5 NR

†(tie) Libertyville 23-4 5 NR

†(tie) St. Charles North 22-5 5 10

Others receiving votes: Lyons 4. Hononegah 2. Loyola 1.<

Class 3A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Nazareth (5) 23-1 59 1

2. Lincoln (1) 26-0 54 2

3. Peoria Central 20-3 44 3

4. Montini 21-5 40 6

5. Carmel 20-5 33 7

6. Peoria Notre Dame 21-3 29 4

7. Washington 21-3 28 5

8. St. Ignatius 22-4 21 8

9. Rockford Boylan 24-4 11 9

10. Geneseo 22-6 6 NR

Others receiving votes: Deerfield 3. Galesburg 1. Chicago Heights Marian Catholic 1.

Class 2A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Quincy Notre Dame (8) 24-1 80 1

2. Petersburg PORTA 24-0 71 2

3. Teutopolis 24-3 60 3

4. Byron 25-2 55 4

5. Chicago (Noble Street/Butler) 24-1 35 6

6. Central Southeastern 23-3 34 8

7. Fieldcrest 25-3 28 NR

8. Deer Creek-Mackinaw 24-4 25 7

9. Paris 23-3 15 10

10. Peotone 24-1 11 5

†(tie) DePaul College Prep 20-4 11 NR

Others receiving votes: Breese Mater Dei 5. Sherrard 4. Salem 4. Pleasant Plains 2.

Class 1A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Galena (6) 26-1 74 1

2. Tuscola (1) 28-0 70 2

3. Okawville (1) 22-4 60 3

4. Brown County 27-3 54 4

5. Mendon Unity 28-3 52 5

6. Havana 24-3 44 6

7. Neoga 26-3 29 8

8. Elmwood 24-4 25 9

9. Effingham St. Anthony 21-5 10 10

10. Father McGivney Catholic 23-3 9 NR

Others receiving votes: Christopher 8. Carlyle 4. Orangeville 1.

Boys

These are the boys polls with rank, team, first-place votes, record, total points and previous ranking.

Class 4A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Lisle (Benet Academy) (11) 24-1 110 1

2. Moline 22-3 97 2

3. Joliet West 20-5 83 3

4. Kenwood 19-5 74 4

5. Brother Rice 23-3 64 6

6. Whitney Young 19-5 56 5

7. Hinsdale Central 22-3 25 10

8. Quincy 20-3 22 T8

9. Rolling Meadows 22-4 21 7

10. Belleville East 22-3 13 T8

Others receiving votes: New Trier 12. Glenbrook North 12. Curie 4. Lyons 4. Oswego East 3. Downers North 3. Geneva 1. Yorkville 1.

Class 3A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Simeon (8) 21-2 106 1

2. Metamora (3) 22-2 100 2

3. Hillcrest 24-2 86 3

4. Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) 22-2 80 4

5. East St. Louis 17-4 49 7

6. Richwoods 19-3 45 9

7. Chicago Mt. Carmel 21-3 42 6

7. Decatur MacArthur 23-2 42 5

9. Hyde Park 20-5 16 8

10. Mt. Zion 24-2 10 NR

†(tie) Burlington Central 21-5 10 10

Others receiving votes: Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights) 9. Grayslake Central 4. Centralia 4. Kaneland 2.

Class 2A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Columbia (9) 24-2 122 2

2. Princeton (2) 25-1 99 1

3. Fairbury Prairie Central (1) 22-2 97 3

4. Breese Central 22-3 88 T4

5. Rockford Christian 24-1 59 T4

6. Normal University (1) 18-7 51 NR

7. St. Joseph-Ogden 20-4 48 7

8. Pontiac 18-6 31 10

9. Rockridge 19-4 29 9

(tie) Pinckneyville 22-3 29 NR

Others receiving votes: Massac County 22. DePaul College Prep 16. Macomb 6. Williamsville 6. Kankakee (McNamara) 5. Seneca 3. Reed-Custer 3. Teutopolis 1.

Class 1A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Decatur Lutheran (LSA) (7) 22-0 112 2

2. Altamont (3) 20-3 99 3

3. Centralia Christ Our Rock 23-0 93 4

4. Jacksonville Routt (2) 22-2 90 1

5. Illini Bluffs 21-4 60 6

6. New Berlin 20-4 39 8

7. Waterloo Gibault 20-5 32 5

8. Casey-Westfield 14-6 31 7

9. Camp Point Central 19-4 26 10

10. Augusta Southeastern 18-5 16 9

Others receiving votes: Catlin (Salt Fork) 13. Pecatonica 12. Scales Mound 11. Manley 9. Fulton 5. Tuscola 4. Effingham St. Anthony 2. Lexington 2. Hinckley-Big Rock 2. Chicago Marshall 1. Winchester-West Central 1.