IHSA AP Boys Basketball Poll: Rockridge #1 In First 2A Poll

December 13, 2023 Ty Taylor Local Sports
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The Associated Press (AP) released its first poll of the IHSA 2023-24 boys basketball season Wednesday.

The Rockridge Rockets (7-1, 3-0 TRAC West) are ranked #1 in Class 2A.

WRMJ will post the polls when they are released. WRMJ’s Ty Taylor is an AP voter. His ballot will accompany the AP poll throughout the year.

*The number in parentheses represents how many number-one overall votes a team received.

 

AP 1A Poll:

1.Tuscola (7)

2. Pecatonica (3)

3. Illini Bluffs (2)

4. Effingham St. Anthony

5. Scales Mound

6. Calvary

T7. Serena

T7. Manley

9. Aurora Christian

10. Fulton

Receiving votes: Griggsville-Perry 24, Winchester-West Central 16, South Beloit 14, Franklin 13, Waltonville 11, Altamont 7, Camp Point Central 7, Lexington 7, Goreville 7, New Berlin 7, Gibault 5, Crab Orchard 2, Dieterich 1

 

AP 2A Poll:

1.Rockridge (7)

2. Breese Central (4)

3. Manual (2)

4. Wesclin

5. Fieldcrest

6. Tolono Unity (1)

T7. Peoria Notre Dame

T7. Christ the King

9. Byron

10. St. Joseph-Ogden

Receiving votes: Phillips 27, Benton 18, Beecher 15, Clinton 14, Macomb 13, Rockford Christian 11, El Paso-Gridley 10, Prairie Central 9, Northridge Prep 6, Julian 5, Columbia 3, Teutopolis 2, Pinckneyville 2, Lawrenceville 1

 

AP 3A Poll:

1.Mt. Carmel (1)

2. Brother Rice (7)

3. Thornton (5)

4. Richwoods

5. DePaul Prep

6. De La Salle

7. Mt. Zion

8. East St. Louis

9. Kanakee

10. Morton

Receiving votes: Hyde Park 20, Metamora 16, Lindblom 15, Centralia 13, Belvidere North 4, Sterling 3, MacArthur 3, St. Patrick 1

 

AP 4A Poll:

1.Normal Community (7)

2. Curie (3)

3. Quincy

4. Homewood-Flossmoor

5. Benet (1)

6. Glenbrook North (2)

7. Bloom Township

8. Warren

9. Downers Grove North

10. Collinsville

Receiving votes: Moline 11, New Trier 7, Bolingbrook 6, Whitney Young 5, Evanston Township 4, Waubonsie Valley 2, Kenwood 2, Marist 2, Oak Lawn Community 1

 

 

Ty’s 1A ballot:

  1. Pecatonica
  2. Tuscola
  3. Calvary
  4. Aurora Christian
  5. Scales Mound
  6. Illini Bluffs
  7. Serena
  8. Griggsville-Perry
  9. Manley
  10. Effingham St. Anthony

 

Ty’s 2A ballot:

  1. Rockridge
  2. Breese Central
  3. Manual
  4. Peoria Notre Dame
  5. Fieldcrest
  6. Byron
  7. Wesclin
  8. St. Joseph-Ogden
  9. Tolono Unity
  10. Phillips

 

Ty’s 3A ballot:

  1. Brother Rice
  2. Thornton
  3. Mt. Carmel
  4. DePaul Prep
  5. Richwoods
  6. East St. Louis
  7. De La Salle
  8. Kankakee
  9. Metamora
  10. Mt. Zion

 

Ty’s 4A ballot:

  1. Benet
  2. Normal Community
  3. Curie
  4. Quincy
  5. Homewood-Flossmoor
  6. Warren
  7. Downers Grove North
  8. New Trier
  9. Glenbrook North
  10. Collinsville