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'21-'22 Week 13: Illinois High School Basketball Top 10 Poll

No big changes to 4A, Harvey Thornton climbs three spots in 3A, Leo separates but the 2-3-4 in 2A is tight, and the group of ties in 1A breaks up.

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'21-'22 Week 13: Illinois High School Basketball Top 10 Poll

Here are the latest rankings for the 2021-2022 season of Illinois high school basketball teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters.


Class 4A

School Record Points Prv
1. Glenbard West (11) 30-1 110 1
2. Glenbrook South 29-2 99 2
3. Normal Community 30-1 80 4
4. Whitney Young 20-9 69 3
5. Curie 24-6 55 7
6. New Trier 27-3 53 5
7. Kenwood 22-8 50 6
8. Wheaton Warrenville South 29-2 26 9
9. (tie) Moline 26-4 21 8
9. (tie) Oswego East 30-1 21 10

Others receiving votes: Rolling Meadows 7. Bolingbrook 7. Quincy 2. Lyons 2. Larkin 1. Rockford Auburn 1. Barrington 1.



Class 3A

School Record Points Prv
1. Simeon (11) 23-5 114 1
2. East St. Louis 24-5 94 3
3. Harvey Thornton 20-5 90 6
4. Hillcrest (1) 24-4 87 2
5. Hyde Park 20-7 73 5
6. Sacred Heart-Griffin 28-3 55 4
7. Burlington Central 28-3 34 7
8. Mt. Carmel 26-4 32 9
9. Centralia 26-3 27 8
10. Metamora 24-6 19 NR

Others receiving votes: Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights) 8. Rock Island 8. Peoria Notre Dame 4. Kankakee 4. Lake Forest 4. Lemont 3. Rockford Boylan 2. Lincoln 1. Olney (Richland County) 1.



Class 2A

School Record Points Prv
1. Leo (15) 21-4 150 1
2. Clark 20-4 124 4
3. DePaul College Prep 21-5 112 2
4. El Paso-Gridley 25-2 102 3
5. Nashville 23-4 61 5
6. Monticello 27-3 49 T7
7. Perspectives Charter Leadership 24-5 47 T7
8. Breese Central 23-5 44 6
9. Breese Mater Dei 19-11 38 NR
10. Rockford Lutheran 23-6 33 T7

Others receiving votes: Orr 23. Murphysboro 9. Teutopolis 6. Momence 6. Kankakee (McNamara) 5. Beecher 4. Pinckneyville 3. Hamilton County 2. Rockridge 2. North Lawndale 1. Columbia 1. Riverdale 1. Princeton 1. Mt. Carmel 1.



Class 1A

School Record Points Prv
1. Yorkville Christian (10) 18-13 127 2
2. Scales Mound (4) 30-2 124 1
3. Fulton 29-3 114 3
4. Liberty 25-5 91 4
5. Altamont 25-6 83 T5
6. Concord Triopia 26-5 51 T5
7. Steeleville 22-6 39 T9
8. Peoria Christian 23-6 28 T9
9. Tuscola 25-6 21 T9
10. Macon Meridian 24-7 14 7

Others receiving votes: East Dubuque 11. Augusta Southeastern 11. South Beloit 10. Jacksonville Routt 10. Midland 10. Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg 10. Effingham St. Anthony 8. Madison 3. Metro-East Lutheran 2. Farina South Central 1. Monmouth United 1. Decatur Lutheran (LSA) 1.



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