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Almost no change in prep polls
Black Hawk girls No. 1, Monroe 10th; Darlington boys 2nd, NG up to 5th
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Black Hawk's Bailey Butler (1) guards Edgewood's Truely Olson at the start of the second half. In a line deeper on the court playing man-to-man defense are Black Hawk's Maddy Huschitt (20), from far left, Natalie Leuzinger, Sydney Delzer and Hannah Butler. - photo by Adam Krebs

MONROE — The Cheesemakers remained No. 10 in the state in Division 2 girls basketball, while Black Hawk holds the top spot in Division 5 in the latest round of state rankings.

The Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association polls, which were released Feb. 5, saw no changes to local school rankings.

In boys basketball, the WBCA had unbeaten Darlington No. 2 behind defending state champion Roncalli, while New Glarus (16-2) remained seventh. 

In the Associated Press polls, released Feb. 4, New Glarus moved into a tie with Clear Lake for fifth in Division 4 boys basketball, while Darlington remained second. Pecatonica received one vote in Division 5. 

In girls basketball, the AP unanimously voted Black Hawk No. 1 in D5, while Monroe stayed 10th in Division 2.

There is just one week remaining in the girls regular season, with playoff brackets to be released either Feb. 10 or 11. Boys basketball will follow with the end of the regular season the following week.

Wisconsin Prep Polls

As of Feb. 6

Girls Basketball

AP Prep Poll

Here is The Associated Press Wisconsin prep basketball poll for the week of February 4, with first-place votes in parentheses, record, total points and last week’s ranking, as voted upon by a statewide panel of sports writers and broadcasters:

Division 1

School Rec Pts LW

1. Milwaukee King (4) 13-3 66 1

2. Mukwonago (2) 16-1 65 2

3. Bay Port (1) 18-0 58 3

4. Oak Creek 16-2 49 4

5. Sun Prairie 15-3 41 6

6. Germantown 14-3 34 7

7. Arrowhead 13-5 26 9

8. Kimberly 14-3 20 10

9. Appleton East 13-3 14 5

10. Divine Savior 13-4 6 8

Others receiving votes: Appleton North 3, Green Bay Preble 2, Middleton 1.


Division 2

School Rec Pts LW

1. Beaver Dam (7) 18-1 70 1

2. Monona Grove 16-1 63 2

3. Slinger 16-1 52 3

4. New Berlin Eisenhower 17-2 51 4

5. Whitefish Bay 15-2 35 5

6. Hortonville 14-3 34 6

7. Pewaukee 15-4 33 7

8. West Bend West 13-3 16 8

9. Pius XI 14-5 14 9

10. Monroe 12-5 9 10

Others receiving votes: Waterford 5, South Milwaukee 2, Reedsburg Area 1.


Division 3

School Rec Pts LW

1. Laconia (7) 17-0 70 1

2. Amherst 15-1 61 2

3. Marshall 13-2 55 3

4. Prairie du Chien 16-0 48 4

5. Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 16-1 45 5

6. Shoreland Lutheran 15-1 36 6

7. Kewaunee 16-1 26 7

8. Amery 16-1 17 T8

9. Freedom 14-2 9 T8

(tie) Wisconsin Dells 13-3 9 10

Others receiving votes: Kettle Moraine Lutheran 4, Platteville 2, Prescott 1, Martin Luther 1, Bloomer 1.


Division 4

School Rec Pts LW

1. Aquinas (7) 18-0 70 1

2. Colby 17-0 62 2

3. Melrose-Mindoro 16-1 56 3

4. Mishicot 17-1 47 4

5. Howards Grove 17-1 42 5

6. Racine Lutheran 14-2 37 6

7. Mil.  Acad. of Science 11-5 22 8

8. Mineral Point 14-3 16 9

9. Durand 14-2 15 7

10. Colfax 14-3 9 10

Others receiving votes: Regis 4, Necedah 3, Markesan 2.


Division 5

School Rec Pts LW

1. Black Hawk (7) 18-0 70 1

2. Clayton 18-0 62 2

3. River Ridge 14-2 57 3

4. Newman Catholic 16-3 49 4

5. Randolph 15-3 42 6

6. Fall River 14-3 33 7

7. Wauzeka-Steuben 13-2 20 5

8. Wausaukee 13-2 19 8

9. Oneida Nation 15-2 17 9

10. Assumption 15-4 10 10

Others receiving votes: Eleva-Strum 5, Kickapoo 1.


WisSports.net/WBCA Poll

Week 11, as of Feb. 5

Division 1

School Rec LW

1 Mukwonago 16-1 1

2 Bay Port 18-0 2

3 Milwaukee King 14-3 3

4 Oak Creek 16-2 4

5 Sun Prairie 15-3 6

6 Germantown 14-3 7

7 Kimberly 14-3 8

8 Appleton East 13-3 5

9 Arrowhead 13-5 10

10 Divine Savior 13-4 9


Division 2

School Rec LW

1 Beaver Dam 18-1 1

2 Monona Grove 16-1 2

3 New Berlin Eisenhower 17-2 3

4 Slinger 16-1 6

5 Pewaukee 15-4 7

6 Hortonville 13-4 4

7 Whitefish Bay 15-2 5

8 Pius XI Catholic 14-5 8

9 South Milwaukee 15-3 9

10 Monroe 12-5 10


Division 3

School Rec LW

1 Laconia 17-0 1

2 Marshall 13-2 2

3 Amherst 15-1 3

4 G-E-T 16-1 4

5 Prairie du Chien 16-0 5

6 Shoreland Lutheran 15-1 6

7 Amery 16-1 7

8 Freedom 14-2 8

9 Wrightstown 13-4 10

10 Kettle Moraine Lutheran 13-4 UR


Division 4

School Rec LW

1 Aquinas 19-0 1

2 Melrose-Mindoro 16-1 2

3 Colby 17-0 3

4 Howards Grove 17-1 4

5 Mishicot 17-1 5

6 Racine Lutheran 14-2 6

7 Regis 14-4 9

8 Colfax 14-3 T-10

9 Durand 14-2 7

10 Mil. Academy of Science 11-5 T-10


Division 5

School Rec LW

1 Black Hawk 18-0 1

2 Clayton 18-0 2

3 River Ridge 14-2 3

4 Newman Catholic 16-3 4

5 Assumption 15-4 6

6 Eleva-Strum 14-2 7

7 Wauzeka-Steuben 14-2 5

8 Randolph 15-3 8

9 Fall River 14-3 9

10 Kickapoo 15-1 UR


Boys Basketball

AP Prep Poll

Here is The Associated Press Wisconsin prep basketball poll for the week of February 4, with first-place votes in parentheses, record, total points and last week’s ranking, as voted upon by a statewide panel of sports writers and broadcasters:

Division 1

School Rec Pts LW

1. Hamilton (5) 12-3 68 1

2. Madison East (2) 17-1 65 2

3. Kimberly 14-2 53 3

4. Brookfield East 13-3 49 4

5. Brookfield Central 12-4 39 6

6. Homestead 13-2 35 5

7. Waukesha West 14-2 29 T8

8. West Allis Central 13-2 18 T10

9. Racine Park 10-3 15 T10

10. Arrowhead 12-4 7 NR

Others receiving votes: Madison La Follette 4, Muskego 1, Appleton West 1, Sun Prairie 1.


Division 2

School Rec Pts LW

1. Nicolet (7) 15-1 70 1

2. La Crosse Central 13-2 63 2

3. Westosha Central 13-1 55 3

4. East Troy 12-1 43 4

5. Onalaska 14-3 41 5

6. Mount Horeb 14-3 37 6

7. Green Bay Southwest 14-1 26 7

8. Kaukauna 13-3 20 9

9. Milw. Washington 11-5 14 8

10. Milw. Bay View 13-1 9 NR

Others receiving votes: Milwaukee Madison 7.


Division 3

School Rec Pts LW

1. Waupun (4) 14-1 66 1

2. Racine St. Catherine’s (2) 14-3 62 2

3. St. John’s NW Mil. Aca. (1) 14-1 59 3

4. Martin Luther 13-3 48 4

5. Stratford 16-0 45 5

6. Lake Country Lutheran 12-2 34 6

7. Dominican 11-5 21 9

8. Lake Mills 13-4 19 10

9. Lakeside Lutheran 11-3 12 NR

10. Brookfield Academy 12-4 10 7

Others receiving votes: Platteville 3, Prairie du Chien 3, Southern Door 1, Northwestern 1, Wrightstown 1.


Division 4

School Rec Pts LW

1. Roncalli (7) 16-0 70 1

2. Darlington 16-0 62 2

3. Lourdes Academy 13-1 57 3

4. Iola-Scandinavia 15-0 49 4

5. Clear Lake 14-1 37 5

(tie)New Glarus 15-2 37 6

7. Howards Grove 15-1 31 7

8. Osseo-Fairchild 14-1 20 8

9. Mineral Point 11-5 10 10

10. Colfax 14-1 7 NR

Others receiving votes: Fennimore 5.


Division 5

School Rec Pts LW

1. Sheboygan Lutheran (7) 17-0 70 1

2. Randolph 16-0 63 2

3. Bangor 12-1 54 3

4. Columbus Catholic 14-1 45 4

5. Hustisford 14-1 42 5

6. Wauzeka-Steuben 14-1 36 6

7. Blair-Taylor 14-1 30 7

8. Wild Rose 13-3 22 9

9. Rio 13-3 14 10

10. Almond-Bancroft 12-3 7 8

Others receiving votes: Pecatonica 1, Phelps 1.


WisSports.net/WBCA Poll

Week 10, as of Feb. 5

Division 1

School Rec LW

1 Sussex Hamilton 12-3 1

2 Madison East 17-1 2

3 Kimberly 15-2 3

4 Waukesha West 14-2 5

5 Brookfield East 13-3 7

6 Brookfield Central 12-4 8

7 West Allis Central 13-2 10

8 Homestead 13-3 4

9 Racine Park 10-3 UR

10 Arrowhead 12-4 9


Division 2

School Rec LW

1 Nicolet 15-1 1

2 La Crosse Central 13-2 2

3 Green Bay Southwest 14-1 3

4 Milwaukee Washington 11-5 4

5 Westosha Central 13-1 5

6 Onalaska 13-2 7

7 Milwaukee Bay View 13-1 8

8 East Troy 12-1 9

9 Mount Horeb 14-3 10

10 Milwaukee Lutheran 15-2 UR


Division 3

School Rec LW

1 Martin Luther 13-3 1

2 Waupun 15-1 2

3 Saint John’s NW Military 14-1 3

4 Racine St. Catherine’s 14-3 4

5 Stratford 16-0 5

6 Lake Country Lutheran 12-2 7

7 Brookfield Academy 13-4 6

8 Dominican 11-5 8

9 Wrightstown 12-3 9

10 Northwestern 13-2 10


Division 4

School Rec LW

1 Roncalli 16-0 1

2 Darlington 16-0 2

3 Lourdes Academy 14-1 3

4 Iola-Scandinavia1 15-0 4

5 Howards Grove 16-1 5

6 Clear Lake 14-1 6

7 New Glarus 16-2 7

8 Osseo-Fairchild 14-1 9

9 Colfax 14-1 10

10 Fennimore 14-3 8


Division 5

School Rec LW

1 Sheboygan Lutheran 17-1 1

2 Randolph 16-0 2

3 Columbus Catholic 14-1 3

4 Bangor 13-1 4

5 Hustisford 14-1 5

6 Blair-Taylor 14-1 8

7 Potosi 13-3 6

8 Wauzeka-Steuben 14-1 7

9 Wild Rose 13-3 9

10 Rio 13-3 UR