Defending Champs Top Preseason Polls

Two defending state high school girls basketball champions were ranked No. 1 in preseason polls.

State A-4 champion Troy was ranked No. 1 on all the ballots of the state’s sportswriters, while A-3 champion Grangeville received six of seven first-place votes.

Defending State A-1 champion Centennial was ranked third. Borah, undefeated all season before Sandpoint upset the Lions in the state semifinals, was rated No. 1, followed closely by Lake City.

Preston was top billed in A-2, just ahead of defending champion Moscow.

This is the third year that The Spokesman-Review is coordinating the polls.

Girls basketball polls

Here are the Idaho high school girls basketball preseason polls as voted by the state’s sportswriters. First-place votes are in parentheses.

A-1

Rank Team Pts

1 Borah (2) 62

2 Lake City (3) 57

3 Centennial (2) 52

4 Blackfoot 28

5 Highland 27

Others receiving votes: Lewiston, Sandpoint, Boise, Bonneville.

A-2

Rank Team Pts

1 Preston (2) 55

2 Moscow (1) 40

3 Shelley (2) 38

4 Jerome 36

5 Bishop Kelly 30

Others receiving votes: Sugar-Salem (1), Emmett (1), Bonners Ferry, Middleton, Buhl.

A-3

Rank Team Pts

1 Grangeville (6) 68

2 Challis 38

3 Glenns Ferry 34

4 West Side 33

5 Butte Co. (1) 27

Others receiving votes: Teton, Valley, Fruitland, Homedale, Clearwater Valley, Wendell.

A-4

Rank Team Pts

1 Troy (7) 70

2 Nampa Christian 50

3 Carey 43

4 Dietrich 40

5 Lakeside 33

Others receiving votes: North Gem, Cambridge, Leadore, Murtaugh.

Media participating: The SpokesmanReview; Bonner County Bee; Coeur d’Alene Press; Statesman; Post Register; TimesNews; South Idaho Press.

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