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'21-'22 Week 9: Illinois High School Basketball Top 10 Poll

Whitney Young stumbles in 4A, East St. Louis leaps by Mt. Carmel and Sacred Heart-Griffin in 3A, Nashville falls hard in 2A, and Macon Meridian is climbing 1A.

Associated Press, Chicago Journal

26 Jan 2022 — 2 min read

Find the latest Illinois High School Basketball poll for Week 10 of the 2021-2022 season HERE.

Class 4A

School	Record	Points	Prv
1. Glenbard West (9)	22-0	90	1
2. Glenbrook South	20-1	79	3
3. Kenwood	17-5	70	2
4. Curie	20-2	65	4
5. Normal Community	22-1	48	6
6. New Trier	20-2	42	7
7. Wheaton Warrenville South	22-1	30	8
8. Whitney Young	14-7	23	5
9. Oswego East	22-1	12	9
10. Rolling Meadows	21-2	10	NR

Others receiving votes: O'Fallon 8. Brother Rice 6. Quincy 4. Moline 4. Rockford Auburn 2. Larkin 2.

Class 3A

School	Record	Points	Prv
1. Simeon (10)	18-2	100	1
2. Hillcrest	19-2	89	2
3. East St. Louis	17-4	66	5
4. Sacred Heart-Griffin	21-2	64	4
5. Mt. Carmel	19-2	59	3
6. Centralia	20-2	41	7
7. Hyde Park	13-6	37	6
8. Burlington Central	19-3	26	8
9. Peoria Notre Dame	15-5	19	9
10. Lemont	16-5	14	NR

Others receiving votes: Rock Island 9. Oak Forest 7. Harvey Thornton 4. Lake Forest 4. Kankakee 3. Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights) 2. Mascoutah 2. Olney (Richland County) 2. Rockford Boylan 1. Metamora 1.

Class 2A

School	Record	Points	Prv
1. Leo (11)	13-3	126	2
2. DePaul College Prep	16-3	104	3
3. Breese Central (1)	20-3	88	9
4. Orr	11-5	83	4
5. Clark	15-3	73	6
6. Murphysboro	19-1	66	7
7. El Paso-Gridley	20-2	48	8
8. Nashville	18-4	47	1
9. Monticello	20-3	24	5
10. Teutopolis	15-5	15	10

Others receiving votes: Rockford Lutheran 8. Pana 7. Momence 6. Breese Mater Dei 5. Hamilton County 4. Fairbury Prairie Central 3. Riverdale 3. Rockridge 2. Chicago (Perspectives Charter/Leadership) 2. Pinckneyville 1.

Class 1A

School	Record	Points	Prv
1. Scales Mound (5)	20-1	113	2
2. Yorkville Christian (7)	12-12	102	1
3. Fulton	20-2	78	3
4. Macon Meridian (1)	16-5	77	7
5. Liberty (1)	17-4	75	5
6. South Beloit	17-3	69	6
7. Tuscola	18-4	46	10
8. Jacksonville Routt	17-5	27	NR
9. Madison	10-6	34	8
10. Peoria Christian	17-4	27	4

Others receiving votes: Midland 25. Steeleville 25. Concord Triopia 19. Farina South Central 16. Cerro Gordo 10. Manley 8. Effingham St. Anthony 6. Somonauk 4. Cobden 4. Monmouth United 4. Wayne City 3. Altamont 2. Mounds Meridian 2. Windsor-Stewardson-Strasburg 1. Cisne 1.

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