Associated Press Boys and Girls State Basketball Polls

SEATTLE – How a state panel of sports writers rates Washington high school basketball teams in the weekly Associated Press poll of 2016, by WIAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):

BOYS

4A

School Record Points Last Week

1. Federal Way (10) 21-0 100 1

2. Gonzaga Prep 19-1 81 4

(tie) Curtis 20-2 81 2

4. Union 18-2 68 5

5. Cascade (Everett) 19-1 66 3

6. Issaquah 18-3 47 6

7. Bellarmine Prep 17-3 34 7

8. Central Valley 16-4 22 10

9. Lewis and Clark 16-4 18 9

10. Kentwood 17-4 15 8

Others receiving votes: Richland 10. Olympia 4. Mead 3. Woodinville 1.

3A

School Record Points Last Week

1. Garfield (8) 18-2 96 2

2. Bellevue (2) 20-1 87 3

3. Rainier Beach 16-4 84 1

4. Auburn Mountainview 19-1 72 4

5. Peninsula 18-2 57 5

6. Lincoln 17-3 47 6

7. Edmonds-Woodway 18-2 42 7

8. Wilson, Woodrow 16-4 24 9

(tie) Cleveland 18-4 24 8

10. Shadle Park 14-6 6 10

Others receiving votes: Prairie 5. West Seattle 3. Kamiakin 2. O’Dea 1.

2A

School Record Points Last Week

1. River Ridge (5) 18-1 91 1

2. Lynden (4) 19-1 90 3

3. Clarkston (1) 19-1 89 2

4. Squalicum 17-3 63 4

5. Pullman 17-3 60 5

6. Selah 18-2 55 6

7. Mark Morris 17-3 39 7

8. Anacortes 14-6 24 8

9. North Kitsap 17-4 18 9

10. Wapato 16-4 13 NR

Others receiving votes: Clover Park 4. Tumwater 2. Aberdeen 1. Shorecrest 1.

1A

School Record Points Last Week

1. Lynden Christian (6) 19-1 95 T1

2. Zillah (4) 20-1 94 T1

3. King’s 17-3 80 3

4. King’s Way Christian School 15-2 71 4

5. Freeman 17-3 47 9

6. University Prep 15-3 40 6

7. Vashon Island 16-4 32 5

8. Mount Baker 14-7 28 7

9. Hoquiam 16-4 20 NR

10. Overlake School 15-4 19 10

Others receiving votes: Seattle Academy 18. Medical Lake 4. Connell 2.

2B

School Record Points Last Week

1. Brewster (10) 20-0 100 1

2. Morton-White Pass 19-1 87 2

3. Northwest Christian (Colbert) 20-2 78 3

4. Life Christian Academy 20-2 74 4

5. Ocosta 20-1 60 5

6. Liberty (Spangle) 19-3 44 6

7. Warden 17-3 43 9

8. LaConner 16-4 19 NR

9. Friday Harbor 15-5 14 8

10. Toledo 16-5 11 7

Others receiving votes: St. George’s 5. Napavine 4. Lake Roosevelt 4. Kittitas 3. Okanogan 3. Mossyrock 1.

1B

School Record Points Last Week

1. Almira/Coulee-Hartline (8) 21-0 80 1

2. Seattle Lutheran 19-1 72 2

3. Garfield-Palouse 15-2 60 3

4. Neah Bay 15-2 39 T4

5. Republic 18-3 37 6

(tie) Shorewood Christian 16-3 37 T4

7. Wellpinit 15-4 35 7

8. Orcas Christian 15-1 34 8

9. Selkirk 15-1 16 10

10. Lummi 14-6 8 NR

(tie)Liberty Christian 13-5 8 NR

Others receiving votes: Evergreen Lutheran 6. Sunnyside Christian 6. Yakama Tribal 2.

GIRLS

4A

School Record Points Last Week

1. Central Valley (9) 20-0 90 1

2. Moses Lake 19-0 72 2

3. Bothell 19-1 70 3

4. Todd Beamer 18-2 64 4

5. Lewis and Clark 16-4 48 5

6. Chiawana 19-2 47 7

7. Skyview 16-4 36 6

8. Camas 17-3 27 8

9. Kentlake 17-4 25 9

10. Snohomish 17-3 10 NR

Others receiving votes: Kentridge 3. Bellarmine Prep 2. Woodinville 1.

3A

School Record Points Last Week

1. Lynnwood (7) 20-0 88 1

2. Bellevue (2) 20-0 83 2

3. Arlington 20-0 67 3

4. West Seattle 20-0 66 4

5. Auburn Riverside 20-0 50 5

6. Blanchet 19-1 43 7

(tie) Lincoln 19-1 43 6

8. Mercer Island 17-3 24 8

9. Prairie 17-3 17 10

10. Wilson, Woodrow 16-4 14 9

Others receiving votes: None.

2A

School Record Points Last Week

1. East Valley (Spokane) (6) 18-2 81 1

2. Burlington-Edison (3) 18-2 80 2

3. Lynden 18-2 72 4

4. Ellensburg 18-2 70 3

5. White River 17-3 50 5

6. Selah 17-3 45 7

7. Archbishop Murphy 14-3 36 6

8. Black Hills 17-3 25 8

9. Anacortes 13-7 11 10

10. Port Angeles 18-3 10 9

Others receiving votes: Clarkston 6. W. F. West 5. Washougal 3. Mark Morris 1.

1A

School Record Points Last Week

1. Lynden Christian (7) 19-2 88 1

2. La Salle (2) 19-1 81 2

3. King’s 17-4 68 4

(tie) Montesano 18-2 68 3

5. Granger 17-3 47 8

6. Zillah 16-4 28 9

7. LaCenter 18-2 27 5

8. Bellevue Christian 18-2 26 7

9. Elma 16-3 22 10

10. Kalama 16-4 21 NR

Others receiving votes: Mount Baker 15. Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) 3. Seattle Academy 1.<

2B

School Record Points Last Week

1. Okanogan (9) 20-0 90 1

2. Ilwaco 19-2 77 2

3. Napavine 18-2 75 3

4. Mabton 18-2 58 5

5. Toutle Lake 18-2 49 4

6. LaConner 16-4 32 7

7. Friday Harbor 14-3 26 NR

8. St. George’s 18-5 21 T10

9. Davenport 16-5 20 6

10. Waterville 16-3 12 9

Others receiving votes: Lind-Ritzville/Sprague 11. Adna 10. Raymond 7. Wahkiakum 4. Colfax 3.

1B

School Record Points Last Week

1. Colton (7) 19-1 78 1

2. Sunnyside Christian (1) 20-0 72 2

3. Tulalip Heritage 20-0 66 3

4. Republic 19-1 53 4

5. Almira/Coulee-Hartline 19-2 44 5

6. Evergreen Lutheran 16-1 38 6

7. Touchet 14-4 30 7

8. Neah Bay 12-4 20 8

9. Moses Lake Christian Academy 11-1 16 NR

10. Selkirk 13-6 14 9

Others receiving votes: Pateros 5. Clallam Bay 2. Mt. Rainier Lutheran 2.

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