Lake Stevens, Arlington ranked one spot apart in AP poll

The long anticipated matchup between Lake Stevens and Arlington will take place Friday night. Here’s how a state panel of sports writers rates Washington high school football teams in the weekly Associated Press poll of 2024, by WIAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):

4A

1. Camas (9) (8-0) 90

2. Kennedy Catholic (8-0) 74

3. Sumner (7-1) 71

4. Gonzaga Prep (8-0) 64

5. Chiawana (7-1) 48

6. Lake Stevens (6-2) 45

7. Arlington (7-1) 28

8. Mead (7-1) 23

9. Graham-Kapowsin (6-2) 16

10. Yelm (7-1) 11

Others receiving votes: Lewis and Clark 7, Moses Lake 5, Skyview 5, Glacier Peak 5, Kamiakin 3.

3A

1. Bellevue (9) (7-0) 90

2. O’Dea (8-0) 81

3. Eastside Catholic (7-1) 72

4. Lakes (8-0) 57

5. Decatur (8-0) 52

6. Monroe (7-1) 41

7. Mercer Island (8-0) 29

(tie) Roosevelt (5-3) 29

9. Tacoma (Lincoln) (6-2) 19

10. Kennewick (6-2) 15

Others receiving votes: Enumclaw 6, Evergreen (Vancouver) 3, Oak Harbor 1.

2A

1. Tumwater (8) (8-0) 80

2. Anacortes (7-1) 67

3. Lynden (7-1) 64

4. Archbishop Murphy (6-1) 52

5. West Valley (Spokane) (8-0) 49

6. Franklin Pierce (7-040

7. Ridgefield (8-0) 32

8. W. F. West (7-1) 28

9. Orting (7-1) 15

10. Othello (7-1) 7

Others receiving votes: Sehome 4, Clarkston 1, Prosser 1.

1A

1. Royal (8) (8-0) 80

2. Seton Catholic (8-0) 72

3. LaCenter (8-0) 64

4. Cashmere (7-1) 53

5. Life Christian Academy (6-1) 48

6. Nooksack Valley (6-2) 33

7. Zillah (6-2) 32

8. Lynden Christian (5-3) 22

9. Kalama (6-2) 16

10. Meridian (5-3) 10

Others receiving votes: Montesano 7, Granite Falls 2, Cascade Christian 1.

2B

1. Okanogan (7) (8-0) 70

2. Onalaska (7-1) 57

(tie) Asotin (8-0) 57

4. Freeman (7-1) 47

5. La Salle (8-0) 35

6. Northwest Christian (Colbert) (7-1) 31

7. Liberty Bell (6-1) 30

8. Toledo (7-1) 26

9. Napavine (6-2) 22

10. Tri-Cities Prep (6-2) 9

Others receiving votes: Goldendale-Klickitat 1.

1B

1. Liberty Christian (5) (8-0) 68

2. Wilbur-Creston (2) (8-0) 61

3. Naselle (8-0) 60

4. Pomeroy (8-0) 40

5. Almira/Coulee-Hartline (6-2) 26

Others receiving votes: Neah Bay 19, Odessa 6.