New:2023 Preseason IHSA Associated Press Class 8A thru 1A Top 10

[EdgyTim]

AP 1A preseason poll:

1. Lena-Winslow (10)
2. Camp Point Central (2)
3. Fulton
4. Forreston
5. Greenfield-Northwestern
6. Tuscola
7. Althoff Catholic
8. Annawan-Wethersfield
9. Ottawa Marquette
10. Dakota

Others receiving votes: Hope Academy 19, St. Bede 8, Mt. Sterling (Brown County) 8, Deer Creek-Mackinaw 7, Galena 6, Aurora Christian 6, Stockton 6, Jacksonville Routt 5, Rockford Lutheran 4, Moweaqua Central A&M 4, Hardin (Calhoun) 4, Carrollton 3, Sterling Newman 2, Red Hill 1, Madison 1, LeRoy 1.

AP 2A preseason poll:

1. St. Teresa (6)
2. Maroa-Forsyth (3)
3. Rockridge (1)
4. Tri-Valley
5. Athens
6. Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin (1)
7. Marian Catholic
8. Seneca
9. Nashville
10. Bloomington Central Catholic

Others receiving votes: El Paso-Gridley 15, Johnston City 15, Colfax Ridgeview 15, Knoxville 11, Shelbyville 9, Orion 6, Pana 6, Quincy Notre Dame 5, North-Mac 4, Dwight 3, Newman Central Catholic 2, Farmington 1, Carmi White County 1, Bishop McNamara 1, Breese Mater Dei 1.

AP 3A preseason poll:

1. Byron (1)
2. Princeton (5)
3. Williamsville (1)
4. Tolono Unity (2)
5. Wilmington (3)
6. Prairie Central
7. Montini
8. Stillman Valley
9. Reed-Custer
10. Olympia

Others receiving votes: Mt. Carmel 17, Eureka 17, Benton 11, Genoa-Kingston 9, Durand-Pecatonica 7, Monticello 5, St. Joseph-Ogden 3.

AP 4A preseason poll:

1. IC Catholic (6)
2. Rochester (3)
3. Richmond-Burton (2)
4. Morris
5. Boylan Catholic
6. Wheaton Academy
7. Carterville
8. Coal City
9. Mt. Zion
10. Rochelle

Others receiving votes: Murphysboro 16, Breese Central 14, Macomb 7, Geneseo 7, Normal University 5, St. Viator 5, Effingham 5, Columbia 4, Cahokia 3, Waterloo 3, Dixon 2, Plano 1, St. Laurence 1, Jacksonville 1.

AP 5A preseason poll:

1. Nazareth Academy (10)
2. Peoria (2)
3. Prairie Ridge
4. Sacred Heart-Griffin
5. Joliet Catholic
6. Sycamore
7. Mahomet-Seymour
8. Sterling
9. Wheaton St. Francis
10. Morgan Park & Highland (tie)

Others receiving votes: Mascoutah 14, Lisle (Benet) 8, Mount Vernon 7, Glenbard South 6, Oak Park (Fenwick) 5, Antioch 3, Chicago (St. Patrick) 3, Mundelein (Carmel) 2, Ottawa 1, Metamora 1, Triad 1.

AP 6A preseason poll:

1. East St. Louis (12)
2. St. Rita
3. Lemont
4. Providence
5. Kankakee
6. Lake Zurich
7. Simeon
8. Washington
9. Geneva
10. Normal West

Others receiving votes: Crete-Monee 21, Cary-Grove 19, Belvidere North 16, Niles Notre Dame 15, Crystal Lake Central 11, Champaign Centennial 10, Wauconda 8, Crystal Lake South 7, Chatham Glenwood 6, Machesney Park Harlem 5, Kaneland 4, Deerfield 2, Bremen 2, Dunlap 2, Oak Lawn Richards 1.

AP 7A preseason poll:

1. Mt. Carmel (12)
2. Batavia
3. Hersey
4. Brother Rice
5. St. Charles North
6. Wheaton North
7. Normal Community
8. Yorkville & Edwarsville (tie)
9. 10. Propsect

Others receiving votes: Jacobs 22, Kenwood 20, Quincy 20, Moline 19, Pekin 14, Bradley-Bourbonnais 9, McHenry 8, Hononegah 3, Willowbrook 2.


AP 8A preseason poll:

1. Linoln-Way East (8)
2. Loyola Academy (4)
3. York
4. Maine South
5. Warren
6. Palatine
7. Glenbard West
8. Lyons
9. Marist
10. O’Fallon

Others receiving votes: Neuqua Valley 11, Naperville North 10, Bolingbrook 7, South Elgin 7, Plainfield North 6, Huntley 5, Minooka 4, Homewood-Flossmoor 4, New Trier 4, Naperville Central 3.

 

[Golden Warrior]

I see Sterling Newman is getting votes in BOTH 1A & 2A.

 

[crusader_of_90]

The two unanimous picks play week one - that is kind cool.

 

[Alexander32]

I am a little surprised neither Lockport nor St. Ignatius received a single point. As such, neither is listed in the top 20 teams of their respective classes.

 

[EdgyTim]

I am a little surprised neither Lockport nor St. Ignatius received a single point. As such, neither is listed in the top 20 teams of their respective classes.

Ignatius has like 2-3 starters back and Lockport had a bump in the road last season so I sorta get that.....I don't agree but I get that