UPSSA Basketball Polls

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BOYS

Divisions 1-3 W-L Pts Pvs

1. Menominee (4) 17-2 20 1

2. Escanaba 15-4 16 2

3. Westwood 14-3 10 3

4. Kingsford 12-6 8 4

5. Jeffers 16-2 5 5

Others receiving votes: Marquette (8-8) 1

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Division 4 W-L Pts Pvs

1. Rudyard (4) 17-1 20 1

2. North Central 16-2 15 2

3. Munising 15-2 10 3

(tie) Ewen-Trout Creek 14-3 10 4

5. Norway 13-5 5 5

Others receiving votes: NONE

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GIRLS

Divisions 1-3 W-L Pts Pvs

1. St. Ignace (4) 18-2 20 1

2. Calumet 17-2 16 2

3. Houghton 17-3 11 3

4. Sault Ste. Marie 16-4 9 4

5. Negaunee 15-5 3 5

Others receiving votes: Hancock (16-4) 1

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Division 4 W-L Pts Pvs

1. Baraga (3) 18-1 19 1

2. Carney-Nadeau (1) 19-1 17 2

3. Pickford 16-2 12 3

4. Ewen-Trout Creek 13-7 6 4

5. Rudyard 9-8 3 —

Others receiving votes: Munising (15-5) 1; Ontonagon (13-7) 1; Ironwood (14-6) 1

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MARQUETTE — Almost no changes took place in the second-to-last weekly high school basketball polls that were released on Tuesday by the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association.

That includes a half-dozen area teams, none of whom changed positions this week, the final week for a girls poll with district tournaments taking place.

One more boys poll will be conducted next week as their districts are then.

Baraga (18-1) won twice last week to hold onto the No. 1 spot in the girls Division 4 voting over No. 2 Carney-Nadeau. The Vikings also continued to receive three of the four first-place votes.

The Munising girls (15-5), who split a pair of games in the past week, continued receiving a single vote and were still on the “Other receiving votes” list in D-4.

For the girls’ Divisions 1-3, Negaunee (15-5) won its only game last week and remained fifth.

In boys rankings, Westwood (14-3) didn’t play last week and held onto No. 3 in Divisions 1-3, while Marquette (8-8) split a pair of games and continued to receive a single vote in the same poll.

In Division 4, Munising (15-2) split its two games last week and went from third place alone to a tie for third with Ewen-Trout Creek.

Two area squads also remained in the top 10 in the Associated Press statewide polls, like the UPSSA’s released each Tuesday.

Baraga moved up a spot to fifth in the Division 4 girls rankings with 54 voting points, one spot behind Carney-Nadeau as Portland St. Patrick (19-0) is No. 1, Fowler (17-3) is No. 2, and Athens (19-1) is No. 3.

Munising remained eighth in the Division 4 boys ratings with 33 votes.

The Munising girls, who were in the “others” list last week in Division 4, failed to receive any votes this week.

Information compiled by Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee. His email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.