SPORTS: Three area teams move up in high school basketball rankings

SEATTLE — The Sequim boys team and Neah Bay’s boys and girls teams have all moved up in the latest prep basketball polls, which were released by The Associated Press on Wednesday.

A week after entering the 2A rankings, Sequim (12-3) moved from No. 10 to No. 9 in this week’s 2A boys poll. The Wolves, who are tied for first place with Olympic in the Olympic League standings, went 1-0 last week with a 51-45 win over Kingston.

The Neah Bay boys (10-1) also received their first ranking of the season in the previous 1B poll. This week, they jump two slots, from fifth to third. For the second week in a row, the Red Devils received one first-place vote.

The Neah Bay girls (10-1) have been ranked in each of the three 1B polls this season. They were fifth in the season’s first poll earlier this month, and have jumped one spot in each of the subsequent polls. This week, the Red Devils are No. 3, and like the boys team they received one first-place vote.

Both Neah Bay squads notched victories over their Crescent counterparts last week.

The Associated Press prep basketball polls are voted on by a panel of sports writers from newspapers throughout the state.

Below are the polls for all classifications (first-place votes in parentheses):

Boys 4A

1. Bothell (7)

2. Garfield (2)

3. Central Valley (1)

4. Jackson

5. Curtis (1)

6. Gonzaga Prep

7. Federal Way

8. Richland

9. Eastmont

10. Union

Others receiving votes: Issaquah 9. Eastlake 7. Arlington 3. Newport (Bellevue) 3. Todd Beamer 3. Tahoma 1. Emerald Ridge 1.

Boys 3A

1. Lincoln (10)

2. Rainier Beach (1)

3. Mercer Island

4. Kamiakin

5. Foss

6. Seattle Prep

7. Franklin

8. Mountlake Terrace

9. Lakeside (Seattle)

10. Glacier Peak

Others receiving votes: Shorewood 6. University 6. Columbia River 1.

Boys 2A

1. Lynden (9)

2. Renton (4)

3. Pullman

4. Clover Park

5. West Valley (Yakima)

6. White River

7. Ellensburg

8. Mark Morris

9. Sequim

10. Wapato

(tie) Anacortes

Others receiving votes: West Valley (Spokane) 7. Washougal 6. River Ridge 6. Centralia 3. Clarkston 3. W. F. West 3.

Boys 1A

1. Seattle Academy (7)

2. Zillah (2)

3. Lynden Christian (1)

4. Toledo

5. Kalama

6. Cedar Park Christian (Bothell)

7. Okanogan

8. Chewelah (Jenkins)

9. Chelan

10. University Prep

Others receiving votes: King’s 8. Cashmere 7. Tenino 6. Eatonville 1.

Boys 2B

1. St. George’s (7)

2. Morton-White Pass (2)

3. LaConner

4. Colfax

5. Northwest Christian (Colbert)

(tie) Lind-Ritzville Sprague

7. Willapa Valley

8. Onalaska

9. Wahkiakum

10. Raymond

Others receiving votes: Walla Walla VA Academy 13. Adna 7. Riverside Christian 6. Liberty (Spangle) 2.

Boys 1B

1. Cusick (3)

2. Sunnyside Christian

3. Neah Bay (1)

4. LaCrosse-Washtucna (3)

5. Garfield-Palouse (1)

Others receiving votes: Christian Faith 13. Lummi 12. Cedar Park Christian (Mountlake Terrace) 7. Odessa-Harrington 6. Almira/Coulee-Hartline 6. Pomeroy 6. Wellpinit 6. <

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Girls 4A

1. Mt. Rainier (8)

2. Mead (2)

3. Gonzaga Prep

4. Lynnwood

5. Woodinville

6. Puyallup

7. Arlington

8. Walla Walla

9. Inglemoor

10. Todd Beamer

Others receiving votes: Federal Way 4. Skyline 3. Kentwood 2.

Girls 3A

1. Prairie (8)

2. Wilson, Woodrow (2)

3. Cleveland

4. Bellevue

5. Seattle Prep

6. Holy Names

7. Stanwood

8. Ferndale

9. Kamiakin

10. Shorewood

(tie) Mt. Spokane

Others receiving votes: Hanford 3. Mercer Island 3. Lakeside (Seattle) 2. Shadle Park 2. Glacier Peak 2. Juanita 1.

Girls 2A

1. Mark Morris (12)

2. W. F. West

3. Wapato

4. Archbishop Murphy

5. Burlington-Edison

6. Ellensburg

7. White River

8. Cedarcrest

9. Renton

10. East Valley (Spokane)

(tie) Pullman

Others receiving votes: Grandview 4. River Ridge 3. Sehome 1.

Girls 1A

1. Freeman (8)

2. Brewster (2)

3. Cascade Christian

4. Castle Rock

5. Woodland

6. Okanogan

7. Lynden Christian

8. Granger

9. Chelan

10. University Prep

Others receiving votes: Cascade (Leavenworth) 5. Elma 4. La Salle 4. Nooksack Valley 3. Eatonville 3. Cashmere 3. Blaine 2. LaCenter 1. Connell 1. Rochester 1.

Girls 2B

1. Reardan (8)

2. Pe Ell

3. Colfax

4. Raymond

5. Northwest Christian (Colbert)

6. Darrington

7. DeSales

8. Napavine

9. Riverside Christian

10. Onalaska

Others receiving votes: Morton-White Pass 5. LaConner 4. Bear Creek School 2. Dayton 1. <