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South Dakota Media Preps High School Basketball Poll (January 21-26)

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The South Dakota media preps high school basketball poll for the week of January 21-26, 2019. Teams are listed by overall record, total votes, and previous ranking. First place votes are shown in parenthesis.

Boys

Class AA

  1. Sioux Falls Lincoln (22) 9-0, 110, 1
  2. Sioux Falls O’Gorman 8-4, 74, 5
  3. Yankton 9-2, 66, 2
  4. Brandon Valley 6-2, 58, 4
  5. Rapid City Stevens 8-5, 10, 3

Received Votes: Huron 8, Sioux Falls Roosevelt 4

Class A

  1. Tea Area (21) 11-1, 109, 1
  2. Sioux Falls Christian (1) 10-0, 89, 2
  3. St. Thomas More 9-1, 61, 3
  4. Red Cloud 9-2, 36, 4
  5. Pine Ridge 8-2, 20, 5

Received Votes: Tiospa Zina 10, Dakota Valley 5

Class B

  1. White River (12) 12-0, 99, 3
  2. Clark/Willow Lake (10) 8-0, 94, 2
  3. Bridgewater-Emery 9-2, 71, 1
  4. Sully Buttes 8-1, 36, RV
  5. Aberdeen Christian 11-1, 17, 5

Received Votes: Viborg-Hurley 8, Timber Lake 4, Hanson 1

Girls

Class AA

  1. Sioux Falls O’Gorman (22) 10-1, 110, 1
  2. Brandon Valley 8-2, 77, 3
  3. Harrisburg 9-1, 67, 2
  4. Rapid City Stevens 9-3, 30, 4
  5. Brookings 7-2, 25, RV

Received Votes: Sioux Falls Lincoln 21

Class A

  1. Lennox (20) 11-1, 108, 1
  2. Winner (2) 10-0, 85, 2
  3. Vermillion 9-1, 50, 3
  4. McCook Central/Montrose 10-0, 25, RV
  5. West Central 10-0, 23, RV
  6. T5. Belle Fourche 12-1, 23, 4

Received Votes: St. Thomas More 14, Miller 1, Hamlin 1

Class B

  1. Ethan (22) 9-0, 110, 1
  2. Warner 9-2, 69, 3
  3. De Smet 10-1, 62, 4
  4. Corsica-Stickney 10-1, 51, 2
  5. Faith 11-0, 34, 5

Received Votes: Irene-Wakonda 2, Avon 1, Bridgewater-Emery 1

Nate Wek is currently the sports content producer and sports and rec beat reporter for South Dakota Public Broadcasting. He is a graduate of South Dakota State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism Broadcasting and a minor in Leadership. From 2010-2013 Nate was the Director of Gameday Media for the Sioux Falls Storm (Indoor Football League) football team. He also spent 2012 and 2013 as the News and Sports Director of KSDJ Radio in Brookings, SD. Nate, his wife Sarah, and three sons, Braxan, Jordy, and Anders live in Canton, SD.