There may be a new No. 1 in the girls Class A-B-C poll next week. The Marquette Redettes hung on to the top spot for the fifth week in a row but their reign will likely come to an end after Monday night's defeat at the hands of No. 2 Houghton.
The Gremlins (14-1), by virtue of a balanced scoring effort dethroned the Redettes (12-2) 56-47.
The fifth-ranked Negaunee Miners (11-3) hung around in the poll despite losing twice last week. The Miners dropped games against Marquette and Norway (8-6). Kingsford entered the poll at No. 4 after knocking off Forest Park (14-1), ranked No. 3 in Class D, from the ranks of the unbeaten.
Finally, No. 3 Calumet (11-2) capitalized, moving up from No. 4.
Kingsford will travel to Marquette Thursday night.
Forest Park traded places with No. 2 Superior Central (15-0) after suffering its first loss. The rest of the Class D girls poll remained unchanged. The five ranked Class D girls' teams appear to be the strength of the Upper Peninsula with the top four teams also being ranked at the state level. No. 5 Bark River-Harris received 12 votes in the AP poll.
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U.P. boys basketball
CLASS A-B-C
Record Pts.
No. 1 Marquette (5) (11-1)25
No. 2 Negaunee (12-1)20
No. 3 Gwinn (9-4)12
No. 4 Kingsford (8-3) 10
No. T-5 Ironwood (9-3) 4
No. T-5 Sault Ste. Marie (9-4) 4
CLASS D
Record Pts.
No. 1 Cedarville (5) (12-1)25
No. 2 Brimley (11-2) 18
No. 3 Ewen-Trout Creek (10-2) 14
No. 4 North Central (9-2) 10
No. 5 Carney-Nadeau (9-3) 4
Others receiving votes:?Bessemer (10-1) 2, Superior Central (9-4) 1, Lake Linden-Hubbell (11-1) 1.
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First-place votes follow team name. Voting conducted by five-member panel for the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association.
U.P. girls basketball
CLASS A-B-C
Record Pts.
No. 1 Marquette (5) (12-2)25
No. 2 Houghton (14-1)20
No. 3 Calumet (11-2)13
No. 4 Kingsford (10-3) 12
No. 5 Negaunee (11-3) 4
Others receiving votes: Ishpeming (9-4) 1.
CLASS D
Record Pts.
No. 1 St. Ignace (5) (14-0)25
No. 2 Superior Central (15-0) 20
No. 3 Forest Park (14-1) 15
No. 4 DeTour (13-1) 9
No. 5 Bark River-Harris (13-3) 6
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First-place votes follow team name. Voting conducted by five-member panel of the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association.
This week, No. 1 St. Ignace (14-0) hits the road to take on Sault Ste. Marie Thursday night. The Saints are coming off a 60-19 thrashing of Manistique Monday night.
In Class D boys, the North Central Jets (9-2) re-entered the poll at No. 4 after taking care of No. 5 Carney-Nadeau (9-3) at home last week 52-49. The Wolves, who once held the top-ranking, have dropped three of their last five.
On tap this week, Lake Linden-Hubbell (11-1) will travel to No. 3 Ewen Trout-Creek (10-2) tonight.
The Class A-B-C boys poll remained the same though votes did shift somewhat. Kingsford remained No. 4 but received twice the support after edging Escanaba (4-8) 72-69 Friday night. Meanwhile, No. 3 Gwinn (9-4) didn't move, despite falling to No. 2 Negaunee (12-1) last week.