D4 shows movement in U.P. poll
ESCANABA — In its third week, the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association basketball poll saw movement almost exclusively in Division 4, boys and girls.
In Division 4 boys, Wakefield-Marenisco (5-1) and Norway (5-2) tied for fifth, knocking Cedarville-DeTour off the list. The top remained the same with Ewen-Trout Creek (5-0) leading, followed by North Central (9-0) — after a 67-23 win over North Dickinson and a 70-44 win over Rapid River — and Rudyard (5-0), who are still locked in a tie for second. Munising (7-0) remained fourth.
Ewen-Trout Creek earned a second-place spot in the Michigan AP High School Poll for Division 4 just behind Southfield Christian. Rudyard came in third, and North Central collected the fifth spot.
The Division 1-3 boys rankings remained the same except for records, Menominee (7-1) — who notched a fourth-place ranking on the AP poll for Division 3, Escanaba (6-2), Kingsford (5-1), Westwood (6-1) and Jeffers (7-0).
For Division 4 girls, Carney-Nadeau (6-1) fell to second after a 48-46 loss to North Dickinson (6-2) — who knocked Ewen-Trout Creek off the list to take fifth, with Baraga (8-1) being voted into first. Carney also earned a 10th place spot on the AP poll.
Pickford (5-0) moved up a place to third, and Rudyard (3-2) fell from second to fourth.
In Division 1-3, the rankings also showed no movement: Calumet (7-0) — who received a fourth-place nod on the AP poll, Houghton (10-0), Sault Ste. Marie (8-3), St. Ignace (5-2) and Westwood (5-2).
U.P. Poll
Boys
Division 1-3
Record Pts Last
1. Menominee (4) 7-1 20 1
2. Escanaba 6-2 15 2
3. Kingsford 5-1 12 3
4. Westwood 6-1 7 4
5. Jeffers 7-0 6 5
Division 4
Record Pts Last
1. Ewen-Trout Creek (2) 5-0 18 1
2. North Central (1) 8-0 15 T2
2. Rudyard (1) 5-0 15 T2
4. Munising 7-0 8 4
5. Wakefield-Marenisco 5-1 2 –
5. Norway 5-2 2 –
Girls
Division 1-3
Record Pts Last
1. Calumet (4) 7-0 20 1
2. Houghton 10-0 14 2
3. Sault Ste. Marie 8-3 13 3
4. St. Ignace 5-2 9 4
5. Westwood 5-2 3 5
Others receiving votes: Hancock (7-2) 1.
Division 4
Record Pts Last
1. Baraga (3) 8-1 18 3
2. Carney-Nadeau (1) 6-1 16 1
3. Pickford 5-0 10 4
4. Rudyard 3-2 9 2
5. North Dickinson 6-2 5 –
Others receiving votes: Ewen-Trout Creek (5-2) 2.


