GBB RANKINGS: Columbus North takes over top spot from HSE

By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

The Indiana Basketball Coaches Association has released its second all-classes- combined poll of the 2012-13 Indiana high school girls basketball season, and we have a new leader as Class 4A defending state runner-up Columbus North trades places with previous No. 1 Hamilton Southeastern in going from second to first.

Meanwhile, other teams on the rise inside the Top 10 are:

• Lawrence North, which swaps spots with Fort Wayne South in moving from fourth to third.
• Bedford North Lawrence (eighth to fifth).
• Merrillville (10th to sixth).
• Ben Davis (13th to seventh).
• Fort Wayne Snider (11th to eighth).
• The duo of Fort Wayne Canterbury (up from 14th) and Evansville Mater Dei (was 12th) now tied for No. 10.

The IBCA Top 20 (teams are listed by rank followed by school, vote total, record, and first-place votes (if applicable):

1. Columbus North 423 1-0 (6)
2. Hamilton Southeastern 419 2-0 (15)
3. Lawrence North 386 0-0 (1)
4. Fort Wayne South 384 2-0
5. Bedford North Lawrence 323 1-0
6. Merrillville 264 2-0
7. Ben Davis 236 1-0
8. Fort Wayne Snider 210 0-0
9. Penn 188 0-1
10. Fort Wayne Canterbury 176 1-0
10. Evansville Mater Dei 176 0-0
12. Brownsburg 175 1-1
13. North Central (Indianapolis) 151 0-1
14. Greenwood 144 2-0
15. Mt. Vernon (Fortville) 112 1-0
16. Warren Central 95 0-1
17. Pike 89 0-0
18. Logansport 83 2-0
19. Westfield 66 2-0
19. Norwell 66 1-0

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Angola, Benton Central, Bloomington South, Brownstown, Carmel, Center Grove, Evansville Reitz, Fishers, Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Fort Wayne Luers, Heritage Christian, Homestead, Lake Central, Madison, McCutcheon, Michigan City, Mishawaka, Mooresville, Northridge, NorthWood, Paoli, Princeton, Roncalli, Scottsburg, Silver Creek, Sullivan, Terre Haute North, Warsaw