GBB RANKINGS: Benton Central takes over atop Class 3A

By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

The Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association has released its fifth set of polls for the 2012-13 Indiana high school girls basketball season, and we find Benton Central now atop the Class 3A poll – the third school to lead 3A thus far this season.

The other leaders from a week ago – 4A Hamilton Southeastern, 2A Evansville Mater Dei, and 1A Fort Wayne Canterbury – remain the same.

Schools are listed by ranking followed by team, number of first-place votes (if applicable), record, vote total, and previous ranking (if Top 10). Your 84 ranked schools by class from Dec. 3 (thank you, Jeff Marlow!):

CLASS 4A
1. Hamilton Southeastern (11) 7-0 142 1
2. Columbus North (4) 5-0 133 2
3. Fort Wayne South 4-0 116 3
4. Bedford North Lawrence 5-0 81 4
5. Greenwood 8-0 79 5
6. Merrillville 6-0 63 8
7. Lawrence North 3-1 52 6
8. Logansport 6-0 47 9
9. Northridge 6-1 25 7
10. Michigan City 5-0 22 NR
11. Westfield 18
12. Castle 11
12. Fort Wayne Snider 11
14. Penn 6
14. Pike 6
16. Bloomington South 5
17. Brownsburg 3
17. Warsaw 3
19. Mooresville 1
19. Roncalli 1

CLASS 3A
1. Benton Central (9) 6-0 141 2t
2. Norwell (2) 5-0 125 4
3. Lebanon (2) 5-1 102 1
4. Angola 8-0 100 6
5. Hamilton Heights 5-1 73 7
6. NorthWood 3-1 72 2t
7. Mt. Vernon (Fortville) 5-1 61 8
8. Madison (1) 6-0 50 9
9. Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran 4-2 32 5
10. Plymouth (1) 6-0 26 NR
11. Mount Vernon (Posey) 15
12. Scottsburg 12
13. Jasper 8
14. Wawasee 5
15. Rushville 2
16. Edgewood 1

CLASS 2A
1. Evansville Mater Dei (12) 5-0 137 1
2. Heritage Christian (2) 6-0 125 2
3. Triton Central 4-0 103 3
4. Paoli 4-0 86 4
5. Eastern (Greentown) 6-0 84 5
6. Sullivan 5-1 61 6
7. Whiting 6-0 42 10
8. Winchester 6-0 30 NR
9. Winamac 6-1 22 7
10. Cascade 5-0 16 8t
11. Tipton 13
12. Fort Wayne Luers 7
12. Northfield 7
12. Oak Hill 7
15. Austin 5
15. Wabash 5
17. Elwood 4
17. Hammond Noll 4
17. Indianapolis Ritter 4
17. North Knox 4
21. North Judson 3
22. Lapel 1

CLASS A
1. Fort Wayne Canterbury (9) 4-1 138 1
2. Vincennes Rivet (4) 6-0 134 2
3. Oregon-Davis (1) 4-1 109 3
4. Barr-Reeve 4-0 101 4
5. Northeast Dubois 5-1 83 5
6. Southwestern (Shelbyville) (1) 6-0 71 7
7. Frontier 6-0 68 6
8. Riverton Parke 7-1 52 8
9. Southern Wells 7-0 25 10
10. Triton 5-2 21 9
11. New Washington 11
12. Oldenburg Academy 8
13. Argos 1
13. Randolph Southern 1
13. Clinton Prairie 1
13. Culver Community 1