GBB RANKINGS: Bedford North Lawrence, Merrillville creeping up

By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

The Indiana Basketball Coaches Association has released its seventh all-classes-combined poll of the 2012-13 Indiana high school girls basketball season, and we find a pair of school inching their way up inside the first five as Bedford North Lawrence bumps up from fourth to third and Merrillville moves from sixth to fourth.

Defending Class 4A state runner-up Columbus North and fellow undefeated Hamilton Southeastern continue to pace the 20-team field at Nos. 1-2, respectively.

The IBCA Top 20 (teams are listed by rank followed by school, vote total, record, and first-place votes (if applicable) from Dec. 16:

1. Columbus North 431 8-0 (16)
2. Hamilton Southeastern 423 10-0 (6)
3. Bedford North Lawrence 388 8-2
4. Merrillville 326 9-0
5. Fort Wayne South 302 7-1
6. Evansville Mater Dei 278 9-0
7. Logansport 272 10-0
8. Lawrence North 249 8-2
9. Norwell 214 7-0
10. Fort Wayne Canterbury 197 8-1
11. Greenwood 175 9-2
12. Fort Wayne Snider 160 8-1
12. Roncalli 160 9-1
14. Benton Central 128 11-0
14. Pike 128 8-2
16. Michigan City 123 7-1
17. Homestead 110 7-1
18. Westfield 107 10-1
19. Northridge 103 9-1
20. Heritage Christian 60 10-0

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Angola, Austin, Bloomington South, Brownsburg, Center Grove, Franklin Central, Frontier, Hamilton Heights, Lebanon, Lowell, Madison, Mishawaka, Mooresville, Mt. Vernon (Fortville), Paoli, Penn, Pike Central, Randolph Southern, Rushville, Scottsburg, Vincennes Rivet, Warren Central, Warsaw, Winchester