Friday night’s marquee matchup became a little more stellar with the release of this week’s Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association girls basketball polls.
With its win Saturday afternoon over Greenwood Christian, Waldron improved to 7-0 this season and rose to No. 2 in the Class A rankings ahead of facing Class 2A, No. 1 Triton Central (6-0) Friday in Fairland.
Lanesville (8-1) is the No. 1 team in Class A this week with the Mohawks, Trinity Lutheran (4-0), Jac-Cen-Del (6-0), Vincennes Rivet (5-0), Lafayette Central Catholic (5-1), Fort Wayne Blackhawk (6-1), Tecumseh (2-3), Morgan Township (6-2) and Kouts (5-2) rounding out the top 10.
Triton Central will host Greensburg (1-7) Tuesday before prepping for Waldron.
Winchester (5-0) is No. 2 this week ahead of Tipton (3-1), Fairfield (7-0), Frankton (6-1), Forest Park (5-1), South Central (Union Mills) (6-0), Eastern (Pekin) (4-2), Eastern Hancock (7-1) and a three-way tie for No. 10 in Evansville Mater Dei (3-1), Rensselaer Central (7-2) and South Knox (5-2).
North Decatur (8-2) is tied for No. 13 with Andrean (3-2).
South Bend Washington (7-1) sits atop the Class 3A poll. Mishawaka Marian (5-1) is No. 2 with Silver Creek (7-0), Benton Central (7-0), Garrett (6-1), Norwell (7-1), Evansville Memorial (3-0), Twin Lakes (7-1), Salem (4-2) and Washington (6-1) completing the top 10.
Noblesville (7-0) is unbeaten and No. 1 in Class 4A. Chasing the Millers are Crown Point (6-1), Franklin (8-0), Bedford North Lawrence (6-1), North Central (6-2), Homestead (5-1), Fishers (6-1), Columbus East (7-1), Zionsville (6-2) and Jennings County (7-0).
