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Waldron ranked No. 1 in girls basketball state poll

There is a new No. 1 in the Class A girls basketball state poll.

The Waldron Mohawks ascended to the top spot in the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association poll after a 46-39 win Friday at Class 2A, No. 1 Triton Central.

Waldron (8-0) will have little time to celebrate the accomplishment with Class A, No. 3 Jac-Cen-Del (8-0) coming to town Tuesday night.

Vincennes Rivet (6-0) jumped to No. 2 this week after a 59-14 rout at Bloomfield Thursday.

Lanesville (9-1), the previous No. 1 in Class A, dropped to No. 4 ahead of Trinity Lutheran, Lafayette Central Catholic, Tecumseh, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian, Kouts and Morgan Township.

With Triton Central’s loss, Winchester (7-0) takes over the top spot in Class 2A with Triton Central (7-1) and Fairfield (9-0) tied at No. 2. The rest of the top 10 includes Tipton, South Central (Union Mills), Forest Park, Frankton, Eastern Hancock, Rensselaer Central and Andrean.

North Decatur is ranked No. 13.

South Bend Washington sits atop the Class 3A poll with Silver Creek, Benton Central, Garrett, Mishawaka Marian, Norwell, Washington, Salem, Hamilton Heights and Evansville Memorial in pursuit.

Noblesville leads the Class 4A poll. Crown Point is No. 2 with Franklin, Bedford North Lawrence, Homestead, North Central, Fishers, Columbus East, Zionsville, Franklin Central and Lake Central completing the top 10.

Crown Point is No. 1 in the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Top 20 poll that does not rank teams by class affiliation.

Noblesville is No. 2 with South Bend Washington, Franklin, Bedford North Lawrence, Homestead, Fishers, North Central, Silver Creek and Zionsville completing the top 10.

The second 10 are Lake Central, Columbus East, Mishawaka Marian, Penn, Westfield, East Central, Benton Central, Carmel, Valparaiso and Columbia City.

Eighteen more teams received votes in the poll including Waldron and Triton Central. Jac-Cen-Del, Vincennes Rivet and Winchester also received votes.

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