Preseason Basketball Polls

Boys Basketball Poll

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Sportswriters Association high school boy’s preseason poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, and total points.

Class AA
Rank-School	FPV	TP
1. Sioux Falls Roosevelt	(9)	64
2. Yankton	(5)	61
3. Brandon Valley	–	36
4. Sioux Falls Washington	–	17
5. Harrisburg	–	13

Others receiving votes: Sioux Falls O’Gorman 7, Mitchell 5, Rapid City Central 5, Aberdeen Central 2.

Class A
Rank-School	FPV	TP
1. Dakota Valley	(11)	67
2. Sioux Falls Christian	(3)	55
3. Tea Area	–	38
4. Dell Rapids	–	15
5. Sioux Valley	–	14

Others receiving votes: Vermillion 11, St. Thomas More 7, Red Cloud 3.

Class B
Rank-School	FPV	TP
1. De Smet	(11)	66
2. White River	(1)	47
3. Platte-Geddes	(2)	38
4. Viborg-Hurley	–	17
5. Dell Rapids St. Mary	–	16

Others receiving votes: Aberdeen Christian 14, Canistota 5, Howard 5, Hanson 2.

Girls Basketball Polls

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Sportswriters Association high school girl’s preseason poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, and total points.

Class AA
Rank-School	FPV	TP
1. Sioux Falls O’Gorman	(10)	65
2. Sioux Falls Washington	(4)	56
3. Harrisburg	–	43
4. Brandon Valley	–	21
5. Stevens	–	13

Others receiving votes: Aberdeen Central 9, SF Lincoln 2, Mitchell 1.

Class A
Rank-School	FPV	TP
1. Winner	(13)	69
2. St. Thomas More	(1)	55
3. Hamlin	–	30
4. Tea Area	–	23
5. West Central	–	17

Others receiving votes: Flandreau 5, Lennox 4, Red Cloud 4, Dakota Valley 2, Hill City 1.

Class B
Rank-School	FPV	TP
1. Corsica-Stickney	(14)	70
2. Castlewood	–	48
3. Colman-Egan	–	26
4. Faith	–	23
5. De Smet	–	18

Others receiving votes: Ethan 5, White River 4, Viborg-Hurley 4, Howard 4, Bridgewater-Emery 4, Deubrook Area 2, Waubay-Summit 2.