MEDIA POLL: Sandpoint, Priest River girls basketball receiving votes in first poll
The State Girls Basketball Media Poll is determined by a simple points system based on how each voting media member ranks teams in each classification. A team receives five points for a first place vote, four points for a second place vote and so on down through the fifth place team, which receives one point. The rankings are set by listing the teams' point totals from highest to lowest.
6A Classification
1. Owyhee (7) 6-0 35
2. Boise 8-2 25
3. Eagle 7-0 24
4. Coeur d'Alene 4-3 12
5. Madison 4-2 6
Others receiving votes: Borah 3.
5A Classification
1. Pocatello (5) 7-0 33
2. Middleton (2) 4-0 27
3. Blackfoot 6-0 22
4. Mountain Home 7-1 12
5. Burley 6-0 5
Others receiving votes: Bishop Kelly 3, Sandpoint 2, Skyline 1.
4A Classification
1. Timberlake (5) 5-0 33
2. Sugar-Salem (2) 5-0 29
3. Teton 5-0 17
4. South Fremont 4-0 11
5. Bear Lake 5-1 9
Others receiving votes: Weiser 5, McCall-Donnelly 1.
3A Classification
1. Malad (7) 7-1 35
2. Parma 5-1 26
3. Melba 6-2 17
4. Ririe 4-3 9
5. Wendell 5-0 7
Others receiving votes: Firth 6, Grangeville 3, New Plymouth 1, Priest River 1.
2A Classification
1. Prairie (1) 4-0 24
2. Raft River (2) 8-0 23
3. Oakley (1) 4-0 18
4. Butte County (2) 5-3 16
5. Lapwai (1) 2-0 13
Others receiving votes: Kamiah 8, Grace 1, Murtaugh 1, Valley 1.
1A Classification
1. Deary (4) 4-0 30
2. Rockland (1) 5-3 25
3. Leadore 3-0 16
4. Salmon River 3-1 12
5. Carey (2) 2-2 11
Others receiving votes: Nezperce 5, Challis 3, Dietrich 3.
Voters: Mark Nelke, Coeur d'Alene Press; Adam Engel, Times-News; Allan Steele, East Idaho News-Sports; Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman; Max Oswald, Bonner County Daily Bee; Brandon Baney, IdahoSports.com; Race Archibald, Idaho Press