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Basketball Bucs return to AP Poll at 13th

CHARLESTON – The Associated Press high school boys’ basketball poll for the week of Feb. 26. This is the final poll for the season as the postseason is ready to start this week. Buckhannon-Upshur returned to the poll this week at 13th getting a single vote. The Bucs ended the regular season with a 15-6 record. First place votes in parentheses.

CLASS AAAA

Team                                       Record           Points

  1. Spring Mills (9)              21-1                      90
  2. Morgantown                    20-1                     81
  3. Martinsburg                     16-4                     71
  4. Huntington                      15-7                     58
  5. Jefferson                          15-7                      49
  6. Bridgeport                        17-5                     46
  7. Wheeling Park                 14-7                     38
  8. George Washington        13-8                    33
  9. South Charleston            15-7                     18
  10. Hedgesville                      15-7                       4

Other receiving votes: Spring Valley 3; Woodrow Wilson 2; Buckhannon-Upshur 1; Parkersburg South 1.

CLASS AAA

Team                                        Record            Points

  1. Fairmont Senior (9)       21-1                      90
  2. Shady Spring                   17-4                      79
  3. East Fairmont                16-6                       71
  4. Nitro                                 20-2                      66
  5. Liberty-Harrison            16-5                      53
  6. Logan                                13-9                      42
  7. Lewis County                  13-9                      38
  8. Midland Trail                 18-4                      24
  9. Herbert Hoover             12-10                    21
  10. Lincoln                            12-9                       8

Others receiving votes: Sissonville 3.

CLASS AA

Team                                        Record              Points

  1. Bluefield (8)                     17-5                       88
  2. Wheeling Central (1)       17-5                      78
  3. Charleston Catholic        18-4                      72
  4. Williamstown                  19-3                      68
  5. Chapmanville                  16-6                      54
  6. Wyoming East                 16-6                      44
  7. Ravenswood                    17-5                       37
  8. Frankfort                         15-6                       23
  9. Westside                          15-6                       19
  10. Petersburg                       15-6                       6

Others receiving votes: Poca 3; Trinity 3.

CLASS A

Team                                        Record              Points

  1. Tucker County (9)          18-3                     90
  2. East Hardy                       17-2                       74
  3. Tug Valley                        16-6                       72
  4. Webster County              17-4                      67
  5. James Monroe                16-4                      57
  6. Cameron                          17-5                      40
  7. Clay-Battelle                    17-5                      38
  8. Wahama                          16-6                       24
  9. St. Joseph                       13-7                       14
  10. Greater Beckley Christ. 13-9                       8

Others receiving votes: Doddridge County 6; Greenbrier West 2; River View 2; Pendleton County 1.

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