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Basketball Bucs return to AP Poll; ranked 13th this week

The Buckhannon-Upshur Buccaneers are ranked 13th this week in the AP Basketball poll. (Bobbie Hatcher/My Buckhannon)

CHARLESTON – The Associated Press high school boy’s basketball poll for the week of Feb. 12. The Buckhannon-Upshur Buccaneers re-entered the poll getting a vote landing them 13th in Class AAAA. They will meet No. 10 Woodrow Wilson in a home game Saturday at 1 p.m. First place votes in parentheses.

CLASS AAAA

Team                                       Record           Points

  1. Spring Mills (10)             18-0                   100
  2. Morgantown                    18-1                     90
  3. Martinsburg                     12-4                     80
  4. George Washington        12-5                     69
  5. Bridgeport                        15-2                     56
  6. Wheeling Park                 12-5                     50
  7. Huntington                       13-6                    44
  8. Jefferson                           13-6                     23
  9. Hedgesville                       12-5                     15
  10. Woodrow Wilson           10-8                     13

Other receiving votes: South Charleston 5; Spring Valley 4; Buckhannon-Upshur 1.

CLASS AAA

Team                                        Record            Points

  1. Fairmont Senior (10)     17-0                     100
  2. Shady Spring                   13-4                      88
  3. East Fairmont                 12-5                      81
  4. Nitro                                 15-2                       70
  5. Midland Trail                  15-2                      60
  6. Lewis County                  12-7                       47
  7. Liberty-Harrison            13-5                      41
  8. Sissonville                        11-7                       27
  9. Herbert Hoover               9-8                      20
  10. Logan                                9-9                       13

Others receiving votes: North Marion 2; Robert C. Byrd 1.

CLASS AA

Team                                        Record              Points

  1. Bluefield (10)                    13-4                      100
  2. Charleston Catholic         16-2                      84
  3. Williamstown                   16-2                      83
  4. Wheeling Central            13-5                      65
  5. Chapmanville                  14-6                      55
  6. Ravenswood                    14-3                       51
  7. Wyoming East                 11-6                       46
  8. Westside                          13-5                        27
  9. Petersburg                       13-4                       19
  10. Trinity                              10-7                        13

Others receiving votes: Poca 4; Frankfort 3.

CLASS A

Team                                        Record              Points

  1. Tucker County (9)           14-3                      99
  2. Tug Valley (1)                   14-4                      90
  3. James Monroe                 12-3                     72
  4. East Hardy                       14-1                       72
  5. Webster County              15-3                      56
  6. Clay-Battelle                    14-5                      46
  7. Cameron                          15-4                       39
  8. Greater Beckley Christ. 11-6                       36
  9. Wahama                          14-5                       22
  10. Doddridge County          11-5                       6

Others receiving votes:  Tolsia 5; River View 5; St. Joseph 2.

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