Two teams that competed in the State A Girls’ Basketball Tournament last season are rated in the preseason Prep Media basketball polls.
Hamlin is rated third in Class A, while Mobridge-Pollock is rated eighth.
Among the area teams receiving votes include Aberdeen Central in Class AA, Aberdeen Roncalli, Clark-Willow Lake, Groton, and Miller in Class A, and Waubay-Summit, Warner, and Northwestern in Class B.
Top-rated teams include O’Gorman in Class AA, Sioux Falls Christian in Class A, and Bennett County in Class B.
Teams are ranked by points received and first-place votes are in parentheses.
Girls
Class AA
1. O’Gorman (16) 88
2. Brandon Valley (2) 72
3. Washington 45
4. Jefferson 26
5. Stevens 17
Receiving votes: Mitchell 16, Spearfish 3, Aberdeen Central 2, Rapid City Central 1.
Class A
1. SF Christian (11) 173
2. Mahpiya Luta (7) 160
3. Hamlin 120
4. Dakota Valley 119
5. Sioux Valley 94
6. Wagner 88
7. Vermillion 62
8. Mobridge-Pollock 52
9. Lennox 39
10. Flandreau 29
Receiving votes: West Central 19, Aberdeen Roncalli 11, Clark-Willow Lake 6, St. Thomas More 4, Groton 4, Mount Vernon-Plankinton 3, Miller 2, Canton 2, Lakota Tech 2, Pine Ridge 1.
Class B
1. Bennett County (15) 176
2. Sanborn Central-Woonsocket 131
3. Centerville (3) 108
4. Lyman 106
5. Parkston 96
6. Harding County 75
7. Ethan 72
8. Deubrook Area 39
9. Colman-Egan 37
T-10. St. Mary’s 31
T-10. Freeman 31
Receiving votes: Corsica-Stickney 23, Arlington 21, Lemmon 11, De Smet 11, Kadoka Area 6, Waubay-Summit 6, Gayville-Volin 5, Warner 2, Northwestern 1, Chester 1, Avon 1.
