The Whale Branch basketball teams held steady in this week's S.C. Basketball Coaches Association polls on Monday.
The boys team (19-2, 8-0 Region 5-A) remains No. 1 in the Class 1-A poll, while the (16-3, 6-0) are No. 3 .
S.C. Basketball Coaches Association Rankings
Released Feb. 4
BOYS
Class 4-A: 1. Irmo, 2. Hillcrest, 3. Dorman, 4. South Pointe, 5. Goose Creek, 6. T.L. Hanna, 7. Rock Hill, 8. Summerville, 9. West Ashley, 10. Spring Valley.
Class 3-A: 1. Hartsville, 2. Eastside, 3. Southside, 4. Darlington, 5. Daniel, 6. Lower Richland, 7. Seneca, 8. Strom Thurmond, 9. North Myrtle Beach, 10. Chapman.
Class 2-A: 1. Lake Marion, 2. Newberry, 3. Keenan, 4. Landrum, 5. Indian Land, 6. Woodland, 7. Marion, 8. Bateburg-Leesville, 9. Dillon, 10. Mullins.
Class 1-A: 1. Whale Branch, 2. Johnsonville, 3. Fox Creek, 4. Baptist Hill, 5. C.E. Murray, 6. Allendale-Fairfax, 7. Carvers Bay, 8. Ware Shoals, 9. Christ Church, 10. Wagner-Salley.
GIRLS
Class 4-A: 1. Dutch Fork, 2. West Ashley, 3. Greenwood, 4. Spring Valley, 5. Doeman, 6. Northwestern, 7. Goose Creek, 8. J.L. Mann, 9. Summerville, T10. Aiken, T10. Sumter.
Class 3-A: 1. Orangeburg-Wilkinson, 2. Lower Richland, 3. Wren, 4. North Myrtle Beach, 5. Dreher, 6. Crestwood, 7. Daniel, 8. Seneca, 9. Greenville, 10. Berea.
Class 2-A: 1. Bishop England, 2. Lake City, 3. Mullins, 4. Fairfiield Central, 5. Andrew Jackson, 6. Blacksburg, 7. Cheraw, 8. Dillon, 9. Ninety-Six, 10. Keenan.
Class 1-A: 1. Latta, 2. Timmonsville, 3. Whale Branch, 4. Ridge Spring-Monetta, 5. Hemingway, 6. Christ Church, 7. Denmark-Olar, 8. St. Joseph's, 9. McBee, 10. McCormick.


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