NEAH BAY RETAINED its No. 1 ranking in Class 1B in The Associated Press prep football poll released Wednesday.
The Red Devils picked up 10 of the 13 first-place votes in the poll of sports writers from throughout the state. Touchet, ranked second, claimed one first-place vote and No. 3 Liberty Christian had the two others.
Colton moved up to fourth in 1B and Lummi, which lost to Neah Bay last week, moved down to fifth.
No other North Olympic Peninsula teams show up in this week’s rankings, but North Kitsap, an Olympic League foe of Port Angeles and Sequim, entered the Class 2A rankings at No. 7.
Here is the complete poll:
Class 4A
1. Bothell (13) 2-0 148
2. Skyline (2) 2-0 126
3. Camas 2-0 119
4. Union 2-0 100
5. Graham-Kapowsin 2-0 84
6. Gonzaga Prep 2-0 80
7. Chiawana 1-1 72
8. Lake Stevens 1-1 21
9. Gig Harbor 2-0 17
10. Kentwood 2-0 13
Others receiving 6 or more points: 11, Olympia 12. 12, Federal Way 9.
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Class 3A
1. Bellevue (15) 2-0 150
2. O’Dea 2-0 131
3. Marysville-Pilchuck 2-0 116
4. Shadle Park 2-0 100
5. Eastside Catholic 1-1 83
6. Lakes 2-0 73
7. Mt. Spokane 2-0 64
8. Columbia River 2-0 45
9. Glacier Peak 2-0 35
10. Lincoln 2-0 17
Others receiving 6 or more points: None.
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Class 2A
1. Lynden (16) 2-0 160
2. Tumwater 2-0 136
3. Ellensburg 2-0 128
4. Prosser 2-0 120
5. Hockinson 2-0 88
6. Liberty (Renton) 2-0 76
7. North Kitsap 2-0 26
8. Sedro-Woolley 2-0 23
9. Ephrata 1-1 22
10. Lindbergh 1-1 19
Others receiving 6 or more points: 11, Centralia 15. 12, W. F. West 12. 13, Squalicum 11. 14, Othello 10. 15, White River 8. 15, Woodland 8. 15, East Valley (Spokane) 8.
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Class 1A
1. Freeman (14) 2-0 140
2. Cascade Christian 2-0 121
3. Royal 2-0 116
4. Tenino 2-0 87
5. Zillah 2-0 80
6. Cashmere 1-1 33
7. Meridian 1-1 28
8. Mount Baker 1-1 27
(tie)Nooksack Valley 2-0 27
10. Lynden Christian 2-0 22
Others receiving 6 or more points: 11, Eatonville 19. 12, King’s 16. 13, Colville 14. 14, Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) 11. 15, La Center 10.
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Class 2B
1. Lind-Ritzville Sprague (9) 2-0 133
2. Napavine (4) 2-0 129
3. Colfax 2-0 104
4. Waitsburg-Prescott 2-0 87
5. Toledo 2-0 77
6. Adna 2-0 75
7. Raymond 2-0 50
8. Reardan 2-0 40
9. Okanogan (1) 2-0 21
(tie)Morton(White Pass) 1-1 21
Others receiving 6 or more points: 11, North Beach 14. 12, White Swan 8. 13, LaConner 7.
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Class 1B
1. Neah Bay (10) 2-0 127
2. Touchet (1) 2-0 115
3. Liberty Christian (2) 2-0 109
4. Colton 2-0 69
5. Lummi 0-2 43
Others receiving 6 or more points: 11, Odessa-Harrington 18. 12, Cusick 7. 12, Garfield-Palouse 7. 12, Lopez 7.
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