By GREG MENGELT
Floyd Central and North Harrison were two of the 41 Indiana high school basketball teams to garner votes in the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association single-class poll, which was released Sunday.
No local team is in the top 20.
Floyd Central (5-1) had a big weekend with wins over rival Providence, 55-43 on Friday, and over Bloomington South, which was ranked No. 13 in last week’s poll, 47-40 on Saturday.
North Harrison (4-1) suffered its first loss, 63-62 in two overtimes at Brownstown Central on Friday. Brownstown (6-0) received votes after the big Mid-Southern Conference victory.
Zionsville (7-0) remains at No. 1 and received all 20 first-place votes. Defending 4A champion Carmel (6-2) moved up two spots to No. 2 after beating No. 16 North Central (5-2) 45-41 on Friday and New Albany (2-4) 36-24 on Saturday. Fishers (6-1), Valparaiso (7-0), Lawrence North (5-1), Homestead (6-2), Cathedral (5-2), Brebeuf (5-1), Westfield (3-2) and Chesterton (5-0) are the remainder of the top 10.
Regionally, only Bloomington North (5-1) at No. 11 and Linton-Stockton (7-0) at No. 15 made the top 20. Bloomington South dropped out of the top 20 but received votes after taking a 47-40 loss at Floyd Central on Saturday. Evansville Reitz (5-0), North Daviess (8-0) and South Spencer (6-0) also received votes.
INDIANA BASKETBALL COACHES POLL
Rank, School (1st place votes) Record
1. Zionsville (20) 7-0, 2. Carmel 6-2, 3. Fishers 6-1, 4. Valparaiso 7-0, 5. Lawrence North 5-1, 6. Homestead 6-2, 7. Cathedral 5-2, 8. Brebeuf 5-1, 9. Westfield 3-2, 10. Chesterton 5-0, 11. Bloomington North 5-1, 12. Indianapolis Tech 5-2, 13t. Ben Davis 5-2, 13t. Mishawaka Marian 7-1, 15. Linton-Stockton 7-0, 16. North Central 5-2, 17. Penn 7-0, 18. Connersville 7-0, 19. Central Noble 6-0, 20. Leo 6-1.
Others receiving votes: Anderson 4-1, Bloomfield 6-0, Bloomington South 4-3, Brownsburg 5-3, Brownstown Central 6-0, Crispus Attucks 4-5, Crown Point 6-1, Evansville Reitz 5-0, Floyd Central 5-1, Fort Wayne Blackhawk 5-0, Fort Wayne Snider 2-1, Glenn 7-0, Lafayette Jefferson 7-1, Lawrence Central 3-3, Mt. Vernon (Fortville) 4-1, North Daviess 8-0, North Harrison 4-1, NorthWood 7-0, Pike 4-1, South Spencer 6-0, Terre Haute North 6-0.
NOTE: Records as of Sunday.
