Basketball Forest Park, Baraga girls top UP Sportwriters and Sportscasters poll
IRONWOOD — Forest Park and Baraga share the top spot in the Class D girls basketball poll conducted by the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association.
The Lady Trojans (6-2) tallied three first-place votes and 26 poll points while the Vikings (7-1) had two first-place votes and 26 poll points.
Here’s the complete poll:
BOYS
Class ABC (record, poll points)
1. Negaunee (7) (7-0) 35
2. Norway (8-0) 25
3. Marquette (7-1) 23
4. Gladstone (5-1) 13
5. Iron Mountain (7-1) 8
Others receiving votes: Sault Ste. Marie (5-0) 1.
Class D
Record Pts
1. North Central (7) (7-0) 35
2. Bark River-Harris (7-1) 26
3. Brimley (7-2) 12
4. Carney-Nadeau (5-2) 9
5. Ewen-Trout Creek (5-3) 9
Others receiving votes: Jeffers (6-2) 8, Cedarville (5-2) 5, Forest Park (2-4) 1.
GIRLS
Class ABC
Record Pts
1. Houghton (3) (3-0) 31
2. Munising (2) (8-0) 25
3. Norway (2) (8-0) 25
4. Marquette (9-1) 16
5. St. Ignace (7-1) 5
Others receiving votes: Ishpeming (7-1) 2, Sault Ste. Marie (6-2) 1.
Class D
Record Pts
1. Forest Park (3) (6-2) 26
2. Baraga (2) (7-1) 26
3. Cedarville (1) (7-1) 23
4. Engadine (1) (7-1) 13
5. Chassell (7-2) 6
(tie) Jeffers (5-2) 6
Others receiving votes: Pickford (5-3) 3, DeTour (5-2) 2.