The Union boys basketball team was ranked third in Class 4A, and the Prairie girls are tied for fourth in 3A in the first Associated Press media high school basketball state rankings of the season.
The rankings, by a statewide panel of media members, also ranked the La Center girls sixth at 1A, the La Center boys ninth at 1A and the Washougal girls 10th at 3A.
Boys basketball
SEATTLE (AP) — How a state panel of sports writers rates Washington high school basketball teams in the weekly Associated Press poll of 2017, by WIAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):
CLASS 4A
School Record Points
1. Federal Way (10) 12-0 100
2. Gonzaga Prep 11-1 84
3. Union 9-2 70
4. Davis 10-2 61
5. Ferris 9-3 56
6. Kentwood 11-2 55
7. Curtis 10-1 32
8. Glacier Peak 11-1 30
9. Central Valley 9-3 24
10. Bothell 10-2 19
Others receiving votes: Emerald Ridge 4. Kentridge 4. Richland 3. Skyview 3. Lewis and Clark 2. Auburn 2. Skyline 1.
CLASS 3A
School Record Points
1. Nathan Hale (10) 11-0 100
2. Garfield 11-2 89
3. Lincoln 11-0 68
(tie)Rainier Beach 6-2 68
5. Shadle Park 10-1 59
6. West Seattle 8-4 38
7. Stanwood 11-1 37
8. Cleveland 8-3 18
9. Bellevue 9-2 15
10. Shorecrest 11-1 10
(tie) Seattle Prep 10-2 10
Others receiving votes: Wilson, Woodrow 8. Squalicum 6. Timberline 5. Capital 4. Prairie 4. Kelso 3. O’Dea 3. Shorewood 2. Kamiakin 2. Eastside Catholic 1.