STATE CHAMPS BOYS BASKETBALL RANKINGS: Week 3

​BY: TJ KELLEY, STATE CHAMPS

State Champs! Week 3 Rankings

(for the week of Dec. 10, 2018)

DIVISION 1

(current record) — Last week’s decisions; This week’s games — Last week’s rank

• 1. Muskegon (0-0) — DNP; at Rockford Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 1
• 2. Wayne Memorial (2-0) — DNP; at Clarkston Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 2
• 3. University of Detroit-Jesuit (2-1) — DNP; vs. Grand Blanc Dec. 11, at Novi Detroit Catholic Central Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 3
• 4. Flint Carman-Ainsworth (3-0) — win at Lapeer 55-50; at Davison Dec. 11, at Grand Blanc Dec. 14 -- Last week: No. 4
• 5. Detroit King (1-0) — DNP; at Detroit Douglass Dec. 11, at Detroit West Side Academy Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 5
• 6. Detroit Cass Tech (1-1) — DNP; vs Detroit West Side Academy Dec. 11, at Detroit Western Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 6
• 7. Ann Arbor Skyline (2-1) — win vs. Detroit Country Day 71-53; at Sterling Heights Stevenson Dec. 11, vs. Belleville Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 8
• 8. Roseville (3-0) — win vs. Eastpointe 68-57; at Dearborn Edsel Ford Dec. 11, at Macomb Dakota Dec. 14 -- Last week:  No. 10
• 9. Saginaw (2-1)  — win vs. Ypsilanti 80-72; at Midland Dec. 11, at Saginaw Arthur Hill Dec. 14 — Last week: NR
• 10. Ypsilanti (1-1) — loss at Saginaw 80-72; vs. Jackson Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 9

DROPPED OUT: No. 7 Ann Arbor Pioneer (loss at Canton 65-56, win vs. Grosse Pointe North 78-49; at Jackson Dec. 11, vs. Walled Lake Western Dec. 14)

DIVISION 2

(current record) — Last week’s decisions; This week’s games — Last week’s rank

• 1. Benton Harbor (3-0) — win vs. Detroit Loyola 71-45; vs. Detroit Henry Ford Dec. 15) — Last week:  No. 1
• 2. Williamston (4-0) — win vs. St. John’s 78-38; vs. Howell Dec. 11, vs. Fowlerville Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 2
• 3. River Rouge (2-1) — win at West Bloomfield 75-62; at Southfield A&T Dec. 11 — Last week:  No. 3
• 4. New Haven (2-1) — win at St. Clair Shores Lakeshore 79-55; vs. Utica Ford Dec. 13 — Last week:  No. 4
• 5. Bridgeport (3-0) — win vs Freeland 77-71; vs. Saginaw Swan Valley Dec. 11, vs. Lansing Everett Dec. 14 TBD — Last week:  No. 5
• 6. Grand Rapids Catholic Central (1-0) — win vs. Holland West Ottawa 65-41; vs. Grand Rapid Christian Dec. 11, vs. Grand Rapids Covenant Christian Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 6
• 7. Holland Unity-Christian (3-0) — win vs. Grandville Calvin Christian 69-54; at Hudsonville Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 10
• 8. Holland Christian (3-0) — win vs. Grand Rapids South Christian 53-43; at Grand Rapids Christian Dec. 14 -- Last week: NR
• 9. Detroit Country Day (0-1) — loss vs. Ann Arbor Skyline 71-53; at Novi Catholic Central Dec. 11, vs. Old Redford Academy Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 7
• 10. Detroit Henry Ford (0-1) — DNP; at Detroit Cody Dec. 11, at Detroit Renaissance Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 9

DROPPED OUT: No. 8 Grand Rapids South Christian (1-2) — (loss to Holland Christian 53-43; at Caledonia at Dec. 14)

DIVISION 3

(current record) — Last week’s decisions; This week’s games — Last week’s rank

• 1. Flint Beecher (5-0) — win vs. Flint Burton-Bendle 88-48, win vs Toledo Rogers 77-70; at Goodrich Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 1
• 2. Maple City Glen Lake (3-0) — win vs. Charlevoix 62-55, win at Buckley 84-47; at Kingsley Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 2
• 3. Iron Mountain (4-0) — win at Calumet 78-71 OT; vs. Norway Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 4
• 4. Hanover-Horton (3-0) — win vs. Addison 74-31; at Michigan Center Dec. 12, at Manchester Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 8
• 5. Quincy (4-0) — win vs. Springport 75-58, win vs. Jonesville 35-26; at Union City Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 9
• 6. Pewamo-Westphalia (2-0) — win at Pottersville 62-29, win vs. Dansville 63-45; vs. Portland St. Patrick Dec. 12, vs. Fulton Dec. 14 — Last week: NR
• 7. Detroit Loyola (2-1) — loss vs. Benton Harbor 71-48; DNP — Last week:  No. 6
• 8. Detroit Edison PSA (2-2) — loss at Detroit Renaissance 73-60; vs. Harper Woods Dec. 11, at Ottawa Hills Dec. 15 — Last week:  No. 5
• 9. Flint Hamady (3-0) — win vs. Reese 96-68, win at Lake Fenton 71-56; vs. Corunna Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 10
• 10. Harper Woods (2-0) — win vs Detroit Cornerstone 61-28; at Detroit Edison PSA Dec. 11, at Taylor Trillium Dec. 14 — Last week: NR

DROPPED OUT: No. 3 Dansville (2-2) — (win vs Fowler 54-53, loss at Pewamo-Westphalia 63-45, loss vs. Mattawan 53-45; vs. Laingsburg Dec. 12, at Bath Dec. 14); No. 7 Mt. Clemens (2-1) — (loss at Troy Athens 55-50; vs. Pontiac Dec. 10, at Southfield Bradford Academy Dec. 14)

DIVISION 4

(current record) — Last week’s decisions; This week’s games — Last week’s rank

• 1. Frankfort (3-0) — win vs. Benzie Central 39-33; vs. Elk Rapids Dec. 12, at Leland Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 1
• 2. Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian (2-0) — win vs. Kentwood Grand River Prep 71-43; Muskegon Western Michigan Christian Dec. 11, Grand Rapids Northpointe Christian Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 2
• 3. Battle Creek St. Phillip (4-0) — win vs. North Adams-Jerome 63-20; vs. Pittsford 12/10/18, Climax Scotts Dec. 13 — Last week:  No. 3
• 4. Southfield Christian (0-2) — DNP; at Birmingham Brother Rice Dec. 11, vs. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 4
• 5. Howardsville Christian (3-0) — win vs. Three Oaks River Valley 84-28; Lawrence Dec. 14 — Last week:  No. 7
• 6. Plymouth Christian (4-0) — win vs. Detroit Universal Academy 73-26; at Livonia Franklin Dec. 11, at Allen Park Inter-City Baptist Dec. 14 -- Last week:  No. 8
• 7. Novi Christian (2-2) — loss at Monroe St. Mary’s Catholic Central 63-49; vs. Walled Lake Northern Dec. 11 — Last week:  No. 4
• 8. Hillsdale Academy (2-1) — win vs. Waldron 64-26; at Bellevue Dec. 10, vs. Camden-Frontier Dec. 13 — Last week:  No. 6
• 9. Athens (5-0) — win at Tekonsha 55-29; at North Adams-Jerome Dec. 13 -- Last week: NR
• 10. Brimley (3-0) — win at Engadine 104-70; vs. Mackinaw City Dec. 10, vs. Rudyard Dec. 13 — Last week: NR

DROPPED OUT: Oakland Christian (2-2) — (Last week:  No. 9; loss vs. Charyl Stockwell Academy 42-38; at Ann Arbor Greenhills Dec. 11); Pickford (0-1) — (Last week:  No. 10; loss vs. Detour 50-40; at Pellston Dec. 10, at St. Ignace Dec. 13)

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