Yankton boys basketball enters Class AA top-5: Media Polls

Yankton boys basketball entered the Class AA South Dakota Prep Media polls at No. 5 following a 2-0 week. The Bucks, who started the season 4-1, rebounded this past week after losing three of its previous four games.

Yankton beat Aberdeen Central 59-47 Tuesday then finished its week with a five-point win over then-No. 5 Pierre Thursday, 56-51.

Yankton's Rugby Ryken passes the ball to a teammate in the first round of the high school boys state basketball tournament against Roosevelt on Thursday, March 17, 2022, at the the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls.
Yankton's Rugby Ryken passes the ball to a teammate in the first round of the high school boys state basketball tournament against Roosevelt on Thursday, March 17, 2022, at the the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls.

There wasn't much else movement in the media polls. O'Gorman girls basketball leaped one spot over Harrisburg to check in at No. 4 in the competitive Class AA girls basketball media poll.

The South Dakota Prep Media basketball polls for the week of Feb. 6 are listed below, ranking the top-five teams in each class, record, total points and previous ranking. First-place votes received are indicated in parentheses.

Boys 

Class AA

1. Jefferson (19) 14-0 95 1

2. Lincoln 13-1 76 2

3. Mitchell 11-3 56 3

4. Brandon Valley 10-4 38 4

5. Yankton 7-4 19 RV

Receiving votes: Sioux Falls Roosevelt 1.

Class A

1. Dakota Valley (19) 14-0 95 1

2. Sioux Valley 13-1 71 2

3. Sioux Falls Christian 14-2 62 3

4. Winner 14-1 23 5

5. St. Thomas More 14-2 21 4

Receiving votes: Dell Rapids 9, Lennox 2, Rapid City Christian 2.

Class B

1. Aberdeen Christian (18) 14-1 94 1

2. White River (1) 12-3 68 2

3. De Smet 13-3 57 3

4. Lower Brule 14-3 43 4

5. Faith 14-1 16 5

Receiving votes: Castlewood 3, Viborg-Hurley 1, Dell Rapids St. Mary 1, Wolsey-Wessington 1, James Valley Christian 1.

Girls

Class AA

1. Jefferson (18) 12-2 94 1

2. Washington (1) 11-2 77 2

3. Pierre 12-2 54 3

4. O’Gorman 10-3 28 5

5. Harrisburg 11-3 27 4

Receiving votes: Brandon Valley 5.

Class A

1. Hamlin (19) 16-0 95 1

2. Vermillion 16-1 74 2

3. Wagner 16-1 56 3

4. Red Cloud 15-0 32 4

5. St. Thomas More 13-3 24 5

Receiving votes: Florence-Henry 3, Sioux Falls Christian 1.

Class B

1. Viborg-Hurley (16) 14-2 92 1

2. Wolsey-Wessington (3) 14-2 79 2

3. Centerville 12-3 42 3

4. Sully Buttes 12-2 38 4

5. Ethan 12-2 24 5

Receiving votes: Arlington 6, Howard 2, Dell Rapids St. Mary 1, Warner 1.

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