By GREG MENGELT
With chaos at the top of the poll, Silver Creek remained steady in the latest single-class Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Poll, released Sunday.
The 15-1 Dragons are No. 10 for the third straight week after winning the Vincennes Invitational with a pair of easy wins against Franklin Central and the host Alices. Silver Creek hosts rival Salem on Saturday. The two programs have dominated the Mid-Southern Conference in the last half-decade.
Lanesville was the only other local team to receive votes in the poll. The Eagles, who were No. 2 in the last Class A poll, are 15-1 and riding an 11-game winning streak heading into Tuesday’s rivalry game against South Central (1-10).
Homestead is No. 1 but not by much. Five different teams received No. 1 votes after the top team in the poll has lost the last two weeks. Homestead got three of the 20 first-place votes, No. 2 Bedford North Lawrence (15-1) got four, No. 3 Crown Point (13-2) got the most with eight, No. 4 Franklin garnered four and No. 6 Noblesville got one. South Bend Washington is No. 5.
Regionally, sectional rivals East Central (11-3) Columbus East (11-3) are Nos. 16 and 17, respectively. Jennings County, Evansville North and Washington received votes.
INDIANA BASKETBALL COACHES POLL
Rank, School (1st place votes) Record
1. Homestead (3) 12-1, 2. Bedford North Lawrence (4) 15-1, 3. Crown Point (8) 13-2, 4. Franklin (4) 17-1, 5. South Bend Washington 15-2, 6. Noblesville (1) 14-3, 7. Westfield 13-3, 8. Fishers 12-3, 9. North Central 13.4, 10. Silver Creek 15-1, 11. Lake Central 13-3, 12. Benton Central 17-0, 13. Mishawaka Marian 13-3, 14. Columbia City 14-0, 15. Fort Wayne Snider 10-2, 16. East Central 11-3, 17. Columbus East 11-3, 18. Zionsville 11-5, 19. Valparaiso 12-3, 20. Garrett 14-1.
Others receiving votes: Ben Davis 10-5, Carmel 8-6, Evansville North 10-2, Fairfield 13-1, Fort Wayne Northrop 7-3, Hamilton Southeastern 10-6, Jac-Cen-Del 12-3, Jennings County 11-3, Lafayette Central Catholic 12-3, Lanesville 15-1, Northridge 14-3, Penn 10-6, Triton Central 14-2, Waldron 14-1, Warren Central 7-7, Warsaw 11-5, Washington 13-3, Winchester 14-1.
NOTE: Records as of Sunday.
