Final girls basketball rankings, 2007-08

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By RON POWELL / Lincoln Journal Star

Class A                                                                             Pvs.

  1. Lincoln Southeast (26-1)                                           1

  2. Millard West (24-2)                                                     2

  3. Millard North (21-5)                                                     4

  4. Bellevue East (21-7)                                                   3

  5. Omaha Marian (16-9)                                                 8

  6. Lincoln East (17-7)                                                      5

  7. Kearney (22-5)                                                              6

  8. Omaha Westside (17-9)                                             7

  9. Bellevue West (13-10)                                                9

10. Millard South (14-7)                                                    10

Class B                                                                               Pvs.  1. South Sioux City (24-1)                                                1

  2. Alliance (25-1)                                                               2

  3. Lincoln Pius X (18-4)                                                   4

  4. Elkhorn (21-4)                                                               7

  5. Seward (20-2)                                                               3

  6. Holdrege (21-3)                                                            5

  7. Crete (18-4)                                                                   6

  8. Gretna (16-7)                                                                —

  9. Omaha Gross (15-7)                                                   8

10. Beatrice (12-10)                                                           —

Class C-1                                                                           Pvs.  1. Norfolk Catholic (24-1)                                                1

  2. Bishop Neumann (22-3)                                             4

  3. Crofton (24-2)                                                                2

  4. Milford (20-4)                                                                 8

  5. Fairbury (16-5)                                                              3

  6. Minden (21-4)                                                                6

  7. St. Paul (17-4)                                                                5

  8. Hershey (17-5)                                                              —

  9. Kearney Catholic (17-7)                                                7

10. Twin River (16-4)                                                           10

Class C-2                                                                             Pvs.

  1. Perkins County (24-0)                                                   1

  2. Sutton (23-2)                                                                   3

  3. West Point CC (22-4)                                                    4

  4. Cambridge (23-2)                                                          2

  5. Ravenna (19-6)                                                               6

  6. GI Central Catholic (18-8)                                             5

  7. East Butler (21-3)                                                           8

  8. Elkhorn Valley (20-5)                                                    10

  9. Blue Hill (18-4)                                                               9

10. Elmwood-Murdock (18-5)                                            7

Class D-1                                                                            Pvs.

  1. Bancroft-Rosalie (27-0)                                                1

  2. Pope John (25-3)                                                           2

  3. Humphrey (21-4)                                                            4

  4. Arapahoe (20-8)                                                             8

  5. Humphrey St. Francis (15-6)                                       3

  6. Lawrence-Nelson (15-9)                                              —

  7. Meridian (18-6)                                                               —

  8. Hay Springs (17-6)                                                        —

  9. Silver Lake (18-3)                                                           5

10. Eustis-Farnam (17-3)                                                   6

Class D-2                                                                            Pvs.  1. Ewing (23-3)                                                                   2

  2. Falls City Sacred Heart (25-2)                                     1

  3. Pleasanton (24-2)                                                         5

  4. Chambers (23-4)                                                           3

  5. North Loup-Scotia (22-2)                                             4

  6. Mullen (21-1)                                                                  6

  7. Coleridge (20-4)                                                            7

  8. Giltner (18-5)                                                                   9

  9. Loomis (14-6)                                                               10

10. Sioux County (19-3)                                                       8

Class A

Millard North recovered nicely from a district upset loss to Papillion-La Vista with state tournament wins over No. 4 Bellevue East and No. 7 Kearney. Marian gets a three-spot promotion for its district final win over Lincoln East. The Spartans’ 15-point win at Kearney early in the season keeps East ahead of the Bearcats. Millard South remains at No. 10 over Papillion-La Vista based on its regular season win over the Monarchs.

Class BLike Millard North, Pius X benefited greatly from the newly added third place games at state. The Thunderbolts were able to erase a district final loss to Beatrice with wins over No. 4 Elkhorn and No. 6 Holdrege. Elkhorn is rewarded for its first-round win over Seward. Even though the Bluejays fell to Holdrege in the Central Conference Tournament in January, a strong February keeps Seward ahead of the Dusters. Seward beat No. 3 Pius X and posted two wins over No. 7 Crete in the three weeks leading up to state. Gretna’s near-upset of South Sioux City in the first round at state and its win over Omaha Gross in the district finals pops the Dragons into the top 10. Beatrice was 0-2 against Gross this season, so No. 10 is the best the Lady Orange can do after its win over Pius X in districts.

Class C-1

Milford vaults up four spots for its win over Fairbury in the subdistrict finals, while Hershey re-appears in the final top 10 for its subdistrict win over Kearney Catholic. Columbus Scotus exits for losing to Boone Central in the first round of subdistricts. With no clear-cut No. 10 team, Twin River (a loser to unranked Columbus Lakeview in the sub-district final) gets the nod based on the final wild-card point standings.

Class C-2

Ravenna didn’t make the state tournament, but the Bluejays get promoted for a win over Grand Island Central Catholic in the subdistrict. Elmwood-Murdock gets knocked down three spots for losing to Malcolm in the subdistrict final.

Class D-1

Arapahoe’s first-round win at state over Humphrey St. Francis was worth a four-spot jump for the Warriors. With subdistricts and districts being very turbulent in this class, Lawrence-Nelson, Meridian and Hay Springs move into the ratings simply for making the state tournament. Previous No. 5 Silver Lake slips for a loss to Kenesaw. Eustis-Farnam, No. 6 last time, lost in overtime to Hay Springs in the district final.

Class D-2

Sioux County made it to state, but slides two spots for a subdistrict setback to Potter-Dix. It’s a tough call who should be No. 2 behind Ewing since Falls City Sacred Heart and Pleasanton both beat Chambers and lost to Ewing at state. Sacred Heart’s No. 1 ranking coming into state and the fact the Irish were ahead of Pleasanton in the wild-card standings provides the tiebreaker.