Girls High School Basketball

Predicting each high school girls basketball league in the Treasure Valley — 5A to 1A

By Michael Lycklama

mlycklama@idahostatesman.com

Eagle’s Cassidy Tiegs, bottom, and Mountain View’s Abby Kreiser battle for possession in last year’s 5A state semifinals. The two players and teams will battle for the top spot in the 5A Southern Idaho Conference all season, according to a vote of the conference coaches.
Eagle’s Cassidy Tiegs, bottom, and Mountain View’s Abby Kreiser battle for possession in last year’s 5A state semifinals. The two players and teams will battle for the top spot in the 5A Southern Idaho Conference all season, according to a vote of the conference coaches. Kyle Green kgreen@idahostatesman.com

With the high school girls basketball season kicking into gear, the Idaho Statesman surveyed all 45 coaches in District Three on how they predicted their conference races would play out.

Below are the results of each league’s preseason coaches’ poll. How do you think they did? Is your team ranked too low? Let us know in the comments.

5A SIC

Team (1st-place votes)

Last year

Pts

1. Eagle (9)

21-6

138

2. Mountain View (1)

23-4

127

3. Centennial (2)

23-4

122

4. Boise

19-7

108

5. Capital

14-11

92

6. Borah

18-11

88

7. Kuna

16-7

70

8. Timberline

7-17

54

9. Rocky Mountain

10-14

52

10. Meridian

3-16

37

11. Columbia

6-16

25

12. Nampa

2-20

23

 

4A SIC

Team (1st-place votes)

Last year

Pts

1. Middleton (5)

14-11

61

2. Bishop Kelly (3)

20-6

54

3. Caldwell

17-10

46

4. Skyview

13-11

35

5. Mountain Home

2-21

32

6. Emmett

22-6

30

7. Vallivue

1-21

16

8. Ridgevue

0-0

14

 

3A SRV

Team (1st-place votes)

Last year

Pts

1. Parma (4)

10-15

20

t-2. Homedale

18-7

13

t-2. Weiser

12-12

13

4. Fruitland

4-18

8

5. Payette

1-22

6

Note: One coach did not vote.

 

2A WIC

Team (1st-place votes)

Last year

Pts

1. Cole Valley Christian (4)

22-3

33

2. Melba (2)

7-16

32

3. New Plymouth

19-6

24

4. Marsing

11-15

17

5. McCall-Donnelly

13-10

11

6. Nampa Christian

5-16

9

 

1A DIVISION I WIC

Team (1st-place votes)

Last year

Pts

1. Horseshoe Bend (5)

17-8

110

2. Liberty Charter (3)

22-3

104

3. Idaho City (1)

19-3

97

4. Notus (1)

13-11

84

5. Ambrose

7-18

81

6. Rimrock

10-10

55

7. Victory Charter

2-14

48

8. Greenleaf (1)

3-13

43

9. North Star Charter

0-0

41

10. Riverstone

5-12

39

11. Wilder

0-21

24

 

1A DIVISION II LONG PIN

Team (1st-place votes)

Last year

Pts

1. Salmon River (4)

18-5

20

2. Council

19-6

13

3. Tri-Valley

8-13

11

4. Garden Valley

8-15

10

5. Cascade

3-17

6

Note: One coach did note vote.

Michael Lycklama: 208-377-6424, @MichaelLycklama

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