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High school basketball polls the week after Thanksgiving are about as useful as a turkey leg left out on the counter overnight, but what the heck? We’ll take a stab at it and adjust accordingly once the reality of playing more than a dozen or so games kicks in.
All disclaimers aside, Westwood looks to be pretty solid, debuting at #1 after a 12-0 start including back-to-back blow-out district wins. The Warriors barely edge out #2 Stony Point (8 -2) for the top spot after the Tigers bombed a decent Vandegrift squad and fought off Vista Ridge. Round Rock (9-2) rounds out the District 25-6A podium sweep. Keep an eye on those three duking it out in district play.
St. Michael’s (10-2) caught our eye with an impressive road win at Stony Point. We’ll keep an eye on the TAPPS powerhouse as they face several other decent UIL schools throughout December before beginning district play. Westlake serves as District 26-6A’s sole representative at #5, leading a parade of throw-a-blanket-over-them 5A clubs from #6-9 with 4A Lago Vista cracking our initial poll.
We’ll likely expand the poll to 15 schools heading into 2025 as things come further into focus. But for now, it’s a start.
VYPE's Austin Boys Basketball Rankings
1. (NR) Westwood Warriors (6A) – 12-0 (Def. Cedar Ridge 63-40)
2. (NR) Stony Point Tigers (6A) – 8-2 (Def. Vista Ridge 70-60)
3. (NR) Round Rock Dragons (6A) – 9-2 (Def. McNeil 63-46)
4. (NR) St. Michael’s Warriors (TAPPS) – 10-2 (Def. Weiss 78-53)
5. (NR) Westlake Chaparrals (6A) – 5-2 (Def. Oak Ridge 68-53, 11/30)
6. (NR) East View Patriots (5A) – 8-3 (Lost 46-43 vs. Belton)
7. (NR) Leander Lions (5A) – 6-0 (Def. Connally 66-40)
8. (NR) Liberty Hill Panthers (5A) – 5-1 (Def. Shoemaker 63-62)
9. (NR) Lockhart Lions (5A) – 6-0 (Def. Hallettsville 86-52, 11/25)
10. (NR) Lago Vista Vikings (4A) – 7-3 (Def. Burnet 47-33)
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THE POWER RANKINGS: Vista, Vandy and Round Rock top first Austin-area girls basketball poll
05 Dec, 2024
The Austin area has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to Texas Girls High School Basketball. A week further into their season – and meaningful district games – than the guys, we’ve posted our first poll with 15 teams. If we hadn’t, several very good teams would go unrecognized.
To be sure, things are far from settling into any discernible pattern just yet. For instance, Vista Ridge debuts as #1 despite a rough loss to #5 Westlake – who fell to #4 Liberty Hill. And so, it went up and down the standings. An extra week of data helps a little – but everyone will be a lot wiser after Christmas than we are right now.
We’ll dive deeper next week but here’s our first crack at it.
VYPE's Austin Girls Basketball Rankings
1. (NR) Vista Ridge Lady Rangers (6A) – 13-3 (Def. Stony Point 71-38)
2. (NR) Vandegrift Lady Vipers (6A) – 12-5 (Def. Dripping Springs)
3. (NR) Round Rock Lady Dragons (6A) 14-2 (Def. McNeil 70-22)
4. (NR) Liberty Hill Lady Panthers (5A) – 11-1 (Def Little River Academy 44-38)
5. (NR) Westlake Lady Chaparrals (6A) – 10-3 (Def. Taylor 57-17)
6. (NR) Georgetown Lady Eagles (5A) – 11-2 (Def. Fredericksburg 62-54)
7. (NR) Glenn Lady Grizzlies (5A) 11-2 (Def. Bowie 63-58)
8. (NR) Bowie Lady Bulldogs (6A) – 11-5 (Lost 63-58 vs. Glenn)
9. (NR) Rouse Lady Raiders (5A) – 10-2 (Def. Belton 61-38)
10. (NR) Cedar Park Lady Timberwolves (5A) – 9-2 (Def. College Station 63-33)
11. (NR) Bastrop Lady Bears (5A) – 14-1 (N/A vs. Elgin)
12. (NR) Lake Travis Lady Cavaliers (6A) – 9-7 (Lost 49-31 @ Chaparral)
13. (NR) Cedar Ridge Lady Raiders (6A) – 8-4 (N/A at Westwood)
14. (NR) Manor New Tech Lady Titans (4A) 15-0 (Def. Austin Achieve 56-9)
15. (NR) Crockett Lady Cougars (5A) 10-3 (Lost 53-50 at Lockhart)
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