Following is the Overall Top 10 girls high school basketball teams in Arkansas and the top five in Classes 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending January 16. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and previous rankings:
OVERALL
1. Bentonville (6) 9-2 165 1
2. FS Northside (8) 14-1 159 3
3. Batesville (3) 14-0 140 4
4. Melbourne 13-1 124 5
5. Conway (1) 11-3 110 2
6. Greenwood 9-3 95 6
7. LR Christian 12-1 74 7
8. Harrison 10-0 41 10
9. North Little Rock 10-4 35 9
10. Vilonia 13-2 19 8
Others receiving votes: Lake Hamilton 8, Jonesboro 6, Star City 4, Bergman 3, Nettleton 3, Farmington 1.
CLASS 6A
1. Bentonville (8). 9-2 .80. 1
2. FS Northside (9). 14-1 .78. 2
3. Conway (1) .11-3. 58. 2
4. North Little Rock 10-4 36 4
5. Fayetteville 6-6 13 5
Others receiving votes: Rogers 3, Bryant 2.
CLASS 5A
1. Batesville (16) 14-0 88 1
2. Greenwood (2 ) 9-3 67 2
3. LR Christian 12-1 53 3
4. Vilonia 13-2 28 4
5. Lake Hamilton 11-3 18 5
Others receiving votes: Jonesboro 13, Nettleton 2, Greenbrier 1.
CLASS 4A
1. Harrison (15) 10-0 86 1
2. Star City (3) 15-3 65 3
3. Pea Ridge (2) 14-2 31 NR
4. Nashville 12-4 24 5
5. Farmington 10-4 22 2
Others receiving votes: Mena 21, Shiloh Christian 11, Southside Batesville 6, Fountain Lake 4.
CLASS 3A
1. Bergman (9) 21-1 81 1
2. Mountain View (8) 10-2 69 2
3. Valley Springs 16-5 47 3
4. Central Ark. Christian (1) 8-0 37 NR
5. Hoxie 11-1 10 NR
(tie) Atkins 13-5 10 NR
Others receiving votes: Dover 8, Danville 5, Lamar 3.
CLASS 2A
1. Melbourne (18) 14-1 90 1
2. Des Arc 10-0 63 3
3. Tuckerman 16-2 62 2
4. Marmaduke 18-4 31 4
5. Acorn 15-3 8 5
Others receiving votes: Salem 7, Flippin 5, Cotter 3, Mansfield 1.
CLASS 1A
1. Viola (13) 19-3 84 1
2. Mount Vernon-Enola (4) 15-2 71 2
3. Kirby (1) 12-4 47 4
4. Emerson 11-3 39 3
5. Norfork 14-6 22 5
Others receiving votes: West Side Greers Ferry 3, Rural Special 2, Wonderview 1,Ouachita 1.
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