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Here are your final PennLive Class AAA girls’ basketball state rankings, through the PIAA championships.
And if the team sitting at No. 1 looks familiar, it should.
Blackhawk made it back-to-back state championships, knocking off Archbishop Wood for the second year in a row, 46-40 for another PIAA title.
The Cougars went wire-to-wire from the 1-line all season; coach Steve Lodovico and his crew opened the season at No. 1 in early December, and never gave up the top spot, finishing No. 1 yet again behind 2,600-point scorer and Duquesne recruit Chassidy Omogrosso, who scored 23 points in the finale against Archbishop Wood — after torching the Vikings for 26 points last year.
Archbishop Wood, which never budged from No. 2 in our rankings since early December, finishes in that spot. And with four starters due back next season, don’t be surprised if you see the Vikings as our preseason No. 1.
But this season, once again, it was all about Blackhawk.
Here is our final PennLive Class AAA top 10 for the 2014-15 season, plus honorable mention selections, through the PIAA state championships, with home district in parenthesis and overall record …
1. Blackhawk (7) 28-3 — previously: 1
2. Archbishop Wood (12) 26-5 — previously: 2
3. Conrad Weiser (3) 23-8 — previously: 3
4. Berks Catholic (3) 26-5 — previously: 4
5. Bethlehem Catholic (11) 27-2 — previously: 9
6. Honesdale (2) 24-5 — previously: 5
7. Chartiers Valley (7) 22-6 — previously: 8
8. Bonner-Prendergast (12) 16-10 — previously: 6
9. Greencastle-Antrim (3) 25-4 — previously: 10
10. West Perry (3) 24-6 — previously: 7
HONORABLE MENTION
Allentown Central Catholic (11) 24-4, Ambridge (7) 17-6, Athens (4) 22-6, Beaver Area (7) 20-9, Danville (4) 19-4, Elizabeth Forward (7) 19-7, Ford City (7) 18-4, Forest Hills (6) 20-3, Girard (10) 16-7, Gwynedd Mercy (1) 22-5, Hampton (7) 17-6, Hickory (10) 22-1, Indiana (7) 20-2, Juniata (6) 22-4, Lancaster Catholic (3) 22-6, Lewisburg (4) 15-11, Mars (7) 18-5, McGuffey (7) 20-9, Mercyhurst Prep (10) 22-5, Merion Mercy (1) 16-11, Mifflinburg (4) 19-4, North Pocono (2) 23-4, Northwestern Lehigh (11) 17-10, Pope John Paul II (1) 19-8, Saucon Valley (11) 15-8, Scranton Prep (2) 25-3, South Fayette (7) 19-8, South Park (7) 15-13, Southern Lehigh (11) 19-4, Trinity (7) 17-9, Villa Maria (10) 20-6, West York (3) 29-2.
