2011-12 boys basketball polls

State classification in parentheses; first-place votes in brackets; LW-last week; *-tie.

LARGE SCHOOLS

Also receiving votes (listed by points received): East Aurora (A-2) 2.

SMALL SCHOOLS

Also receiving votes (listed by points received): Silver Creek (C-2) 12, City Honors (B-2) 6, I-Prep/Grover (C-2) 3, Cleveland Hill (B-2) 2, Portville (C-2) 1.

2011-12 girls basketball polls

State classification in parentheses; first-place votes in brackets; LW-last week; *-tie.

LARGE SCHOOLS

Also receiving votes (listed by points received): Clarence (AA) 6, Nardin 4, Frontier (AA) 2, East Aurora (A-2) 1, Niagara-Wheatfield (AA) 1.

SMALL SCHOOLS

Also receiving votes: Roy-Hart (B-1) 16, Allegany-Limestone (B-2) 11, St. Mary's 9, Holland (C) 7, Medina (B-1) 6, Springville (B-1) 5, Eden (B-1) 2, Sherman (D) 1.

Coming attractions

- This week's boys basketball lineup is lightened a little bit with exams restricting the Yale Cup slate. Tonight is highlighted by a Monsignor Martin small school-large school battle of ranked teams as St. Mary's visits Bishop Timon-St. Jude at 7:30 p.m. Charter School of Applied Technologies -- which fell at home to Wilson Friday -- hosts another tough Niagara-Orleans opponent in Newfane at 6:30. ... In a pair of 6:30 p.m. Wednesday games, there's another large-small Catholic battle as Archbishop Walsh visits Canisius while MST Seneca visits Holland in a nonleague Class C matchup. ... Friday's lineup is loaded, and it starts with a matchup that is great every year: No. 3 large school St. Joe's hosts No. 1 Canisius at 7. Other top games include: MST Seneca at OTC Middle College in Yale Cup II (7 p.m.) and these 7:30 major matchups: Kenmore West at Niagara Falls in the Niagara Frontier League, Jamestown at Clarence in ECIC I, Section V (Rochester area) power Bishop Kearney at Timon in a nonleaguer and a CCAA II matchup between Portville at Silver Creek (both of which are receiving votes in the small school poll).

- No. 5 Sacred Heart is at St. Mary's on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ... No. 6 Jamestown hosts Clarence on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Unanimous No. 1 small school Cardinal O'Hara is at Bishop Kearney of Section V on Friday at 6 p.m.

- Today in Federation hockey, North Tonawanda and Niagara-Wheatfield meet at Niagara University at 9:05 p.m. Thursday's schedule includes Kenmore East versus Grand Island at Hyde Park at 5 p.m. In back-to-back games at the Northtowns Center on Thursday, Williamsville East plays Sweet Home at 7 p.m. followed by the Lew-Port-Amherst game at 9 p.m.

- In girls hockey, West Seneca plays Kenmore at the Hockey Outlet on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. The Monsignor Martin plays Amherst/Sweet Home on Thursday at Holiday Twin Rinks at 4:45 p.m. On Friday, Williamsville plays Kenmore at the Northtowns Center at 3:50 p.m.

- There are plenty of wrestling tournaments on tap this weekend. On Saturday it's the Pete Rao Memorial at Lew-Port, the 19th Salamanca Invitational, the Ken-Ton Tournament at Kenmore West and the Niagara-Orleans League Tournament at Albion.

- The Canisius swimming team faces one of its toughest challenges against Cathedral Prep of Erie, Pa., on Saturday at City Honors at noon.

- The Lancaster Fieldhouse will host the only indoor track meet of the weekend starting Saturday at 8 a.m.

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