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Posted on Mon, Feb 4, 2013 : 5:45 a.m.

Top two boys teams, Pioneer and Ypsilanti, to face off Tuesday for No. 1 spot

By Kyle Austin

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The Pioneer team celebrates after defeating Saline 58-53 on Friday.

Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com

Ypsilanti and Pioneer have been our top two boys basketball teams all season, and have changed places twice in the last two weeks.

Tuesday, they’ll be able to settle it on the court.

No. 1 Pioneer will travel to No. 2 Ypsilanti in an SEC crossover game between Washtenaw County’s best teams. Tipoff is at 7 p.m.

The Pioneers have the top spot in this week’s rankings, due to Ypsilanti’s Friday loss to Thornton North (Ill.). But both stand out above the rest of the county’s game. Pioneer has lost only once since mid-December, and Ypsilanti’s three losses have come by a combined five points. Neither team has lost to another in Washtenaw County.

Milan ran its record to 12-1 on the year to stay in third place, while the next four teams in our rankings: Huron, Skyline, Saline and Lincoln all finished 1-1 on the week.

Washtenaw County Boys Basketball Power Rankings
Rank, School (Record), Latest Result (last week's ranking)

  1. Pioneer (10-3), beat Saline, 58-53 Friday (2)
  2. Ypsilanti (10-3), lost to Thornton North (Ill.), 32-30 Saturday (1)
  3. Milan (12-1), def. Carleton Airport, 82-46 Friday (3)
  4. Huron (6-5), lost to Temperance Bedford, 75-65 Friday (4)
  5. Skyline (5-7), def. Monroe, 62-52 Friday (5)
  6. Saline (7-6), lost to Pioneer, 58-53 Friday (6)
  7. Lincoln (6-7), lost to Tecumseh, 44-40 Friday (7)
  8. Greenhills (11-1), def. Newport Lutheran South, 69-42 Friday (8)
  9. Dexter (6-6), def. Adrian, 52-36 Friday (9)
  10. Father Gabriel Richard (5-8), def. Dearborn Divine Child, 73-71 Friday (10)
  11. Chelsea (3-9), lost to Ypsilanti, 71-39 Friday (11)
  12. Willow Run (5-8), def. Arbor Prep, 68-54 Friday (14)
  13. Arbor Prep (6-6), lost to Willow Run, 68-54 Friday (13)
  14. Whitmore Lake (4-9), lost to Clinton, 68-57 Friday (12)
  15. Rudolf Steiner (9-6), lost to Hillsdale Will Carleton, 50-47 Friday (15)
  16. Washtenaw Christian (8-4), def. Central Academy, 57-48 Friday (16)
  17. Manchester (1-13), lost to East Jackson, 88-66 Friday (17)
  18. Calvary Christian (1-12), lost to Westland Huron Valley Lutheran, 54-42 Friday (18)
Records not available: Central Academy, Eastern Washtenaw Multicultural Academy

No. 1 Dexter, No. 3 Huron girls to do battle Tuesday

While our boys teams have a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup, our girls basketball teams have a pretty good Tuesday matchup, too.

No. 1 Dexter travels to No. 3 Huron Tuesday in our AnnArbor.com Game of the Week, pitting first-place SEC teams against one another.

The Dreadnaughts have been our top-ranked team all year, while Huron moves up a spot to No. 3, after Chelsea suffered a loss to Ypsilanti at home.

Washtenaw County Girls Basketball Power Rankings Rank, School (Record), Latest Result (last week's ranking)

  1. Dexter (14-1), def. Adrian, 46-10 Friday (1)
  2. Manchester (14-1), def. Addison, 64-43 Thursday (2)
  3. Huron (9-4), def. Temperance Bedford, 46-36 Friday (4)
  4. Chelsea (9-5), lost to Ypsilanti, 46-40 Friday (3)
  5. Lincoln (11-4), def. Tecumseh, 43-36 Friday (5)
  6. Saline (9-6), def. Pioneer, 41-35 Friday (6)
  7. Ypsilanti (9-5), def. Chelsea, 46-40 Friday (7)
  8. Pioneer (8-6), lost to Saline, 41-35 Friday (8)
  9. Arbor Prep (11-4), def. Harper Woods Chandler Park, 49-42 Saturday (9)
  10. Skyline (6-9), def. Monroe, 43-31 Friday (10)
  11. Rudolf Steiner (9-2), def. Hillsdale Will Carleton, 36-15 Friday (11)
  12. Greenhills (8-6), def. Newport Lutheran South, 42-28 Friday (12)
  13. Willow Run (6-7), def. Detroit University Prep, 46-39 Friday (13)
  14. Washtenaw Christian (5-6), def. Taylor Baptist Park, 38-24 Friday (14)
  15. Father Gabriel Richard (2-13) lost to Riverview Gabriel Richard, 61-39 Friday (15)
  16. Milan (2-13), lost to Riverview, 50-25 Thursday (16)
  17. Whitmore Lake (2-12), lost to Clinton, 60-32 Friday (17)

Record not available: Central Academy, Calvary Christian

Kyle Austin covers sports for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kyleaustin@annarbor.com or 734-623-2535. Follow him on Twitter @KAustin_AA.