Varsity 4 Super 6 girls basketball: Top 4 teams stay put; Orange Park moves into rankings

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The News4JAX Super 6 girls high school basketball rankings will be published each Monday — except during the weeks of Thanksgiving and Christmas — through the regular season. Records are through Dec. 21.

Varsity 4 Super 6 girls basketball rankings

Rank, previous, school, record, classification

1. (1) Bolles (8-4, Class 3A)

Quality win: Nease, Orange Park, Ribault, Tocoi Creek, Valor Christian

Notable: Quality week of work for the Bulldogs, with three easy wins. Bolles handled Nease (67-48), Rickards (66-45) and Ribault (66-40) since our last Super 6. They’re off until Jan. 2. Evie Freeman (13.1 ppg, 5.2 rpg) and C Terrell McCoy (11.1 ppg, 7 rpg) are leading the way for Bolles. Presley Norman joined Freeman as Bolles players to reach the 1,000-point milestone this season. She’s averaging 9.6 ppg.

2. (2) Bishop Kenny (10-1, Class 4A)

Quality wins: Dillard, Episcopal, Orlando First Academy, Wildwood.

Glance: Kenny stretched its winning streak to eight games with easy wins since our last Super 6. They beat a quality Rural team (Wildwood), easily (58-20), and they drubbed Spruce Creek (66-28) after that. They’ve got New Port River Ridge on Tuesday. Kathleen Crawley (16 ppg, 5.4 rpg) is leading the way for Kenny.

3. (3) Tocoi Creek (10-3, Class 6A)

Quality wins: Hilliard, Jackson, Rickards

Notable: The Toros dropped their lone game to Campbell, Ga. (50-49) in a tight one. They’ve got the Insider Exposure tournament Monday and Tuesday in Cherokee, NC. Two of Tocoi Creek’s losses (Bolles, Campbell) have come by a combined three points. No reason to worry too much about the Toros.

4. (4) Providence (8-3, Class 2A)

Quality wins: Episcopal, Keys Gate, Nease, Spruce Creek, Trinity Catholic, Western.

Notable: The Stallions have won six consecutive games, including solid Ws over Western (60-55) and Keys Gate (62-57) since our last Super 6. They’re off until Jan. 3 against Lincoln, followed by a clash at No. 1 Bolles on Jan. 6.

5. (6) Ponte Vedra (10-2, Class 5A)

Quality wins: Bishop Snyder, Episcopal, Lee County, Ga., Nease, Orange Park, White

Notable: The Sharks have won four straight since a loss to Creekside, having no problem wins against Snyder (58-39), Middleburg (71-34) and Sandalwood (57-19). They head to the Tampa Bay Christmas Invitational on Dec. 27. Jocelyn Hoffmann (18.2 ppg) and Audra Davis (11 ppg) are leading the way for the Sharks.

6. (NR) Orange Park (10-3, Class 5A)

Quality wins: Bartram Trail, Beachside, Leon, Ribault, White.

Notable: The Raiders have won seven consecutive games since a loss to an 8-3 Pensacola Booker T. Washington. Their only local losses have come to No. 1 Bolles and No. 5 Ponte Vedra. They’ve got Lincoln on Tuesday before the Christmas break. Ella Crowe (12.5 ppg, 7.2 rpg), Trinity Dinkins (12.3 ppg, 9.3 rpg) and Gabby Mallory (11.3 ppg, 5.8 rpg) are leading the Raiders.

Dropped out

Creekside (8-5, Class 7A).

Keep an eye on

Bartram Trail (3-3, Class 6A); Beachside (4-5, Class 5A); Bishop Snyder (6-7, Class 2A); Creekside (8-5, Class 7A); Eagle’s View (7-1, Class 1A); Episcopal (7-4, Class 3A); Fleming Island (8-4, Class 5A); Fort White (8-2, Rural); Hilliard (7-3, Rural); Jackson (9-5, Class 3A); Nease (8-4, Class 6A); North Florida Educational (4-4, Class 1A); Ribault (9-5, Class 4A); San Jose Prep (7-6, Class 2A); White (8-5, Class 5A).