TABC Ranks Sabine Cardinals 5th In State

The latest Texas Association of Basketball Coaches poll, released Wednesday, has the 18-2A Cardinals trailing only Ponder, Shallowater, New Waverley and Whitewright.

Sabine's record of 12-2 reflects losses to two 3A powerhouses, West Orange-Stark and Hardin-Jefferson. H-J is currently ranked 7th statewide in Class 3A.

Sabine had strong showings in both games, losing 45-58 to H-J, and 57-61 to WO-S.

Full TABC rankings follow.

TABC/Tex Preps polls

Boys Basketball

Class 5A
1. SA Madison, 2. Duncanville, 3. Cedar Hill, 4. Kingwood, 5. Strake Jesuit, 6. Plano West, 7. North Crowley, 8. Converse Judson, 9. Mesquite, 10. Hurst Bell, 11. Plugerville, 12. Killeen Ellison, 13. Fort Bend Bush, 14. Dulles, 15. Leander, 16. Houston Bellaire, 17. SA Stevens, 18. SA Clark, 19. Converse Wagner, 20. Bryan

Class 4A
1. Yates, 2. Palo Duro, 3. Lake Travis, 4. Wheatley, 5. Lancaster, 6. Dallas Lincoln, 7. Dallas Carter, 8. Newman Smith, 9. Killeen, 10. Houston Jones, 11. Canyon Randall, 12. Ozen, 13. Highland Park, 14. Roma, 15. Mission Veterans Memorial, 16. Sherman, 17. Friendswood, 18. Boerne Champion, 19. Timberview, 20. Plainview

Class 3A
1. Lubbock Estacado, 2. Burkburnett, 3. Dallas Madison, 4. Argyle, 5. West Oso, 6. SA Sam Houston, 7. Hardin Jefferson, 8. Mexia, 9. Brownfield, 10. Silsbee, 11. Stafford, 12. Sweeney, 13. Sanger, 14. Glen Rose, 15. Lufkin Hudson, 16. Ferris, 17. Navasota, 18. Dallas Roosevelt, 19. Abilene Wylie, 20. Decatur

Class 2A
1. Ponder, 2. Shallowater, 3. New Waverley, 4. Whitewright, 5. Gladewater Sabine, 6. Jarrell, 7. Edgewood, 8. Floydada, 9. Brock, 10. Weimer, 11. Newton, 12. Frankston, 13. Wall, 14. Krum, 15. Godley, 16. Hearne, 17. Jourdanton, 18. Spearman, 19. Melissa, 20. Kountze

Class A Div. I
1. Cayuga, 2. Roscoe, 3. Bremond, 4. Mumford, 5. Plains, 6. Dallardsville Sandy, 7. Gruver, 8. Graford, 9. Wheeler, 10. Mt. Enterprise, 11. Bartlett, 12. Petrolia, 13. Clarendon, 14. Broaddus, 15. Normangee, 16. Archer City, 17. Sudan, 18. Stratford, 19. Detroit, 20. Dawson

Class 1A Div. II
1. Goodrich, 2. Ira, 3. Avinger, 4. Laneville, 5. Slocum, 6. Vega, 7. Paducah, 8. Waelder, 9. Nazareth, 10. Leggett, 11. Lipan, 12. Moulton, 13. Lorenzo, 14. May, 15. Priddy, 16. Calvert, 17. Knippa, 18. Texline, 19. Throckmorton, 20. Eden