Three local teams ranked in first AP prep football poll of season

WAUSAU -  Three local programs are ranked in the first Associated Press state prep football poll of the season 

Amherst is tied with Lodi for No. 2 in the Medium Division — schools with a student enrollment of 301-899 students — and Edgar and Iola-Scandinavia are ranked No. 2 and No. 10, respectively, in the Small Division. The state poll was released Tuesday afternoon.

Amherst travels to Fond du Lac for a matchup with Saint Mary's Springs, which is the No. 1 team in the Small Division. Springs received seven of the eight first-place votes in the poll. Black Hawk, which beat Owen-Withee in a season opener last Saturday, received the other first place vote. 

The matchup is one of two nonconference matchups involving a local program and a highly-ranked state opponent. 

Loyal, which received votes in the state poll, hosts Bangor on Friday. Bangor is ranked No. 3 in the Small Division while the Greyhounds received six votes in the same division. 

Marathon, coming off a win over Mosinee in Week 1, received votes in the Small Division as did Stevens Point Area Senior High in the Large Division. 

Kimberly and Catholic Memorial are both coming off of WIAA state championship seasons and were ranked No. 1 in the Large and Medium Divisions, respectively, in the state AP poll. 

The first 8-man football poll was released by the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association on Tuesday as well. Newman Catholic, which rolled to a 41-12 win over Wausaukee on Saturday, is ranked No. 6. Phillips, which is also in its first year as an 8-man program, is No. 8 in the state poll. 

ASSOCIATED PRESS STATE PREP FOOTBALL POLL 

Here is The Associated Press high school football poll. The poll includes first-place votes in parentheses, season record, total points and last week’s ranking, as voted upon by a statewide panel of sports writers. Teams are arranged in three divisions of equal size based on current enrollments

LARGE DIVISION (enrollment 900 and up)

1. Kimberly (7) 1-0, 71. 2. Franklin 1-0, 68. 3. Waunakee 1-0, 55. 4. Sun Prairie 1-0, 43. 5. Brookfield Central (1) 1-0, 36. 6. Fond du Lac 0-1, 29. 7. Middleton 1-0, 21. 8. Waukesha West 1-0, 16. 9. Brookfield East 1-0, 12. 10T. Hartland Arrowhead 1-0, 10. 10T. Hudson 1-0, 10. 10T. Monona Grove 1-0, 10. 

Others receiving votes:  Menasha 9. Madison Memorial 8. Bay Port 7. Lake Geneva Badger 5. Watertown 5. Verona Area 4. Menomonie 4. Stevens Point 4. Mequon Homestead 3. Appleton North 3. DeForest 3. Stoughton 2. Neenah 2.

MEDIUM DIVISION (301-899 enrollment)

1. Waukesha Catholic Memorial (6) 1-0, 76. 2T. Amherst 1-0, 48. 2T. Lodi 1-0, 48. 4. Pewaukee (1) 1-0, 36. 5. Mount Horeb-Barneveld 1-0, 34. 6. Notre Dame 1-0, 29. 7. St. Croix Central (1) 1-0, 26. 8. Rice Lake 1-0, 23. 9. Lake Mills 1-0, 18. 10T. Monroe 1-0, 11. 10T. Racine St. Catherine's 1-0, 11. 

Others receiving votes: New Glarus/Monticello 9. West De Pere 8. Reedsburg 7. Freedom 7. Cedar Grove-Belgium 6. Little Chute 6. Luxemburg-Casco 5. Columbus 5. Kewaskum 5. Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 4. Fox Valley Lutheran 4. Berlin 4. Osceola 3. Platteville 2. Southern Door 2. Ripon 1. Omro 1. Appleton Xavier 1.

SMALL DIVISION (300 and lower enrollment)

1. Fond du Lac Springs (7) 1-0, 74. 2. Edgar 1-0, 55. 3. Bangor 1-0, 38. 4. Black Hawk (1) 1-0, 34. 5. Grantsburg 1-0, 28. 6. Stanley-Boyd 1-0, 25. 7. Darlington 0-1, 24. 8. Regis 1-0, 22. 9. Abbotsford 1-0, 21. 10. Iola-Scandinavia 1-0, 18. 

Others receiving votes: Hilbert/Stockbridge 14. Fond du Lac Winnebago Lutheran 12. Wild Rose 10. Lake Country Lutheran 9. Loyal 6. Fall River 6. Pecatonica/Argyle 6. Marathon 5. Necedah 5. Melrose-Mindoro 4. Pardeeville 4.  Ozaukee 3. Ithaca 3. Horicon/Hustisford 3. Iowa-Grant 2. Burlington Catholic Central 2. Shiocton 2. Shullsburg 1. Spring Valley 1. Cambria-Friesland 1. Cambridge 1. Glenwood City 1.

WISCONSIN FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION 8-MAN POLL

1. Luck 1-0. 2. Oakfield 1-0. 3. Northwood/Solon Springs 1-0. 4. Abudant Life/St. Ambrose 1-0. 5. Sevastopol 1-0. 6. Newman Catholic 1-0. 7. Green Bay NEW Lutheran 1-0. 8. Phillips 8-0. 9. Alma Center Lincoln 1-0. 10. New Auburn 1-0.