Texas Panhandle teams highlight boys and girls TABC Preseason poll

The Texas Panhandle was well represented during the release of the 2019-2020 Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Preseason Poll on Tuesday.

Nine girls teams and six boys squads from the Amarillo-area are ranked in the Top 25 throughout all classifications.

On the girls side, it was the traditional powers getting the most respect.

Amarillo High and Nazareth earned No. 1-rankings, and deservingly so.

The Lady Sandies are the two-time defending state champs in Class 5A while the Swiftettes have won three straight Class 1A state titles.

On the boys side, Gruver came in at the highest spot of all Texas Panhandle teams. The Greyhounds, who were a state-runner up last season, are ranked No. 2 in the preseason poll.

Nazareth, a state tournament team last season, came in at No. 4 in Class 1A.

2019-2020 TABC Girls UIL Preseason Rankings

Senior Zayla Tinner and Amarillo High came in No. 1 in the Class 5A TABC Girls UIL Preseason Poll on Tuesday. The Lady Sandies are the two-time defending Class 5A state champions. [Photo by Ronald Cortes]

Class 6A

1. Converse Judson

2. Desoto

3. Allen

4. Summer Creek

5. Garland Sachse

6. Irving MacArthur

7. Houston Westside

8. Austin Westlake

9. Hendrickson

10. South Grand Prairie

11. Jersey Village

12. Duncanville

13. Cedar Hill

14. San Antonio Brandeis

15. Vista Ridge

16. Katy

17. Cypress Ranch

18. Dallas Skyline

19. Cibolo Steele

20. Waco Midway

21. Ridge Point

22. Cypress Creek

23. San Antonio Clark

24. Prosper

25. Laredo United

Class 5A

1. Amarillo High

2. Frisco Liberty

3. Shadow Creek

4. Kerrville Tivy

5. Timberview

6. Red Oak

7. Fort Bend Hightower

8. SA Veterans Memorial

9. Royse City

10. The Colony

11. Cedar Park

12. Pflugerville

13. CC Veterans Memorial

14. Mansfield Legacy

15. Frisco Centennial

16. Flour Bluff

17. Wylie East

18. Lubbock Cooper

19. Birdville

20. Manvel

21. Boerne Champion

22. Grapevine

23. South Oak Cliff

24. Bryan Rudder

25. Georgetown

Class 4A 

1. Argyle

2. Hardin-Jefferson

3. Dallas Lincoln

4. Liberty Hill

5. Canyon

6. Burnet

7. Canton

8. Levelland

9. Fairfield

10. Decatur

11. Pleasant Grove

12. Fredericksburg

13. Silsbee

14. Stephenville

15. Glen Rose

16. Gilmer

17. Beeville Jones

18. Midlothian Heritage

19. Bullard

20. Lorena

21. Brownsboro

22. Sunnyvale

23. Hereford

24. Waco Connally

25. El Campo

Class 3A

1. Mt Pleasant Chapel Hill

2. Idalou

3. Woodville

4. Poth

5. Shallowater

6. Edgewood

7. Buffalo

8. Jim Ned

9. Schulenburg

10. Brock

11. Winnsboro

12. Anderson-Shiro

13. Luling

14. Cisco

15. Mineola

16. Franklin

17. Wall

18. Howe

19. Aransas Pass

20. Keene

21. Skidmore-Tynan

22. Nocona

23. Pottsboro

24. Odem

25. Hitchcock

Class 2A

1. Martin’s Mill

2. Panhandle

3. Grapeland

4. Mason

5. Wellington

6. Era

7. Marlin

8. San Saba

9. Gruver

10. Vega

11. Muenster

12. Woden

13. Farwell

14. Falls City

15. Collinsville

16. Timpson

17. Snook

18. Haskell

19. Douglass

20. Thorndale

21. Celeste

22. Centerville

23. Valley View

24. Kerens

25. Union Grove

Class 1A

1. Nazareth

2. Dodd City

3. Hermleigh

4. Moulton

5. Lipan

6. Ropes

7. Chireno

8. New Home

9. Blackwell

10. Huckabay

11. Slidell

12. Aspermont

13. Sands

14. Whiteface

15. LaPoynor

16. Rockspings

17. Veribest

18. Rankin

19. Eula

20. Saltillo

21. Patton Springs

22. Grady

23. Abbott

24. Robert Lee

25. McMullen County

2019-2020 TABC Boys UIL Preseason Rankings

Senior Jalin Conyers and Gruver came in at No. 2 in the TABC Boys UIL Preseason Poll. The Greyhounds advanced to the UIL Class 2A state championship game last season. [Mackenzie Teal/ Press Pass Sports]

Class 6A

1. Duncanville

2. Morton Ranch

3. Beaumont United

4. Dickinson

5. Steele

6. Guyer

7. Waco Midway

8. Waco Ellison

9. Lewisville

10. Summer Creek

11. Laredo Nixon

12. Allen

13. Austin Westlake

14. FB Bush

15. Vandegrift

16. Permian

17. North Shore

18. Euless Trinity

19. Waxahachie

20. Dallas Jesuit

21. Austin Bowie

22. Atascocita

23. SA  Brennan

24. Klein Forest

25. McAllen Rowe

Class 5A

1. Lancaster

2. Wagner

3. Timberview

4. Manor

5. Sulphur Springs

6. PA Memorial

7. FB Hightower

8. Wyatt

9. Northwest

10. Highland Park

11. Lone Star

12. Brewer

13. Red Oak

14. Midlothian

15. Rider

16. Austin LBJ

17. South Oak Cliff

18. Burleson Centennial

19. Kimball

20. Colleyville Heritage

21. Shadow Creek

22. Texas City

23. Laredo Martin

24. Nederland

25. CC Ray

Class 4A

1. Faith Family

2. Yates

3. Liberty Hill

4. Argyle

5. Dallas Lincoln

6. Dallas Carter

7. Decatur

8. Silsbee

9. West Oso

10. Connally

11. Estacado

12. Fulshear

13. Sinton

14. Clint

15. Palestine

16. Pleasanton

17. Paris

18. Waxahachie Life

19. Burkburnett

20. Taylor

21. Dallas Pinkston

22. Navasota

23. Wilmer Hutchins

24. China Spring

25. WF Hirschi

Class 3A

1. Dallas Madison

2. Brock

3. Cole

4. East Chambers

5. Randolph

6. Crockett

7. Shallowater

8. Coldspring

9. Atlanta

10. Grandview

11. Tatum

12. Peaster

13. Jefferson

14. Abernathy

15. Malakoff

16. Hallettsville

17. Santa Rosa

18. Childress

19. Commerce

20. London

21. Wall

22. Franklin

23. Marion

24. Van Alstyne

25. Academy

Class 2A

1. Shelbyville

2. Gruver

3. Martin’s Mill

4. Hearne

5. Tenaha

6. Muenster

7. Grapeland

8. Port Aransas

9. Clarksville

10. Thorndale

11. Floydada

12. San Perlita

13. Post

14. Broaddus

15. Wheeler

16. Flatonia

17. Tahoka

18. Yorktown

19. Big Sandy

20. Stamford

21. San Augustine

22. McLeod

23. Dallardsville Big Sandy

24. Windthorst

25. Slocum

Class 1A

1. Slidell

2. Graford

3. Jayton

4. Nazareth

5. Oakwood

6. Borden County

7. Lapoynor

8. Laneville

9. Neches

10. Eula

11. New Home

12. Paducah

13. Texline

14. Saltillo

15. Shamrock

16. Lipan

17. Leggett

18. Rocksprings

19. Irion County

20. Moulton

21. Rankin

22. Spur

23. Springlake Earth

24. Ector

25. Hermleigh