Reigning WIAA state champion Milwaukee Marquette tops the first Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Division 1 boys poll of the season.
Five of the teams that qualified for the state tournament last fall are in the top 10 in the state's largest division, with No. 2 Green Bay Preble, joint No. 3s Middleton and Kettle Moraine – state runner-up in 2011 – and No. 5 Brookfield East joining the Hilltoppers.
Marquette and Preble played to a 2-2 draw Saturday in the final of Brookfield East's Al Gusho Memorial Tournament, with the Hilltoppers claiming the title 7-6 on penalty kicks.
In the other two divisions, last season's runners-up start this year atop the rankings.
Waukesha Catholic Memorial – a state finalist each of the past five years – heads up the Division 2 poll, with 2011 champion Mount Horeb checking in at No. 3. Two-time defending Division 3 champion Racine Prairie School is second behind Winnebago Lutheran in Division 3.
WSCA STATE POLLS: Aug. 27, 2012 | |||
DIVISION 1 | Record | 2011 final | |
1 | Milwaukee Marquette | 3-0-2 | 1 |
2 | Green Bay Preble | 4-0-3 | NR |
3 | Middleton | 5-0-0 | 2 |
3 | Kettle Moraine | 5-0-0 | 10 |
5 | Brookfield East | 3-1-1 | 3 |
6 | Muskego | 4-3-0 | 9 |
7 | Waukesha West | 5-1-0 | 4 |
8 | Kimberly | 6-0-0 | NR |
9 | Madison Memorial | 3-2-0 | NR |
10 | Whitefish Bay | 4-1-0 | NR |
Honorable mention | |||
Madison West, Menomonee Falls, Hartland Arrowhead, Eau Claire Memorial, Brookfield Central. | |||
DIVISION 2 | Record | 2011 final | |
1 | Waukesha Catholic Memorial | 3-1-1 | 1 |
2 | Pewaukee | 6-1-0 | 3 |
3 | Mount Horeb | 3-1-0 | NR |
4 | Appleton Xavier | 2-3-1 | HM |
5 | Green Bay Notre Dame | 3-1-1 | 2 |
Honorable mention | |||
Appleton Fox Valley Lutheran, Grafton, Madison Edgewood, Shorewood, Plymouth. | |||
DIVISION 3 | Record | 2011 final | |
1 | Winnebago Lutheran | 3-1-0 | HM |
2 | Racine Prairie School | 1-1-0 | 2 |
3 | Racine St. Catherine's | 1-0-1 | HM |
4 | Green Bay NEW Lutheran | 6-0-0 | 5 |
4 | Oostburg | 7-2-0 | NR |
Honorable mention | |||
Milwaukee Thomas More, Whitefish Bay Dominican, Milwaukee St. Anthony, Somers Shoreland Lutheran, La Crosse Aquinas. Note: Records through Sunday |