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Globe Top 20 girls' basketball poll: Foxborough, Norwell continue their rise

Globe Top 20 girls' basketball poll: Foxborough, Norwell continue their rise

Boston Globe28-01-2025

The next 10, in alphabetical order, are: Bishop Fenwick, Fontbonne, Framingham, Franklin, King Philip, Mansfield, Oliver Ames, Wakefield, Walpole, and Westford.
Records based on scores reported to the Globe.
The Globe's Top 20 girls' basketball poll
The Globe poll as of Jan. 28, 2025. Teams were selected by the Globe sports staff.
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No.
Team
Record
Previous
1.
Bishop Feehan
12-1-0
1
2.
Medfield
11-1-0
2
3.
Woburn
12-0-0
3
4.
St. Mary's
13-2-0
4
5.
Foxborough
11-1-0
6
6.
Norwell
11-1-0
7
7.
Cathedral
10-4-0
5
8.
Dartmouth
12-0-0
8
9.
Notre Dame (Hingham)
11-1-0
9
10.
Central Catholic
10-2-0
10
11.
Braintree
12-1-0
11
12.
Chelmsford
11-0-0
12
13.
Norwood
9-3-0
13
14.
Natick
10-3-0
16
15.
Pembroke
10-2-0
17
16.
North Quincy
10-3-0
14
17.
Quincy
11-3-0
15
18.
Lincoln-Sudbury
10-2-0
18
19.
Pentucket
11-2-0

20.
North Reading
12-1-0
20
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