Butler moves into state basketball rankings

By Mike White | Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, 7:35 p.m.

The Butler boys' basketball team has cracked the Class AAAA top 10 in the latest Harrisburg Patriot-News state rankings.

Butler, under first-year coach Matt Clement (pictured above) is No. 10 in this week's rankings with a 12-0 record. This was a team that wasn't ranked in the top five in the WPIAL in a long time before this season.

Here are the Patriot-News' rankings for all classifications:

CLASS AAAA

1, Plymouth-Whitemarsh 11-0

2. Penn Wood 10-3

3. Mt. Lebanon 12-0

4. Frankford 10-2

5. St. Joseph's Prep 12-2

6. LaSalle College 10-3

7. John Bartram 8-4

8. Bethlehem Liberty 11-2

9. Chester 7-3

10. Butler 12-0

CLASS AAA

1. Neumann-Goretti 12-1

2. Archbishop Carroll 9-2

3. Hampton 11-1

4. Chartiers Valley 11-1

5. Eastern York 13-0

6. Erie East 9-1

7. Abington Heights 12-1

8. Holy Ghost Prep 12-3

9. Octorara 11-1

10. York Suburban 13-1

CLASS AA

1. Imhotep 10-1

 2. Strawberry Mansion 12-0

3. Communications Tech 10-0

4. South Fayette 9-0

5. Hughesville 11-0

6. Loyalsock 10-0

7. North Catholic 11-1

8. Mercyhurst Prep 10-2

9. Dunmore 10-3

10 Notre Dame-Green Pond 11-2

CLASS A

1. Girard College 9-4

2. Sewickley Academy 8-2

3. Reading Central Catholic 14-0

4. Greenwood 13-1

5. Serra 10-2

6. Elk County Catholic 10-1

7. New Hope Academy 12-0

8. Math, Civics & Sciences 10-3

9. Paul Robeson 8-2

10. Boys' Latin Charter 8-3