Setting the scene for high school girls basketball in the MLive Bay City area with notebook, power rankings, playoff ratings, high-point games, league standings, upcoming schedule and more for Jan. 22,

Below are the statewide and conference season stat leaders in five categories: points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals for games played from Opening Day on Dec. 9 through Tuesday, Jan. 21. Lauren Knego and Luis Torres cover girls basketball. You can reach them at [email protected] and [email protected].

Power ratings are issued by District 3. Only games against PIAA opponents through Feb. 12 will count toward a team’s power rating. The district will qualify 16 teams in 6A, 14 in 5A, 10 in 4A, six in 3A, four in 2A and 10 in 1A.

Come in from the cold and take a look at how the girls basketball teams are stacking up in the Jackson area. Not much movement this week, as the weather resulted in a few cancelations which otherwise might have offered teams chances to climb their way up,

Allie Shenloogian (25) of Park Ridge drives to the basket while against Catlin McGee (10) of Cresskill during the girls basketball game between Park Ridge and Cresskill at Park Ridge High School in Park Ridge, NJ on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Mile Djordjiovski | For NJ Advance Media

Defending Division I nonselect champion Parkway downs Huntington in district matchup of elite programs; Oak Grove makes imprint with resounding win; Sulphur, Oakdale also debut.

Otsego’s Madden Fitzpatrick (12) dribbles the ball during a high school basketball game at Plainwell Field House in Plainwell, Michigan, on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. The boys and girls varsity double-headers against rival Otsego were the first games played in the new facility. (Devin Anderson-Torrez | MLive.com)

The top five remains the same, but contenders like Coolidge and Potomac School climbed the rankings this week.

The No. 1 teams in the state remained unchanged for the third week in a row in the latest Idaho high school girls basketball media poll. Owyhee (6A), Timberlake (4A) and Malad (3A) were ranked at the top of their respective classifications for the fifth week in a row,