See how an illness to one of the state’s best players and other stars soaring past 4,000 career points affected our latest rankings.

After handing previously unbeaten Vicksburg its first loss of 2025, and basking in several worthy milestones, Paw Paw has emerged as Southwest Michigan’s new No. 1 team, while other squads continue to make their case as area contenders.

As the girls high school basketball season gets near the end of the regular season, here are our top 25 teams in Louisiana this week. Previous rank: 1 Power rating: No. 1 (Division I nonselect) The defending state champs defeated district opponents Airline and Haughton by scores of 73-40 and 69-42.