Six of the seven defending champions of South Dakota high school football are ranked first in the preseason polls from the South Dakota Football Coaches Association. 2019 titleholders who have the top spots are O’Gorman in 11AAA, Pierre in 11AA, Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan in 11B, Viborg-Hurley in 9AA, Canistota/Freeman in 9A and Colman-Egan in 9B.
Here are the polls, with first-place votes in parentheses:
11AAA
1 O’Gorman (13)
2 SF Roosevelt (9)
3 Brandon Valley
4 Sioux Falls Washington
5 Sioux Falls Lincoln
Others receiving votes: Harrisburg
11AA
1 Pierre (20)
2 Brookings (1)
3 Yankton
4 Mitchell (1)
5 Huron
Others receiving votes: Douglas
11A
1 Tea Area (9)
2 Canton (9)
3 Dell Rapids (2)
4 Dakota Valley (2)
5 West Central
Others receiving votes: Madison, Lennox
11B
1 Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan (12)
2 Winner (7)
3 Sioux Valley (2)
4 St. Thomas More (1)
5 McCook Central/Montrose
Others receiving votes: Elk Point-Jefferson, Beresford
9AA
1 Viborg-Hurley (20)
2 Bon Homme (1)
3 Lemmon-McIntosh
4 Deuel (1)
5 Platte-Geddes
Others receiving votes: Hamlin, Arlington/Lake Preston, Baltic
9A
1 Canistota/Freeman (20)
2 Howard
3 Gregory (1)
4 Sully Buttes
5 Britton-Hecla (1)
Others receiving votes: DeSmet, Warner
9B
1 Colman-Egan (9)
2 Wolsey-Wessington (6)
3 Dell Rapids St. Mary (3)
4 Herreid/Selby Area
5 Langford (1)
Others receiving votes: Harding County, Faulkton Area
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