NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After returning to winning ways at Loretto on Friday, the Cascade Lady Champions maintained their No. 7 ranking in the latest Tennessee Sports Writers Association and USA TODAY Network in Tennessee poll for Feb. 2. 

The TSWA/USA TODAY Network poll will be released each week until the Tennessee high school basketball season concludes in mid-March. In Division I, each first-place vote is worth 10 points, second place is worth nine points which continues to the 10th-place vote, which receives one point. First-place votes are included in parenthesis.

After suffering their first two-game losing streak of the season a couple of weeks ago, the Lady Champions dropped from No. 3 to No. 7. Feb. 2 marks the second-consecutive week that Cascade comes in at the seventh spot, this time  with 45 points, just seven points behind Stewart County with 52 points. 

The full TSWA/USA TODAY Tennessee Girls’ Class 2A rankings are included below:

1. York Institute (8) 107 points. Record: 18-3. Last week: No. 1
2. Gatlinburg-Pittman (3) 99 points. Record: 18-3. Last week: No. 2
3. Westview 88 points. Record: 16-3. Last week: No. 3
4. Huntingdon 77 points. Record: 19-3. Last week: No. 4
5. Gibson County 61 points. Record: 18-6. Last week: No. 5
6. Stewart County 52 points. Record: 19-3. Last week: No. 6
7. Cascade 45 points. Record: 18-5. Last week: No. 7
8. Pearl-Cohn 41 points. Record: 15-4. Last week: No. 8
9. Smith County 19 points. Record: 14-9. Last week: No. 9
10. Tyner Academy 8 points. Record: 15-4. Last week: No. 10

Others receiving 10 or more points: None.

Cascade continues District 9-AA play this week, hosting Community in the 'Battle of Bedford' on Tuesday night before traveling to Chapel Hill on Friday.