Paul Johnson’s Aurora-Elgin girls basketball rankings and player of the week

Waubonsie Valley maintains grip on top spot, while three teams inch up the rankings.

Top 10

With records through Monday and previous rankings in parentheses.

1. Waubonsie Valley 14-1 (1)

Arie Garcia-Evans, Danyella Mporokoso and Lily Newton are all-tournament at Wheaton North.

2. Batavia 12-4 (3)

Bulldogs go 3-1 at Loyola behind second team all-tournament selection Julia Arulandu.

3. St. Charles East 12-4 (2)

Saints top Trinity at Highland Park ahead of Wednesday’s conference showdown with Batavia.

4. St. Charles North 14-3 (4)

North Stars take third at Dundee-Crown behind all-tourney picks Bronwyn How, Sydney Johnson.

5. Aurora Central Catholic 13-2 (5)

Chargers go 3-1 at Dixon ahead of a tough nonconference game at Kaneland.

6. West Aurora 10-4 (6)

Take seventh at Wheaton North as Brooklyn Johnson averages 18.5 points over four games.

7. Plano 14-3 (8)

Josie Larson scores 19 points in a win over Somonauk-Leland to continue the Reapers’ roll.

8. Kaneland 11-5 (9)

Kendra Brown an all-tournament pick as the Knights take third at Rockford Boylan.

9. St. Edward 12-5 (10)

Savannah Lynch gets named MVP as the Green Wave wins Lisle Cage Classic.

10. Yorkville 9-6 (7)

Brooke Spychalski reaches 1,000 career points in Saturday’s 54-46 OT win over T.F. North.

Player of the Week

Danyella Mporokoso scores 109 points in four games, including back-to-back 35-point efforts, to lead Waubonsie Valley to the title at Wheaton North.

Paul Johnson is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News.

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