OAKES, ND (NewsDakota.com) – The Oakes Tornadoes Girls Basketball team has been ranked 5th according to the newest North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NDAPSSA) Basketball Polls.

They had been Receiving Votes since December 12th.

The Tornadoes are currently riding a 9 game winning streak dating back to December 10th when they beat #9 at the time Grafton. This has continued to this last week when they beat Sargent County in Overtime 56-54 and beat the at the time #7 Central Cass Squirrels 48-45.

The Tornadoes now take on RV Carrington on Thursday January 19th at 7:00 PM. The game can be heard on 1220/100.3 KDDR and is being simulcasted on 1600/100.1 KDAK.

Other big moves in the poll saw Kenmare-Bowbells, who’s been #1 since December 12th fall to 3rd place with Rugby taking over as #1. Carrington and Kindred both fell out of the top ten and are now Receiving Votes. Central McLean also fell all the way from #4 to #9 and Northern Cass returns to the top 10 after missing it last week.

The full poll is below (first place votes in parenthesis):

1. Rugby (13)
2. Thompson (4)
3. Kenmare-Bowbells (1)
4. Shiloh Christian
5. Oakes
6. Central Cass
7. May-Port CG
8. Garrison
9. Central McLean
10. Northern Cass

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Bowman County, Kindred, Carrington

The polls are voted on by members of the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NDAPSSA).