The MBCA and MoSports.com have released the latest high school basketball poll, on the morning of Tuesday, February 5th. Ridgeway is ranked 5th and Mercer 8th in the Class 1 boy's poll, with those squads ready to play for the HDC regular season title at Ridgeway on Thursday, February 14th! The area teams ranked and mentioned in the poll will be highlighted in bold. Click on 'read more' to see the state rankings!
GIRLS BASKETBALL POLL
CLASS 1
1. Walnut Grove (18-2) 2. North Mercer (17-1) 3. Wellington Napoleon (19-2) 4. Weaubleau (18-4) 5. North Andrew (18-3) 6. Dadeville (18-2) 7. Norborne (17-2) 8. Mound City (14-4) 9. Chadwick (18-5) 10. Chamois (13-7)
Others receiving votes: Polo, Montrose, Marion County, Naylor, St. Elizabeth, Glasgow
CLASS 2
1. Silex (18-1) 2. Archie (18-0) 3. Sturgeon (17-2) 4. Crane (19-3) 5. Seymour (18-2) 6. Skyline (18-5) 7. Crocker (19-2) 8. Marceline (19-3) 9. Thayer (18-3) 10. Maysville (19-2)
Others receiving votes: Salisbury, New Haven, New Franklin, South Pemiscot, Sparta,
CLASS 3
1. St. James (19-1) 2. Saxony Lutheran (17-2) 3. Blair Oaks (16-2) 4. Principia (14-7) 5. Hermann (17-4) 6. Hamilton (16-2) 7. Lutheran (St. Charles) 18-3 8. Monroe City (18-3) 9. Ash Grove (17-5) 10. Dixon (19-3)
Others receiving votes: Lawson, Southwest Washburn, Mtn. Grove, St. Pius X (Festus), Licking, Mtn. Grove, Whitfield, Trenton
CLASS 4
1. Incarnate Word (21-0) 2. Republic (18-0) 3. West Plains (20-1) 4. Miller Career (16-3) 5. Dexter (17-2) 6. MICDS (17-2) 7. Pacific (15-3) 8. St. Charles (19-2) 9. Sullivan (17-2) 10. Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau) 18-3
Others receiving votes: Pleasant Hill, Kirksville, Lafayette (St. Joe), Westminster Christian, Helias, Webb City, , Benton (St. Joe), Smithville
CLASS 5
1. Truman (18-0) 2. Rock Bridge (16-4) 3. St. Joseph's (15-4) 4. Blue Springs (16-2) 5. Nixa (18-3) 6. Parkway South (16-3) 7. Hickman (17-3) 8. Parkway North (19-1) 9. Park Hill South (17-2) 10. Webster Groves (13-7)
Others receiving votes: Ozark, Liberty, Nerinx Hall, Ursuline, Marquette,
BOYS BASKETBALL POLL
CLASS 1
1. Drexel (18-1) 2. Leopold (19-2) 3. Fair Play (18-2) 4. South Iron (17-4) 5. Ridgeway (17-2) 6. Glasgow (17-4) 7. Meadville (21-1) 8. Mercer (16-3) 9. Eminence (17-5) 10. Everton(17-4)
Others receiving votes: North Andrew, Stanberry, Braymer, Oak Ridge
CLASS 2
1. West Platte (20-0) 2. Canton (20-0) 3. Salisbury (19-1) 4. Billings (17-4) 5. Crossroads (17-3) 6. Bernie (18-3) 7. Iberia (20-2) 8. Holcomb (18-4) 9. Oran (18-3) 10. Cole Camp (18-3)
Others receiving votes: Sacred Heart, Gallatin, Advance, Crane, Portageville, Bismarck, Fordland, Eugene, Cairo, Putnam County
CLASS 3
1. Madison Prep (19-1) 2. Maplewood (18-5) 3. Charleston (19-3) 4. Fatima (20-1) 5. St. James (20-1) 6. Cuba (19-2) 7. John Burroughs (17-2) 8. Higginsville (16-1) 9. Strafford (16-4) 10. Hartville (18-3)
Others receiving votes: Cardinal Ritter, Southern Boone, Alton, Hogan Prep, Clever, Mt. Vernon, Mountain View Liberty,
CLASS 4
1. Sikeston (19-1) 2. Republic (18-2) 3. Lafayette (St. Joseph) (16-3) 4. Duchesne (17-3) 5. Liberty North (15-4) 6. Mexico (16-3) 7. Hillcrest (14-5) 8. Center (16-4) 9. Smithville (14-4) 10. Normandy (14-7)
Others receiving votes: Park Hills Central, Westminster, Webb City, Harrisonville, Moberly,
CLASS 5
1. Hickman (18-2) 2. Blue Springs South (18-2) 3. CBC (16-5) 4. Rockhurst (18-4) 5. Lee's Summit West (16-3) 6. Hazelwood Central (15-5) 7. Nixa (16-4) 8. Ladue (16-4) 9. DeSmet (14-6) 10. Vianney (15-5)
Others receiving votes: Lee's Summit North, Liberty, Ft. Zumwalt South, Kickapoo |