The Missouri Basketball Coaches Association’s most recent poll, released on Friday morning, has moved the 20-2 Trenton Lady Bulldogs up two more spots, with Brian Upton’s squad now ranked #4 in Class 3. Two squads that remain unbeaten as the calendar moves toward mid-February, Strafford (23-0) and St. James (21-0) remain in the top-two spots in the poll, followed by Boonville, ranked #3 with a season record of 17-2.
The Clark County Lady Indians, who Trenton saw head-to-head in a pre-season jamboree at Kirksville in November, is ranked #9, with Monroe City in the 10 position.
The Chillicothe Lady Hornets, now 20-1 on the season after MEC wins over Maryville and Savannah this week, remain ranked #2 in Class 4, behind just Incarnate Word Academy. St. Joseph Benton is ranked #9, while St. Pius Tenth, a postseason nemesis for Chillicothe, is ranked #8.
In Class 5 girls, Jefferson City remains ranked #1, while the only school to beat Chillicothe this season, Columbia Hickman, sits at #7.
The Mercer Lady Cardinals will spend another week on top of the Class 1 state rankings. Mercer will play North Harrison tonight at Winston High School in the championship game of the HDC Conference Tournament. Jefferson is ranked at 4, Norborne 5, Mound City 7, Rock Port 8, and South Nodaway #9 in the latest rankings.
Clopton leads Class 2 girls, with Scotland County at #7 and Santa Fe #8 this week.
The Winston Redbirds stranglehold on the #1 spot in Class 1 will last another week, with the Redbirds set to host Mercer in the HDC Conference championship game tonight (Friday night). Glasgow sits at #5 and Mercer #10 in the MBCA poll.
Thayer is ranked #1 and defending state champion Hartville #2 in Class 2. Wellington-Napoleon is ranked 4th, Salisbury 5th, Knox County 7th, and Stanberry 10th. Stanberry plays at Trenton against the GRC champion Bulldogs on Friday night at 7:30 on KTTN FM 92.3.
Cardinal Ritter leads Class 3 boys, with the Lawson Cardinals at #10. Vashon is top-ranked in Class 4, with Lee’s Summit West on top of the Class 5 state poll.
2016-17 MBCA Girls Basketball Poll (Release 2/9)
2016-2017 MBCA Girls Basketball Poll #9 (Release 2/9)
The MBCA Basketball poll is selected by a panel of coaches representing each of the 8 MBCA districts and each of the five Missouri basketball classes.
Class 1
1 North Mercer 19-1
2 Walnut Grove 18-3
3 Wheatland 20-1
4 Jefferson 19-2
5 Norborne 16-2
6 Leeton 17-2
7 Mound City 17-4
8 Rock Port 16-3
9 South Nodaway 18-3
10 Higbee 15-4
Class 2
1 Clopton 20-0
2 Skyline 21-2
3 Thayer 20-1
4 Gainesville 20-1
5 Norwood 19-2
6 Purdy 20-1
7 Scotland County 16-1
8 Santa Fe 19-1
9 Adrian 20-1
10 Spokane 17-4
Class 3
1 Strafford 23-0
2 St. James 21-0
3 Boonville 17-2
4 Trenton 19-2
5 Southern Boone 16-5
6 Father Tolton 19-4
7 Whitfield 15-6
8 Principia 19-3
9 Clark County 18-2
10 Monroe City 17-3
Class 4
1 Incarnate Word 18-4
2 Chillicothe 18-1
3 MICDS 19-2
4 Carl Junction 16-2
5 Parkway North 15-4
6 Pacific 17-3
7 Osage 17-3
8 St. Pius X (KC) 16-3
9 Benton (St. Joseph) 12-6
10 Sullivan 14-5
Class 5
1 Jefferson City 17-1
2 Kirkwood 17-2
3 Lee’s Summit North 18-0
4 Washington 17-3
5 Rock Bridge 16-5
6 Kickapoo 18-4
7 Hickman 14-5
8 Lebanon 15-5
9 Blue Springs South 13-4
10 Jackson 15-4
2016-17 MBCA Boys Basketball Poll (Release 2/9)
2016-2017 Boys’ Basketball Poll #9 (Release 2/9)
The MBCA Basketball poll is selected by a panel of coaches representing each of the 8 MBCA districts and each of the five Missouri basketball classes.
Class 1
1 Winston 21-0
2 Walnut Grove 21-2
3 North Andrew 19-1
4 Hermitage 18-3
5 Glasgow 19-2
6 Advance 18-5
7 Greenfield 17-3
8 Scott County Central 19-5
9 Leeton 18-3
10 Mercer 16-4
Class 2
1 Thayer 20-2
2 Hartville 17-5
3 Lincoln 20-1
4 Wellington-Napoleon 18-1
5 Salisbury 18-3
6 Marionville 19-2
7 Knox County 16-4
8 Ellington 17-4
9 Newburg 16-5
10 Stanberry 17-4
Class 3
1 Cardinal Ritter 16-5
2 Southern Boone 19-1
3 Charleston 16-5
4 Mountain Grove 17-2
5 Licking 18-3
6 Caruthersville 12-3
7 Lamar 16-2
8 Blair Oaks 17-3
9 Saxony Lutheran 19-3
10 Lawson 18-2
Class 4
1 Vashon 16-2
2 St. Mary’s 17-3
3 Sikeston 19-2
4 Jennings 18-3
5 Bolivar 17-3
6 Parkway West 15-4
7 Farmington 15-5
8 Helias 15-5
9 Center-Kansas City 16-4
10 Hillsboro 18-3
Class 5
1 Lee’s Summit West 17-1
2 Webster Groves 15-2
3 Chaminade 17-3
4 SLUH 17-5
5 Kickapoo 15-4
6 Nixa 17-2
7 Liberty 14-5
8 Rock Bridge 13-4
9 Park Hill South 15-6
10 Republic 14-5
