MBCA announces latest high school basketball poll

The Meadville and Stanberry girls continue to be ranked in the MBCA Class 1 state poll, both chasing powerhouse Platte Valley, the Jefferson-South Nodaway cooperative sitting at #1.  A loss to Schuyler County at NCMC’s Holiday Hoops event in Trenton dropped the Mercer girls into the “receiving votes” category this week.  In Class 3, the Milan Lady Wildcats, leaders in the Grand River Conference’s Eastern Division at the midway point of conference play, sit at #6, while the Chillicothe Lady Hornets remain at #4 in Class 4.

In boys basketball, area teams ranked this week include Winston, Stanberry, and Green City, all in Class 1, with a number of area squads, including Putnam County and Gallatin from the Grand River Conference, sitting in the receiving votes category.  

Here is the latest MBCA state basketball poll, announced on Thursday, January 6, 2022: 

Class 1 Boys
1 South Iron
2 Mound City
3 Bunker
4 Higbee
5 Winston
6 Stanberry
7 St. Elizabeth
8 Green City
9 Chadwick
10 Dadeville

Others receiving votes: Thomas Jefferson, Leeton, Wellsville

Class 2 Boys
1 Norwood
2 Salisbury
3 Eugene
4 Westran
5 Advance
6 Harrisburg
7 Alton
8 Gainesville
9 Lakeland
10 Bernie

Others receiving votes: Sacred Heart, Bishop LeBlond, Gallatin, North East Cairo, Putnam County, Seymour, Smithton, Richland, Marionville

Class 3 Boys
1 Thayer
2 Monroe City
3 Charleston
4 Lafayette County
5 Greenwood
6 Hartville
7 Skyline
8 St. Michael the Archangel
9 Kelly
10 Ash Grove

Others receiving votes: Strafford, Mansfield, Lone Jack, Stockton

Class 4 Boys
1 Vashon
2 Blair Oaks
3 Mexico
4 Central (New Madrid County)
5 MICDS
6 Father Tolton
7 Ava
8 Kirksville
9 Hollister
10 Aurora

Others receiving votes: Fulton, Fair Grove, California, Willow Springs, Richmond

Class 5 Boys
1 Bolivar
2 Webster Groves
3 DeSmet
4 Westminster Christian Academy
5 Springfield Catholic
6 Cardinal Ritter
7 Parkview
8 Webb City
9 William Chrisman
10 Rolla

Others receiving votes: Platte County, Neosho, University City, Willard

Class 6 Boys
1 Liberty
2 Lee’s Summit
3 Staley
4 Chaminade
5 CBC
6 Nixa
7 Kickapoo
8 Troy Buchanan
9 Ft. Zumwalt South
10 Blue Springs
Others receiving votes: Fort Zumwalt South, SLUH, North Kansas City, Carthage, Joplin, Ozark

Class 1 Girls
1 Platte Valley
2 Leeton
3 South Iron
4 Delta
5 McAuley Catholic
6 Meadville
7 Stanberry
8 St. Elizabeth
9 Mercer
10 Walnut Grove

Others receiving votes: LaPlata, Tuscumbia, Otterville, Mercer, Walnut Grove

Class 2 Girls
1 Ellington
2 Blue Eye
3 Miller
4 Bishop LeBlond
5 Wellington-Napoleon
6 Newburg
7 Scotland County
8 Oran
9 Santa Fe
10 Northeast Cairo

Others receiving votes: Dora, Richland, Schuyler County, Community R-6

Class 3 Girls
1 Strafford
2 El Dorado Springs
3 Licking
4 Skyline
5 Tipton
6 Milan
7 Palmyra
8 Steelville
9 West County
10 Mansfield

Others receiving votes: Mid Buchanan, Sparta, Hartville

Class 4 Girls
1 Westminster Christian
2 Southern Boone
3 St Charles West
4 Chillicothe
5 St. James
6 Mexico
7 Cardinal Ritter
8 Ava
9 Fatima
10 Macon

Others receiving votes: Boonville, Central (Park Hills), Helias Catholic, St. Pius X (KC)

Class 5 Girls
1 Whitfield
2 Cape Notre Dame
3 West Plains
4 Webster Groves
5 Carl Junction
6 Rolla
7 Farmington
8 Grandview
9 Raytown South
10 Lutheran St. Charles

Others receiving votes: Smithville, Willard

Class 6 Girls
1 Incarnate Word
2 Rock Bridge
3 Kickapoo
4 Republic
5 St. Charles West
6 Blue Springs South
7 Webster Groves
8 Nixa
9 Francis Howell Central
10 Grain Valley

Others receiving votes: Raytown, Lebanon, Hickman