The Milan Wildcats 11-0 start has pushed the Grand River Conference’s Eastern Division leaders to #4 in the state in the latest Missouri Basketball Coaches Association poll, released on Wednesday afternoon. Milan will put its unbeaten mark on the line tonight (Thursday night) at 8:30, playing the 8-3 rival Putnam County Midgets in the Marceline Tournament semifinals, on KTTN FM 92.3.
The Meadville Eagles are also in the Marceline semifinals, awaiting a date with the Macon Tigers on Friday night. Meadville will enter the contest ranked #8 in the state in Class 1, while the Winston Redbirds one-point loss to Pattonsburg in late December has the HDC leaders checking in at #5.
The decisive victory by Class 4 Benton over Class 3 Trenton at Holiday Hoops on December 23rd had a huge benefit in the polls for the Lady Cardinals, while not knocking down the Lady Bulldogs a bit. Benton, the only unbeaten girls team in the Class 4 Top Ten, checks in at #3 this week, while Trenton, at 9-1 heading into games at Maysville (Friday night) and with Tolton Catholic (Saturday – 11:30 in St. Joseph), remains #2 in Class 3.
Here is the COMPLETE MBCA poll for Wednesday, January 3, 2018 (area teams in BOLD):
2017-2018Â MBCA Girls Basketball Poll No. 4Â (Release 1/3)
The MBCAÂ 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 Walnut Grove 11-1
2 Southwest (Livingston County) 7-1
3 Leeton 8-0
4 South Iron 9-3
5 Jefferson 7-1
6 Madison 11-1
7 Mound City 9-1
8 Norborne 6-1
9 Community 9-1
10 Hermitage 11-1
Class 2
1 Skyline 12-0
2 Thayer 10-0
3 Mid Buchanan 11-0
4 Oran 6-2
5 Neelyville 10-3
6 Blue Eye 10-3
7 New Bloomfield 9-2
8 Fordland 10-2
9 Cairo 9-2
10 Gainesville 8-1
Class 3
1 Strafford 12-0
2 Trenton 9-1
3 Monroe City 10-0
4 Whitfield 9-3
5 South Callaway 10-0
7 Fair Grove 11-2
7 Clark County 10-0
8 Licking 10-2
9 Hermann 9-2
10 Central (Park Hills) 12-1
Class 4
1 Incarnate Word 7-3
2 Carl Junction 10-1
3 Benton 10-0
4 Lincoln Prep 8-1
5 Parkway North 8-3
6 Sullivan 11-1
7 Osage 8-1
8 Dexter
9 St. Dominic 8-3
10 MICDS 8-1
Class 5
1 Kirkwood 8-1
2 Jackson 8-1
3 Lee’s Summit West 7-1
4 Kickapoo 10-2
5 Branson 8-3Â
6 Rock Bridge 8-3
7 Nixa 10-3
8 Waynesville 9-2
9 Liberty (KC) 8-2
10 Ozark 7-3
2017-2018Â Boys’ Basketball Poll No. 4Â (Release 1/3)
The MBCAÂ 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 Advance 8-3
2 North Andrew 8-0
3 Walnut Grove 6-6
4 Dora 9-3
5 Winston 9-1
6 Jamestown 10-1
6 Eminence 9-1
8 Meadville 9-1
9 Lakeland 9-1
10 Halfway 7-0
Class 2
1 Sacred Heart 9-1
2 Mid-Buchanan 9-2
3 Oran 8-2
4 Milan 10-0
5 Eugene 9-3
6 Thayer 11-1
6 Fayette 7-1
8 Hartville 10-3
9 Meadow Heights 8-3
10 Thomas Jefferson Ind. 8-0
Class 3
1 Mountain Grove 11-0
2 Cardinal Ritter 12-5
3 Whitfield 7-4
4 Hallsville 11-0
5 Charleston 8-4
6 Clark County 7-0
7 Saxony Lutheran 10-2
8 Hogan Prep 8-3
9 Licking 11-2
10 Springfield Catholic 10-3
Class 4
1 Sikeston 9-0
2 St. Mary’s 13-2
3 Vashon 6-2
4 Grandview (KC) 7-1
5 Hillsboro 13-0
6 Cape Central 10-1
7 Parkway Central 8-3
8 Raytown South 8-3
9 Nevada 8-1
10 Confluence Prep Academy 10-4
Class 5
1 Lee’s Summit West7-0
2 Hazelwood Central13-1
3 Rock Bridge 8-0
4 Webster Groves 4-4
5 Oak Park 8-0
6 North KC 9-0
7 Liberty 7-2
8 Chaminade 8-2
9 Park Hill South 6-3
10 Glendale 5-2
