Putnam County checks in at #2 in Class 2, Green City #9 in Class 1

Despite a conference loss within the past week at Trenton High School, the 14-1 Putnam County Midgets remain entrenched in this week’s Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association rankings, with the #2 spot in Class 2, one slot behind unbeaten Iberia.  Portageville is ranked third, followed by Ash Grove and Mansfield.

In Class 1, the Green City Gophers tumbled five positions in the recent rankings, from #4 to #9, while Higbee leapfrogged Northeast of Cairo, jumping to #6 with the once-beaten Bearcats slipping to #7.  St. Elizabeth, with an 8-4 season record, is top ranked in Class 1, followed by a dynamite 16-1 Northland Christian in the runner-up position.

The Lawson Cardinals, with a 12-3 record after a Tuesday night conference win over Lathrop, are #6 in Class 3, with a pair of Midland Empire Conference rivals in the Class 4 poll, with Savannah at #5 and St. Joseph Benton at #7.

Here are the updated rankings for Missouri high school baseball: 

Class 1: 

St. Elizabeth (8-4) 

Northland Christian (16-1)

Halfway (13-3)

Oran (6-4) 

Sedalia Sacred Heart (10-3) 

Higbee (8-2)

Northeast (Cairo) (8-1)

Wheatland (13-6)

Green City (10-4)

Pilot Grove (7-2) 

Class 2: 

Iberia (15-0) 

Putnam County (14-1)

Portageville (18-6) 

Ash Grove (6-2) 

Mansfield (12-2) 

Chaffee (15-2) 

New Covenant (11-1) 

Marion C. Early (12-3) 

Greenville (11-6) 

Galena (12-3) 

Class 3: 

Valle Catholic (18-0) 

Licking (12-3) 

Scott City (20-1) 

Lone Jack (18-1) 

Forsyth (13-3) 

Lawson (11-3) 

Fatima (12-5) 

Barstow (10-2) 

Strafford (11-2) 

West County (9-3) 

Class 4: 

Logan-Rogersville (12-3) 

Blair Oaks (14-6) 

Southern Boone (15-5)

Tolton Catholic (12-3) 

Savannah (12-4) 

Summit Christian Academy (13-4) 

St. Joseph Benton (15-3) 

Nevada (12-2) 

Fulton (8-4) 

Pembroke Hill (10-4) 

Class 5: 

Willard (16-3) 

Fort Zumwalt South (12-3) 

Webb City (13-3) 

West Plains (17-0) 

Kearney (14-6) 

Festus (14-4) 

Fort Zumwalt East (12-5) 

Union (13-5) 

St. Francis Borgia (11-5) 

Branson (13-7) 

Class 6: 

Fort Zumwalt West (17-5) 

Francis Howell (16-5) 

Columbia Rock Bridge (17-5) 

Liberty North (14-7)

Lee’s Summit West (14-6)

Blue Springs (12-7)

Kansas City Staley (14-5)

Eureka (15-5) 

Liberty (13-5) 

Lindbergh (11-5) 

The high school baseball scoreboard from Tuesday, April 16, 2024: 

Princeton 8, North Harrison 6

East Buchanan 12, King City 7

Lawson 13, Lathrop 2

Glasgow 9, Higbee 8

Mid-Buchanan 6, Bishop LeBlond 3

Moberly 4, Centralia 1

Higginsville 15, Lexington 3

South Harrison 7, Polo 5

St. Joseph Christian 25, Maysville 5

Kearney 20, Savannah 10 

Plattsburg 9, Gilman City 3

Knob Noster 11, Richmond 2