Despite two losses over the past month, both to Class 4 competition, the Trenton Lady Bulldog basketball team has continued its slow rise in the Class 3 Missouri Basketball Coaches Association (MBCA) high school basketball poll, moving up to #8 in the first rankings of 2017, released on Thursday morning.
Trenton, going into a home date with Maysville on Friday night, and next week’s Lawson Tournament, sits at 8-2, and the top ranked Class 3 girls squad in northwest Missouri. Â Defending state champion Strafford is top-ranked in Class 3, followed by fellow unbeaten teams Southern Boone and St. James. Â The Monroe City Lady Panthers, from the Clarence Cannon Conference, are 10-0 and ranked one slot ahead of Trenton at #7. Â California High School is ranked #9 with Licking at #10.
The Chillicothe Lady Hornets have dropped from #3 to #5 in the Class 4 girls poll, that the result of the first loss of the season for CHS, suffered at Class 5 #3 ranked Columbia Hickman over the Christmas Break. Â Chillicothe remains the top ranked girls team in northwest Missouri in Class 3, trailed by defending state champion St. Joseph Benton, who checks in at #7. Â The Smithville Lady Warrior squad that beat Trenton by a 41-36 final at NCMC Holiday Hoops is just outside the Class 4 “Top 10”.
Jefferson has moved to the top of Class 1, as the Lady Eagles received the #1 ranking this week, although that stay may be short-lived after South Nodaway won at Jefferson on Thursday night. Â North Mercer holds steady at #3, after a loss to St. Joseph Central, a win over Summit Christian Academy, and a win over #10 ranked Southwest Livingston over the past 2 1/2 weeks. Â Mercer plays at Newtown-Harris on Friday night.
Norborne is ranked #8, Mound City #5, South Nodaway #9, and Southwest Livingston #10 in the Class 1 MBCA girls poll.
In the MBCA boys poll, area highlights are Winston staying at #2 in Class 1 (behind 12-0 Walnut Grove), with Glasgow at #3, North Andrew at 4, Braymer 8, and Jefferson 9.
Stanberry’s unbeaten start brought the Bulldogs to the top spot in Class 2, however, the Bulldogs suffered a rare regular season loss, falling at Worth County on Tuesday night. Â
Here are the latest state rankings from the MBCA:
GIRLS:
Class 1
1 Jefferson 8-0
2 Walnut Grove 9-2
3 North Mercer 6-1
4 Leeton 7-0
5 Mound City 7-1
6 Wheatland 9-1
7 Higbee 8-1
8 Norborne 6-1
9 South Nodaway 9-0
10 Southwest (Livingston County) 6-1
Class 2
1 Clopton 9-0
2 Skyline 11-1
3 Norwood 8-0
4 Gainesville 10-0
5 Thayer 10-0
6 New Franklin 8-1
7 Purdy 7-1
8 Spokane 9-2
9 Scotland County 6-1
10 Mid Buchanan 10-0
Class 3
1 Strafford 12-0
2 Southern Boone 8-0
3 St. James 13-0
4 Father Tolton 10-1
5 Central (Park Hills) 11-1
6 Whitfield 8-5
7 Monroe City 10-0
8 Trenton 8-2
9 California 5-1
10 Licking 9-3
Class 4
1 Carl Junction 8-0
2 MICDS 10-0
3 Incarnate Word 11-1
4 Parkway North 8-1
5 Chillicothe 8-1
6 Pacific 11-2
7 Benton (St. Joseph) 6-3
8 Logan-Rogersville 9-4
9 West Plains 7-4
10 Grain Valley 5-2
Class 5
1 Jefferson City 11-0
2 Kirkwood 8-1
3 Hickman 9-1
4 Rock Bridge 9-2
5 Washington 8-1
6 Blue Springs South 7-2
7 Jackson 9-1
8 Lees Summit North 8-0
9 Kickapoo 10-3
10 Lebanon 7-3
BOYS:
Class 1
1 Walnut Grove 12-0
2 Winston 10-0
3 Glasgow 7-0
4 North Andrew 6-0
5 Hermitage 10-1
6 Advance 8-2
7 Scott County Central 7-4
8 Braymer 7-1
9 Jefferson 5-3
10 Greenfield 6-2
Class 2
1 Stanberry 8-0
2 Hartville 10-2
3 Thayer 10-2
4 Bismarck 9-2
5 Lincoln 8-1
6 Newburg 9-2
7 Knox County 8-2
8 Ellington 7-2
9 Mansfield 9-3
10 Crane 6-4
Class 3
1 Cardinal Ritter 11-3
2 Licking 12-0
3 Charleston 10-1
4 Southern Boone 7-0
5 Caruthersville 6-1
6 Summit Christian Academy 8-1
7 Lamar 8-1
8 Mountain Grove 7-2
9 Monroe City 9-0
10 Saxony Lutheran 10-1
Class 4
1 Sikeston 9-0
2 St. Mary’s 11-0
3 Vashon 9-2
4 Helias 7-1
5 Farmington 9-1
6 Jennings 10-2
7 Parkway West 7-3
8 Hillsboro 10-1
9 Bolivar 9-2
10 St.Charles 9-3
Class 5
1 Chaminade 10-1
2 Lee’s Summit West 8-0
3 SLUH 10-4
4 Webster Groves 7-2
5 Kickapoo 7-2
6 Nixa 9-1
7 Park Hill 10-0
8 Republic 9-1
9 Park Hill South 8-3
10 Liberty 8-2
