Unbeaten start leaves THS girls ranked second in Class 3 in state coaches poll, Milan boys ranked #10 in Class 2

The Trenton Lady Bulldogs have started the basketball season with a 6-0 record, leaving Brian Upton’s team in the second position in the second Class 3 girls coaches poll of the 2017-2018 season.  After the most recent poll release, Trenton survived the stiffest challenge of its early season, rallying for a 46-40 home-court victory over Class 4 Chillicothe.

The defending state champions from Strafford High School remain a solid #1 in Class 3 girls, joined at the top spot by girls teams from Walnut Grove (Class 1), Skyline (Class 2), Incarnate Word (Class 4), and Kirkwood (Class 5).

Area highlights, in addition to Trenton, in the girls poll are Southwest Livingston’s Lady Wildcats, ranked #3 in Class 1, followed at 4 by Norborne.  

The Winston boys are ranked 5th in Class 1, with Linn County at #10, while the Milan boys, in Class 2, make their first appearance of the season in the Top 10, with the 5-0 champions of the Novinger Tournament checking in at #10.  

Here is the complete MBCA (Missouri Basketball Coaches Association) poll, released on Wednesday, December 6, 2017:

CLASS 1 GIRLS:

1.  Walnut Grove (2-1)

2. Wheatland (2-0)

3. Southwest Livingston (1-0)

4. Norborne (1-0)

5. South Iron (3-1)

6. Mound City (4-0)

7. Leeton (2-0)

8. Madison (4-1)

9. Higbee (5-0)

10. Jefferson (3-1)

CLASS 2 GIRLS:

1. Skyline (3-0)

2. Oran (2-0)

3. Neelyville (2-1)

4. Thayer (4-0)

5. Mid-Buchanan (2-0)

6. Scotland County (2-1) 

7. New Haven (3-1)

8. New Bloomfield (4-1)

9. Blue Eye (4-0)

10. New Haven (3-1)

CLASS 3 GIRLS:

1. Strafford (3-0)

2. Trenton (4-0)

3. Hermann (4-0)

4. Whitfield (1-1)

5. California (3-0)

6. Lutheran North (3-0)

7. Monroe City (2-0)

8. Fair Grove (4-0)

9. Licking (4-0)

10. Central (Park Hills) (1-0)

CLASS 4 GIRLS:

1. Incarnate Word (3-0)

2. Parkway North (3-0)

3. Dexter (3-1)

4. Lincoln Prep (4-1)

5. Carl Junction (3-0)

6. Pacific (4-0)

7. Sullivan (4-0)

8. St. Dominic (4-0)

9. Lutheran South (2-1)

10. Osage (3-1)

CLASS 5 GIRLS:

1. Kirkwood (3-0)

2. Branson (4-0)

3. Jackson (5-1)

4. Rock Bridge (1-1)

5. Lee’s Summit West (2-1)

6. Lee’s Summit North (2-1)

7. Kickapoo (2-1)

8. Washington (1-1)

9. Jefferson City (2-2)

10. Lee’s Summit (1-1)

CLASS 1 BOYS:

1.  Walnut Grove (2-2)

2. Advance (3-1)

3. North Andrew (1-0)

4. Greenfield (2-0)

5. Winston (4-0)

6. Worth County (4-0)

7. Jamestown (5-0)

8. Dora (3-1)

9. Lesterville (6-0)

10. Linn County (3-0)

CLASS 2 BOYS:

1. Harrisburg (3-0)

2. Hartville (3-1)

3. Sacred Heart (3-1)

4. Oran (3-0)

5. Mid-Buchanan (2-0)

6. Thayer (6-0) 

7. Eugene (4-1)

8. Fayette (5-0)

9. New Bloomfield (4-1)

10. Milan (5-0)

CLASS 3 BOYS:

1. Whitfield (3-1)

2. Cardinal Ritter (5-1)

3. Mountain Grove (1-0)

4. Clark County (3-0)

5. Saxony Lutheran (4-0)

6. Father Tolton (2-0)

7. Hogan Prep (1-1)

8. Northwest Academy (2-2)

9. Charleston (1-2)

10. Lutheran North (2-0) 

CLASS 4 GIRLS:

1. Vashon (3-0)

2. St. Mary’s (St. Louis) (6-0)

3. Sikeston (2-0)

4. Helias (2-0)

5. Parkway Central (3-0)

6. Glendale (2-0)

7. Raytown South (2-0)

8. Hillsboro (2-0)

9. Kansas City Center (2-1)

10. Webb City (1-0)

CLASS 5 GIRLS:

1. Webster Groves (0-0)

2. Lee’s Summit West (4-0)

3. Chaminade (1-1)

4. Nixa (3-1)

5. Rock Bridge (2-0)

6. Hazelwood Central (3-0)

7. CBC (2-2)

8. Liberty (1-1)

9. Park Hill South (2-0)

10. Oak Park (1-0)