Latest MBCA Basketball Polls
The Salisbury and Monroe City boys are both ranked second in their respective classes in the latest set of MBCA basketball polls. Higbee and Westran boys are ranked fourth in their respective classes. Green City boys are ranked 8th, in Class 1, Harrisburg is 6th in Class 2, Mexico is third, Tolton is sixth, and Kirksville is eighth in Class 4. In Class 1 girls, Meadville is ranked sixth. In Class 2 girls, Scotland County is seventh and Cairo is 10th. In Class 3 girls, Milan is sixth and Palmyra is seventh. In Class 4 girls, Southern Boone is ranked second, Mexico is sixth, and Macon is tenth. The Rock Bridge girls are second in Class 6.
Area teams receiving votes, but not in the top 10 are Wellsville, Cairo, Putnam County, and Fulton boys, and La Plata, Schuyler County, Community, Boonville, and Hickman girls.
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