South boys move up to No. 2 in latest state hoops rankings

The MBCA/MOsports Basketball poll is selected by a panel of coaches representing each of the eight districts and each of the five Missouri basketball classes.

Week 9 (Feb. 4)

BOYS
Class 1
1. Drexel
2. Leopold
3. Fair Play
4. South Iron
5. Ridgeway
6. Glasgow
7. Meadville
8. Mercer
9. Eminence
10. Everton
Others receiving votes: North Andrew, Stanberry, Braymer, Oak Ridge

Class 2
1. West Platte
2. Canton
3. Salisbury
4. Billings
5. Crossroads
6. Bernie
7. Iberia
8. Holcomb
9. Oran
10. Cole Camp
Others receiving votes: Sacred Heart, Gallatin, Advance, Crane, Portageville, Bismarck, Fordland, Eugene, Cairo, Putnam County

Class 3
1. Madison Prep
2. Maplewood
3. Charleston
4. Fatima
5. St. James
6. Cuba
7. John Burroughs
8. Higginsville
9. Strafford
10. Hartville
Others receiving votes: Cardinal Ritter, Southern Boone, Alton, Hogan Prep, Clever, Mt. Vernon, Mountain View Liberty

Class 4
1. Sikeston
2. Republic
3. St. Joseph Lafayette
4. Ducheesne
5. Liberty North
6. Mexico
7. Hillcrest
8. Center
9. Smithville
10. Normandy
Others receiving votes: Park Hills Central, Westminster Christian Academy, Webb City, Harrisonville, Moberly

Class 5
1. Columbia Hickman
2. Blue Springs South
3. CBC
4. Rockhurst
5. Lee’s Summit West
6. Hazelwood Central
7. Nixa
8. Ladue
9. DeSmet
10. Vianney
Others receiving votes: Lee’s Summit North, Liberty, Ft. Zumwalt South, Kickapoo

GIRLS
Class 1
1. Walnut Grove
2. North Mercer
3. Wellington-Napoleon
4. Weaubleau
5. North Adrew
6. Dadeville
7. Norbone
8. Mound City
9. Chadwick
10. Chamois
Others receiving votes: Polo, Montrose, Marion County, Naylor, St. Elizabeth, Glasgow

Class 2
1. Silex
2. Archie
3. Sturgeon
4. Crane
5. Seymour
6. Skyline
7. Crocker
8. Marceline
9. Thayer
10. Maysville
Others receiving votes: Salisbury, New Haven, New Franklin, South Pemiscot, Sparta

Class 3
1. St. James
2. Saxony Lutheran
3. Blair Oaks
4. Principia
5. Hermann
6. Hamilton
7. St. Charles Lutheran
8. Monroe City
9. Ash Grove
10. Dixon
Others receiving votes: Lawson, Southwest Washburn, Mountain Grove, St. Pius X (Festus), Licking, Whitfield, Trenton

Class 4
1. Incarnate Word
2. Republic
3. West Plains
4. Miller Career Academy
5. Dexter
6. MICDS
7. Pacific
8. St. Charles
9. Sullivan
10. Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau)
Others receiving votes: Pleasant Hill, Kirksville, St. Joseph Lafayette, Westminster Christian Academy, Helias, Webb City, St. Joseph Benton, Smithville

Class 5
1. Truman
2. Columbia Rock Bridge
3. St. Joseph’s
4. Blue Springs
5. Nixa
6. Parkway South
7. Columbia Hickan
8. Parkway North
9. Park Hill South
10. Webster Groves
Others receiving votes: Ozark, Liberty, Nerinx Hall, Ursuline, Marquette