The metro area is once again well-represented in this week’s Missouri Basketball Coaches Top 10 poll as Cardinal Ritter and Vashon are on top of their classes on the boys’ side while Incarnate Word and Vashon lead the way in their classes in the girls’ rankings. Both John Burroughs basketball teams are slotted in the second slots in their classes with the area having four of the top six teams in the boys’ Class 5 list.
Boys Top 10 Rankings
Class 6:
- Staley
- Nixa
- Oak Park
- Kirkwood
- Lee’s Summit West
- Republic
- CBC
- Park Hill South
- Troy Buchanan
- Rock Bridge
Receiving Votes: Kickapoo, Chaminade, North Kansas City, Hickman
Class 5:
- Cardinal Ritter
- Central (Cape Girardeau)
- Westminster Christian Academy
- St. Francis Borgia
- De Smet
- Sikeston
- Ladue
- Hogan Prep Academy
- Jefferson City
- Pembroke Hill
Receiving Votes: Hillsboro, Festus, Bolivar, Rolla
Class 4:
- Vashon
- John Burroughs
- MICDS
- Father Tolton
- Central (Park Hills)
- St. Charles
- Fulton
- Logan-Rogersville
- Forsyth
- Hollister
Receiving Votes: Macon, Fatima, Lafayette (St. Joseph), Miller Career Academy, Potosi
Class 3:
- Charleston
- Mansfield
- Thayer
- Central (New Madrid County)
- Lafayette County
- Steelville
- Sparta
- Greenwood
- Caruthersville
- T-10. El Dorado Springs, T-10. Hermann
Receiving Votes: Seymour, Woodland
Class 2:
- Plattsburg
- Principia
- Lincoln
- Hartville
- Greenville
- New Franklin
- Ash Grove
- Westran
- Salisbury
- T-10. Cooter, T-10. Gallatin
Receiving Votes: Eugene, Marionville, Advance
Class 1:
- South Iron
- Platte Valley
- Atlanta
- Bunker
- Green City
- Leeton
- Higbee
- Northwest (Hughesville)
- Dadeville
- Grundy County/ Newtown Harris
Receiving Votes: Chadwick, Humansville, Drexel, Glasgow, Couch, Thomas Jefferson Independent
Girls Top 10 Rankings:
Class 6:
- Incarnate Word
- Truman
- Republic
- Raytown
- Park Hill South
- Grain Valley
- Nixa
- Hickman
- Rock Bridge
- Battle
Receiving Votes: Raytown South, Kickapoo, Jackson, Liberty North
Class 5:
- Carl Junction
- John Burroughs
- Helias Catholic
- Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau)
- Rolla
- West Plains
- Lutheran St. Charles
- Farmington
- Jefferson City
- T-10. Marshfield, T-10. Union
Receiving Votes: Lutheran South
Class 4:
- Vashon
- St. James
- Benton
- Doniphan
- California
- Ava
- Central (Park Hills)
- T-8. Owensville
- T-8. Cardinal Ritter
- Fatima
Receiving Votes: Chillicothe, Centralia, Southern Boone County, Hallsville, Perryville
Class 3:
- El Dorado Springs
- South Shelby
- Strafford
- Skyline
- Fair Grove
- Licking
- West County
- T-8. East Buchanan
- T-8. St. Pius X (Festus)
- T-10. Mansfield, T-10. Sparta
Receiving Votes: Palmyra, Montgomery County, Steelville
Class 2:
- Bishop LeBlond
- Tipton
- Northeast (Cairo)
- Miller
- St. Vincent
- Schuyler County
- North Platte
- Neelyville
- Blue Eye
- T-10. Canton, T-10. East Carter County
Receiving Votes: Polo
Class 1:
- Meadville
- South Iron
- Platte Valley
- North Shelby
- Delta
- Leeton
- Santa Fe
- Golden City
- Walnut Grove
- T-10. Mercer, T-10. Chadwick
Receiving Votes: St. Elizabeth, Hume, Chadwick

Jim Powers has been covering prep sports in the St. Louis area for 15+ years and a part of the Missouri State High School Activities Association Championship Broadcasts for the past 11 years. Powers is also a part of the Fox 2 Verlo Mattress Prep Zone Friday nights at 10:10 during the football and basketball seasons. If you have a prep sports story, please contact Jim at japowers2421@yahoo.com. Follow Jim at @hssportscaravan