Final Coaches Poll – HS Basketball – February 28, 2023

The final Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Poll was released with a lot of local teams being recognized as we head into district and sectional action.

On the boy’s side, Vashon is the only team to hold the top spot in the state as they are No. 1 in Class 4 while Cardinal Ritter paces a group of five area teams in Class 5.

Incarnate Word remains in the top slot in Class 6 on the girls’ side while Vashon is at the top of the Class 4 poll. John Burroughs still sits in the second position in Class 5 while Lutheran St. Charles is right behind them climbing to the sixth spot.

Here is a complete listing of all the classes.

Boys

Class 6

1. Staley
2. Nixa
3. Oak Park
4. Lee’s Summit West
5. Kirkwood
6. Republic
7. CBC
8. Troy Buchanan
9. Battle
10. Rock Bridge

Receiving Votes: Kickapoo, Park Hill South, Chaminade

Class 5

1. Central (Cape Girardeau)
2. Cardinal Ritter
3. Westminster Christian Academy
4. St. Francis Borgia
5. De Smet
6. Ladue
7. Hogan Prep Academy
8. Jefferson City
9. Sikeston
10. T-10. Hillsboro, T-10. Pembroke Hill

Receiving Votes: Windsor-Imperial

Class 4

1. Vashon
2. John Burroughs
3. MICDS
4. Central (Park Hills)
5. Fulton
6. Father Tolton
7. Logan-Rogersville
8. St. Charles
9. Forsyth
10. T-10. Hollister, T-10. Maryville

Receiving Votes: Lafayette (St. Joseph), Macon, Richmond

Class 3

1. Charleston
2. T-2. Mansfield, T-2. Thayer
3. Central (New Madrid County)
4. Steelville
5. Lafayette County
6. Sparta
7. Fair Grove
8. Woodland
9. Caruthersville

Receiving Votes: El Dorado Springs, Greenwood, Hermann

Class 2

1. Plattsburg
2. Lincoln
3. Greenville
4. Hartville
5. Salisbury
6. T-6. Marionville, T-6. Gallatin
7. New Franklin
8. Cooter
9. T-10. Principia, T-10. Westran

Receiving Votes: Advance, Eugene, Weaubleau, Tipton, Bernie, Oak Ridge

Class 1 

1. Platte Valley
2. South Iron
3. Bunker
4. Atlanta
5. Grundy County/ Newtown Harris
6. Green City
7. Higbee
8. Leeton
9. Glasgow
10. Northwest (Hughesville)

Receiving Votes: Humansville, St. Elizabeth, Chadwick, Thomas Jefferson Independent, Macks Creek

Girls:

Class 6

1. Incarnate Word
2. Truman
3. Park Hill South
4. Republic
5. Grain Valley
6. Raytown
7. Nixa
8. Battle
9. Rock Bridge
10. Hickman

Receiving Votes: Kickapoo

Class 5

1. Carl Junction
2. John Burroughs
3. Helias Catholic
4. West Plains
5. Rolla
6. Lutheran St. Charles
7. Jefferson City
8. T-8. Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau), T-8. Marshfield
9. Farmington

Receiving Votes: Union

Class 4

1. Vashon
2. Benton
3. Doniphan
4. California
5. Central (Park Hills)
6. St. James
7. Centralia
8. Ava
9. Chillicothe
10. Clinton

Receiving Votes: Owensville, Cardinal Ritter

Class 3

1. South Shelby
2. T-2. El Dorado Springs, T-2. Skyline
3. Fair Grove
4. Strafford
5. West County
6. Licking
7. St. Pius X (Festus)
8. East Buchanan
9. Mansfield

Receiving Votes: South Harrison, Sparta, Diamond

Class 2

1. Bishop LeBlond
2. Tipton
3. Northeast (Cairo)
4. Miller
5. St. Vincent
6. Schuyler County
7. Neelyville
8. Blue Eye
9. Ellington
10. East Carter County

Receiving Votes: Canton, North Platte

Class 1

1. Meadville
2. South Iron
3. North Shelby
4. Platte Valley
5. Delta
6. Leeton
7. Santa Fe
8. Hume
9. T-9. Golden City, T-9. Mercer

Receiving Votes: Community, Chadwick, Walnut Grove,