Photo Credit – Missouri State High School Activities Association

The final Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Top 10 Poll was released late last week, and five area teams wrap up the season at the top of the lists. It was a banner season for basketball as five St. Louis teams claimed state titles and they were all the top teams in the state according to the coaches.

Listed below are the complete lists with the area teams listed in bold.

 Class 6 Boys:

  1. Staley
  2. Kickapoo
  3. Troy Buchanan
  4. Jackson
  5. Lee’s Summit West
  6. Oak Park
  7. Nixa
  8. Battle
  9. Chaminade
  10. T-10.    Eureka
  11. T-10.    CBC     

Receiving Votes: Kirkwood, Francis Howell, Rock Bridge

Class 5 Boys:

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

Receiving Votes: Hillcrest, Belton, Parkview

Class 4 Boys:

  1. Vashon
  2. Central (Park Hills)
  3. Lafayette (St. Joseph)
  4. Father Tolton
  5. MICDS
  6. Logan-Rogersville
  7. John Burroughs
  8. Center
  9. Kirksville
  10. Dexter

Receiving Votes: Lutheran St. Charles, St. Charles, Hollister, Seneca, Sullivan, Soldan, Barstow

Class 3 Boys:

  1. Central (New Madrid County)
  2. Lutheran North             
  3. Thayer
  4. Lafayette County
  5. Charleston
  6. Sparta
  7. Cole Camp
  8. Mansfield
  9. Steelville
  10. West County

Receiving Votes: St. Pius X (Kansas City), Lone Jack, Caruthersville, Southwest (Washburn), Milan

Class 2 Boys:

  1. Salisbury
  2. Principia
  3. Plattsburg
  4. Hartville
  5. Lincoln
  6. Cooter
  7. Marionville
  8. Weaubleau
  9. Advance
  10. Clopton

 Receiving Votes: Eugene, Greenville, Bishop LeBlond

Class 6 Girls:

  1. Incarnate Word
  2. Rock Bridge
  3. Raytown
  4. Eureka
  5. Park Hill South
  6. Republic
  7. Grain Valley
  8. Jackson
  9. T-9.      Troy Buchanan          
  10. T-9.      Truman

Receiving Votes: Kickapoo, Staley, Parkway South, Cor Jesu Academy, Lee’s Summit North, St. Joseph’s Academy

Class 5 Girls:

  1. Lutheran St. Charles
  2. Carl Junction
  3. West Plains
  4. Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau)
  5. John Burroughs
  6. Jefferson City
  7. Helias
  8. Lincoln College Prep
  9. Rolla
  10. Whitfield

Receiving Votes: Farmington, Webb City, Fort Zumwalt South

Class 4 Girls:

  1. Vashon
  2. Benton
  3. Central (Park Hills)
  4. Southern Boone County
  5. Ava
  6. Moberly
  7. Doniphan
  8. St. James
  9. Nevada
  10. Lift For Life Academy

 Receiving Votes: Fatima, California, Chillicothe, Centralia, Aurora, Visitation Academy

Class 3 Girls:

  1. Fair Grove
  2. El Dorado Springs
  3. Skyline
  4. West County
  5. South Shelby
  6. Mansfield
  7. South Harrison
  8. Strafford
  9. Portageville
  10. East Buchanan

Receiving Votes: Diamond, Licking, Steelville, Montgomery County

Jim Powers

Jim Powers

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