The Missouri Basketball Coaches Association has released its preseason girls basketball rankings.
Kickapoo (Class 5), Strafford (Class 3), Skyline (Class 2) and Walnut Grove (Class 1) are all ranked No. 1 in their classes.
There are 12 area teams that are ranked in all.
Class 1
1 Walnut Grove
2 Jefferson
3 North Mercer
4 Glasgow
5 SW Livingston
6 Prairie Home
7 Mound City
8 Naylor
9 Norborne
10 Drexel
Class 2
1 Skyline
2 Hartville
3 Clopton
4 Plato
5 New Franklin
6 Norwood
7 Scotland Co
8 Van Buren
9 Purdy
10 Tipton
Class 3
1 Strafford
2 Southern Boone
3 Saxony Lutheran
4 Father Tolton
5 St. James
6 Whitfield
7 Park Hills
8 Cardinal Ritter
9 Duchesne
10 Hermann
Class 4
1 Benton (St. Joseph)
2 Carl Junction
3 Incarnate Word
4 MICDS
5 West Plains
6 Dexter
7 Chillicothe
8 Smithville
9 Grain Valley
10 Salem
Class 5
1 Kickapoo
2 Kirkwood
3 Webster Groves
4 Hickman
5 Liberty
6 Belton
7 Washington
8 Rock Bridge
9 Republic
10 Jefferson City
