The area has 15 ranked teams across five classes in this week’s statewide boys basketball coaches poll.
Walnut Grove (Class 1) and Hartville (Class 2) hold strong at No. 1 in each of their classes.
Nixa (C5), Republic (C5), Thayer (C2), Lincoln (C2), Hermitage (C1) and Eminence (C1) all make their debuts in the rankings this week.
Class 1
1 Walnut Grove 5-0 (LW 1)
2 Winston 4-0
3 Glasgow 3-0
4 North Andrew 2-0
5 Hermitage 4-0 (LW NR)
6 Scott County Central 3-2
7 Worth County 4-1
8 Advance 2-1
9 Jefferson 1-0
10 Eminence 2-0 (LW NR)
Class 2
1 Hartville 4-0 (LW 1)
2 Mansfield 3-0 (LW 2)
3 Stanberry 4-0
4 Crane 4-0 (LW 4)
5 Thayer 3-1 (LW NR)
6 Salisbury 2-0
7 Ellington 4-1
8 Lincoln 3-0 (LW NR)
9 Mid-Buchanan 2-1
10 Knox County 3-1
Dropped out: Purdy
Class 3
1 Cardinal Ritter 4-0
2 Licking 3-0 (LW 2)
3 Southern Boone 3-0
4 Charleston 4-0
5 Whitfield 2-1
6 Caruthersville 3-0
7 Mountain Grove 1-0 (LW 8)
8 Fair Grove 3-1 (LW 7)
9 Barstow 1-2
10 Lamar 2-0 (LW 9)
Dropped out: Clever
Class 4
1 Vashon 3-0
2 Sikeston 1-0
3 Helias 2-0
4 Parkway West 3-0
5 Cape Central 3-0
6 St. Marys5-0
7 MICDS 3-1
8 Moberly 2-1
9 Jennings 3-1
10 Hillsboro 2-0
Class 5
1 Webster Groves 0-0
2 Chaminade 1-0
3 Kickapoo 2-1 (LW 3)
4 CBC 2-2
5 Rock Bridge 2-2
6 Nixa 3-0 (LW NR)
7 Park Hill South 2-0
8 Republic 3-0 (LW NR)
9 Lee’s Summit West 0-0
10 Raytown 3-1
