Friday night’s 72-42 win over Polo has pushed the Maysville Wolverines into the Class 1 poll, one slot ahead of Polo, pushing Polo from 6th down to 9th. Other than that shake-up at the top of the Grand River Conference standings, very little changed in the state polls going into the sixth Friday night of high school football action.
Statewide high school football rankings, as compiled by a 14-member panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. First-place votes in parenthesis. Panel is made up of Dion Clisso, PrepsKC; Sam McDowell, The Kansas City Star; Chris Geinosky, The Liberty Tribune; Dave Kvidahl, STLHighschoolsports.com; Jim Powers, High School Sports Caravan; Larry Thornton, KSDK radio; Cameron Teague-Robinson, The Columbia Tribune; Tom Rackers, Jefferson City News-Tribune; Mike Scott, Ozone Sports; Rance Burger, The Springfield News-Leader; Cody Thorn, The St. Joseph News-Press; J.B Connoley, KRES radio; Chris Pobst, Sikeston Standard-Democrat; Matt King, The Daily Journal.
First-place votes in parenthesis.
CLASS 6
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW
1. CBC (12), 4-1, 138, 1
2. Blue Springs (2), 4-1, 126, 2
3. Kirkwood, 4-1, 105, 3
4. Rockhurst, 5-0, 101, 5
5. Jefferson City, 4-1, 75, 6
6. Hazelwood Central, 5-0, 73, 7
7. Lees Summit, 4-1, 44, 10
8. Springfield Kickapoo, 4-1, 41, 4
9. Raymore-Peculiar, 4-1, 38, NR
10. Eureka, 4-1, 19, 8
Dropped out: No. 9 SLUH
Also receiving votes: Park Hill (3-2), 4; SLUH (3-2), 3; Lees Summit West (3-2), 2; Blue Springs South (3-2), 1
CLASS 5
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW
1. Chaminade (12), 4-1, 136, 1
2. Battle (2), 5-0, 123, 2
3. Staley, 4-1, 113, 3
4. Liberty, 5-0, 93, 4
5. Glendale, 5-0, 81, 7
6. Nixa, 5-0, 76, 5
7. Fort Zumwalt North, 4-1, 64, 6
8. Park Hill South, 4-1, 39, T9
9. Jackson, 4-1, 19, NR
10. Liberty North, 2-3, 9, 8
Dropped out: No. T9 Timberland
Also receiving votes: Timberland (4-1), 6; Vianney (1-4), 5; William Chrisman (5-0), 3; Pattonville (2-3), 2; Carthage (4-1), 1
CLASS 4
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW
1. Kearney (14), 5-0, 140, 1
2. Carl Junction, 4-1, 121, 4
3. Parkway North, 4-1, 108, 2
4. Hannibal, 4-1, 80, 7
5. Platte County, 3-2, 77, 3
6. St. Dominic, 5-0, 69, 5
7. Webb City, 3-2, 67, 8
8. Ladue, 4-1, 48, 9
9. Hillsboro, 5-0, 24, 10
10. Smithville, 5-0, 19, NR
Dropped out: No. 6 Harrisonville
Also receiving votes: Harrisonville (3-2), 17
CLASS 3
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW
1. Maryville (12), 5-0, 138, 1
2. Blair Oaks (2), 5-0, 128, 2
3. Center, 5-0, 100, 4
4. Monett, 4-1, 90, 5
5. McCluer South-Berkley, 5-0, 78, 6
6. John Burroughs, 3-2, 63, 3
7. Park Hills Central, 5-0, 58, 7
8. Richmond, 5-0, 57, 8
9. Mexico, 3-2, 27, 9
10. Osage, 5-0, 24, 10
Also receiving votes: Odessa (3-2), 5; Hogan Prep (5-0), 1; Oak Grove (3-2), 1
CLASS 2
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW
1. Lamar (14), 4-0, 140, 1
2. Mtn. View-Liberty, 5-0, 123, 2
3. Centralia, 5-0, 114, 3
4. Mountain Grove, 5-0, 92, 4
5. Trinity, 5-0, 78, 5
6. Lutheran North, 4-1, 66, 7
7. Malden, 5-0, 63, 6
8. Fair Grove, 5-0, 42, 8
9. Macon, 5-0, 27, 9
10. Lawson, 4-1, 16, 10
Also receiving votes: South Callaway (5-0), 7; Brookfield (3-2), 1; Lexington (5-0), 1
CLASS 1
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW
1. Valle Catholic (14), 5-0, 140, 1
2. Marceline, 5-0, 123, 2
3. Hamilton-Penney, 5-0, 114, 3
4. Lincoln, 5-0, 98, 4
5. Hayti, 5-0, 81, 7
6. Cass-Midway, 5-0, 70, 8
7. East Buchanan, 4-1, 49, 10
8. Maysville, 4-1, 23, NR
9. Polo, 4-1, 18, 6
T10. Monroe City, 4-1, 15, NR
T10. Lockwood, 4-1, 15, 5
Dropped out: No. 9 Westran
Also receiving votes: Ash Grove (5-0), 8; Westran (4-1), 6; Wellington-Napoleon (4-1), 5; Thayer (3-2), 5
