Christmas Special - Missouri Boys High School Basketball rankings by class 12/23/2019

It's been and will continue to be  an exciting time with the Holidays.  Good food, family time and a lot of basketball with the Holiday tournaments.  With all the last minute preparations for the holiday, I am only posting the top 40 to 60 teams for each class.  I still have to check the grandchildren's naughty or nice list and wrap a few more presents.  The best gift of the holiday would be your "presence" with the ones you love.  That means putting the rankings aside for a couple of days.

Here's my class by class topline for Missouri boys basketball:

Class 1 - Dora and South Iron have separated themselves from the pack.  It's a shame these two teams will not be able to play in a state championship game as they will meet as district champions and whomever wins that exciting game will walk over the rest of their games to a state championship,

Class 2 - Hartville and Springfield Greenwood lead Lakeland and Crane by a half step.  Time will tell if Hartville is for real.

Class 3 - There is a log-jam of talented teams in class 3, led by Charleston and Cardinal Ritter, with Trinity, Blair Oaks, Father Tolton and Christian O'Fallon breathing down their neck.  Don't count out Soldan or Lift for Life who have been coming on strong.  This class is a toss-up for state championship play.

Class 4 - McCluer, Helias, MICDS, U City, Hazelwood East and Sikeston are all great teams but I don't know if any of them will touch Vashon who has taken down the #6 and #10th ranked teams in the country on their travels.  Vashon will be a top 10 nationally ranked team in the next poll.

Class 5 -  Chaminade has been blasting teams around the country while Mehlville has taken care of business on the local scene.  Both are just a little ahead of Francis Howell, CBC, De Smet and the rest of the pack.  Big games in the Metro Catholic in January between the Red Devils, Spartans and Cadets.  Mehlville will probably get a chance to flex their muscles against De Smet in the Coaches vs. Cancer championship game.  Should be an interesting class 5 tournament season.

Missouri Boys Basketball Class 1 Top 40 - 12/23/2019
Rank	Team name	Class	District	Rating
1	South Iron	1	3	120.1
2	Dora	1	4	120.1
3	Delta	1	2	106.8
4	St. Elizabeth	1	9	101.0
5	Princeton	1	14	97.9
6	Northeast (Cairo)	1	10	95.8
7	Sturgeon	1	10	95.8
8	Lesterville	1	3	95.6
9	Jefferson (Conception Junction) w/ So. Nodaway	1	16	90.2
10	Mound City	1	15	89.7
11	Climax Springs	1	7	89.0
12	Norwood	1	4	88.7
13	Lockwood	1	5	88.6
14	Liberal	1	5	88.4
15	Macks Creek	1	7	88.2
16	Fair Play	1	7	87.2
17	Glasgow	1	10	86.0
18	Wellsville-Middleton	1	10	85.2
19	Meadville	1	12	84.5
20	Leeton	1	8	84.1
21	Concordia	1	8	83.1
22	Risco	1	2	83.1
23	Sacred Heart (Sedalia)	1	8	82.7
24	Pilot Grove	1	9	81.6
25	North Shelby	1	11	81.6
26	Stanberry	1	16	81.5
27	Green City	1	12	81.2
28	Rock Port	1	16	81.1
29	Novinger	1	11	80.6
30	Linn County	1	12	80.5
31	Golden City	1	5	80.2
32	Humansville	1	7	79.8
33	Canton	1	11	79.5
34	Higbee	1	10	79.4
35	Worth County	1	16	79.4
36	Walnut Grove	1	7	79.0
37	Green Ridge	1	8	78.7
38	Winston	1	14	78.6
39	Eminence	1	3	78.3
40	Mercer	1	14	72.2

Missouri Boys Basketball Class 2 Top 40 - 12/23/2019
Rank	Team name	Class	District	Rating
1	Hartville	2	10	110.9
2	Greenwood (Springfield)	2	11	109.9
3	Lakeland	2	13	106.5
4	Crane	2	11	106.0
5	Skyline	2	13	104.7
6	Milan	2	6	103.6
7	Hayti	2	1	100.7
8	New Franklin	2	7	99.7
9	North Andrew	2	16	98.7
10	Plattsburg	2	15	98.6
11	Linn	2	8	97.9
12	New Haven	2	8	97.6
13	Mid-Buchanan	2	16	97.2
14	Gallatin	2	15	96.5
15	Slater	2	7	96.3
16	Portageville	2	1	95.3
17	Van Far	2	5	95.1
18	East Buchanan	2	16	94.1
19	Bernie	2	1	94.0
20	Oran	2	3	93.8
21	Advance	2	3	93.5
22	South Pemiscot	2	1	92.2
23	Blue Eye	2	11	92.0
24	Van Buren	2	2	91.4
25	Cole Camp	2	7	90.9
26	Billings	2	11	90.6
27	East Carter	2	2	90.5
28	Harrisburg MO	2	8	89.9
29	Spokane	2	11	89.7
30	Clopton	2	5	88.5
31	Salisbury	2	6	87.8
32	Bishop LeBlond St. Joseph	2	16	87.3
33	Tarkio with Fairfax	2	16	87.1
34	Iberia	2	9	87.0
35	Ellington High (Southern Reynolds)	2	2	86.4
36	Crystal City	2	4	85.7
37	Valle Catholic	2	3	85.6
38	Miller MO	2	13	85.5
39	Alton MO	2	2	85.2
40	St. Vincent	2	3	83.9
Missouri Boys Basketball Class 3 Top 50 - 12/23/2019
Rank	Team name	Class	District	Rating
1	Charleston MO	3	1	129.8
2	Cardinal Ritter	3	6	128.6
3	Trinity	3	7	127.1
4	Blair Oaks	3	9	123.7
5	Father Tolton Catholic	3	9	122.5
6	Christian (O'Fallon)	3	8	121.6
7	Soldan	3	7	118.6
8	Lift for Life	3	6	117.0
9	Liberty Mountain View MO	3	4	117.0
10	Lutheran North	3	7	115.5
11	Springfield Catholic	3	11	115.4
12	Hogan Prep Charter	3	15	113.0
13	New Madrid County Central	3	1	111.2
14	Hancock	3	5	110.8
15	KC Central Academy (Central Academy of Excellence High School KC)	3	16	109.9
16	St. James	3	4	109.1
17	Centralia MO	3	13	108.8
18	Whitfield	3	5	108.4
19	Southern Boone	3	9	107.9
20	Miller Career Academy	3	6	106.4
21	Lutheran South	3	5	106.0
22	Christian High School Springfield	3	8	105.8
23	St. Pius X Festus	3	3	105.7
24	Ewing Marion Kauffman Charter High School	3	15	105.6
25	Monroe City	3	13	103.5
26	Fair Grove	3	11	103.1
27	DuBourg	3	5	102.3
28	Jefferson (Festus)	3	3	101.8
29	Palmyra	3	13	101.6
30	Versailles	3	9	100.8
31	Steelville	3	3	100.8
32	Fatima	3	9	100.8
33	Duchesne	3	7	100.6
34	Maryville	3	16	98.0
35	Lutheran St. Charles	3	8	97.8
36	University Academy	3	15	97.7
37	McKinley	3	6	97.4
38	Winfield	3	8	97.0
39	Hermann	3	8	96.5
40	Strafford	3	11	96.5
41	Kennett	3	1	96.1
42	Montgomery County	3	8	95.0
43	Richmond	3	14	94.5
44	KC Southeast	3	15	94.3
45	East Newton	3	12	93.8
46	St. Pius X Kansas City	3	16	93.8
47	Lamar	3	12	93.5
48	Dixon	3	4	93.1
49	Lathrop	3	16	92.8
50	Hallsville	3	13	79.7
Missouri Boys Basketball Class 4 Top 50 - 12/23/2019
Rank	Team name	Class	District	Rating
1	Vashon	4	6	138.3
2	McCluer	4	7	130.1
3	Helias	4	10	124.2
4	MICDS	4	5	124.0
5	Sikeston	4	1	124.0
6	University City	4	5	122.4
7	Hazelwood East	4	6	121.5
8	Cape Girardeau Central	4	1	120.2
9	Westminster Christian Academy	4	4	120.2
10	Lincoln College Prep	4	15	118.8
11	Raytown South	4	14	118.6
12	Ladue	4	5	117.5
13	Confluence	4	6	117.5
14	Hillsboro MO	4	2	115.3
15	St. Francis Borgia	4	4	115.0
16	St. Dominic	4	7	114.2
17	Kearney	4	16	114.0
18	Cape Girardeau Notre Dame	4	1	113.9
19	Webb City	4	12	113.8
20	Nevada	4	13	113.5
21	Washington	4	4	112.8
22	Park Hills Central	4	2	112.5
23	Grain Valley	4	14	111.9
24	Windsor Imperial	4	3	111.7
25	St. Mary's	4	3	111.7
26	St. Joseph Lafayette	4	16	111.6
27	Jennings	4	6	111.3
28	Grandview (Kansas City MO)	4	13	110.7
29	Clayton	4	5	110.7
30	Rockwood Summit	4	4	110.0
31	Normandy Collaborative	4	5	109.9
32	St. Charles	4	7	108.3
33	KC Center	4	14	107.8
34	Ruskin	4	13	107.8
35	St. Charles West	4	7	107.7
36	Sullivan MO	4	9	107.6
37	Mexico	4	8	107.1
38	Priory	4	4	106.1
39	Bolivar	4	11	105.1
40	John Burroughs	4	5	104.2
41	Parkway North	4	7	102.5
42	Rolla	4	9	102.3
43	Pembroke Hill	4	14	101.9
44	Van Horn	4	15	101.6
45	Dexter	4	1	100.2
46	Logan-Rogersville	4	11	99.5
47	Farmington	4	2	98.8
48	Warrensburg	4	13	98.5
49	Pacific	4	4	97.8
50	Oak Grove	4	14	97.8
Missouri Boys Basketball Class 5 Top 60 - 12/23/2019
Rank	Team name	Class	District	Rating
1	Chaminade	5	4	138.0
2	Mehlville	5	2	137.6
3	Francis Howell	5	8	135.3
4	De Smet	5	6	132.7
5	CBC	5	6	129.5
6	Park Hill South	5	16	127.8
7	Liberty KC	5	15	126.6
8	Webster Groves	5	4	125.4
9	Hazelwood West	5	5	125.4
10	Joplin	5	12	123.4
11	Rockhurst	5	14	123.0
12	Raymore Peculiar	5	13	122.7
13	Blue Springs	5	14	121.6
14	Kickapoo	5	11	120.9
15	Liberty North	5	15	120.5
16	Nixa	5	11	120.2
17	Hazelwood Central	5	5	119.7
18	Rock Bridge	5	9	119.5
19	Fort Zumwalt South	5	7	119.2
20	Blue Springs South	5	14	119.1
21	Staley	5	16	118.6
22	Ozark	5	10	117.3
23	Kirkwood	5	4	116.9
24	Battle (Columbia)	5	9	116.9
25	Lafayette	5	3	116.9
26	Eureka	5	3	116.1
27	William Chrisman	5	15	116.1
28	North Kansas City	5	15	115.8
29	Glendale	5	10	115.6
30	Truman	5	14	115.3
31	McCluer North	5	5	114.9
32	Parkway Central	5	6	114.3
33	Fort Zumwalt North	5	7	113.5
34	SLUH	5	4	113.4
35	Willard	5	12	112.5
36	Vianney	5	2	112.4
37	Holt	5	8	112.0
38	Republic	5	12	111.7
39	Park Hill	5	16	111.2
40	Parkview	5	11	110.0
41	Marquette	5	3	109.6
42	Jefferson City	5	9	109.4
43	Lee's Summit	5	13	108.7
44	Troy Buchanon	5	8	108.2
45	Raytown	5	14	107.6
46	Smith-Cotton	5	9	107.4
47	Oak Park	5	16	107.3
48	Francis Howell Central	5	7	107.1
49	Pattonville	5	6	106.9
50	Parkway South	5	3	106.7
51	Jackson	5	1	106.0
52	Poplar Bluff	5	1	105.7
53	Lee's Summit North	5	13	105.5
54	Parkway West	5	3	103.8
55	Oakville	5	2	103.7
56	Lee's Summit West	5	13	103.5
57	Timberland	5	8	103.3
58	Fort Zumwalt West	5	7	103.2
59	Lindbergh	5	2	102.8
60	Fort Osage	5	15	102.7