| 2016-17 Stlprepsports.com Basketball Rankings III | ||||||||
| Date: 01/03/2017 | ||||||||
| Large Schools | ||||||||
| 1. Chaminade 10-1 They played in their own Christmas Tournament which wasn’t very tough but think it will be tough for any St. Louis Metro area team to beat them. | ||||||||
| 2. Edwardsville 11-1 They won the very tough Collinsville Christmas Tourney and beat Althoff in the final. They have Mark Smith that is getting better and better every day. They have a tough core of players. Well coached | ||||||||
| 3. Webster Groves 7-2 They loss a tough one in the Coaches vs Cancer at Meramec to SLUH but bounced back in the third plce game to beat Hazelwood Central soundly. They will be getting Carte’ Gordon later in January. | ||||||||
| 4. East St. Louis 9-4 They played a very tough schedule with losses to Champaign Central, Chicago Curie, Tampa Catholic, and loss to Althoff in the Collinsville Christmas Tournament . They did win the 3rd place game against Springfield Southeast. | ||||||||
| 5. SLUH 10-4 They got 2nd place in the very tough Coaches vs Cancer Holiday Tournament at Meramec. It took St. Mary’s overtime to beat them. They will get better and better as the year goes on. They are well coached. When is Brent Smith coming back? Brendan McKissic is tough. | ||||||||
| 6. Hazelwood Central 8-5 They have played a very tough schedule. They have losses to Belleville West, SLUH, Hartville, St. Mary’s, and Webster Groves. They have wins against CBC, Whitfield, They have some wins against some Springfield teams. They play CBC again on January 6th. | ||||||||
| 7. CBC 8-6 They have probably played the toughest schedule off all the Metro area teams. They have losses against Chaimpaign Central, St. Mary’s, Peoria Manual, Chaminade, Hazelwood Central, and Chicago North Lawndale. They play hard and maybe with a little too much contact. | ||||||||
| 8. Belleville West 8-4 They won the Vianney Tournament then the next day they beat Edwardsville. There the only one to beat Edwardsville all year. They got 2nd in the Centralia Holiday Tourney. | ||||||||
| 9. Ladue 7-2 They won the MICDS Holiday Tournament with four wins against above average teams and played better in every game. There on a six game winning streak, They have a solid core of seven, Well Coached. | ||||||||
| 10. Belleville East 8-4 They have loses against East St. Louis, Edwardsville, Alton, and Decatur Eisenhower. Did have three wins in a row at the Collinsville Holiday Tournament | ||||||||
| Small Schools | ||||||||
| 1. Vashon 9-2 They have two losses to out of town teams but the first loss was Blue Valley NW and there not even going to win their conference. I think their size makes the difference and probably the best team in the area. | ||||||||
| 2. St. Mary’s 11-0 They won the loaded Coaches vs Cancer Holiday Tournament . They have wins at CBC, SLUH, and Hazelwood Central. They have three great players in Collins, Burks, Rasas | ||||||||
| 3. Althoff 8-3 The three loses are to great teams Eswardsville twice and defending State Champion Chicago Curie by one point. They did get 2nd in the Collinsville Holiday Tournament. They have the best player in the area in Jordan Goodwin. | ||||||||
| 4. Breese Central 10-3 They won the Mater Dei Christmas Tourney, There on a eight game winning streak. There always tough in all sports. | ||||||||
| 5. Okawville 12-2 They took third place in the Mater Dei Christmas Tourney. They lost to Breese Central and Highland. | ||||||||
| 6. Cardinal Ritter 11-3 The three losses were all to out of town teams. They have a big game with St. Mary’s on January 13th at Ritter. | ||||||||
| 7. Jennings 10-2 They won the consolation final in the loaded Coaches vs Cancer Holiday Tournament. They lost to Vianney which is real good or just bad. They lost to Poplar Bluff which isn’t as good as usual but they’re usually tough. | ||||||||
| 8.) Alton Marquette 13-2 They won the Freeburg-Columbia Christmas Tournament. They loss to Breese Central and Civic Memorial. They did beat Civic Memorial in the Christmas Tourney. | ||||||||
| 9.) Duchesne 8-2 They lost to Quincy Notre Dame and to MICDS at their own tournament. They have wins against Ritenour and Parkway Central. They have a good core starting with Adam Moore | ||||||||
| 10.) Miller Career 9-4 They have losses to Vashon, North Tech, Urban Prep and Parkway South. They beat Rock Bridge, Whitfield. They have a player in Javonte Perkins | ||||||||
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i noticed your comment on poplar bluff not being as good as usual while beating jennings…pb had been playing without their best player, 6’6″ sophomore marcedus leech who is espn top 20 ranked in his class.averaged 21pts a game on varsity as freshman and blew up over the summer at camps…i’ve seen a lot of tape on him and kind of see a cross between larry hughes and darius miles…shitty to do that kind of comparison to young guy, but he’s a lefty with phenom dot com jumper out to beyond 3pt range, smooth handle and a motor that won’t stop til he’s hanging on the rim…
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crap..didn’t mean to hit post yet..he played first game this year and has not played since.I don’t know exactly what is going on, but I think he is under some suspension.I know there is a big scandal about transferring and recruiting in bootheel area and pb got a new player or two(not leech)…like I said, not real sure..
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Mercedes Leech what a player he is. I couldn’t find anything why he hasn’t played since the first game. That makes Jennings loss to them a lot better loss. I watched all the highlights of Leech and he can play.
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