2017-18 Stlprepsports.com Basketball Rankings VII
Date: 02/15/18
Large Schools:
1.(3) Hazelwood Central (21-2) lost to a very good Rock Bridge team on 2/9. The other loss was to Chicago Orr. They beat #5 LS) Francis Howell, #7 LS) Liberty, #2 SS) St. Mary’s, #5 SS) Jennings, #9) Hazelwood East. They are very tough.
2. (2) Belleville West (22-2) losses were to #4) Chaminade and to an out of town team. They beat Webster Groves without Gordon. They beat a good Champaign Central twice, and has beaten the Southwestern Conference 12-0 the toughest conference in the Metro area. They are the only Metro team to beat #4 SS) Confluence
3. (4) Webster Groves (14-7) they have only two losses when Gordon and Ramey play and they are to national power houses Oak Hill and Brentwood (Tenn). Gordon is back from suspension. They have a tough schedule ahead.
4. (1) Chaminade 18-4 lost by 42 points to #2 SS) St. Mary’s since the last ranking. They have good wins Whitney Young, #2 LS) Belleville West, #2 SS) St. Mary’s, Morgan Park (Chicago), #1 SS) Vashon. They live and die by the three pointer and good defense. They have a bad loss to Vianney
5. (5) Francis Howell (21-3) on a 16 game winning streak after to losing to a hot (#7 SS) Trinity team in the MICDS Holiday Tourney.They have a solid five of six. They will have a lot of wins.
6. (7) Parkway Central (19-4) in the last 13 games 12-1 and their one loss was to Liberty (1-2).They should win till the playoffs. They have a must see in DeAndre Campbell. They have something to play for their coach is retiring.
7. (10) Liberty (18-6) they beat a very good Fort Zumwalt South on 2/7. They have losses to #6 LS) Parkway Central 2-1, #1 LS) Hazelwood Central, #7 SS) Trinity, Fort Zumwalt West twice. They have a must see in Catchings brothers.
8.) (6) Fort Zumwalt South (19-3) loss to #7 LS) Liberty on 2/7 but has a chance to get revenge on 2/20 at South. The other two losses were to Fort Zumwalt West and Springfield Glendale.
9.) (8) Hazelwood East (15-5) they have losses to (#7 SS) Trinity, Lincoln IL, (#1 LS) Hazelwood Central, Belleville East and Mc Cluer North and (#5 SS) Jennings . I would say none of them real bad losses. They have beaten Pattonville twice and (#8 SS)Cardinal Ritter.
10. (NR) Edwardsville (14-8) they have losses to #3 LS) Belleville West 2x, #11 SS) Centralia Il, East St. Louis 2-1, Rockhurst, Quincy, Decatur MacArthur, Alton . Beat Collinsville twice. They have had a tough schedule.
Honorable Mention: 11.) Alton (14-8), 12.) Ladue (16-8), 13.) Collinsville (15-11), 14.) CBC (8-13) 15.) East St. Louis (10-10)
Small Schools:
1. (1) Vashon (17-4) losses to #1 LS) Chaminade, Jonesboro Ark, Chicago Orr and a nationally ranked team from Maryland all really great teams.They have a must see in Mario McKinney. Always tough no different this year. Tough Schedule ahead
2. (2) St. Mary’s (22-3) losses were to LS#3) Hazelwood Central, Duchesne and #1 LS) Chaminade. They got revenge from Chaminade and beat them by 42 points and also beat Duchesne in overtime.
3. (3) Confluence (21-4) are on a 11 game winning streak and their losses were to #4 LS) Belleville West and out of town team that beat Belleville West and another out of town team. They are a must see with two top 10 scorers in the area Brandon Fredrick and Leon Perry
4. (4) Alton Marquette (27-0) their loses were to no one and probably not getting enough credit for being the only undefeated team in the area.
5. (5) Jennings (21-3) lost to Decatur MacArthur in the Bank of O’Fallon Shootout in double overtime. Their other losses to Whitfield and Hazelwood Central.
6. (6) Northwest Academy (17-6) defending state champs have losses to #2 SS) St. Mary’s ,#4 LS) Webster Groves and to four out of Metro teams.
7. (7) Trinity (18-3) lost to Duchesne, (#5 SS) Jennings and SLUH. They beat (#8 SS) Cardinal Ritter 2X, (#10 LS) Liberty, (#5 LS) Francis Howell, (#8 LS) Hazelwood East. They have had a great year so far.
8. (8) Cardinal Ritter (17-8) losses to(#5 SS) Jennings,)(#6 SS) Trinity 2x, (#1 SS) Vashon, (#8 LS) Hazelwood East, and three out of town teams including a good Bloomington team. They have a tough schedule.
9. (9) Whitfield (17-7) they have losses against a very good Sikeston team at Columbia and a loss to an up and coming Pattonville team, (#5 LS) Francis Howell, (#10 LS) Liberty,(#1 LS) Hazelwood Central ans a Chicago team. They have a bad loss to Westminster and came back and won against a good Ladue team. They have a must see in Mizzou recruit Torrence Watson.
10. (10) Duchesne (16-8) losses were to St. Dominic, St. Charles, (#9 SS) Whitfield, (#5 SS) Jennings twice, (#7 SS) Trinity 1-1, very good Pinckneyville now the wins (#2 SS) St. Mary’s (1-1) , (#9 LS) Ladue, (#7 LS) Parkway Central.
Honorable Mention: 11. Centralia (20-4) 12.Pacific (18-4) 13. Wesclin (22-4) 14. Nashville (20-7) 15. St. Charles (17-7)
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