State High School football poll: Blair Oaks #1 after one week
No real surprises in this week's stte football polls. Trinity Catholic lost Saturday night to Lutheran North 25-7, so the Blair Oaks Falcons with their 23-14 win over Maryville took over first place in the Class 3 poll. Here are the complete polls.
SEPT. 2 STATEWIDE FOOTBALL RANKINGS
Statewide high school football rankings, as compiled by a 9-member panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. First-place votes in parenthesis. Panel is made up of Dion Clisso, PrepsKC; Cody Thorn, The Platte County Citizen; Dave Kvidahl, STLHighschoolsports.com; Tom Rackers, Jefferson City News-Tribune; Chris Parker, Ozone Sports; Brandon Zenner, The St. Joseph News-Press; J.B. Connoley, KRES radio; Matt King, The Daily Journal; Jason Peake, The Joplin Globe.
First-place votes in parenthesis.
CLASS 6
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW 1. CBC (9), 1-0, 90, 1 2. Rockhurst, 1-0, 79, 2 3. DeSmet, 1-0, 71, T3 4. Rock Bridge, 0-1, 59, T3 5. Joplin, 1-0, 54, 5 6. Blue Springs, 1-0, 49, 7 7. Kirkwood, 1-0, 37, 8 8. Park Hill, 0-1, 26, 10 9. Liberty North, 1-0, 16, NR 10. Lee’s Summit West, 0-1, 7, 9 Also receiving votes: Lee’s Summit North (0-1), 4; Francis Howell (1-0), 3
CLASS 5
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW 1. Fort Zumwalt North (8), 1-0, 89, 1 2. Carthage (1), 1-0, 82, 2 3. Raytown, 1-0, 68, 4 4. Staley, 1-0, 63, 6 5. Jackson, 1-0, 49, 9 6. Eureka, 0-1, 44, 3 7. Chaminade, 1-0, 35, 10 8. Battle, 0-1, 26, 7 9. North Kansas City, 1-0, 18, NR 10. Vianney, 0-1, 15, 5 Also receiving votes: Fort Osage (0-1), 6
CLASS 4
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW 1. Ladue (5), 1-0, 86, 1 2. Webb City (4), 1-0, 85, 2 3. Camdenton, 1-0, 64, 3 4. Platte County, 1-0, 61, 4 T5. MICDS, 1-0, 46, 5 T5. Kearney, 1-0, 46, 6 7. St. Mary’s, 1-0, 30, 7 8. West Plains, 1-0, 25, 8 9. Smithville, 1-0, 24, 10 10. Lebanon, 1-0, 13, 9 Also receiving votes: St. Joseph Lafayette (1-0), 8; Grain Valley (1-0), 6; Jefferson City Helias (1-0), 1
CLASS 3
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW 1. Blair Oaks (8), 1-0, 89, 2 2. Trinity (1), 0-1, 80, 1 3. Odessa, 1-0, 69, 4 4. Mt. Vernon, 1-0, 62, 3 5. St. Charles West, 1-0, 57, 5 6. Southern Boone, 1-0, 40, 6 7. St. Francis Borgia, 1-0, 37, 7 8. Cassville, 1-0, 26, 8 9. Boonville, 1-0, 21, 9 10. Kennett, 1-0, 9, T10 Also receiving votes: Springfield Catholic (1-0), 4; Savannah (0-1), 1
CLASS 2
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW 1. Lutheran North (9), 1-0, 90, 1 2. Cardinal Ritter, 1-0, 80, 2 3. Lathrop, 1-0, 66, 4 4. Lamar, 1-0, 63, 5 5. Maryville, 0-1, 57, 3 6. Clark County, 1-0, 45, 6 7. Ava, 1-0, 34, 8 8. Centralia, 1-0, 25, NR 9. Palmyra, 1-0, 10, T10 10. Macon, 1-0, 9, NR Also receiving votes: Knob Noster (1-0), 6; Hallsville (1-0), 3; Lawson (0-1), 3; Summit Christian Academy (1-0), 2; O’Fallon Christian (1-0), 1; Monroe City (0-1), 1
CLASS 1
Rank, team, Rec., Pts., LW 1. Lincoln (9), 1-0, 90, 1 2. Westran, 1-0, 73, 4 3. Pierce City, 1-0, 72, 3 4. Mid Buchanan, 1-0, 56, 4 5. Valle Catholic, 1-0, 48, 5 6. Thayer, 1-0, 43, 9 7. Marceline, 1-0, 36, 7 8. Adrian, 1-0, 30, 8 9. Hamilton-Penney, 1-0, 21, 10 10. Hayti, 0-1, 18, 2 Also receiving votes: Milan (0-1), 5; South Callaway (0-1), 2; Tipton (1-0), 1