New Year, New Minnesota Basketball Rankings

The Minnesota State High School Coaches Association released today it's latest rankings for girls and boys basketball.

The top all stayed the same among the girls teams in each of the four classes.

Class 1A, Mountain Iron-Buhl , Class 2A, Providence Academy, Class 3A, Benilde-St. Margaret's, and Class 4A, Minnetonka.

Three Big Nine teams are included:  Rochester Mayo, #6 in Class 4A, Northfield, #7 in Class 3A, and Red Wing, #10 in Class 2A.

The Hiawatha Valley League has three representatives among the state's elite.  Rochester Lourdes, #5 in Class 2A, Stewartville. #5, and Byron, #9 in Class 3A.

There are two teams from the Gopher Conference.  New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva. #7, and Hayfield/Schaeffer Academy, #9 in Class 1A.

South Suburban Conference has four teams in the rankings.  Rosemount, #3, Eastview, #7, Lakeville South , and Lakeville North in Others receiving votes.

Complete girls rankings are listed below.

Class 1A

1. Mountain Iron-Buhl
2. Sleepy Eye-St. Mary's
3. Hillcrest Lutheran
4. Kelliher Academy
5. East Grand Forks Sacred Heart
6. Central MN Christian
7. New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva
8. Mayer Lutherab
9. Hayfield/Schaeffer Academy
10.BOLD
Others receiving votes: Pine River-Backus, Hills-Beaver Creek, Braham

Class 2A

1. Providence Academy
2. Crosby-Ironton
3. New London-Spicer
4. Duluth Marshall
5. Rochester Lourdes
6. Proctor
7. Minnehaha Academy
8. Perham
9. Fairmont
10.Red Wing and Pequot Lakes
Others receiving votes: Caledonia, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton, Milaca, Foley, Minnewaska Area, Milaca

Class 3A

1. Benilde-St. Margaret's
2. Orono
3. Hill-Murray
4. Cretin-Derham Hall
5. Stewartville
6. Marshall
7. Northfield
8. Delano
9. Byron
10.Richfield
Ohers receiving votes: DeLaSalle, Hermantown

Class 4A

1. Minnetonka
2. Hopkins
3. Rosemount
4. Maple Grove
5. Wayzata
6. Rochester Mayo
7. Eastview
8. Elk River
9. East Ridge
10.Waconia
Others receiving votes: Lakeville South, Lakeville North 

MSHSCA boys basketball rankings have new teams at the top of Class 1A and Class 3A.

Henning is #1 in Class 1A supplanting Cherry which was bumped to #2.

Richfield takes the top spot in Class 3A with previous #1 Totino-Grace at #2.

Northfield and Mankato East represent the Big Nine Conference in Class 3A.

The H-V-L has Goodhue, Zumbrota-Mazeppa, and Cannon Falls listed.

Gopher Conference with Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton.  South Suburban teams Eagan, Farmington, Lakeville South, Apple Valley, and Rosemount are included in Class 4A,

The complete boys rankings are below.

Class 4A

1.Wayzata
2. Tartan
3. Maple Grove
4. Eagan
5. Cretin-Derham Hall
6. Farmington
7. Buffalo
8. Moorhead
9. Eden Prairie
10.Hopkins
Others receiving votes: Blaine, Lakeville South, Apple Valley, Alexandria, East Ridge, Osseo, Rosemount

Class 3A

1. Richfield
2. Totino-Grace
3. DeLaSalle
4. St. Paul Johnson
5. Mahtomedi
6. Northfield
7. Mankato East
8. Becker
9. Willmar
10.Orono
Others receiving votes: St. Peter, Stewartville, Princeton, South St. Paul, St. Cloud Apollo

Class 2A

1. Belle Plaine
2. Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta
3. Goodhue
4. Montevideo
5. Holy Family
6. Winona Cotter/Hope Lutheran
7. Caledonia
8. Pequot Lakes
9. Albany
10.Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Others receiving votes: Cannon Falls, Southwest Christian, Rushford-Peterson, Minneapolis North

Class 1A

1. Henning
2. Cherry
3. Red Lake County
4. Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton
5. Hills-Beaver Creek
6. Dawson-Boyd
7. Nevis
8. Pelican Rapids
9. Central MN Christian
10.Wabasso
Others receiving votes: Madelia, Breckenridge, Liberty Classical, Southland, Lewiston-Altura, Deer River