Randolph Still Among Top Ranked Teams in State

The latest Minnesota Basketball News state boys basketball rankings were released Friday.  The Randolph Rockets are still #19 in Class 1A.  Three teams from the Big Nine are in the top ten in Class 3A.  Mankato East is #5, Northfield #7 and Austin #9.  The Packers dropped from #5 after losing to then #20 Class 4A Rochester  Mayo.

Both Big Nine teams that had been ranked in Class 4A were dropped from the top twenty.  Rochester Mayo was dumped despite defeating then #5 3A Austin 93-88.  The Spartans only loss was to Minnetonka 105-77 and they are averaging 85 points a game.  Rochester John Marshall won their first game of the season Friday night 85-70 over Winona so they were 0-3 when the rankings were determined.

Three Hiawatha Valley League teams are ranked in Class 2A.  Lake City #5, LaCrescent #12 and Rochester Lourdes #18.  There are four South Suburban teams rated in the top 15 in Class 4A.  These rating evidently didn't take into account Chaska's five point win over Lakeville North Thursday night.

The complete Minnesota Basketball News rankings for all boys basketball classes:

Class 4A

1. Park Center
2. Prior Lake
3. East Ridge
4. Hopkins
5. Lakeville North
6. Eden Prairie
7. Wayzata
8. Cretin-Derham Hall
9. Shakopee
10. Edina
11. Minnetonka
12. Tartan
13. St. Paul Central
14. Champlin Park
15. Eastview
16. Chaska
17. White Bear Lake
18. St. Michael-Albertville
19. Maple Grove
20. Moorhead

Class 3A

1. DeLaSalle
2. Princeton
3. Mahtomedi
4. St. Thomas Academy
5. Mankato East
6. Robbinsdale Cooper
7. Northfield
8. Waseca
9. Austin
10. Delano
11. Hibbing
12. Marshall
13. St. Paul Harding
14. Bemidji
15. St. Cloud Apollo
16. Fergus Falls
17. Totino-Grace
18. Benilde-St. Margaret's
19. Hermantown
20. Columbia Heights

Class 2A

1. Minnehaha Academy
2. Minneapolis North
3. Breck
4. Perham
5. Lake City
6. Caledonia
7. Melrose
8. Breckenridge
9. Osakis
10. Minnewaska Area
11. Spectrum
12. LaCrescent
13. Hawley
14. St. Charles
15. St. Cloud Cathedral
16. Pine City
17. Holy Family Catholic
18. Rochester Lourdes
19. Albany
20. Greenway

Class 1A

1. Minneota
2. Springfield
3. Cass Lake-Bena
4. Russell-Tyler-Ruthton
5. BOLD
6. North Woods
7. Ortonville
8. Minnesota Valley Lutheran
9. Cromwell-Wright
10. Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey
11. Mayer Lutheran
12. Mahnomen-Waubun
13. New Ulm Cathedral
14. Henning
15. Ada-Borup
16. Murray County Central
17. SW Minnesota Christian
18. Mountain Iron-Buhl
19. Randolph
20. Hancock