Martin County West is ninth in the preseason Class 1A boys basketball ratings by Minnesota Basketball News.
The Mavericks open their season at Nicollet Thursday and then play at No. 1 Hayfield Friday.
Another Valley Conference and Section 2A team, Mankato Loyola is rated 11th in the Class 1A boys poll. New Ulm of the Big South Conference is 13th in Class 3A.
Other top-ranked boys teams are Minnehaha Academy (2A), Totino-Grace (3A) and Park Center (4A).
For the girls, Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial is rated 10th and Luverne 14th in Class 2A.
Three Big South Conference teams are rated in Class 3A with Marshall seventh, St. Peter eighth and New Ulm 12th.
Girls teams rated first are Hancock (1A), Providence Academy (2A), Becker (3A) and Hopkins (4A).
Following are the complete ratings.
Class 1A boys
1. Hayfield
2. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
3. New Life Academy
4. Cherry
5. Cass Lake-Bena
6. Henning
7. Mountain Iron-Buhl
8. Goodhue
9. Martin County West
10. Russell-Tyler-Ruthton
11. Mankato Loyola
12. Spring Grove
13. Deer River
14. Fertile-Beltrami
15. Legacy Christian
16. Lakeview
17. Lyle-Pacelli
18. Border West
19. Nevis
20. Browerville
Class 2A boys
1. Minnehaha Academy
2. Holy Family Catholic
3. Plainview-Elgin-Millville
4. Lake City
5. Perham
6. Minneapolis North
7. Maple River
8. Pequot Lakes
9. Watertown-Mayer
10. Mora
11. Albany
12. Sauk Centre
13. Esko
14. Maranatha Christian
15. West Central Area
16. Hiawatha Collegiate
17. Concordia Academy
18. New London-Spicer
19. Thief River Falls
20. Milaca
Class 3A boys
1. Totino-Grace
2. DeLaSalle
3. Orono
4. Mahtomedi
5. Benilde-St. Margaret’s
6. Stewartville
7. Columbia Heights
8. Austin
9. Mankato East
10. St. Cloud Tech
11. St. Thomas Academy
12. Princeton
13. New Ulm
14. Hermantown
15. Delano
16. Richfield
17. Kasson-Mantorville
18. Mankato West
19. Simley
20. Becker
Class 4A boys
1. Park Center
2. Lakeville North
3. Wayzata
4. Minnetonka
5. Eastview
6. East Ridge
7. Osseo
8. Lakeville South
9. Eden Prairie
10. Bloomington Jefferson
11. Shakopee
12. Andover
13. White Bear Lake
14. Stillwater
15. Rosemount
16. Hopkins
17. Moorhead
18.Robbinsale Armstrong
19. Elk River
20. Northfield
Class 1A girls
1. Hancock
2. Mountain Iron-Buhl
3. Hayfield
4. Underwood
5. Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
6. Minneota
7. Sleepy Eye
8. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
9. Mayer Lutheran
10. United Christian
11. Lac qui Parle Valley
12. Wheaton-Herman-Norcross
13. Fosston
14. Grand Meadow
15. Chisholm
16. Henning
17. Fertile-Beltrami
18. South Ridge
19. Braham
20. New York Mills
Class 2A girls
1. Providence Academy
2. St. Croix Lutheran
3. Minnehaha Academy
4. Goodhue
5. Holy Family Catholic
6. Rochester Lourdes
7. Sauk Centre
8. Albany
9. Montevideo
10. Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial
11. New London-Spicer
12. Glencoe-Silver Lake
13. Perham
14. Luverne
15. Pine City
16. Caledonia
17. Minnewaska Area
18. Maple River
19. Minneapolis Roosevelt
20. Plainview-Elgin-Millville
Class 3A girls
1. Becker
2. Benilde-St. Margaret’s
3. Grand Rapids
4. Alexandria
5. Holy Angels
6. Detroit Lakes
7. Marshall
8. St. Peter
9. Stewartville
10. DeLaSalle
11. Orono
12. New Ulm
13. Jordan
14. Hill-Murray
15. Red Wing
16. Mahtomedi
17. Visitation
18. Kasson-Mantorville
19. Monticello
20. Mankato West
Class 4A girls
1. Hopkins
2. Minnetonka
3. St. Michael-Albertville
4. Eden Prairie
5. Chaska
6. Maple Grove
7. Lakeville North
8. Wayzata
9. East Ridge
10. Roseville Area
11. Rosemount
12. Rogers
13. Centennial
14. Eastview
15. Elk River
16. Lakeville South
17. Stillwater
18. Rochester Mayo
19. Shakopee
20. Andover