Basketball ratings
JCC up to 4th in Class 2A boys poll
Jackson County Central has moved up one place to fourth in the latest Class 2A boys basketball rankings by Minnesota Basketball News, a statewide basketball publication. The Huskies are 6-0.
They travel to Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall for two games next week as they play Class 2A No. 10 Montevideo (7-0) on Dec. 30 and Marshall (5-1) on Dec. 31. The lone loss for the Tigers was to Class 3A No. 4 Mankato East (4-1). The Cougars loss was to Class 4A No. 2 Hopkins (6-0).
Waseca (8-0) of the Big South Conference remains third in Class 2A. Albany (6-0) is again first in 2A.
In fact, all four leaders are the same in the boys ratings, Cherry (9-0) in Class 1A, Benilde-St. Margaret’s (6-0) in Class 3A and Cretin-Derham Hall (6-0) in Class 4A.
In the girls ratings, Marshall (9-0) moved up one spot into first in Class 3A. Jackson County Central (3-5) is the next opponent for the Tigers at 7 p.m. Friday at SMSU.
There’s also a new girls leader in Class 4A as Maple Grove (7-1) takes over the top spot. Goodhue (6-2) is again first in Class 1A and Providence Academy (9-0) is the leader in Class 2A.
Following are the complete ratings. Listed are rank, school, won-loss record through Saturday and last week’s ranking.
Boys
Class 1A
1. Cherry 9-0 1
2. Dawson-Boyd 5-1 2
3. Henning 7-0 3
4. Nevis 3-0 4
5. Deer River 6-0 6
6. Park Christian 5-1 5
7. Rushford-Peterson 5-1 7
8. Cedar Mountain 7-0 8
9. Ada-Borup West 5-2 9
10. Red Lake County 4-1 10
Class 2A
1. Albany 6-0 1
2. Caledonia 6-1 2
3. Waseca 8-0 4
4. Jackson County Central 6-0 5
5. Pequot Lakes 4-0 6
6. Breck 1-4 4
7. Blake 3-0 7
8. Lake City 4-1 8
9. Montevideo 6-0 NR
10. Cannon Falls 6-0 NR
Class 3A
1. Benilde-St. Margaret's 6-0 1
2. Orono 4-1 2
3. Alexandria 3-2 3
4. Mankato East 4-1 5
5. DeLaSalle 5-1 6
6. Totino-Grace 4-3 4
7. Stewartville 4-1 7
8. Byron 6-1 NR
9. Faribault 5-1 9
10. Richfield 4-3 8
Class 4A
1. Cretin-Derham Hall 6-0 1
2. Hopkins 6-0 2
3. Sauk Rapids-Rice 6-0 3
4. Wayzata 5-2 4
5. Champlin Park 5-0 5
6. Tartan 5-0 6
7. St. Michael-Albertville 6-0 7
8. Prior Lake 6-1 8
9. Eagan 5-0 9
10. St. Louis Park 4-2 9
Girls
Class 1A
1. Goodhue 6-2 1
2. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 8-0 2
3. Mountain Iron-Buhl 6-1 4
4. Mayer Lutheran 8-1 5
5. Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 8-0 8
6. Sleepy Eye St. Mary's 9-0 7
7. Underwood 7-0 9
8. Kittson County Central 6-1 6
9. Hancock 5-1 10
10. Cass Lake-Bena 8-1 3
Class 2A
1. Providence Academy 9-0 1
2. Crosby-Ironton 9-0 2
3. Minnehaha Academy 7-2 3
4. New London-Spicer 7-0 4
5. Sauk Centre 7-0 5
6. Caledonia 8-1 6
7. Proctor 9-1 7
8. Duluth Marshall 4-3 8
9. Minnewaska Area 5-2 9
10. Jordan 5-2 10
Class 3A
1. Marshall 9-0 2
2. Alexandria 6-2 3
3. Monticello 8-0 4
4. Orono 8-1 5
5. DeLaSalle 6-3 7
6. Benilde-St. Margaret's 3-4 7
7. Byron 8-1 8
8. Austin 7-0 NR
9. Stewartville 7-3 NR
10. Rock Ridge 7-1 6
Class 4A
1. Maple Grove 7-1 2
2. Eden Prairie 8-1 3
3. Hopkins 8-2 1
4. Minnetonka 6-1 4
5. Wayzata 6-2 5
6. Eastview 7-2 6
7. Prior Lake 6-2 7
8. St. Michael-Albertville 5-2 9
9. Centennial 7-1 NR
10. Brainerd 7-1 NR