Power-ranking each Springfield area boys' basketball district heading into February
With less than a month remaining in the 2023-24 high school basketball regular season, we went through and power-ranked each district involving a high school basketball team from the area.
Here's how we see things going down on the boys' side. Rankings are based on results from games played through Jan. 30.
Class 1, District 4
Niangua
Chadwick
Couch
Eminence
Koshkonong
Bradleyville
Lutie
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Class 1, District 5
Walnut Grove
School of the Ozarks
Billings
McAuley Catholic
Exeter
Hurley
Everton
Class 1, District 6
Lockwood
Dadeville
Halfway
Humansville
Fair Play
Golden City
Greenfield
Class 2, District 10
Hartville
Bakersfield
Norwood
Gainesville
Dora
Mansfield
Fordland
Class 2, District 11
Blue Eye
Wheaton
Galena
Purdy
Spokane
Crane
Gloria Deo
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Class 2, District 12
Ash Grove
Miller
College Heights Christian
Jasper
Liberal
Verona
Thomas Jefferson
Class 2, District 13
Weaubleau
Osceola
Rich Hill
Marion C. Early
Lakeland
Lincoln
Appleton City
Class 3, District 8
Versailles
Stover
Cole Camp
Skyline
Warsaw
Russellville
Class 3, District 10
Thayer
Mountain View
Licking
Seymour
Willow Springs
Alton
Houston
Class 3, District 11
Sparta
Greenwood
Fair Grove
Forsyth
Pleasant Hope
Conway
New Covenant
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Class 3, District 12
Southwest (Washburn)
Marionville
Lamar
Sarcoxie
Pierce City
Diamond
Class 4, District 10
Catholic
Strafford
Bolivar
Eldon
Osage
Buffalo
Class 4, District 11
Logan-Rogersville
Mountain Grove
Clever
Ava
Reeds Spring
Hollister
Class 4, District 12
Seneca
Aurora
Mount Vernon
East Newton
Cassville
Monett
Class 5, District 6
Parkview
Rolla
Willard
Branson
Marshfield
Hillcrest
McDonald County
West Plains
Class 6, District 5
Central
Kickapoo
Nixa
Republic
Glendale
Ozark
Neosho
Joplin
Wyatt D. Wheeler is a reporter and columnist with the Springfield News-Leader. You can contact him at 417-371-6987, by email at wwheeler@news-leader.com or X at @WyattWheeler_NL.
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