Five Big Nine Boys Basketball Teams Ranked

Minnesota Basketball News has chosen five Big Nine Conference boys basketball teams to be included in the Class 3A and 4A rankings.  In Class 4A Rochester John Marshall is #10 and Rochester Mayo #20.  In Class 3A Austin is #5, Mankato East #8 and Northfield #15.

Lake City and Rochester Lourdes are the only Hiawatha Valley League teams rated.  The Tigers are #4 and the Eagles #7 in Class 2A.  Class 1A  has one area team in the top twenty with Randolph rated #19.  Caledonia is #5 in Class 2A and lost to #3 Perham 66-61 on Saturday at the Tip Off Classic in Hopkins.  Class 2A #4Lake City fell to Class 2A #10 Breck 57-52 in the same event and Defending State 4A Champions #8 ranked Cretin-Derham Hall defeated #10 rated Rochester John Marshall 81-64.  Rocket Matthew Hurt collected 42 points in his team's defeat.  #2 rated Hopkins got by #3 Lakeville North 78-72.  Class 4A #1 East Ridge was upended by Class 4A #6 Prior Lake 70-62.  #16 4A Eastview edged #2 Class 2A Minneapolis North 80-76.

In other Saturday boys action Stewartville downed Kasson-Mantorville 76-54.  Prior Lake defeated East Ridge 70-62.  Sun Prairie, Wisconsin got by New Prague 50-43.    United South Central over Truman/Martin Luther/GHEC 67-52.

Minnesota Basketball News boys high school basketball rankings released on Friday:

Class 4A

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

Class 3A

1. DeLaSalle
2. Princeton
3. Robbinsdale Cooper
4. Mahtomedi
5. Austin
6. Waseca
7. Marshall
8. Mankato East
9. Delano
10. Columbia Heights
11. Hibbing
12. St. Paul Harding
13. Willmar
14. Bemidji
15. Northfield
16. St. Thomas Academy
17. Hermantown
18. Fergus Falls
19. Orono
20. Minneapolis Roosevelt

Class 2A

1. Minnehaha Academy
2. Minneapolis North
3. Perham
4. Lake City
5. Caledonia
6. Melrose
7. Rochester Lourdes
8. Hawley
9. Breckenridge
10. Breck
11. St. Charles
12. New London-Spicer
13. Osakis
14. Brooklyn Center
15. St. Cloud Cathedral
16. Spectrum
17. Pine City
18. Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City
19. Morris/Chokio Alberta
20. Mesabi East

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/Comfrey
11. Mayer Lutheran
12. Mahnomen-Waubun
13. New Ulm Cathedral
14. Henning
15. Ada-Borup
16. Murray County Central
17. Southwest Minnesota Christian
18. Dawson-Boyd
19. Randolph
20. Westbrook-Walnut Grove