The Houston High School girls’ basketball team is ranked seventh in Class 3 in the first statewide poll of the season.
The Lady Tigers (1-1) returned four starters from last year’s 20-win team. They opened the season with a 64-53 loss to Fair Grove before beating Eminence 67-30 on Monday.
Strafford is the top-ranked team in Class 3.
Here are the complete girls’ rankings by class:
Class 1
1. Drexel
2. Jefferson
3. Walnut Grove
4. Glasgow
5. Mercer
6. Linn County
7. Prairie Home
8. Tuscumbia
9. Naylor
10. Hermitage
Class 2
1. Crane
2. Skyline
3. Hartville
4. Gainesville
5. Crocker
6. Clopton
7. Northeast (Cairo)
7. Spokane
8. Santa Fe
9. Tipton
10. North Platte
Class 3
1. Strafford
2. Chillicothe
3. Cardinal Ritter
4. Buffalo
5. Park Hills Central
6. Saxony Lutheran
7. Houston
8. St. Pius X
9. Lutheran St. Charles
10. Cuba
Class 4
1. Incarnate Word
2. MICDS
3. St. Charles
4. Bolivar
5. Benton
6. Borgia
7. Carl Junction
8. Dexter
9. Smithville
10. Grain Valley
Class 5
1. Kickapoo
2. Parkway North
3. Kirkwood
4. Francis Howell
5. Republic
6. Washington
7. Branson
8. Webster Groves
9. Liberty
10. Hickman