Bernie enters latest MBCA state baseball rankings

The Missouri Baseball Coaches Association released its latest state baseball rankings earlier this week.

Bernie is the only SCAA school ranked. The Mules are ranked No. 10 in Class 2. Joining the Mules in Class 2 are: No. 1 Valle Catholic, No. 2 Chaffee, No. 3 Sacred Heart, No. 4 Hartville, No. 5 East Carter County, No. 6 Canton and Portageville, No. 8 Neelyville and No. 9 Linn. Thayer, Crane, Greenville, Holcomb, Billings, Skyline and Spokane received votes in Class 2.

Rankings for Class 1 are: No. 1 Cairo, No. 2 New Franklin, No. 3 Oran, No. 4 Atlanta, No. 5 Dadeville, No. 6 Lakeland. No. 7 Santa Fe, No. 8 Bakersfield, No. 9 Sturgeon and No. 10 Weaubleau. Hurley, Tuscumbia, Macks Creek and Pilot Grove received votes in Class 1.

Rankings for Class 3 are: No. 1 Springfield Catholic, No. 2 Cuba, No. 3 Mountain Grove, No. 4 Palmyra, No. 5 Lutheran St. Charles and Blair Oaks, No. 7 Warsaw, No. 8 Forsyth, No. 9 Ava and No. 10 Conway. Bowling Green, Diamond and Holden received votes in Class 3.

Rankings in Class 4 are: No. 1 Westminster Christian Academy, No. 2 Notre Dame Cape Girardeau, No. 3 Logan Rogersville, No. 4 Lutheran South, No. 5 Smithville, No. 6 Boonville, No. 7 Oak Grove, No. 8 Pembroke Hill, No. 9 Carl Junction and No. 10 Sullivan. Siekston, Harrisonville, Nevada, Marshfield and St. Francis Borgia received votes in Class 4.

Rankings in Class 5 are: No. 1 Liberty North, No. 2 Parkway South, No. 3 Lee's Summit West, No. 4 Blue Springs South, No. 5 CBC, No. 6 Libery, No. 7 Timerland, No. 8 Kickapoo, No. 9 Nixa and No. 10 Rockhurst. Francis Howell, Vianney, Staley, St. Louis University High, Fort. Zumwalt West, Willard, Jefferson City, DeSmet, Marquette and Neosho received votes in Class 5.

The final regular-season state baseball rankings are slated to be released May 12.