District host sites, state baseball rankings released

District host sites are set for the 2015 spring baseball season.

Gideon is slated to host Class 1, District 1 featuring Clarkton, Delta C-7, Gideon, Naylor, North Pemiscot, Risco and Southland. Oran is slated to host Class 1, District 2 featuring Advance, Bell City, Leopold, Oak Ridge, Oran, Richland and Scott County Central.

Campbell is slated to host Class 2, District 1 featuring Bernie, Bloomfield, Campbell, Cooter, Holcomb and South Pemiscot. East Carter County is slated to host Class 2, District 2 featuring Alton, East Carter County, Neelyville, Thayer, Van Buren and Winona. Greenville is slated to host Class 2, District 3 featuring Chaffee, Ellington, Greenville, Meadow Heights, Puxico and St. Vincent.

Malden is slated to host Class 3, District 1 featuring Caruthersville, New Madrid County Central, Hayti, Malden, Portageville, Senath-Hornersville and Twin Rivers. Charleston is slated to host Class 3, District 2 featuring Charleston, East Prairie, Kelly, Saxony Lutheran, Scott City and Woodland. Jefferson is slated to host Class 3, District 3 featuring Arcadia Valley, Clearwater, Grandview, Herculaneum, Jefferson of Festus, St. Pius of Festus and West County.

Doniphan is slated to host Class 4, District 1 featuring Dexter, Doniphan, Fredericktown, Kennett, Notre Dame and Perryville.

Farmington is slated to host Class 5, District 1 featuring Cape Central, Farmington, Hillsboro, Jackson, Poplar Bluff and Sikeston.

Seven teams from the semoball.com coverage area are state-ranked in the Missouri Baseball Coaches Association preseason state rankings.

Oran is ranked No. 8 in Class 1, New Madrid County Central is ranked No. 5 in Class 3 and Notre Dame Regional High School based in Cape Girardeau is ranked No. 2 in Class 4.

In Class 2, East Carter County is ranked third, Greenville is ranked fourth, Bernie is ranked seventh and Cooter is ranked eighth.

View complete state rankings for all five classes below:

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Class 5

1. Rock Bridge

2. Francis Howell

3. CBC

4. Staley

5. Blue Springs South

6. Rockhurst

7. Lee's Summit West

8. Marquette

9. Raymore-Peculiar

10. DeSmet

Others receiving votes: Nixa, Vianney, Kickapoo, Parkway South, Timberland, Liberty North, Fort Zumwalt West

Class 4

1. Westminster Christian

2. Cape Notre Dame

3. Logan-Rogersville

4. Helias Catholic

5. Monett

6. Mexico

7. Pembroke Hill

8. Savannah

9. Lutheran South

10. Sullivan

Class 3

1. Lutheran St. Charles

2. Forsyth

3. Fatima

4. Mountain Grove

5. New Madrid

6. Holden

7. Stockton

8. Conway

9. Palmyra

10. Strafford

Others receiving votes: Senath-Hornersville, Warsaw, Blair Oaks, Hallsville, Licking

Class 2

1. Valle Catholic

2. Linn

3. East Carter

4. Greenville

5. Sturgeon

6. Crane

7. Bernie

8. Cooter

9. Hartville

10. West Platte

Others receiving votes: Sacred Heart, Tipton, Norwood, Blue Eye, New Bloomfield, Vienna, Louisiana, Marionville

Class 1

1. Atlanta

2. Dadeville

3. New Franklin

4. Billings

5. Sante Fe

6. Lakeland

7. Walnut Grove

8. Oran

9. Hurley

10. LaPlata