In the case of Mortimer v. MSHSAA, a Clay County Circuit Court judge ruled in favor of MSHSAA Friday, Dec. 20. The ruling means Tayshaun “Rue” Wells, a senior at Liberty High School, will officially remain ineligible for varsity basketball after a lawsuit was sought to stop MSHSAA from denying Wells’ eligibility.

MSHSAA. Do better. If he went to a private school? Well, no problem.

Very disturbed to see that the Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament is playing on Sunday, December 29 starting at 9 am. At risk of sounding like Ned Flanders, I don't think there should be games before 1 or 2 on Sundays. Thoughts?

RECORDS
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CENTRAL (0-5, 0-1 COC, 0-0 COC EAST)
CARTHAGE (8-4, 7-3 NFHS, 1-1 COC, 0-1 COC WEST)

Class 6
1. De Smet (9), 12-2, 90, 5
2. Nixa, 13-1, 81, T2
3. Lee’s Summit North, 10-1, 66, T2
4. Liberty, 9-4, 57, NR
5. Kirkwood, 9-3, 46, NR
6. C.B.C., 9-2, 41, 1
7. Lee’s Summit, 8-3, 27, 7
8. Rock Bridge, 10-2, 26, 8
9. Blue Springs South, 8-3, 22, 4
10. Park Hill, 9-3, 12, 9

Two of the top 5 weren't even ranked in the last rankings. In their defense, De Smet kinda came out of nowhere to win this one. Not a lot of people were talking about them as a true contender leading into the last few rounds of the playoffs.
Class 5
1. Platte County (9), 14-0, 90, 2
2. Helias, 12-2, 75, 4
3. Lafayette: Wildwood, 12-2, 70, NR
4. Cardinal Ritter, 9-2, 61, 1
5. MICDS, 11-3, 49 , NR
6. St. Pius X: Kansas City, 10-2, 45, 3
7. Republic, 10-3, 31, NR
8. Webb City, 6-7, 18, NR
9. Cape Girardeau Central, 10-2, 14, 8
10. Carthage, 9-2, 12, 6

I think this class ended up being much weaker than we thought outside of PC. Helias was a solid team but nothing special and you could definitely make the argument that they are truly the second best in the state.
Class 4
1. Lutheran North (9), 13-1, 90, 1
2. Kearney, 12-1, 80, 2
3. Festus, 11-3, 64, NR
4. Warrenton, 12-1, 55, 6
5. Parkway North, 9-3, 47, NR
6. Warrensburg, 11-2, 44, 7
7. Savannah, 8-4, 27, 10
8. Pleasant Hill, 8-3, 21, 8
9. West Plains, 8-4, 15, NR
10. Kirksville, 9-1, 14, 3

First one where the second best team did not make the finals. Kearney is the obvious #2 team though and if them and LN played 10 times I think it would be split pretty evenly.
Class 3
1. Blair Oaks (9), 13-1, 90, 1
2. Seneca, 13-1, 81, 2
3. Lift for Life, 8-6, 61, NR
4. Maryville, 9-5, 58, 9
5. Mount Vernon, 9-4, 52, 7
6. Odessa, 7-5, 33, NR
7. (tie) Dexter, 11-1, 30, 3
7. (tie) Strafford, 9-2, 30, 5
9. John Burroughs, 9-3, 23, 8
10. St. Francis Borgia, 9-1, 16, 4

What a championship game! Blair Oaks and their coaching staff should be proud about beating this Seneca team. Looks like the rest of Class 3 has some catching up to do in the offseason.
Class 2
1. Lamar (9), 11-4, 90, NR
2. Fair Grove, 14-1, 81, 1
3. Bowling Green, 12-2, 71, 4
4. Warsaw, 10-1, 51, 3
5. Lafayette County, 10-2, 48, 5
6. Valle Catholic, 10-2, 47, 2
7. South Shelby, 11-2, 38, NR
8. (tie) Mid-Buchanan, 12-1, 26, 6
8. (tie) Pembroke Hill, 11-1, 26, T9
10. Hermann, 8-3, 4, NR

For the state champion to be NR in the previous rankings is pretty crazy. I think we all counted them out early in the season and they continued to improve. They were battle tested and that is probably what gave them an edge in the close game they had in the finals. Poor Fair Grove just hasn't been able to get over the Lamar hump.

Class 1
1. Adrian (9), 13-1, 90, 3
2. Marionville, 11-1, 72, 2
3. (tie) Penney, 9-5, 68, NR
3. (tie) St. Vincent, 12-1, 68, 1
5. Tipton, 11-2, 55, 4
6. Ash Grove, 8-3, 40, 5
7. Van-Far, 8-3, 26, 7
8. Salisbury, 8-3, 17, 10
9. Harrisburg, 7-5, 16, NR
10. Pierce City, 7-4, 12, NR

The only other class where the second best team wasn't in the championship and the team that was, wasn't even ranked in the final rankings of the season.

Brackets released today. Pretty weak field. Some teams seeded that wouldn’t even be close to seeded in yrs past. No teams outside of missouri.

MSHSAA sending out a survey to schools about their thoughts on a shot clock. Each school will get one vote for their thoughts. The latest all access podcast is about it as well.

gonna show my age here but the best videos online are of single wing

Oh that is right the democrats are the adults now.

for the following classes i tried to keep it to 43-44 per class but per mshsaa policy ties move down so had that happen.
C1 currently shows just over a 2.0 but midway is actually dropping 2 very low enrollments next year and year after and replacing with average enrollments so they will be over the 100 mark or right at it and we will be fine
Enhanced champ factor is as follows
same points for performance
0-2 no movement
3-5 up 1
6-8 up 2
9-11 up 3
12+ up 4

placing classes in comments below

Five years without a loss … a starting five of Division I talent and more Division I talent coming off the bench.

Another court case closed yesterday and the NCAA loses again. College sports has now become a minor league system. A ball up to the Majors.
24 year old men (or older) are going to be the norm. Heck I would've told my son to go JUCO if this change had been in place back then. Get your Associates, bulk up, finish your Bachelors in two years when you transfer and end up with a Masters by the time your eligibility is up.

I can't believe how upside down college athletics became so rapidly. Seriously, the Chiefs were just starting their run, none of this had happened yet, portal, nil, extra years granted, etc. You got guys in their upper 20s in the NFL where none of these changes had happened.

Looking to leave SBU

When is media all-state announced?