The Neosho football Wildcats will open the 2009 season on Friday against the Seneca Indians as the preseason No. 7 team in Class 4, according to the Associated Press poll released Wednesday.
The Indians enter Friday’s game as the preseason No. 10 ranked team in Class 3.
For a complete preview of this week’s high school football openers, see Game Night inserted in today’s newspaper.
The 2009 preseason state rankings for Missouri high school football voted on by a 12-person panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.
First-place votes in parenthesis, followed by last year’s won-loss record, points received and last year’s final ranking.
CLASS 4
1. Webb City (6) 15-0 112 1
2. Helias (4) 12-2 92 2
3. Kearney (1) 13-1 85 3
4. MICDS 11-1 57 6
5. Bolivar 11-2 50 5
6. Harrisonville 9-3 43 9
7. Neosho 8-4 42
8. Hannibal 8-3 41
9. Staley 9-3 40
10. Farmington 10-3 29
CLASS 3
1. Cassville (8) 12-3 107 1
2. Monett (1) 11-1 90 4
3. Chillicothe (2) 13-1 89 2
4. Mountain Grove 9-2 72
5. Cardinal Ritter (1) 13-2 64 3
6. NewMad Co. Cent. 10-3 54 10
7. Potosi 8-3 50
8. Pleasant Hill 10-3 31 6
9. Logan-Rogersville 9-4 26 7
10. Seneca 4-6 23
The Neosho football Wildcats will open the 2009 season on Friday against the Seneca Indians as the preseason No. 7 team in Class 4, according to the Associated Press poll released Wednesday.
The Indians enter Friday’s game as the preseason No. 10 ranked team in Class 3.
For a complete preview of this week’s high school football openers, see Game Night inserted in today’s newspaper.
The 2009 preseason state rankings for Missouri high school football voted on by a 12-person panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.
First-place votes in parenthesis, followed by last year’s won-loss record, points received and last year’s final ranking.
CLASS 4
1. Webb City (6) 15-0 112 1
2. Helias (4) 12-2 92 2
3. Kearney (1) 13-1 85 3
4. MICDS 11-1 57 6
5. Bolivar 11-2 50 5
6. Harrisonville 9-3 43 9
7. Neosho 8-4 42
8. Hannibal 8-3 41
9. Staley 9-3 40
10. Farmington 10-3 29
CLASS 3
1. Cassville (8) 12-3 107 1
2. Monett (1) 11-1 90 4
3. Chillicothe (2) 13-1 89 2
4. Mountain Grove 9-2 72
5. Cardinal Ritter (1) 13-2 64 3
6. NewMad Co. Cent. 10-3 54 10
7. Potosi 8-3 50
8. Pleasant Hill 10-3 31 6
9. Logan-Rogersville 9-4 26 7
10. Seneca 4-6 23