1000 Yard Guy's Class D-1 and D-2 Prep Basketball Ratings

Class D-1

1. Pawnee City.............8-0

2. O'Neill St. Marys ......8-0

3. Humphrey St. Francis ...7-1

4. BDS ....................8-2

5. West Point GACC ........5-4

6. Paxton .................9-1

7. High Plains ............7-3

8. Overton ................7-2

9. Randoplh ...............6-3

10. Kenesaw .................7-3

*Considered: Exeter-Milligan 8-1, Humphrey 7-4, Deshler 6-3, Bancroft-Rosalie 9-3, West Boyd 8-1, Sandhills-Thedford 7-3, Chambers/Wheeler Central 8-3.

Pawnee City moves into the top slot after previous #1 BDS' 19 point loss to D-2's top dog, Giltner. Humphrey St. Francis and O'Neill St. Marys slide up one spot each and BDS slips to 4th.

Teams holding numbers 5 through 10 spots remain the same. Randolph is not punished for a loss to unbeaten Creighton, who is now rated 9th in C-2.

The 83rd MUDECAS tournament gets under way at the Beatrice City Auditorium and SE Community's Truman Center this week. Boys start play on Tuesday, and 4 teams that hold down ratings slots and several others that are knocking on the ratings door are involved. BDS can redeem itself by winning it's 1st round match-up with D-1's top rated Pawnee City.

Class D-2

1. Giltner ................10-0

2. Howells .................8-1

3. Sterling ...............10-2

4. Wynot ..................11-1

5. GI Heartland Lutheran....8-3

6. Falls City Sacred Heart..6-3

7. Pleasanton ..............7-3

8. Brady ...................9-1

9. Dodge ...................9-1

10 Loomis ..................7-3

*Considered: Wausa 9-3, Clarkson 8-3, Lewiston, 5-2, Hayes Center 6-3

Giltner strenghtens it's number one rating with that 45-26 win over previous D-1 number 1 BDS. Howells, Sterling, and Wynot all remain the same, and Grand Island Heartland Lutheran holds on to #5 despite it's loss to C-2's #4 Lutheran High NE. The Red Hornets of coach Lloyd Wagnitz also beat C-1 Lincoln Lutheran 61-55 in the Lutheran Invitational Tournament last week at Concordia's University's magnificient facility. Falls City Sacred Heart stays at #6, but Loomis slides from 7th to 10th because of the Wolves 13 point loss to Arapahoe (8-4). Pleasanton, Brady, and Dodge all advance one slot.

Falls City SH faces C-2's #10 Johnson County Central in the opening round of the MUDECAS tourney Tuesday at 7:00 at the Beatrice City Auditorium. #3 Sterling drew Nebraska City Lourdes (8-4) in the same tournament Tuesday at 8:45 in the nightcap.

This Week's top games:

Tuesday:

Class B: Boys Town @ Gretna

Class C-1: Pierce @ Columbus Lakeview, Hastings St. Cecilia @ Boone Central, Minden @ Ravenna

Class C-2: Dodge @ Oakland-Craig, Aquinas @ Twin River

Class D-2: Kenesaw @ Giltner

Thursday:

Class C-1: St. Paul @ Kearney Catholic,

Class C-2: Ravenna @ Shelton, High Plains @ Twin River

Friday:

Class B: Scottsbluff @ Cheyenne East, Elkhorn @ Lincoln Pius X, Gretna @ Nebraska City, Adams Central @ Grand Island Northwest, Omaha Skutt @ Omaha Gross

Class C-1: Hartington CC @ Pierce, Milford @ Tri-County

Class C-2: North Platte St. Pats @ Overton

Class D-1: Winnebago @ Wynot

Class D-2: West Boyd @ CWC, Dodge @ Clarkson

Saturday:

Class B: Beatrice @ South Sioux City

Class C-1: Doniphan-Trumbull @ Adams Central, Wayne @ Boys Town, Hastings St. Cecilia @ Kearney Catholic

Class C-2: O'Neill @ Creighton, Sutton @ Tri-County

Class D-2: CWC @ O'Neill St. Marys