2024 MSHSAA State Championship
The 2024 MSHSAA State Championship will be held on May 3-4, 2024. Classes 1-3 compete on Friday and Classes 4-6 play on Saturday.
Questions and Format
Questions for Districts and State are once again provided by NAQT in the 22 tossup-bonus format. All questions are worth 10 points each with no powers or negs.
To produce the question sets for conferences and the state series, IS-221A, IS-223A, and IS-228 were unavailable for use during the regular season in Missouri.
Districts
Eight district tournaments in each of the six classes were held on April 13. District championship game matchups are available on the MSHSAA website.
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinal matches on April 23 consisted of best two-of-three matchups between the winners of two adjacent districts. The winner of each quarterfinal advanced to the remaining rounds of the state championship.
Class 1
- School of the Ozarks def. Golden City (2-0)
- North Shelby def. Pilot Grove (2-0)
- Linn County def. King City (2-0)
- Mound City def. Jefferson (Conception Junction) (2-0)
Class 2
- Brentwood def. Puxico (2-0)
- Calvary Lutheran def. Thomas Jefferson Independent (2-0)
- Weaubleau def. Sturgeon (2-0)
- Polo def. Schuyler County (2-1)
Class 3
None of the Class 3 district winners had previously appeared in a state championship final match.
- St. Mary's def. Arcadia Valley (2-0)
- Fordland def. Skyline (2-1)
- Hermann def. South Shelby (2-1)
- West Platte def. Butler (2-0)
Class 4
- Fair Grove def. Central (Park Hills) (2-0)
- College Heights Christian def. Eldon (2-0)
- Winfield def. De Smet (2-0)
- Lutheran (Kansas City) def. Oak Grove (2-0)
Class 5
- St. Louis Priory def. Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau) (2-0)
- Mexico def. Washington (2-0)
- Jefferson City def. Nevada (2-1)
- Rockhurst def. Smithville (2-1)
Class 6
- Lindbergh def. Parkway West (2-1)
- Republic def. Springfield Central (2-0)
- Rolla def. Lee's Summit West (2-0)
- St. Joseph Central def. North Kansas City (2-0)
State Finals
The Class 1-3 state finals on May 3 and the Class 4-6 state finals on May 4 will be held at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The state finals consist of a preliminary round robin, with the top two teams advancing to the championship game and the bottom two teams advancing to the consolation game.
Class 1
Round 1
School of the Ozarks vs. North Shelby
Linn County vs. Mound City
Round 2
School of the Ozarks vs. Linn County
North Shelby vs. Mound City
Round 3
School of the Ozarks vs. Mound City
North Shelby vs. Linn County
Preliminary Round Standings
1.
2.
3.
4.
Consolation
(3) vs. (4)
Championship Game
(1) vs. (2)
Class 2
Round 1
Brentwood vs. Calvary Lutheran
Weaubleau vs. Polo
Round 2
Brentwood vs. Weaubleau
Calvary Lutheran vs. Polo
Round 3
Brentwood vs. Polo
Calvary Lutheran vs. Weaubleau
Preliminary Round Standings
1.
2.
3.
4.
Consolation
(3) vs. (4)
Championship Game
(1) vs. (2)
Class 3
Round 1
St. Mary's vs. Fordland
Hermann vs. West Platte
Round 2
St. Mary's vs. Hermann
Fordland vs. West Platte
Round 3
St. Mary's vs. West Platte
Fordland vs. Hermann
Preliminary Round Standings
1.
2.
3.
4.
Consolation
(3) vs. (4)
Championship Game
(1) vs. (2)
Class 4
Round 1
Fair Grove vs. College Heights Christian
Winfield vs. Lutheran (Kansas City)
Round 2
Fair Grove vs. Winfield
College Heights Christian vs. Lutheran (Kansas City)
Round 3
Fair Grove vs. Lutheran (Kansas City)
College Heights Christian vs. Winfield
Preliminary Round Standings
1.
2.
3.
4.
Consolation
(3) vs. (4)
Championship Game
(1) vs. (2)
Class 5
Round 1
Priory vs. Mexico
Jefferson City vs. Rockhurst
Round 2
Priory vs. Jefferson City
Mexico vs. Rockhurst
Round 3
Priory vs. Rockhurst
Mexico vs. Jefferson City
Preliminary Round Standings
1.
2.
3.
4.
Consolation
(3) vs. (4)
Championship Game
(1) vs. (2)
Class 6
Round 1
Lindbergh vs. Republic
Rolla vs. St. Joseph Central
Round 2
Lindbergh vs. Rolla
Republic vs. St. Joseph Central
Round 3
Lindbergh vs. St. Joseph Central
Republic vs. Rolla
Preliminary Round Standings
1.
2.
3.
4.
Consolation
(3) vs. (4)
Championship Game
(1) vs. (2)
Notes
- Smithville's 350-280 win in the Class 5 District 8 final snapped Savannah's streak of 23 consecutive district championships dating back to the school's first district championship in 2000. The longest active streak became St. Joseph Central's 10 consecutive championships dating to 2014. With Houston and Kickapoo also losing their district championship games, Central's is the only streak active as of 2024 that extends before 2021 into the four class era.
- Because of increasing enrollment and the championship factor applied to private schools, Lutheran (Kansas City) became the first school to win a district in three different classes in the six class era (Class 1 in 2021, Class 3 in 2022-2023, and Class 4 in 2024), later winning quarterfinals and advancing to the state championship all four years. This was never accomplished during the four class era, when the enrollments of private schools were inflated by a constant multiplier rather than considering past performance in the MSHSAA championship series.
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