First Regular Season KVA Rankings Feature Eight Local Teams

Eight teams from the 580 Preps coverage area, including three from the capital city, are ranked in the first batch of regular season volleyball rankings, released Wednesday by the Kansas Volleyball Association.

Washburn Rural made a big jump from tenth to second in the 6A poll after an undefeated 5-0 start to their season. Hayden also moved up in their 3A poll, from third to second, after a 5-0 start. The Seaman Lady Vikes remain ranked despite some early defeats, but they slide from fourth to eighth in the 5A poll.

Elsewhere, Royal Valley and Silver Lake trade places in the 2A poll with the Panthers taking the top spot and the Eagles dropping to second. Wabaunsee retains their top place in the 2A poll, with Valley Heights staying put at sixth and Oskaloosa joining the poll at 10th.

Below are the rankings for all six classes.

Class 6A
1. Blue Valley North 8-0 (7)
2. Washburn Rural 4-0 (10)
3. Blue Valley West 3-0 (5)
4. Blue Valley 2-1 (1)
5. Gardner-Edgerton 1-2 (3)
6. Garden City 4-0 (9)
7. Blue Valley Northwest 7-1 (NR)
8. Derby 6-2 (NR)
9. Mill Valley 2-2 (6)
10. Wichita East 7-1 (NR)

Class 5A
1. St. James Academy 2-0 (3)
2. St. Thomas Aquinas 1-1 (1)
3. Lansing 2-1 (2)
4. Bishop Carroll 2-0 (5)
5. Bonner Springs 3-0 (6)
6. Spring Hill 4-0 (8)
7. Maize South 8-0 (NR)
8. Topeka-Seaman 2-2 (4)
9. Andover 7-1 (7)
10. Goddard 6-2 (9)

Class 4A
1. Andale 7-0 (2)
2. Topeka-Hayden 5-0 (3)
3. Bishop Miege 0-2 (1)
4. Louisburg 2-1 (4)
5. Nickerson 7-1 (7)
6. Wichita-Trinity Academy 4-1 (5)
7. Buhler 7-1 (NR)
8. Independence 2-1 (6)
9. Circle 1-1 (10)
10. El Dorado 5-2 (NR)

Class 3A
1. Royal Valley 13-0 (2)
2. Silver Lake 4-1 (1)
3. Beloit 2-0 (3)
4. Hesston 8-2 (4)
5. Belle Plaine 3-0 (5)
6. Frontenac 2-0 (6)
7. Sabetha 6-2 (NR)
8. West Franklin 2-0 (8)
9. Wellsville 5-0 (NR)
10. Phillipsburg 4-0 (NR)

Class 2A
1. Wabaunsee 6-1 (1)
2. Smith Center 3-0 (2)
3. Garden Plain 2-0 (4)
4. Sedgwick 6-1 (3)
5. St. Mary’s-Colgan 2-1 (5)
6. Valley Heights 6-2 (6)
7. Ellinwood 4-0 (8)
8. Maranatha Christian 5-1 (9)
9. Trego Community 3-1 (10)
10. Oskaloosa 8-4 (NR)

Class 1A
1. Spearville 2-0 (2)
2. Centralia 5-2 (1)
3. Little River 3-0 (4)
4. Moundridge 4-3 (3)
5. Chetopa 8-1 (5)
6. Rural Vista 2-0 (7)
7. Thunder Ridge 6-0 (8)
8. Beloit-St. John’s/Tipton 3-0 (10)
9. Golden Plains 8-0 (NR)
10. Attica 6-0 (NR)