WICHITA, Kan.—
The Kansas Volleyball Association has released its first rankings of the season. Many of the 2011 state qualifying teams cracked the top five and every state champion is now ranked at the top of its respective class.The only 2011 state runner-ups that aren’t ranked at the No. 2 spot is Newton in 5A and Norwich in 1A Div. II. The only two 2011 state champions and now top-ranked teams that didn’t finish with at least 40 wins is Hillsboro (39) and Olpe (33).
Below is a list of complete rankings.
Class 6A
1 – Topeka Washburn Rural
2 – BV North
3 – Gardner-Edgerton
4 – Olathe East
5 – BV West
Others – BV Northwest, Manhattan, Olathe Northwest
Class 5A
1 – Bishop Miege
2 – Blue Valley
3 – Newton
4 – Topeka Seaman
5 – St. Thomas Aquinas
Others – Kapaun Mt. Carmel, Shawnee Heights, Valley Center
Class 4A
1 – St. James Academy
2 – McPherson
3 – Rose Hill
4 – Maize South
5 – Chanute
Others – Topeka Hayden, Wamego
Class 3A
1 – Hillsboro
2 – Hoisington
3 – Phillipsburg
4 – Silver Lake
5 – Marysville
Others – Cherokee Southeast, Douglass, Halstead, Osage City
Class 2A
1 – Olpe
2 – Washington Co.
3 – Smith Center
4 – Pratt-Skyline
5 – Alma-Wabaunsee
Others – Jayhawk-Linn, Ness City, Oskaloosa
Class 1A Div. I
1 – St. John Hudson
2 – Centralia
3 – Waverly
4 – Goessel
5 – Dexter-Cedar Vale
Others – Hoxie, Pike Valley, Spearville, South Central, Thunder Ridge
Class 1A Div. II
1 – Baileyville B&B
2 – Victoria
3 – Norwich
4 – Wheatland-Grinnell
5 – Hutchinson-Central Christian
Others – Bucklin, Ingalls, Weskan, Wetmore
