Topeka High girls hold No. 1 spot for season in KBCA rankings

Topeka High’s girls held firm in their wire-to-wire spot at No. 1 in Class 6A. The Trojans, who have the state’s longest current winning streak at 39 consecutive wins, rallied for a 59-53 overtime win at No. 3 Washburn Rural last Friday to keep that streak alive.

Rural didn’t drop, holding strong at No. 3 in 6A. Both of the Junior Blues’ losses have come to Topeka High this season.

Topeka West is the lone ranked city boys team, remaining No. 7 in Class 5A. Washburn Rural’s boys fell out of the 6A rankings after a loss to Seaman last week.

Olpe’s girls are the highest-ranked area team, No. 1 in a Class 1A Division I poll loaded with area schools. Jackson Heights is No. 2, Frankfort No. 3, Burlingame No. 5, Lebo No. 7 and Doniphan West is No. 9.

Nemaha Central’s girls slipped from No. 2 to No. 4 in Class 3A after a loss to Sabetha last week ended their 39-game winning streak. Sabetha jumped up to No. 3, while Osage City is No. 6 and Royal Valley is No. 9 in 3A.

Clay Center’s girls are No. 2 in Class 4A behind Miege, while Wamego is No. 10. Valley Heights’ girls are No. 3 in 2A and three area teams are ranked in 1A Division II — Hanover at No. 5, Wetmore at No. 9 and Waverly at No. 10.

Hanover’s boys are the highest-ranked area boys team, coming in No. 2 in 1A Division II. Olpe is No. 3 in 1A Division I with Clifton-Clyde No. 4, Lebo No. 6, Madison No. 7 and Frankfort No. 10.

Lawrence is No. 3 in 6A boys followed by Free State at No. 4. Rock Creek is No. 4 in 3A with Royal Valley No. 8 and St. Marys No. 9. Tonganoxie is No. 7 in 4A with Wamego No. 10 and Valley Falls is No. 9 in 2A and Jefferson North is No. 10.

KBCA FINAL RANKINGS

BOYS

CLASS 6A

1. Blue Valley Northwest; 2. Blue Valley North; 3. Lawrence; 4. Free State; 5. Campus; 6. SM South; 7. SM East; 8. Wichita Heights; 9. Wichita Northwest; 10. Wichita Southeast.

CLASS 5A

1. Hays; 2. Salina South; 3. Maize; 4. Andover; 5. DeSoto; 6. Carroll; 7. Topeka West; 8. Basehor-Linwood; 9. Kapaun; 10. Valley Center.

CLASS 4A

1. Miege; 2. Buhler; 3. Louisburg; 4. Rose Hill; 5. Mulvane; 6. Augusta; 7. Tonganoxie; 8. Iola; 9. Parsons; 10. Wamego.

CLASS 3A

1. Lakin; 2. Cheney; 3. Hesston; 4. Rock Creek; 5. Hugoton; 6. Galena; 7. Hoisington; 8. Royal Valley; 9. St. Marys; 10. Wichita Trinity.

CLASS 2A

1. Hoxie; 2. Erie; 3. Berean Academy; 4. Hillsboro; 5. Garden Plain; 6. Belle Plaine; 7. Sacred Heart; 8. Sterling; 9. Valley Falls; 10. Jefferson North.

CLASS 1A DIVISION I

1. Little River; 2. South Gray; 3. Olpe; 4. Clifton-Clyde; 5. Meade; 6. Lebo; 7. Madison; 8. Sylvan-Lucas; 9. Wichita Classical; 10. Frankfort.

CLASS 1A DIVISION II

1. Attica; 2. Hanover; 3. Cheylin; 4. St. Francis; 5. Peabody; 6. Elyria Christian; 7. Natoma; 8. Logan-Palco; 9. Northern Valley; 10. Wheatland-Grinnell.

GIRLS

CLASS 6A

1. Topeka High; 2. SM Northwest; 3. Washburn Rural; 4. SM West; 5. Dodge City; 6. Blue Valley North; 7. Derby; 8. Olathe North; 9. Wichita Heights; 10. Blue Valley.

CLASS 5A

1. Andover Central; 2. Aquinas; 3. Maize; 4. Lansing; 5. Carroll; 6. Salina Central; 7. Eisenhower; 8. Pittsburg; 9. Maize South; 10. Kapaun.

CLASS 4A

1. Miege; 2. Clay Center; 3. McPherson; 4. Nickerson; 5. Louisburg; 6. Andale; 7. Labette County; 8. Circle; 9. Clearwater; 10. Wamego.

CLASS 3A

1. Cheney; 2. Hugoton; 3. Sabetha; 4. Nemaha Central; 5. Goodland; 6. Osage City; 7. Halstead; 8. Phillipsburg; 9. Royal Valley; 10. Osawatomie.

CLASS 2A

1. Sterling; 2. Hillsboro; 3. Valley Heights; 4. Garden Plain; 5. Spearville; 6. Elkhart; 7. WaKeeney; 8. Uniontown; 9. West Elk; 10. Smith Center.

CLASS 1A DIVISION I

1. Olpe; 2. Jackson Heights; 3. Frankfort; 4. Thunder Ridge; 5. Burlingame; 6. Norwich; 7. Lebo; 8. Little River; 9. Doniphan West; 10. Sylvan-Lucas.

CLASS 1A DIVISION II

1. Central Plains; 2. Golden Plains; 3. Cunningham; 4. Beloit-St. John’s; 5. Hanover; 6. St. Paul; 7. Hutchinson Central Christian; 8. Elyria Christian; 9. Wetmore; 10. Waverly.