FSHS girls rise to No. 5 in poll

Free State High’s girls basketball team continued its rise through the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association’s weekly rankings, jumping to No. 5 in Class 6A in the latest poll released Monday.

The Firebirds (7-0) will go on the road to face Leavenworth (6-1, ranked No. 3 in 5A) at 5:30 tonight.

Lawrence High’s boys basketball team (8-0) dropped for the first time to No. 2 in the rankings in 6A, while Bishop Seabury’s boys are No. 6 in 2A, Eudora is No. 7 in 4A-I and Ottawa is No. 10 in 4A-I.

Baldwin’s girls basketball team is No. 2 in 4A-II, and Ottawa is No. 9 in 4A-I.

KBCA Rankings

Boys

Class 6A

  1. Wichita East; 2. Lawrence High; 3. Olathe East; 4. Derby; 5. Olathe North; 6. Blue Valley North; 7. Olathe Northwest; 8. SM East; 9. SM North; 10. Wichita South.

Class 5A

  1. St. Thomas Aquinas; 2. Kapaun Mt. Carmel; 3. Wichita Heights; 4. Shawnee Heights; 5. Blue Valley West; 6. Andover Central; 7. Goddard-Eisenhower; 8. Maize South; 9. Emporia; 10. KC Schlagle.

Class 4A-I

  1. Bishop Miege; 2. McPherson; 3. Andale; 4. Basehor-Linwood; 5. Hays; 6. Abilene; 7. Eudora; 8. Topeka Hayden; 9. Independence; 10. Ottawa.

Class 4A-II

  1. Holcomb; 2. Girard; 3. Rock Creek; 4. Concordia; 5. Hugoton; 6. Wichita Trinity; 7. Larned; 8. Atchison; 9. Holton; 10. Osawatomie.

Class 3A

  1. Beloit; 2. Scott City; 3. Nemaha Central; 4. Riverton; 5. Sabetha; 6. Burlington; 7. Norton; 8. Collegiate; 9. Hesston; 10. Maur Hill

Class 2A

  1. St. John; 2. Olpe; 3. Central Plains; 4. Sacred Heart; 5. Spearville; 6. Seabury; 7. Washington County; 7. Bennington; 9. South Gray; 10. Jackson Heights.

Class 1A-I

  1. Hanover; 2. Otis-Bison; 3. Centralia; 4. Stockton; 5. Osborne; 6. Hartford; 7. Victoria; 8. Valley Heights; 9. Quinter; 10. Hoxie.

Class 1A-II

  1. Beloit St. John’s-Tipton; 2. Wallace County; 3. Central Christian; 4. Caldwell; 5. Attica; 6. Pike Valley; 7. Ashland; 8. South Barber; 9. Natoma; 10. Northern Valley.

Girls

Class 6A

  1. Maize; 2. Wichita South; 3. Olathe South; 4. SM Northwest; 5. Free State; 6. Manhattan; 7. Blue Valley; 8. Washburn Rural; 9. Olathe Northwest; 10. Dodge City.

Class 5A

  1. St. Thomas Aquinas; 2. Kapaun Mt. Carmel; 3. Leavenworth; 4. Andover Central; 5. Blue Valley Southwest; 6. Salina Central; 7. Andover; 8. Shawnee Heights; 9. Newton; 10. Bishop Carroll.

Class 4A-I

  1. Bishop Miege; 2. Paola; 3. Wamego; 4. Topeka Hayden; 5. Chanute; 6. Labette County; 7. McPherson; 8. Andale; 9. Ottawa; 10. Bonner Springs.

Class 4A-II

  1. Hugton; 2. Baldwin; 3. Wichita Trinity; 4. Thomas More Prep; Clay Center; 6. Girard; 7. Holton; 8. Goodland; 9. Pratt; 10. Prairie View.

Class 3A

  1. Hesston; 2. Cimarron; 3. Kingman; 4. Sabetha; 5. Beloit; 6. Silver Lake; 7. Lyons; 8. Sterling; 9. Garden Plain; 10. Northeast-Arma

Class 2A

  1. Central Plains; 2. Washington County; 3. Ellinwood; 4. Chase County; 5. Valley Falls; 6. Moundridge; 7. Olpe; 8. Northern Heights; 9. Smith Center; 10. Stanton County.

Class 1A-I

  1. Hoxie; 2. Valley Heights; 3. Waverly; 4. St. Paul; 5. Goessel; 6. Thunder Ridge; 7. La Crosse; 8. Ingalls; 9. Centralia; 10. Centre.

Class 1A-II

  1. Golden Plains; 2. Attica; 3. Triplains; 4. Bucklin; 5. Cunningham; 6. Wheatland-Grinnell; 7. Moscow; 8. Beloit St. John’s-Tipton; 9. Axtell; 10. Argonia.