By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Seven Shawnee County basketball teams earned spots in the latest Kansas Basketball Coaches Association state rankings, with Cair Paravel Latin's boys the latest county addition to the rankings.
Cair Paravel, 10-3 on the season entering Tuesday night's game, garnered the No. 8 position in the Class 1A Division I rankings, released Tuesday.
Silver Lake continues to hold down the No. 1 spot in the 3A girls rankings..
Topeka West, which has won 12 straight games to improve to 13-1, remained No. 2 in the 5A boys rankings while Highland Park (13-2) is No. 4.
Topeka High and Washburn Rural are ranked No. 2 and No. 3 in the 6A girls rankings and will face off on Friday at Topeka High.
Topeka High was 14-0 and Rural 14-1 entering Tuesday's games.
Seaman (10-4) moved up to the No. 8 spot in the 5A girls rankings.
KANSAS BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION STATE RANKINGS
GIRLS
Class 6A
1. Olathe North; 2. Topeka High; 3. Washburn Rural; 4. Shawnee Mission West; 5. Derby; 6. Shawnee Mission Northwest; 7. Blue Valley; 8. Wichita Heights; 9. Olathe South; 10. Shawnee Mission South.
Class 5A
1. Salina Central; 2. St. Thomas Aquinas; 3. Bishop Carroll; 4. Goddard; 5. Lansing; 6. Emporia; 7. Andover Central; 8. Seaman; 9. De Soto; 10. Spring Hill.
Class 4A
1. Wellington; 2. Bishop Miege; 3. Eudora; 4. Wamego; 5. Andale; 6. Clearwater; 7. Rock Creek; 8. Labette County; 9. McPherson; 10. Fort Scott.
Class 3A
1. Silver Lake; 2. Hugoton; 3. Cheney; 4.Nickerson; 5. Eureka; 6. Goodland; 7. TMP-Marian; 8. Southeast-Saline; 9. Phillipsburg; 10. Nemaha Central.
Class 2A
1. Sterling; 2. Valley Heights; 3. Berean Academy; 4. St. Mary's Colgan; 5. Smith Center; 6. Jackson Heights; 7. Elkhart; 8. Garden Plain; 9. Remington; 10. Uniontown.
Class 1A-Division I
1. Hodgeman County; 2. Centralia; 3. Little River; 4. Burlingame; 5. Osborne; 6. Pretty Prairie; 7. St. Paul; 8. Norwich; 9. South Central; 10. Rawlins County.
Class 1A-Division II
1. Central Plains; 2. Lebo; 3. Golden Plains; 4. Central Christian; 5. Hanover; 6. South Haven; 7. Attica; 8. St. John's-Tipton; 9. Wheatland-Grinnell; 10. Ashland.
BOYS
Class 6A
1. Blue Valley Northwest; 2. Free State; 3. Wichita Heights; 4. Dodge City; 5. Lawrence; 6. Shawnee Mission Northwet; 7. Shawnee Mission South; 8. Blue Valley West; 9 Wichita Northwest; 10. Junction City.
Class 5A
1.Kapaun Mt. Carmel; 2. Topeka West; 3. Hays; 4. Highland Park; 5. Andover Central; 6. Andover; 7. Basehor-Linwood; 8. De Soto; 9. St. James Academy; 10. Blue Valley Southwest.
Class 4A
1. Eudora; 2. Bishop Miege; 3. Buhler; 4. McPherson; 5. Paola; 6. Circle; 7. Abilene; 8. Andale; 9. Pratt; 10. Rose Hill.
Class 3A
1. Royal Valley; 2. Cheney; 3. Hesston; 4. Galena; 5. Nemaha Central; 6. Osage City; 7. Wichita Collegiate; 8. Hugoton; 9. Holcomb; 10. Southeast-Saline.
Class 2A
1. Hillsboro; 2. St. Marys; 3. Valley Falls; 4. Ellinwood; 5. Trego Community; 6. Lyndon; 7. Erie; 8. Wabaunsee; 9. Sedan; 10. Sacred Heart.
Class 1A-Division I
1. Olpe; 2. Macksville; 3. South Gray; 4. Norwich; 5. Osborne; 6. Hodgeman County; 7. Wichita Classical; 8. Cair Paravel Latin; 9. Clifton-Clyde; 10. Sylvan-Lucas.
Class 1A-Division II
1. Hanover; 2. Northern Valley; 3. Elyria Chriistian; 4. Greeley County; 5. Bucklin; 6. Dighton; 7. Lebo; 8. Waverly; 9. Logan-Palco; 10. Wheatland-Grinnell.
