By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Shawnee Heights' boys moved into the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association Class 5A state rankings for the first time this season Tuesday after improving to 12-4 on the season with four straight victories.
Ken Darting's 12-4 Shawnee Heights boys made the KBCA Class 5A state rankings for the first time this season, taking over the No. 10 spot.
Highland Park's boys and Seaman's girls continue to hold on to the No. 1 spot in the 5A state rankings, with the undefeated Scots holding the top spot in the boys rankings for the sixth straight week while Viking girls are No. 1 for the fourth straight week.
Silver Lake's girls remained No. 3 in 3A.
Topeka High and Washburn Rural are No. 4 and No. 5 in the 6A girls rankings while Hayden's girls are tied for No. 10 in 4A .
Washburn Rural's boys stayed No. 10 in 6A.
KANSAS BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION STATE RANKINGS
GIRLS
Class 6A
1. Shawnee Mission South; 2. Derby; 3. Blue Valley North; 4. Topeka High; 5. Washburn Rural; 6. Blue Valley; 7. Wichita South; 8. Liberal; 9. Wichita Southeast; 10. Lawrence.
Class 5A
1. Seaman; 2. Bishop Carroll; 3. Bonner Springs; 4. Andover; 5. St. Thomas Aquinas; 6. Emporia; 7. Maize South; 8. Andover Central; 9. Piper; 10. Goddard Eisenhower.
Class 4A
1. Wamego; 2. McPherson; 3. Wellington; 4. Bishop Miege; 5. Independence; 6. Andale; 7. Fort Scott; 8. Hugoton; 9. Louisburg; 9. Rock Creek; 10. (tie) Hayden and Louisburg.
Class 3A
1. Goodland; 2. Phillipsburg; 3. Silver Lake; 4. Nemaha Central; 5. Atchison County; 6. Cheney; 7. Eureka; 8. Southeast-Saline; 9. Cimarron; 10. Haven.
Class 2A
1.St. Mary's Colgan; 2. Berean Academy; 3. Hillsboro; 4. Riverside; 5. Smith Center; 6. Mission Valley; 7. Hoxie; 8. Wichita County; 9. Jackson Heights; 10. The Independent.
Class 1A-Division I
1. Little River; 2. Osborne; 3. Pretty Prairie; 4. Central Plains; 5. Quinter; 6. Frankfort; 7. Norwich; 8. Madison-Hamilton; 9. Hodgeman County; 10. Doniphan West.
Class 1A-Division II
1. Hanover; 2. Lebo; 3. Bucklin; 4. Beloit-St. John's; 5. Golden Plains; 6. Attica; 7. South Haven; 8. Central Christian; 9. St. Paul; 10. Wallace County.
BOYS
Class 6A
1. Wichita Heights; 2. Blue Valley North; 3. Olathe West; 4. Garden City; 5. Blue Valley Northwest; 6. Olathe North; 7. Derby; 8. Mill Valley; 9. Lawrence; 10. Washburn Rural.
Class 5A
1. Highland Park; 2. Hutchinson; 3. Kapaun Mt. Carmel; 4. Maize South; 5. Andover Central; 6. Andover; 7. De Soto; 8. St. James Academy; 9. Piper; 10. Shawnee Heights.
Class 4A
1. Atchison; 2. McPherson; 3. Eudora; 4. Circle; 5. Hugoton; 6. Bishop Miege; 7. Baldwin; 8. Chanute; 9. Augusta 10. Wellington.
Class 3A
1. Sabetha; 2. Haven; 3. Southeast-Saline; 4. Hesston; 5. Galena; 6. Wichita Collegiate; 7. (tie) KC-Bishop Ward and Marysville; 9. Colby; 10 Perry-Lecompton.
Class 2A
1. Lyndon; 2. TMP-Marian; 3. Moundridge; 4. Wichita Independent; 5. Ellinwood; 6. Bennington; 7. Inman; 8. Sterling; 9. Sedan; 10. Southeast-Cherokee.
Class 1A-Division I
1. Olpe; 2. Clifton-Clyde; 3. Macksville; 4. Wichita Classical; 5. Randolph-Blue Valley; 6. Burlingame; 7. Elyria Christian; 8. Osborne; 9. South Gray; 10. Troy.
Class 1A-Division II
1. Greeley County; 2. Northern Valley; 3. Axtell; 4. Hanover; 5. Pawnee Heights; 6. Lebo; 7. Stafford; 8. South Central; 9. Cheylin; 10. Cunningham.
