By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Five Shawnee County basketball teams earned spots in the latest Kansas Basketball Coaches Association state rankings, led by the 8-0 Highland Park's boys, who are ranked No. 2 in Class 5A.
Topeka West, 6-1 on the season, is ranked No. 5 in 5A heading into Friday's Centennial League clash with the Scots at West.
Senior Juan'Tario Roberts (23) and the Highland Park boys are ranked No. 2 in Class 5A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association. [File photo/TSN]
Topeka High (8-0) climbed to No. 4 in the 6A girls rankings while Washburn Rural (6-1) is ranked No. 7.
Silver Lake (7-0) is ranked No. 5 in the 3A girls rankings.
KANSAS BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION STATE RANKINGS
GIRLS
Class 6A
1. Shawnee Mission West; 2. Olathe North; 3. Derby; 4. Topeka High; 5. Blue Valley; 6. Shawnee Mission Northwest; 7. Washburn Rural; 8. Dodge City; 9. Wichita Heights; 10. Liberal.
Class 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas; 2. Salina Central; 3. Andover Central; 4. Lansing; 5. Goddard; 6. Emporia; 7. Spring Hill; 8. Bishop Carroll; 9. Basehor-Linwood; 10. Maize.
Class 4A
1. Bishop Miege; 2. Wamego; 3. Wellington; 4. Eudora; 5. Andale; 6. Clearwater; 7. Louisburg; 8. Rock Creek; 9. Labette County; 10. Ottawa.
Class 3A
1. Hugoton; 2. Nickerson; 3. Goodland; 4. Cheney; 5. Silver Lake; 6. Eureka; 7. Southeast-Saline; 8. Phillipsburg; 9. Smoky Valley; 10. Cimarron.
Class 2A
1. Sterling; 2. St. Mary's Colgan; 3. Valley Heights; 4. Berean Academy; 5. Smith Center; 6. Jackson Heights; 7. Ell-Saline; 8. Garden Plain; 9. Elkhart; 10. Bluestem.
Class 1A-Division I
1. Burlingame; 2. Pretty Prairie; 3. Hodgeman County; 4. South Central 5. Little River; 6. Centralia; 7. Osborne; 8. St. Paul; 9. Doniphan West; 10. Norwich.
Class 1A-Division II
1. Central Plains; 2. Lebo; 3. Hanover; 4. Golden Plains; 5. Central Christian; 6. Attica; 7. Ashland; 8. Linn; 9. Rural Vista; 10. Wheatland-Grinnell.
BOYS
Class 6A
1. Free State; 2. Blue Valley West; 3. Olathe South; 4. Dodge City; 5. Shawnee Mission South; 6. Wichita Heights; 7. Blue Valley Northwest; 8. Junction City; 9. Blue Valley North; 10. Wichita Northwest.
Class 5A
1. Andover; 2. Highland Park; 3. Andover Central; 4. Kapaun Mt. Carmel; 5. Topeka West; 6. Maize; 7. Hays; 8. St. James Academy; 9. Valley Center; 10. Pittsburg.
Class 4A
1. Eudora; 2. Buhler; 3. Bishop Miege; 4. Tonganoxie; 5. Paola; 6. Abilene; 7. McPherson; 8. Andale; 9. Wamego; 10. Concordia.
Class 3A
1. Hesston; 2. Royal Valley; 3. Cheney; 4. Galena; 5. Wichita Collegiate; 6. Nemaha Central; 7. Osage City; 8. Holcomb; 9. Frontenc; 10. Southeast-Saline.
Class 2A
1.. Hillsboro; 2. St. Marys; 3. Valley Falls; 4. Ellinwood; 5. Wabaunsee; 6. Lyndon; 7. Erie; 8. Trego Community; 9. Jefferson County North; 10. Berean Acaemy.
Class 1A-Division I
1. South Gray; 2. Olpe; 3. Macksville; 4. Norwich; 5. Osborne; 6. Frankfort; 7. Clifton-Clyde; 8. Troy; 9. Burlingame; 10. Solomon.
Class 1A-Division II
1. Hanover; 2. Northern Valley; 3. Greeley County; 4. Elyria Chriistian; 5. Wheatland-Grinnell; 6. Axtell; 7. St. John's-Tipton; 8. Attica; 9. Waverly; 10. Bucklin.
