Emporia High’s girls re-entered the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association rankings this week, reaching the No. 9 ranking in Class 5A.
The Lady Spartans (10-4) have won five straight games. Their latest win came last Friday against Shawnee Heights, which is ranked No. 10 in this week’s 5A girls poll. Tonight at EHS, Emporia takes on Junction City (9-4), which is ranked No. 6 in this week’s poll in Class 6A.
Ranked ahead of Emporia in this week’s 5A top 10 are top-ranked Carroll, followed by Miege, Liberal, Aquinas, Andover Central, Salina South, Lansing and Hutchinson.
Among other area schools, Olpe and Lebo are both in the KBCA girls top 10 in Class 2A. The Eagles are ranked No. 5, while the Wolves came in this week at No. 8.
On the boys side, undefeated Olpe held its spot as the top-ranked team in Class 2A. The Eagles are the only area boys team currently ranked. Like Emporia’s girls, the Spartan boys will also be facing a top-10 team tonight; the Junction City boys (9-5) are ranked No. 10 in Class 6A.
KBCA rankings
Girls
6A
1. Washburn Rural
2. Wichita Heights
3. Olathe South
4. Shawnee Mission East
5. Shawnee Mission West
6. Junction City
7. Goddard
8. Olathe Northwest
9. Olathe East
10. Blue Valley
5A
1. Carroll
2. Miege
3. Liberal
4. Aquinas
5. Andover Central
6. Salina South
7. Lansing
8. Hutchinson
9. Emporia
10. Shawnee Hts.
4A
1. Concordia
2. Paola
3. Holton
4. Haven
5. Cheney
6. Andover
7. Louisburg
8. Buhler
9. Rose Hill
10. Girard
3A
1. Rock Creek
2. Southwestern Heights
3. Wichita Collegiate
4. Norton
5. Hays-Thomas More Prep-Marian
6. Winchester-Jeff. County North
7. Garden Plain
8. Cherryvale
9. Oskaloosa
10. Jayhawk-Linn
2A
1. Moundridge
2. St. Marys – Colgan
3. St. Marys
4. Dexter/Cedar Vale
5. Olpe
6. Osborne
7. Washington County
8. Lebo
9. Sacred Heart
10. Ellis
1A
1. South Gray-Montezuma
2. Hoxie
3. St. John Hudson
4. Rolla
5. Argonia
6. Centralia
7. Southern Coffey Co
8. Quivira Heights
9. Frankfort
10. Pike Valley
Boys
6A
1. Wichita Heights
2. Shawnee Mission Northwest
3. Wichita Southeast
4. Olathe East
5. Olathe South
6. Wichita-East
7. Goddard
8. Derby
9. Maize
10. Junction City
5A
1. Highland Park
2. McPherson
3. Miege
4. Lansing
5. Liberal
6. KC Harmon
7. Andover Central
8. Hays
9. Salina Central
10. Newton
4A
1. Hesston
2. KC Sumner
3. Topeka Hayden
4. Wichita Trinity
5. Girard
6. Andover
7. Kingman
8. St. James Academy
9. Basehor-Linwood
10. Parsons
3A
1. Wichita Collegiate
2. Sabetha
3. Hutchinson Trinity
4. Galena
5. Holcomb
6. Rossville
7. Sedgwick
8. KC Christian
9. Effingham
10. Burlington
2A
1. Olpe
2. Trego- Wakeeney
3. Republic County
4. Berean Academy
5. Meade
6. Nemaha Valley
7. Pittsburg Colgan
8. St. Mary's
9. Syracuse
10. Salina Sacred Heart
1A
1. Crest
2. Hanover
3. Thunder Ridge-Kensington
4. Quinter
5. South Gray- Montezuma
6. Tribune-Greely County
7. Macksville
8. Blue Valley-Randolph
9. Attica
10. Claflin