The Kansas Volleyball Association released it’s preseason rankings, and both Manhattan and Wamego are mentioned in 6A and 4A, but are not in the top five. In our area conferences, Washburn Rural is #1 in 6A, Seaman checks in at #4 in 5A, Silver Lake and Marysville are ranked #4 & #5 in 3A, Washington County is #2 and Wabaunsee is #5 in 2A, Centralia is #2 in 1A Division I, and B&B is top ranked in 1A Division II.
6A
1. Washburn Rural
2. Blue Valley North
3. Gardner-Edgerton
4. Olathe East
5. Blue Valley West
Others: Blue Valley Northwest, Manhattan, Olathe Northwest
5A
1. Bishop Miege
2. Blue Valley
3. Newton
4. Seaman
5. St. Thomas Aquinas
Others: Kapaun Mt. Carmel, Shawnee Heights, Valley Center
4A
1. St. James Academy
2. McPherson
3. Rose Hill
4. Maize South
5. Chanute
Others: Hayden, Wamego
3A
1. Hillsboro
2. Hoisington
3. Phillipsburg
4. Silver Lake
5. Marysville
Others: Cherokee-Southeast, Douglass, Halstead, Osage City
2A
1. Olpe
2. Washington County
3. Smith Center
4. Pratt-Skyline
5. Alma-Wabunsee
Others: Mound City-Jayhawk Linn, Ness City, Oskaloosa
1A – Division 1
1. St. John Hudson
2. Centralia
3. Waverly
4. Goessel
5. Dexter/Cedar Vale
Others: Hoxie, Pike Valley, Spearville, South Central, Thunder Ridge
1A – Division 2
1. Baileyville B&B
2. Victoria
3. Norwich
4. Wheatland-Grinell
5. Hutchinson-Central Christian
Others: Bucklin, Ingalls, Weskan, Wetmore
