By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Highland Park's boys held on to the No. 1 spot in the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association Class 5A boy state rankings for the second straight week.
Highland Park is one of nine Shawnee County teams in this week's KBCA rankings, with Washburn Rural's girls climbing to No. 3 in 6A while Seaman's girls fell to No. 3 in 5A after dropping a double-overtime decision to United Kansas Conference foe Basehor-Linwood.
Shawnee Heights girls moved up to the No. 7 spot in 5A while Silver Lake's girls fell to No. 7 in 3A after a triple-overtime Mid-East League loss to Riley County and Topeka High girls are No. 8 in 6.
Washburn Rural remained 10th in the 6A boys rankings while Topeka West remained No. 6 in 5A and Hayden fell to No. 10 in 4A.
KANSAS BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION STATE RANKINGS
GIRLS
Class 6A
1. Blue Valley North; 2. Shawnee Mission South; 3. Washburn Rural; 4. Derby; 5. Lawrence; 6. Liberal; 7. Blue Valley; 8. Topeka High; 9. Olathe Northwest; 10. Wichita South.
Class 5A
1. Emporia; 2. St. Thomas Aqunas; 3. Seaman; 4. Bishop Carroll; 5. Hutchinson; 6. Andover; 7.Shawnee Heights; 8. Bonner Springs; 9. De Soto; 10. Andover Central.
Class 4A
1. Bishop Miege; 2. McPherson; 3. Wameo; 4. Wellington; 5. Fort Scott; 6. Andale; 7. Rock Creek; 8. Independence; 9. Ottawa; 10.Louisburg.
Class 3A
1. Goodland; 2. Phillipsburg; 3. Nemaha Central; 4. Cheney; 5 Haven; 6. Atchison County; 7. Silver Lake; 8. Eureka; 9. Southeast-Saline; 10. Minneapolis.
Class 2A
1. Berean Academy; 2. St. Mary's Colgan; 3. Smith Center; 4. Jackson Heights; 5. Riverside; 6. Hillsboro; 7. Remington; 8. Hoxie; 9. Mission Valley; 10. Bluestem.
Class 1A-Division I
1. Little River; 2. Osborne; 3. Pretty Prairie; 4. Clifton-Clyde; 5. Hodgeman County; 6. Central Plains; 7. Frankfort; 8. Norwich; 9. Doniphan West; 10. Madison-Hamilton.
Class 1A-Division II
1. Hanover; 2. Lebo; 3. Central Christian; 4. Bucklin; 5. Wilson; 6. Golden Plains; 7. Linn; 8. Attica; 9. Thunder Ridge; 10. Wallace County.
BOYS
Class 6A
1. Olathe West; 2. Blue Valley North; 3. Wichita Heights; 4. Derby; 5. Blue Valley Northwest; 6. Olathe North; 7. Garden City; 8. Lawrence; 9. Free State; 10. Washburn Rural.
Class 5A
1. Highland Park; 2. Kapaun Mt. Carmel; 3. Hutchinson; 4. St. James Academy; 5. Maize South; 6. Topeka West; 7. De Soto; 8. Andover Central; 9. Andover; 10. Piper.
Class 4A
1. McPherson; 2. Bishop Miege; 3. Eudora; 4. Circle; 5. Atchison; 6. Baldwin; 7. Wellington; 8. Hugoton; 9. Abilene; 10. Hayden.
Class 3A
1. Southeast-Saline; 2. Sabetha; 3. Hesston; 4. Wichita Collegiate; 5. Haven; 6. Galena; 7.Colby; 8. Marysville; 9. Humboldt; 10. Heritage Christian.
Class 2A
1. Wichita Independent; 2. TMP-Marian; 3. Ellinwood; 4. Inman; 5. Lyndon; 6. Bennington; 7. Sterling; 8. Chase County; 9. Remington; 10. Moundridge.
Class 1A-Division I
1. Olpe; 2. Centralia; 3. Macksville; 4. Clifton-Clyde; 5. Wichita Classical; 6. Burlingame; 7. Randolph-Blue Valley; 8. Osborne; 9. Norwich; 10. Elyria Christian.
Class 1A-Division II
1. Greeley County; 2. Northern Valley; 3. Axtell; 4. Hanover; 5. Pawnee Heights; 6. Lebo; 7. Cunningham; 8.Logan-Palco; 9. Cheylin; 10. Stafford.