By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Seaman's girls and Highland Park's boys have climbed to the No. 1 spots in the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association Class 5A girls and boy state rankings, released Tuesday.
Both the Vikings and Scots were ranked No. 2 in the most recent KBCA polls before making the jump to the top spots this week.
Sophomore Anna Becker (right) and the Seaman girls are ranked No. 1 in the KBCA Class 5A state rankings. [File photo/TSN]
Highland Park senior Bo Aldridge and the Scots have climbed to No. 1 in the KBCA Class 5A boys state rankings. [File photo/TSN]
Seaman and Highland Park are two of 10 Shawnee County teams in this week's KBCA rankings this week, with Shawnee Heights' girls and Washburn Rural's boys both newcomers to th the state rankings.
Silver Lake's girls remain No. 2 in the 3A girls rankings behind No. 1 Goodland.
Washburn Rural jumped to No. 5 in the 6A girls rankings while Topeka High is No. 8.
Shawnee Heights' girls entered the 5A rankings at No. 9 while Rossville's girls are No. 10 in 3A.
Washburn Rural entered the 6A boys rankings at No. 10 while Topeka West is No. 6 in 5A and Hayden No. 6 in 4A.
KANSAS BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION STATE RANKINGS
GIRLS
Class 6A
1. Blue Valley North; 2. Shawnee Mission South; 3. Liberal; 4. Blue Valley; 5. Washburn Rural; 6. Derby; 7. Lawrence; 8. Topeka High; 9. Wichita Southeast; 10. Olathe Northwest.
Class 5A
1. Seaman; 2. Emporia; 3. St. Thomas Aqunas; 4. Bishop Carroll; 5. Hutchinson; 6. Andover; 7. KC-Sumner Academy; 8. De Soto; 9. Shawnee Heights; 10. Salina Central.
Class 4A
1. Bishop Miege; 2. McPherson; 3. Wameo; 4. Wellington; 5. Rock Creek; 6. Andale; 7. Fort Scott; 8. Independence; 9. Ottawa; 10. (tie Eudora and Louisburg.
Class 3A
1. Goodland; 2. Silver Lake; 3. Phillipsburg; 4. Nemaha Central; 5. Southeast-Saline; 6. Cheney; 7 Haven; 8. Eureka; 9. Atchison County; 10. Rossville.
Class 2A
1. Berean Academy; 2. St. Mary's Colgan; 3. Jackson Heights; 4. Smith Center; 5. Hillsboro; 6. Hoxie; 7. Garden Plain; 8. Riverside; 9. Remington; 10. Mission Valley.
Class 1A-Division I
1. Little River; 2. Osborne; 3. Pretty Prairie; 4. Clifton-Clyde; 5. Madison-Hamilton; 6. Hodgeman County; 7. Centralia; 8. Central Plains; 9. Frankfort; 10. Quinter
Class 1A-Division II
1. Hanover; 2. Lebo; 3. Central Christian; 4. Bucklin; 5. Wilson; 6. Attica; 7. Golden Plains; 8. Thunder Ridge; 9. Linn; 10. Beloit-St. John's.
BOYS
Class 6A
1. Olathe West; 2. Blue Valley North; 3. Wichita Heights; 4. Derby; 5. Blue Valley Northwest; 6. Lawrence; 7. Olathe North; 8. Garden City; 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. Hayden; 7. Wamego; 8. Wellington; 9. Baldwin; 10. Hugoton.
Class 3A
1. Southeast-Saline; 2. Sabetha; 3. Hesston; 4. Wichita Collegiate; 5. Haven; 6. Galena; 7. Osage City; 8. Colby; 9. Marysville; 10. Humboldt.
Class 2A
1. Wichita Independent; 2. TMP-Marian; 3. Ellinwood; 4. Lyndon; 5. Bennington; 6. Moundridge; 7. Sterling; 8. Inman; 9. Wichita County; 10. Jayhawk-Linn.
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. Hanover; 4. Pawnee Heights; 5. Axtell; 6. Lebo; 7. Cunningham; 8. Bucklin; 9. Logan-Palco; 10. Bird City-Cheylin.
