By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Four Shawnee County schools earned Top 10 spots in the Kansas Volleyball Association's Week 1 state rankings released Wednesday, led by Class 4A No. 1 Hayden and 3A top-ranked Silver Lake.
Hayden volleyball is ranked No. 1 in the KVA Week 1 Class 4A state rankings. [File photo/TSN]
Silver Lake volleyball holds down the No. 1 spot in the KVA Class 3A rankings after starting the seaon 7-0. [Photo by Silver Lake volleyball]
Hayden, 4-0 at the time of the rankings, moved up from its preseason No. 2 ranking in 4A while while Silver Lake, 7-0, jumped all the way from No. 8 in preseason to the No. 1 spot in 3A.
Rossville, 7-0, also made a big jump in 2A, moving from 10th in preseason to No. 4.
Washburn Rural, 4-2, remained No. 5 in 6A after also being ranked fifth in preseason.
Current classifications for the rankings are based on enrollments from the 2024-25 school year.
The rankings will be adjusted when the updated KSHSAA classifications are released at the end of September.
Kansas Volleyball Association Week 1 State Rankings
Class 6A
1. Mill Valley 2-1
2. Blue Valley West 3-0
3. Olathe West 3-1
4. Olathe Northwest 3-1
5. Washburn Rural 4-2
6. Blue Valley North 2-2
7. Manhattan 3-2
8. Lawrence Free State 6-2
9. Garden City 5-2
10. Wichita Northwest 2-0
Class 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas 3-1
2. Blue Valley Southwest 3-1
3. St. James Academy 8-1
4. Maize South 12-1
5. Bishop Carroll 7-0
6. Lansing 4-2
7. Kapaun Mt. Carmel 4-3
8. De Soto 3-0
9. Salina South 6-1
10. Salina Central 6-1
Class 4A
1. Hayden 4-0
2. Bishop Miege 0-2
3. Clay Center 7-1
4. Andale 7-0
5. Holton 7-1
6. Rock Creek 8-2
7. Concordia 5-3
8. McPherson 4-3
9. Eudora 0-3
10. Mulvane 5-2
Class 3A
1. Silver Lake 7-0
2. Hoisington 7-1
3. Hesston 6-1
4. Halstead 3-3
5. Beloit 5-1
6. Nemaha Central 5-3
7. Neodesha 2-0
8. Riley County 6-2
9. Girard 2-0
10. Jefferson West 7-1
Class 2A
1. Ellinwood 3-0
2. Moundridge 7-0
3. Sedgwick 9-2
4. Rossville 7-0
5. Maranatha Christian 1-0
6. Inman 5-2
7. Oakley 9-0
8. Medicine Lodge 9-1
9. Hillsboro 4-3
10. Valley Heights 5-3
Class 1A Division 1
1. Little River 3-1
2. Rock Hills 4-0
3. South Gray 9-1
4. Centralia 6-1
5. Spearville 4-1
6. Greeley County 5-2
7. Olpe 5-2
8. Clifton-Clyde 1-1
9. Flinthills 3-1
10. Pretty Prairie 4-4
Class 1A Division II
1. Ingalls 7-0
2. Marais des Cygnes Valley 5-1
3. Hanover 0-2
4. Argonia 3-0
5. Cheylin 4-1
6. Lebo 1-1
7. Attica 5-1
8. Linn 2-0
9. Dighton 4-1
10. Victoria 4-0
