State rankings: Coaches rate Kansas’ bests after midseason basketball tournaments

By Hayden Barber

January 28, 2019 3:44 PM

The midseason tournaments have come and gone.

Here are the latest high school basketball rankings from the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association (teams in the Wichita area are in bold):

See last week’s rankings here

Class 6A Boys

Wichita Southeast senior guard Johnny Murdock brings the ball up the court during the Golden Buffaloes 82-72 overtime win over Andover Central on day one of the AVCTL/GWAL Challenge. (Jan. 10, 2019) Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

1. Blue Valley Northwest (-)

2. Washburn Rural (+1)

3. Lawrence (-1)

4. Wichita Southeast (+1)

5. Topeka (-1)

6. Olathe North (-)

7. Campus (-)

8. Lawrence Free State (+1)

9. Shawnee Mission East (-1)

10. Shawnee Mission South (-)

Class 6A Girls

Derby senior center Kennedy Brown elevates for a hook shot against Wichita Heights’ Laniah Randle during the Panthers’ 66-52 win over Wichita Heights on day one of the AVCTL/GWAL Challenge. (Jan. 10, 2019) Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

1. Derby (-)

2. Liberal (+3)

3. Washburn Rural (-1)

4. Blue Valley North (-)

5. Olathe South (-2)

6. Topeka (-)

7. Mill Valley (-)

8. Olathe East (-)

9. Olathe North (-)

10. Shawnee Mission Northwest (NR)

Dropped Out: Manhattan (10)

Class 5A Boys

With a win over Scott City on Friday in Colby, Maize is into the championship game of the Orange and Black Classic. Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

1. Maize (-)

2. Andover Central (+1)

3. Arkansas City (+1)

4. Wichita Heights (+1)

5. Pittsburg (-3)

6. Basehor-Linwood (-)

7. Salina Central (-)

8. St. Thomas Aquinas (NR)

9. Maize South (-)

10. Bonner Springs (-2)

Dropped out: Bishop Carroll (10)

Class 5A Girls

Maize sophomore Sydney Holmes launches a three during the Eagles’ 55-44 win over Bishop Carroll on Friday as part of the AVCTL/GWAL Challenge. (Jan. 11, 2019) Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

1. Goddard (-)

2. St. Thomas Aquinas (-)

3. Maize (-)

4. Maize South (-)

5. Wichita Heights (-)

6. McPherson (-)

7. Blue Valley Southwest (-)

8. De Soto (+2)

9. KC Schlagle (-1)

10. Hays (NR)

Dropped Out: Kapaun Mt. Carmel (9)

Class 4A Boys

Andale high school boys basketball Easton Hunter — Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

1. KC Piper (-)

2. Bishop Miege (-)

3. Andale (+1)

4. Trinity Academy (-1)

5. Parsons (+1)

6. Ottawa (+3)

7. Independence (+2)

8. Topeka-Hayden (-)

9. Eudora (-2)

10. Abilene (-)

Class 4A Girls

Rose hill high school girls basketball Breckynn Myers — Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

1. Bishop Miege (-)

2. KC Piper (-)

3. Nickerson (-)

4. Baldwin (-)

5. Abilene (-)

6. Labette County (-)

7. Circle (-)

8. Ulysses (-)

9. Rose Hill (-)

10. Eudora (-)

Class 3A Boys

Cheney high school boys basketball — Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

1. Maur Hill (+1)

2. Santa Fe Trail (+1)

3. Girard (-2)

4. Beloit (-)

5. Baxter Springs (+5)

6. Phillipsburg (-1)

7. Cheney (+1)

8. Kingman (-1)

9. Sabetha (-3)

10. Perry-Lecompton (NR)

Dropped out: Burlington (9)

Class 3A Girls

Haven high school girls basketball Kara Matteson — Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

1. Nemaha Central (-)

2. Haven (+1)

3. Norton (+4)

4. Cheney (-2)

5. Halstead (-1)

6. Hesston (+2)

7. Jefferson West (NR)

8. Clay Center (+1)

9. Wellsville (-4)

10. Pleasant Ridge (-4)

Dropped out: Eureka (10)

Class 2A Boys

1. Inman (-)

2. Hoxie (+1)

3. Seabury Academy (+2)

4. Ness City (+3)

5. St. Mary’s Colgan (-3)

6. Hutchinson Trinity (+2)

7. Sacred Heart (-1)

8. Wichita County (+1)

9. Pratt-Skyline (+1)

10. Stanton County (NR)

Dropped out: Mission Valley (4)

Class 2A Girls

Garden plain high school girls basketball kara heimerman — Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

1. Jackson Heights (+1)

2. Garden Plain (-1)

3. Trego Community (+1)

4. Wabaunsee (+3)

5. Inman (-2)

6. Jefferson County North (+2)

7. Sedgwick (NR)

8. Valley Heights (NR)

9. St. Mary’s Colgan (NR)

10. Bluestem (-4)

Dropped out: Stanton County (5), Meade (9), Atchison County (10)

Class 1A Boys

1. Central Plains (-)

2. Hanover (+1)

3. Burlingame (+4)

4. Northern Valley (+2)

5. South Gray (+3)

6. Berean Academy (+2)

7. Wallace County (-3)

8. St. John-Hudson (-3)

9. Osborne (-)

10. Caldwell (-)

Class 1A Girls

1. Central Plains (-)

2. Olpe (-)

3. Frankfort (+1)

4. Rural Vista (+1)

5. Centralia (+2)

6. Spearville (-3)

7. South Central (+1)

8. Hanover (+2)

9. Otis Bison (-)

10. Golden Plains (-)

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