State basketball rankings: Coaches’ final take ahead of sub-state tournaments

By Hayden Barber

February 18, 2019 2:38 PM

The coaches have had their final say.

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’s Johnny Murdock Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

1. Blue Valley Northwest (-)

2. Washburn Rural (-)

3. Wichita Southeast (+1)

4. Topeka (-1)

5. Lawrence (-)

6. Olathe North (-)

7. Campus (+1)

8. Shawnee Mission South (-1)

9. KC J.C. Harmon (-)

10. Lawrence Free State (-)

Class 6A Girls

Derby senior point guard Tor’e Alford delivers a step back 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. Blue Valley North (+1)

4. Topeka (+2)

5. Washburn Rural (-2)

6. Olathe East (+4)

7. Olathe South (-2)

8. Olathe North (-1)

9. Olathe Northwest (-)

10. Manhattan (NR)

Dropped Out: Shawnee Mission Northwest (8)

Class 5A Boys

Maize’s Brandle Easter Jr. Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

1. Maize (-)

2. Andover Central (-)

3. Basehor-Linwood (-)

4. Bonner Springs (-)

5. Wichita Heights (-)

6. Pittsburg (-)

7. Maize South (-)

8. Bishop Carroll (NR)

9. Salina Central (-)

10. McPherson (-)

Dropped Out: Arkansas City (8)

Class 5A Girls

Maize South junior Katie Wagner (left) and senior Zayda Perez (right) jump in celebration of their 54-47 win over crosstown rival Maize on Friday night. (Feb. 1, 2019) Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

1. Maize South (-)

2. St. Thomas Aquinas (+1)

3. Goddard (-1)

4. Wichita Heights (-)

5. McPherson (-)

6. Maize (-)

7. KC Schlagle (+2)

8. Blue Valley Southwest (-)

9. De Soto (-2)

10. Bishop Carroll (NR)

Dropped Out: Hays (10)

Class 4A Boys

Trinity Academy high school boys basketball Nate Adler — Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

1. Bishop Miege (+1)

2. KC Piper (-1)

3. Trinity Academy (-)

4. Andale (-)

5. Parsons (-)

6. Abilene (-)

7. Ottawa (+2)

8. Coffeyville (NR)

9. Chapman (+1)

10. Augusta (-3)

Dropped Out: Independence (8)

Class 4A Girls

Circle’s Alyson Potter Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

1. Bishop Miege (-)

2. KC Piper (-)

3. Baldwin (-)

4. Abilene (+1)

5. Circle (+1)

6. Nickerson (-2)

7. Labette County (-)

8. Ulysses (-)

9. Eudora (-)

10. Wellington (NR)

Dropped Out: Pratt (10)

Class 3A Boys

Cheney Andale high school boys basketball — Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

1. Maur Hill (-)

2. Beloit (+1)

3. Phillipsburg (+1)

4. Santa Fe Trail (-2)

5. Girard (-)

6. Perry-Lecompton (+1)

7. Baxter Springs (-1)

8. Cheney (-)

9. Kingman (+1)

10. Silver Lake (NR)

Dropped Out: Sabetha (9)

Class 3A Girls

Cheney high school girls basketball layne needham — Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

1. Nemaha Central (-)

2. Jefferson West (+6)

3. Hesston (-)

4. Haven (-)

5. Cheney (-)

6. Norton (+1)

7. Pleasant Ridge (+2)

8. Wellsville (-6)

9. Sabetha (NR)

10. Eureka (NR)

Dropped Out: Clay Center (6), Halstead (10)

Class 2A Boys

1. Hutchinson Trinity (-)

2. Inman (-)

3. St. Mary’s Colgan (+1)

4. Ness City (-1)

5. Hoxie (-)

6. Pratt-Skyline (+2)

7. Stanton County (+2)

8. Yates Center (NR)

9. Sacred Heart (-3)

10. Seabury Academy (-3)

Dropped Out: Mission Valley (10)

Class 2A Girls

Garden plain high school girls basketball Abby gordon — Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

1. Trego Community (-)

2. Jefferson County North (+1)

3. Garden Plain (-1)

4. Wabaunsee (-)

5. Inman (-)

6. St. Mary’s Colgan (+1)

7. Sterling (NR)

8. West Elk (-2)

9. Conway Springs (NR)

10. Pleasanton (NR)

Dropped out: Jackson Heights (8), Syracuse (9), Northern Heights (10)

Class 1A Boys

1. Central Plains (-)

2. Hanover (-)

3. Burlingame (-)

8. Northern Valley (-4)

4. South Gray (+1)

5. Berean Academy (+1)

6. Wallace County (+1)

7. Osborne (+1)

9. Caldwell (-)

10. Dexter-Cedar Vale (NR)

Dropped Out: South Central (10)

Class 1A Girls

1. Central Plains (-)

2. Olpe (-)

3. Frankfort (-)

4. Rural Vista (-)

5. South Central (-)

6. Golden Plains (-)

7. Hanover (-)

8. Otis-Bison (+1)

9. Argonia (+1)

10. Cunningham (NR)

Dropped Out: Spearville (8)

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