Senior Topeka High quarterback, Zane Smith, in win over Wichita West.

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Washburn University junior, J.D. Bell, scores a touchdown vs. Northwest Missouri State.

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Brody Anderson, Seaman HS, won an individual boy's title at the '25 Manhattan Invitational.

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Washburn Rural celebrates its win over Shawnee Heights.

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Rossville volleyball wins its invitational tournament.

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Highland Park's G'Honi Montgomery rushes for 113 yds. vs. KC-Wyandotte.

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By RICK PETERSON

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Four Shawnee County schools continue to earn Top 10 spots in the Kansas Volleyball Association's Week 2 state rankings released Wednesday, led by Class 4A Hayden and 3A Silver Lake, who are ranked No. 1 for the second straight week.

HaileySchmidtlein2025VB 2Hayden volleyball is ranked No. 1 in the KVA Week 2 Class 4A state rankings. [File photo/TSN]

SilverLakeVB2025 1Silver Lake volleyball is ranked No. 1 in the KVA Class 3A state rankings for the second straight week. [File photo/TSN]

Hayden is 12-0 on the season after winning the Baldwin Invitational last weekend while Silver Lake was 11-1 on the season at the time of the rankings, with the Eagles' lone loss coming against 5A Shawnee Heights.

Rossville, 9-0, made a jump from No. 4 to No. 2 in the 2A rankings while Washburn Rural (5-2) is ranked No. 7 in 6A.

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 2 State Rankings

Class 6A

1. Blue Valley West 5-0

2. Olathe Northwest 9-2

3. Olathe West 9-2

4. Mill Valley 9-3

5. Blue Valley North 8-3

6. Lawrence Free State 10-5

7. Washburn Rural 5-2

8. Manhattan 5-3

9. Garden City 5-2

10. Gardner-Edgerton 9-4

Class 5A

1. St. Thomas Aquinas 5-1

2. Blue Valley Southwest 8-1

3. St. James Academy 13-2

4. Maize South 14-1

5. Bishop Carroll 13-0

6. Lansing 10-4

7. Kapaun Mt. Carmel 8-5

8. De Soto 9-2

9. Salina South 9-5

10. Salina Central 10-4

Class 4A

1. Hayden 12-0

2. Bishop Miege 0-4

3. Clay Center 14-1

4. Andale 12-1

5. Holton 9-1

6. McPherson 6-3

7. Paola 10-0

8. Rock Creek 14-4

9. Eudora 6-6

10. Mulvane 9-5

Class 3A

1. Silver Lake 11-1

2. Beloit 10-2

3. Hoisington 9-1

4. Hesston 9-4

5. Halstead 6-3 

6. Neodesha 8-0

7. Riley County 10-5

8. Ellsworth 10-2 

9. Jefferson West 9-3

10. Girard 7-2

Class 2A

1. Ellinwood 11-0

2. Rossville 9-0

3. Moundridge 14-0

4. Oakley 16-0

5. Sedgwick 14-4

6. Hillsboro 10-4

7. Medicine Lodge 12-1

8. Jefferson County North 10-0

9. Maranatha Christian 10-2

10. Valley Heights 10-5

Class 1A Division 1

1. Little River 11-1

2. Rock Hills 11-0

3. Centralia 10-1

4. South Gray 11-1

5. Greeley County 8-2

6. Spearville 6-1

7. Onaga 8-3

8. Olpe 9-5

9. Quinter 8-3

10. Goessel 5-4

Class 1A Division II

1. Ingalls 14-0

2. Marais des Cygnes Valley 10-1

3. Hanover 7-2

4. Argonia 9-1

5. Cheylin 10-2

6. Attica 7-1

7. Linn 7-2

8. Victoria 10-1

9. Dighton 6-1

10. Waverly 7-3

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