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Oct 01, 2026

🏐 Several area teams climb in latest KVA volleyball rankings

Posted Oct 01, 2026 10:35 AM
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The Kansas Volleyball Association released its Week 4 rankings Wednesday, Sept. 30, with several Hutchinson-area programs maintaining spots in the statewide top 10.

The latest rankings reflect the new 2026-27 KSHSAA classifications and results submitted through Monday, Sept. 28.

McPherson made one of the larger moves among area programs, climbing three spots to No. 6 in Class 4A with an 11-6 record.

In Class 3A, Hesston moved up one spot to No. 4 at 19-3, while Halstead remained seventh at 17-3.

Class 2A features two area programs in the top five. Inman held steady at No. 4 with a 19-3 record, while Moundridge climbed one position to No. 5 at 21-4.

Little River dropped one spot to fourth in Class 1A Division I, while Hutchinson Central Christian slipped one position to ninth in Class 1A Division II.

Blue Valley West (6A), St. Thomas Aquinas (5A), Bishop Miege (4A), Beloit (3A), Ellinwood (2A) and Centralia (1A Division I) maintained their respective No. 1 rankings. Hanover moved into the top spot in Class 1A Division II.

Format: School (record) — Previous ranking

Class 6A

  1. No. 1 Blue Valley West (15-3) — 1
  2. No. 2 Mill Valley (18-0) — 2
  3. No. 3 Blue Valley (13-5) — 3
  4. No. 4 Manhattan (14-6) — 7
  5. No. 5 Lawrence Free State (15-4) — 4
  6. No. 6 Gardner-Edgerton (15-3) — 9
  7. No. 7 Olathe West (11-4) — 8
  8. No. 8 Maize (21-5) — NR
  9. No. 9 Olathe North (13-7) — 6
  10. No. 10 Garden City (15-6) — 5

Class 5A

  1. No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas (21-2) — 1
  2. No. 2 St. James Academy (17-3) — 2
  3. No. 3 Maize South (18-4) — 3
  4. No. 4 Bishop Carroll (17-4) — 4
  5. No. 5 Lansing (15-7) — 5
  6. No. 6 Kapaun Mt. Carmel (18-4) — 7
  7. No. 7 Great Bend (15-3) — 6
  8. No. 8 Andover (14-2) — 8
  9. No. 9 De Soto (12-7) — 9
  10. No. 10 Blue Valley Southwest (13-13) — 10

Class 4A

  1. No. 1 Bishop Miege (13-4) — 1
  2. No. 2 Hayden (14-5) — 2
  3. No. 3 Clay Center (20-4) — 3
  4. No. 4 Andale (19-4) — 4
  5. No. 5 Eudora (19-7) — 5
  6. No. 6 McPherson (11-6) — 9
  7. No. 7 Circle (19-4) — 6
  8. No. 8 Paola (16-4) — 7
  9. No. 9 Louisburg (10-9) — 8
  10. No. 10 Wellington (15-7) — 10

Class 3A

  1. No. 1 Beloit (21-2) — 1
  2. No. 2 Holton (21-5) — 3
  3. No. 3 Riley County (20-4) — 2
  4. No. 4 Hesston (19-3) — 5
  5. No. 5 Cheney (26-3) — 4
  6. No. 6 Silver Lake (16-5) — 6
  7. No. 7 Halstead (17-3) — 7
  8. No. 8 Hoisington (21-3) — 9
  9. No. 9 Royal Valley (17-6) — 8
  10. No. 10 Lakin (16-1) — NR

Class 2A

  1. No. 1 Ellinwood (21-0) — 1
  2. No. 2 St. Mary's Colgan (20-4) — 3
  3. No. 3 Jefferson County North (20-1) — 2
  4. No. 4 Inman (19-3) — 4
  5. No. 5 Moundridge (21-4) — 6
  6. No. 6 Thomas More Prep-Marian (13-7) — 5
  7. No. 7 Mission Valley (15-3) — 10
  8. No. 8 Wabaunsee (16-7) — 5 in 1A Division I
  9. No. 9 Conway Springs (12-5) — 9
  10. No. 10 Valley Heights (11-11) — NR

Class 1A Division I

  1. No. 1 Centralia (20-0) — 1
  2. No. 2 Linn (17-0) — 1 in 1A Division II
  3. No. 3 Goessel (20-0) — 2
  4. No. 4 Little River (17-3) — 3
  5. No. 5 South Gray (21-1) — 4
  6. No. 6 Quinter (15-4) — 6
  7. No. 7 Randolph-Blue Valley (17-3) — 8 in 1A Division II
  8. No. 8 Burden-Central (21-3) — 7
  9. No. 9 St. John-Hudson (15-8) — 8
  10. No. 10 Decatur Community (12-5) — 9

Class 1A Division II

  1. No. 1 Hanover (18-5) — 2
  2. No. 2 Ingalls (20-2) — 3
  3. No. 3 Axtell (12-7) — 4
  4. No. 4 Argonia (20-4) — 6
  5. No. 5 Cheylin (15-5) — 5
  6. No. 6 Marais des Cygnes Valley (20-6) — 9
  7. No. 7 Greeley County (13-5) — 10 in 1A Division I
  8. No. 8 Wheatland-Grinnell (13-5) — NR
  9. No. 9 Hutchinson-Central Christian (13-6) — 10
  10. No. 10 Golden Plains (12-5) — NR
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