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Kpreps.com released its updated high school football rankings ahead of Week 2. Several area schools are earning recognition after season-opening wins.
In Class 5A, Hays High is ranked fourth after their big road win at previously 6A No. 1 Derby. Great Bend is ranked third in Class 5A.
Victoria is ranked second and Osborne fifth in Eight-Man Division II. Otis-Bison is ranked fifth in Six-Man.
In Class 2A, Phillipsburg is receiving votes while Plainville and Smith Center are both receiving votes in Class 1A. Trego is among the vote getters in Eight-Man Division I.
Across the state’s largest class, 6A, Manhattan retained the top ranking after defeating Garden City, while Derby slipped to No. 2 following its loss to Hays.
Class 6A
1. Manhattan (1-0)
2. Derby (0-1)
3. Wichita Northwest (1-0)
4. Blue Valley Northwest (1-0)
5. Lawrence Free State (1-0)
Others receiving votes: Blue Valley West, Dodge City, Gardner-Edgerton, Junction City, Maize, Olathe North, Olathe West, Shawnee Mission East, Shawnee Mission Northwest, Washburn Rural, Wichita East.
Class 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (1-0)
2. Mill Valley (1-0)
3. Great Bend (1-0)
4. Hays (1-0)
5. St. James Academy (1-0)
Others receiving votes: Basehor-Linwood, Blue Valley, De Soto, Hutchinson, Maize South, Spring Hill, Valley Center.
Class 4A
1. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (1-0)
2. Bishop Miege (0-1)
3. Buhler (1-0)
4. Wamego (1-0)
5. Ottawa (1-0)
Others receiving votes: Andover Central, Chanute, Eudora, KC Piper, Lansing, Louisburg, Mulvane, Paola, Tonganoxie, Wellington.
Class 3A
1. Andale (1-0)
2. Topeka Hayden (1-0)
3. Wellsville (1-0)
4. Holcomb (1-0)
5. Rock Creek (1-0)
Others receiving votes: Cheney, Clay Center, Frontenac, Hesston, Hugoton, Prairie View, Scott City, Wichita Collegiate.
Class 2A
1. Southeast of Saline (1-0)
2. Nemaha Central (1-0)
3. Osage City (1-0)
4. Beloit (1-0)
5. Garden Plain (1-0)
Others receiving votes: Caney Valley, Council Grove, Ellsworth, Hoisington, Phillipsburg, Royal Valley, Sabetha, Silver Lake, St. Marys.
Class 1A
1. Conway Springs (1-0)
2. Jackson Heights (1-0)
3. Centralia (1-0)
4. Rossville (1-0)
5. Sterling (1-0)
Others receiving votes: Inman, Jefferson Co. North, Marion, Medicine Lodge, Moundridge, Olpe, Plainville, Riverside, St. Mary’s Colgan, Smith Center, Valley Heights.
Eight-Man Division I
1. South Central (1-0)
2. Leoti-Wichita County (0-1)
3. Central Plains (1-0)
4. Little River (1-0)
5. Lyndon (1-0)
Others receiving votes: Atwood-Rawlins Co., Cedar Vale-Dexter, Clifton-Clyde, Ell-Saline, Hoxie, Lincoln, Madison, Oxford, Saint Francis, Sublette, Sylvan-Lucas Unified, WaKeeney-Trego.
Eight-Man Division II
1. Axtell (1-0)
2. Victoria (1-0)
3. Hanover (1-0)
4. Burlingame (1-0)
5. Osborne (1-0)
Others receiving votes: Argonia-Attica, Frankfort, Hodgeman County, Hutchinson Central Christian, Marmaton Valley, Rural Vista, Waverly.
Six-Man
1. Weskan (0-1)
2. Cunningham (1-0)
3. Golden Plains (1-0)
4. Tescott (1-0)
5. Otis-Bison (1-0)
Others receiving votes: Ingalls, Marais des Cygnes Valley, Pawnee Heights, Peabody-Burns, South Barber.