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The regular season is in the books and Postseason is upon us in the State of Kansas as Sub-State action gets going. With the regular season in the books the KBCA has released its final set of rankings for the year and 19 area teams are ranked.

Class 4A-Division II continues to house four area teams in the rankings and three of the four are on the boy’s side. The Holton, Atchison and Royal Valley boys all continue to be ranked this week and only one of those three teams will be able to make State as they are all in the same Sub-State. The Holton boys come in at fifth in the latest polls jumping up one spot and head into the postseason with a 14-6 record, riding a seven-game winning streak. The Atchison boys after falling out of the polls a few weeks ago sit at eighth again this week with an 11-9 record on the year, while Royal Valley fell one spot in the rankings this week to tenth with a 13-7 record, taking a pair of losses to end the regular season. On the girls side of the 4A-DII polls the Holton lady Wildcats continue to be ranked and move up one spot to seventh this week with their 12-8 record, as they snapped a two-game losing streak with a win over Royal Valley to finish off the regular season.

The Class 3A rankings on the boys side is loaded with three area teams all who will compete in the same Sub-State this week as Sabetha, Nemaha Central and Maur Hill-Mount Academy boys are all ranked again this week. The Bluejays boys come in at number two again this week as they finish the regular season 19-1 and undefeated in Big Seven play winning the League title, while the Nemaha Central boys snapped a three-game losing streak with a win over ACCHS and are 15-5 on the year and remain ranked seventh. Maur Hill checks in at tenth again this week as they finished the year 17-3 and are on co-NEKL champs with Jackson Heights and head into the postseason on a five-game winning streak. In the girls poll the lady Bluejays of Sabetha continue to be ranked but fell to tenth, down four spots with their 17-3 record and while taking a loss in one of their final two games of the regular season, won the Big Seven League title just like the boys.

Class 2A is packed with area teams, too as five area squads are yet again ranked in the 2A polls. The Washington County and Valley Falls girls both continue to be ranked this week as both teams won their respective League titles. The lady Tigers finished unbeaten in TVL play and are 19-1 on the year and come in at second this week in the polls up one spot, while Valley Falls also finished unbeaten in League play winning the NEKL title and finishing the regular season 18-2 and come in at seventh again in the polls. Three area teams again are ranked in the boy’s poll as Jackson Heights leads the way at sixth, Washington County comes in at seventh and Troy checks in at ninth. The Cobras wrapped up the regular season with an 18-2 record and earned a share of the NEKL title with Maur Hill and have a nine-game winning streak headed into the postseason. For Washington County they closed out the season winning their final seven games and sit at 17-3 and finished second in the TVL, while moving up one spot in the polls. Troy fell two spots in the rankings and head into Sub-State with a 17-4 record, having won 10 of their last 11 games.

Five TVL schools continue to be ranked in Class 1A-Division I with four coming from the boy’s side of competition. The Hanover Wildcats continue to be ranked number one in the polls as they have the entire season and are 19-1 on the year and finished the year as unbeaten TVL champs. Doniphan West Mustangs follow the Wildcats this week in the rankings vaulting up four spots to second in the polls with their 14-7 record, as they closed out the season with a 7-1 record in their final eight games. The Centralia and Valley Heights boys check in at seventh and eighth, respectively in the polls this week down four and one spots. The Panthers are 14-6 on the year and closed out the regular season winning four of their final five games, while Valley Heights touts a 13-8 record and closed out the year winning three of their final four games. The Centralia lady Panthers also continue to check in, in the rankings as they remained seventh this week with their 16-4 record, finishing fourth in the TVL standings.

The Axtell lady Eagles continue to be the only area team in the rankings in Class 1A-Division II as they come in at fourth again this week, closing out the regular season with a 17-4 record. The Eagles closed out the season winning six of their final seven games and finished second in the TVL standings.

Teams now turn their attention to making a run in the Postseason as its win or go home time of the year across the State in high school basketball.