Jackson County Central continues to receive votes in the Class 2A ratings by the Minnesota Volleyball Coaches Association. The Huskies take a 17-11 record into Monday’s regular-season finale at Fairmont.
The Top 10 in Class 2A remained exactly the same as last week, led by Nova Classical. Pipestone also continued to receive votes.
Marshall continues to lead Class 3A, drawing 13 of the 15 first-place votes. The others went to No. 3 Kasson-Mantorville and No. 4 Grand Rapids. Willmar is second.
Minneota is the new leader in Class 1A as the Vikings went from third to first after a 3-2 win over previous No. 1 Russell-Tyler-Ruthton last Tuesday in Ruthton. Set scores were 29-27, 15-25, 25-23, 32-34, 16-14.
RTR, which had defeated Minneota 2-1 at the Class A Showcase in Burnsville in Sepember, is second. There are three other Section 3A teams in the poll with MACCRAY ninth and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton and Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda both receiving votes.
Champlin Park continues to lead Class 4A.
Following are the complete polls. Listed are rank, team and last week’s ranking. First-place votes are in parenthesis.
Class 2A
1. Nova Classical (15) 1
2. Zumbrota-Mazeppa 2
3. Pequot Lakes 3
4. Sauk Centre 4
5. Southwest Christian 5
6. Cannon Falls 6
7. Annandale 7
8. Belle Plaine 8
9. Watertown-Mayer 9
10. Albany 10
Others receiving votes: Concordia Academy, Pipestone, Jackson County Central.
Class 1A
1. Minneota (7) 3
2. Russell-Tyler-Ruthton (4) 1
3. Mayer Lutheran 2
4. Bethlehem Academy 4
5. Mabel-Canton 5
6. Kenyon-Wanamingo 6
7. Badger/Greenbush-Middle River 7
8. Spring Grove 8
9. MACCRAY 9
10. BOLD 10
Others receiving votes: Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, Ely, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton, Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda.
Class 3A
1. Marshall (13) 1
2. Willmar 2
3. Kasson-Mantorville (1) 3
4. Grand Rapids (1) 5
5. Benilde-St. Margaret's 7
6. Stewartville 6
7. Holy Angels 4
8. Mahtomedi 8
9. Byron 9
10. New Prague NR
Others receiving votes: Alexandria, Delano.
Class 4A
1. Champlin Park (11) 1
2. Lakeville North (3) 2
3. Wayzata 3
4. Northfield T4
5. East Ridge T4
6. Lakeville South 6
7. Chaska 7
t8. Eagan 8
t8. Rogers 9
10. St. Michael-Albertville 10
Others receiving votes: Rochester Mayo.