All of last week’s No. 1 teams hold their top spots in the CHSAANow.com’s prep volleyball polls.
Grandview stays at No. 1 in 5A, receiving eight of the 13 first-place votes. No. 2 Arapahoe moves up one spot and No. 3 Fossil Ridge jumps up four slots. Doherty falls five spots to No. 7.
In 4A, Lewis-Palmer holds a narrow three-point lead over No. 1 Cheyenne Mountain for the top spot. No. 6 Valor Christian drops two spots as No. 4 Air Academy and No. 5 Thomas Jefferson both move up.
Manitou Springs holds onto the No. 1 spot with seven out of 10 first-place votes. Valley, which has the other three, sits at No. 2. No. 8 Sterling and No. 10 Lamar enter the rankings, replacing Olathe and Fort Lupton.
Resurrection Christian remains in No. 1 in 2A, followed by Fowler (No. 2) and Lutheran (No. 3). Sargent made the biggest jump, moving up four spots to No. 6. No. Swink enters the poll, taking over for Dayspring Christian.
No. 1 Caliche stays in the top spot, followed by No. 2 Otis and No. 3 Eads. Edison (No. 9) and Rocky Mountain Lutheran enter the rankings, replacing Cheraw and Hanover.
| Volleyball Polls |
| Weekly poll voted upon by coaches and members of the media from around the state. |
| Class 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A | 1A |
| Class 5A [top] |
| RANK |
TEAM |
W-L |
POINTS |
LAST |
| 1 |
Grandview (8) |
10-2 |
124 |
1 |
| 2 |
Arapahoe (2) |
11-1 |
112 |
3 |
| 3 |
Fossil Ridge (3) |
10-0 |
95 |
7 |
| 4 |
Cherry Creek |
10-2 |
78 |
5 |
| 5 |
Eaglecrest |
9-2 |
75 |
4 |
| 6 |
Regis Jesuit |
10-2 |
67 |
6 |
| 7 |
Doherty |
10-3 |
65 |
2 |
| 8 |
Mountain Vista |
9-4 |
31 |
8 |
| 9 |
Cherokee Trail |
8-5 |
24 |
10 |
| 10 |
Lakewood |
8-4 |
16 |
9 |
Others receiving votes: Fruita Monument 11, Rampart 9, Palmer 3, Ralston Valley 2, Highlands Ranch 1, Loveland 1, Rocky Mountain 1. Dropped out of poll: None. |
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| Class 3A [top] |
| RANK |
TEAM |
W-L |
POINTS |
LAST |
| 1 |
Manitou Springs (7) |
14-0 |
97 |
1 |
| 2 |
Valley (3) |
9-2 |
81 |
2 |
| 3 |
Eaton |
6-1 |
61 |
3 |
| 4 |
Bayfield |
9-2 |
60 |
4 |
| 5 |
Platte Valley |
5-2 |
58 |
5 |
| 6 |
Gunnison |
13-3 |
42 |
6 |
| 7 |
Holy Family |
9-2 |
40 |
8 |
| 8 |
Sterling |
7-2 |
25 |
– |
| 9 |
Coal Ridge |
11-1 |
23 |
7 |
| 10 |
Lamar |
11-2 |
18 |
– |
Others receiving votes: Olathe 15, Fort Lupton 11, Faith Christian 5, Frontier Academy 5, University 5, St. Mary’s 2, C.S. Christian 1, Machebeuf 1. Dropped out of poll: Olathe (9), Fort Lupton (10). |
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| Class 1A [top] |
| RANK |
TEAM |
W-L |
POINTS |
LAST |
| 1 |
Caliche (4) |
10-1 |
55 |
1 |
| 2 |
Otis (1) |
12-1 |
51 |
2 |
| 3 |
Eads |
9-0 |
38 |
3 |
| 4 |
Fleming |
9-2 |
37 |
5 |
| 5 |
Flagler (1) |
8-1 |
34 |
4 |
| 6 |
Stratton |
6-2 |
23 |
7 |
| 7 |
Dove Creek |
13-0 |
22 |
6 |
| 8 |
Hi-Plains |
8-3 |
20 |
8 |
| 9 |
Edison |
14-0 |
14 |
– |
| 10 |
Rocky Mountain Lutheran |
9-1 |
6 |
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Others receiving votes: Wiley 5, Kit Carson 4, La Veta 4, Pawnee 4, Arickaree 3, Cheraw 3, Aguilar 2, Elbert 1. Dropped out of poll: Cheraw (9), Hanover (10). |
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| Class 4A [top] |
| RANK |
TEAM |
W-L |
POINTS |
LAST |
| 1 |
Lewis-Palmer (6) |
11-1 |
121 |
1 |
| 2 |
Cheyenne Mountain (6) |
10-1 |
118 |
2 |
| 3 |
Longmont (1) |
10-0 |
102 |
3 |
| 4 |
Air Academy |
10-1 |
84 |
5 |
| 5 |
Thomas Jefferson (1) |
10-0 |
64 |
6 |
| 6 |
Valor Christian |
8-1 |
63 |
4 |
| 7 |
Ponderosa |
8-5 |
39 |
7 |
| 8 |
Roosevelt |
8-2 |
31 |
9 |
| 9 |
Montrose |
10-2 |
30 |
8 |
| 10 |
Silver Creek |
8-2 |
15 |
10 |
Others receiving votes: Coronado 10, Niwot 10, Elizabeth 9, Mead 6, Pueblo West 5, Mullen 4, Pueblo Centennial 2, Windsor 2. Dropped out of poll: None. |
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| Class 2A [top] |
| RANK |
TEAM |
W-L |
POINTS |
LAST |
| 1 |
Resurrection Christian (5) |
11-0 |
77 |
1 |
| 2 |
Fowler (2) |
12-0 |
70 |
2 |
| 3 |
Lutheran (1) |
11-1 |
63 |
3 |
| 4 |
Paonia |
11-0 |
47 |
5 |
| 5 |
Sangre de Cristo |
12-1 |
24 |
6 |
| 6 |
Sargent |
10-2 |
23 |
10 |
| 7 |
C.S. School |
12-1 |
21 |
7 |
| 8 |
Lyons |
8-3 |
20 |
9 |
| 9 |
Simla |
9-3 |
15 |
4 |
| 10 |
Swink |
7-2 |
14 |
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Others receiving votes: Kiowa 9, Peyton 7, Rye 7, Yuma 7, Akron 6, Dayspring Christian 5, Front Range Christian 5, Custer County 3, Hoehne 2, Del Norte 1. Dropped out of poll: Dayspring Christian (8). |
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