Kansas City Metro Power 15: Week of 9/25

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We saw quite a few big match-ups last week around the metro area. Here are the rankings for 9/25</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>1. Blue Valley North (22-0)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Knocked off last week's number 2 and 3 teams to hold on to the top spot. [player_tooltip player_id='119693' first='Janelle' last='Green'] and [player_tooltip player_id='154041' first='Logan' last='Parks'] were clutch. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2. St. James (20-3)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Thunder dropped Aquinas in the tri to climb up a spot to number 2. They also had a strong weekend beating Washburn Rural. Sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='355656' first='Leah' last='Robinson'] shined in their win over St. Thomas Aquinas. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>3, Blue Valley West (17-4)</strong> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>West jumps up a few spots after a perfect weekend taking their record to 17-4. Peyton Kubik continues to shine in her freshman year and [player_tooltip player_id='227605' first='Alex' last='Myers'] had a strong tournament. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>4. Heritage Christian (19-3)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>HCA moves into the top 5 after a good showing in Topeka. Their lone loss came to a very good Maize South team. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>5. Mill Valley (14-3)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mill Valley continues to impress this season. They took down Olathe Northwest to move to the 5th-spot this week. [player_tooltip player_id='436201' first='Riley' last='Riggs'] and [player_tooltip player_id='152830' first='Kaitlyn' last='Burke'] delivered offensively over Northwest. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>6. Olathe Northwest (15-5)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A tough loss to Mill Valley drops them to 6. [player_tooltip player_id='119707' first='Skyler' last='Pierce'] and [player_tooltip player_id='119724' first='Jillian' last='Huckabey'] combined for 30 kills. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>7. Olathe West</strong> <strong>(18-5)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>West had a strong week losing to Olathe Northwest and beating Lawrence and Shawnee Mission East. [player_tooltip player_id='216375' first='Brynn' last='Stowell'] and [player_tooltip player_id='219740' first='Ashley' last='Barcus'] were the offensive leaders against Olathe. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>8. St. Thomas Aquinas (11-4)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Saints had a tough week with three losses. They did lose to three of the top teams in the state in Blue Valley North, St. James, and Maize South. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>9. Blue Valley Southwest (19-5)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Blue Valley Southwest continues to look very good this season. Wins over Blue Valley Northwest and Lansing were highlights last week. [player_tooltip player_id='523631' first='Catlin' last='Shao'] dished out 27 assists. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>10. Spring Hill (16-4)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Spring Hill did lose to Washburn Rural but had a perfect weekend run to finish their week. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>11. Liberty North (11-4)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>North is back in the rankings after a perfect week. They are starting to gel at the right time. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>12. St. Michael (13-5)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. Michael had a small hiccup, losing to Lee's Summit North but picked up three wins during the week. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>13. St. Pius X (15-5)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Pius was perfect last week and has a showdown with St. Teresa's this week. [player_tooltip player_id='261308' first='Lauren' last='Fussell'], [player_tooltip player_id='485579' first='Mikayla' last='Fox'], and [player_tooltip player_id='150042' first='Avery' last='Ashby'] all had 11 kills in a win over Bishop Leblond</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>14. Lee's Summit West (15-5)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Titans were perfect last week and keep winning. [player_tooltip player_id='261103' first='Ava' last='Anderson'] had 10 kills in the dub over Park Hill South.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>15. Blue Springs South (15-5)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Jaguars picked up a win last week to stay in the poll. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->