KC Metro Power 15: Week 4

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>1. Lee's Summit West (16-2) Prev: 1</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A big five set win over Lee's Summit North this week for the number one-ranked Titans. [player_tooltip player_id='815662' first='Lauren' last='Newbold'] had 19 kills to pace the winners, along with 20 digs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2. Blue Valley West (15-1)</strong> <strong>Prev: 2</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>West was perfect this week, picking up a tournament championship and a win midweek over Blue Valley. Peyton Kubik tallied 47 kills in five tournament matches, good for just over 9 per match. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>3. St. Thomas Aquinas (13-2) Prev: 3</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Three and a possible wins last week for Aquinas. I'm seeing three match finals, but one is listed as a tie, so I'm unsure of the results of the Washburn Rural match. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>4. Blue Valley Southwest (17-2)</strong> <strong>Prev: </strong>4</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Eight wins this week, including one over St. James. Tournament champions last weekend, the team is rolling right now. In the win over St. James, Willow Weninger led the team with 9 kills, and Melia Peters had 10 digs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>5. Mill Valley (15-3) Prev: 5</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mill Valley picked up a couple more wins this week to hold the fifth spot down. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>6. Olathe West (13-3)</strong> <strong>Prev: </strong>7</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ella Stowell has been playing lights out, leading the Owls to a pair of wins this week behind 26 kills over two matches. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>7. Lee's Summit North (17-4)</strong> <strong>Prev: 8</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A five-set loss to the top-ranked team, the Broncos aren't hurt by the defeat but have a busy week that starts with a match versus ranked Park Hill. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>8. Park Hill South (13-5)</strong> <strong>Prev: 9</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>South picked up a couple of sweeps this week over North Kansas City and St. Joe Central. Vada Bratttin had 10 kills for the Panthers in the win over Central. They get a chance to avenge one of their losses this week when they take on Park Hill. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>9. Oak Grove (19-0)</strong> <strong>Prev: 10</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Still winning, but the competition is starting to pick up for Oak Grove as they pursue a perfect regular season. [player_tooltip player_id='557372' first='Piper' last='Hudson'] and [player_tooltip player_id='556998' first='Paisley' last='Hudson'] combined for 31 kills in their win over Warrensburg. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>10. Park Hill (9-1)</strong> <strong>Prev: 11</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Winning over Liberty last week prepared the Trojans for a showdown with 7th 7th-ranked Lee's Summit North on Monday evening. [player_tooltip player_id='666872' first='Payton' last='Osegueda'] and [player_tooltip player_id='222074' first='Parker' last='Kimball'] both had 13 kills for Park Hill in the win over Liberty. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>11. Raymore Peculiar (11-3) Prev: 13</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ray-Pec went and took two games from Blue Springs and Staley last week, their first in the ranking. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>12. Lansing (19-5) Prev: 12</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Some quality wins over the likes of Hayden and DeSoto, and a loss to Maize South in three sets. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>13. St. James (15-6) Prev: 6</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A tough week for St. James as they dropped four matches.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>14. Belton (16-3) Prev: NR</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Belton is back in the rankings after running off nine straight wins. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>15. Smithville (14-3) Prev: 15</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Smithville had an impressive sweep of Kearney behind 12 kills from Jaycee Tyrell and 11 digs in the back row from Emma Swenson. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->