KC Metro Power 15: Week 5

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We are heading down the homestretch of the regular season with a couple of weeks of ball left. Tournament season has almost come to a close as teams conclude conference play. Here is week 5 of the [program_tooltip program_id='428794' first='Power' last=''] 15. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>1. Blue Valley West (20-2)</strong> <strong>Prev: 2</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>West bounced back from an early week loss to St. Thomas Aquinas to defeat them over the weekend, along with top ten Olathe West, to win the Aquinas tournament. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2. St. Thomas Aquinas (20-3) Prev: 3</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Aquinas knocked off West to start the week in three sets, then was defeated by them in their own tournament. They also picked up a win over Olathe West. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>3. Blue Valley Southwest (25-2)</strong> <strong>Prev: </strong>4</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A lot of wins this week for Blue Valley Southwest as they walked away as tournament champions at the Spring Hill tournament. They didn't drop a set. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>4. Olathe West (17-5)</strong>&nbsp;<strong>Prev: </strong>6</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Two losses this week, to the number one and number two teams.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>5. Mill Valley (20-4) Prev: 5</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mill Valley dropped a tough five-set match to Olathe Northwest to start the week before going undefeated over the weekend. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>6. Lee's Summit West (20-4) Prev: 1</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A couple of losses in tournament play for the Titans. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>7. Lee's Summit North (21-5)</strong> <strong>Prev: 7</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The only blemish this week was to Ozark in three. They picked up a big win over Park Hill behind [player_tooltip player_id='357615' first='Piper' last='Bahr']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>8. Park Hill South (16-5)</strong> <strong>Prev: 8</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A big sweep this week over Park Hill, with [player_tooltip player_id='812634' first='Dakota' last='Owenby'] and Jillian Schuler stepping up for a combined 15 kills. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>9. Oak Grove (25-0-1)</strong> <strong>Prev: 9</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I saw Oak Grove live for the first time, and they are the real deal. Winners of the Bishop LeBlond tournament, [player_tooltip player_id='557372' first='Piper' last='Hudson'] and [player_tooltip player_id='556998' first='Paisley' last='Hudson'], are two players you'd better get to know. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>10. Olathe Northwest (20-5) Prev: NR</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Ravens were the winners of the Lawrence tournament and picked up a win over Mill Valley during the week. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>11. Park Hill (9-3</strong>) <strong>Prev: 10</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Two losses last week to two teams ranked higher in the rankings. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>12. St. James (20-8) Prev: 13</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ran into the gauntlet of Blue Valley West and Aquinas to start the week but bounced back for a successful weekend, racking up numerous wins. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>13. Blue Valley North (17-8) Prev: NR</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Defeated by Lee's Summit North but picked up a couple of quality wins over St. Dominic and St. Teresa's. [player_tooltip player_id='445976' first='Reese' last='Maslowski'] had a good tournament showing. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>14. Smithville (16-3) Prev: 15</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Two wins this week, but a big tournament is ahead this weekend. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>15. Lansing (24-8) Prev: 12</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A couple of losses to Blue Valley Southwest in tournament play. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->