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<p>Districts and substates are looming across the metro. The final week of the regular season is here. The top 5 keep beating each other, you love to see it!</p>
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<p><strong>1. Mill Valley (25-4) Prev: 5</strong></p>
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<p>A couple of big wins over the previous number one, Blue Valley West, and number three, Blue Valley Southwest. [player_tooltip player_id='436201' first='Riley' last='Riggs'] continues to shine while [player_tooltip player_id='571405' first='Olivia' last='Nzioki'] is efficient with her hitting percentage. </p>
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<p><strong>2. Blue Valley Southwest (27-4)</strong> <strong>Prev: 3</strong></p>
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<p>They finally got the Blue Valley West monkey off their back, but were also defeated by Mill Valley. [player_tooltip player_id='806741' first='Melia' last='Peters'] has been playing strong defense along the back row. </p>
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<p><strong>3. Olathe West (21-7)</strong> <strong>Prev: 4</strong></p>
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<p>Knocked off Blue Valley West and Aquinas and suffered a couple of losses to out-of-state teams, Harrisburg and Skutt Catholic. </p>
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<p><strong>4. Blue Valley West (24-4)</strong> <strong>Prev: 1</strong></p>
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<p>A couple of defeats were handed to them by Blue Valley Southwest and Mill Valley. Sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='829274' first='Aliyah' last='Harris'] has risen as another option in the front row from the middle position. </p>
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<p><strong>5. St. Thomas Aquinas (25-5) Prev: 2</strong></p>
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<p>Olathe West repaid the favor with a win over the Saints. They also lost to Harrisburg, out of South Dakota. [player_tooltip player_id='222089' first='Grace' last='Martin'] collected 12 kills in the win over Skutt Catholic. </p>
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<p><strong>6. Lee's Summit West (22-4) Prev: 6</strong></p>
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<p>The Titans stayed steady with a couple of wins. [player_tooltip player_id='446328' first='Tori' last='Massengill'] went off for 17 kills in the sweep of Ray-Pec.</p>
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<p><strong>7. Oak Grove (28-0-1)</strong> <strong>Prev: 9</strong></p>
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<p>Still perfect in the loss column. Freshman [player_tooltip player_id='883474' first='Emmy' last='Brown'] is closing in on 500 assists for the year. </p>
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<p><strong>8. Lee's Summit North (24-6)</strong> <strong>Prev: 7</strong></p>
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<p>Loss to Ray-Pec in a tough battle. </p>
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<p><strong>9. Olathe Northwest (25-5) Prev: 10</strong></p>
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<p>The Ravens picked up five wins this week. A tough schedule awaits this week Olathe West and Blue Valley West on the docket. Sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='644733' first='Rosalee' last='Johnson'] has emerged as another offensive weapon for Northwest, averaging 3.6 kills per set. </p>
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<p><strong>10. Park Hill South (20-8)</strong> <strong>Prev: 8</strong></p>
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<p>Three losses to stiff competition last weekend in Lafayette, Nixa, and Ozark. </p>
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<p><strong>11. Park Hill (11-3</strong>) <strong>Prev: 11</strong></p>
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<p>Back to their winning ways after a tough previous week. [player_tooltip player_id='222074' first='Parker' last='Kimball'] had 14 kills in a win over St. Joe Central, hitting .444</p>
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<p><strong>12. St. James (22-8) Prev: 12</strong></p>
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<p>Picked up a couple of wins, heading into a battle with St. Teresa's this week. Sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='884058' first='Ellen' last='Dorsey'] has over 700 assists for the Thunder. </p>
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<p><strong>13. Blue Valley North (18-9) Prev: 13</strong></p>
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<p>The sole blemish on their record last week was against Blue Valley West.</p>
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<p><strong>14. Lansing (25-7-1) Prev: 15</strong></p>
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<p>A couple of losses to Blue Valley Southwest in tournament play. [player_tooltip player_id='222091' first='Avery' last='Sands'] is closing in on 300 kills on the year. </p>
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<p><strong>15. Maranatha Christian (33-4) Prev: NR</strong></p>
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<p>After picking up another tournament win, welcome Maranatha back to the conversation. </p>
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Districts and substates are looming across the metro. The final week of the regular season is here. The top 5 keep beating each other, you love to see it!
1. Mill Valley (25-4) Prev: 5 A couple of big wins over the previous number one, Blue Valley West, and number three, Blue Valley Southwest. [player_tooltip player_id='436201' first='Riley' last='Riggs'] continues to shine while [player_tooltip player_id='571405' first='Olivia' last='Nzioki'] is efficient with her hitting percentage. 2. Blue Valley Southwest (27-4) Prev: 3 They finally got the Blue Valley West monkey off their back, but were also defeated by Mill Valley. [player_tooltip player_id='806741' first='Melia' last='Peters'] has been playing strong defense along the back row. 3. Olathe West (21-7) Prev: 4 Knocked off Blue Valley West and Aquinas and suffered a couple of losses to out-of-state teams, Harrisburg and Skutt Catholic. 4. Blue Valley West (24-4) Prev: 1 A couple of defeats were handed to them by Blue Valley Southwest and Mill Valley. Sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='829274' first='Aliyah' last='Harris'] has…
