KC Metro Power 15: Week 8

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A day late, but postseason is upon us from both sides of the state lines officially. We have some teams, unfortunately, ranked to take some early exits, and we'll see how that affects this week's [program_tooltip program_id='428794' first='Power' last=''] 15. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>1. Mill Valley (31-4) Prev: 1</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It's official, the road to the repeat is on. They went 3-0 last week and captured a sub-state title. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2. Blue Valley Southwest (33-4)</strong> <strong>Prev: 2</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Southwest took down Washington High School and Shawnee Heights to clinch a berth to the state tournament. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>3. Olathe West (26-7)</strong> <strong>Prev: 3</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Swept through Olathe South and Shawnee Mission East to get to play a week longer. [player_tooltip player_id='240984' first='Cami' last='Sher'] had 9 kills against East. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>4. Blue Valley West (30-4)</strong> <strong>Prev: 4</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Straight set winners over Olathe East and Blue Valley. [player_tooltip player_id='518345' first='Nyah' last='Harris'] and [player_tooltip player_id='446324' first='Sasha' last='Cromer'] combined for 22 of the 29 assists in the win over Blue Valley. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>5. St. Thomas Aquinas (28-5) Prev: 5</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Beat Olathe Northwest leading up to sub-state, where they had little trouble with Bonner Springs and Highland Park. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>6. Oak Grove (33-0-1)</strong> <strong>Prev: 6</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Captured a district title this weekend and remain undefeated. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>7. Lee's Summit North (27-7)</strong> <strong>Prev: 7</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Big showdown to advance to the quarterfinals against the 8th-ranked Lee's Summit West team. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>8. Lee's Summit West (25-5 Prev: 8</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Swept Blue Springs to advance to the district championship. [player_tooltip player_id='729549' first='Jaelyn' last='Jordan'] dished 31 assists in the win. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>9.</strong> <strong>St. Michael the Archangel (28-7) Prev: 9</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Guardians have a big match-up for a district title looming with Belton. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>10. Park Hill (18-4)</strong> <strong>Prev: 11</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Park Hill will play for a district title this evening versus Liberty. [player_tooltip player_id='666872' first='Payton' last='Osegueda'] had 15 kills and 3 blocks in the five-set win over Liberty North. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>11. Olathe Northwest (28-8) Prev: 15</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Ravens are heading back to the state after knocking out Lawrence and Gardner Edgerton. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>12. Lansing (28-9) Prev: NR</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Lions have reentered the rankings after punching a ticket to state in Kansas 5A. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>13. Belton (27-9) Prev: NR</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Belton has a big match looming this evening with St. Michael to advance. They beat St. Teresa's in straight sets behind 13 kills from [player_tooltip player_id='809541' first='Bella' last='Scherfenberg'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>14. St. James (26-10) Prev: NR</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Thunder are back in the rankings and the state tournament. They beat Leavenworth and Pittsburg to advance. Senior [player_tooltip player_id='832155' first='Finley' last='Tauscher'] paced the team with 10 kills. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>15. Pembroke Hill (21-6-4) Prev: NR</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Winners of six straight, Pembroke Hill enters the rankings as it looks to win a district title against Kearney. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->