Kansas girls high school basketball rankings

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March 27, 2023
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Kansas girls high school basketball rankings

From the farm-fueled towns of the heartland to the bustling concrete canyons on the coast, high school girls basketball is a cultural touchstone.

Basketball engages nearly 400,000 girls to join high school teams per year, according to 2021-22 data from the National Federation of State High School Associations. With almost 18,000 high schools maintaining girls teams, basketball is the most widely offered girls high school sport, beating out track and field and volleyball. Such data paints a clear picture of the sport's cultural impact.

And girls basketball dates back over a century. Iowa, for instance, traces its girls state championship history to 1920. That timeline doesn't lag far behind boys' basketball: Illinois' boys state championship began just 13 years before Iowa's girls event. However, girls across the country weren't given equal representation and support in the sport until the passage of the gender equality act known as Title IX in 1972. Since the arrival of that legislation, girls participation in basketball—and sports as a whole—exploded. Now, girls play basketball in high school gyms across all 50 states.

To dig into competition data behind the ever-growing sport of high school girls basketball, Stacker compiled statewide rankings in Kansas using MaxPreps. MaxPreps' rankings factor in win-loss record, win quality, and strength of schedule. Keep reading to find out which schools top the girls basketball charts in Kansas.

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Class 1A I

1. Doniphan West (Highland): 20-5 (2-0 in Twin Valley), 20.9 rating, 8 straight wins
2. Frankfort: 21-4 (1-0 in Twin Valley), 18.7 rating
3. Clifton-Clyde (Clyde): 18-5 (1-0 in Twin Valley), 16.8 rating
4. Quinter: 21-4 (2-1 in Northwest Kansas), 15.8 rating
5. Hodgeman County (Jetmore): 18-4 (10-1 in District), 14.6 rating

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Class 1A II

1. Hanover: 26-0 (1-0 in Twin Valley), 27.5 rating, 26 straight wins
2. Lebo: 24-1 (1-0 in Lyon County), 18.8 rating
3. Bucklin: 20-5 (2-1 in District), 15.4 rating
4. St. John's/Tipton Catholic (Beloit): 20-6 (12-1 in Northern Plains), 12.0 rating, 2 straight losses
5. Wallace County (Sharon Springs): 16-8 (4-2 in Northwest Kansas), 9.5 rating

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Class 2A

1. Berean Academy (Elbing): 25-1 (1-0 in Heart of America), 24.4 rating, 14 straight wins
2. St. Mary's-Colgan (Pittsburg): 23-1 (0-0 in District), 20.1 rating
3. Riverside [Wathena/Elwood] (Wathena): 22-4 (3-1 in Big Seven), 19.2 rating
4. Hoxie: 18-6 (0-0 in Mid-Continent), 17.2 rating
5. Hillsboro: 21-6 (1-0 in Central Kansas), 16.7 rating, 2 straight losses
6. Smith Center: 19-4 (1-0 in Mid-Continent), 16.6 rating
7. Independent (Wichita): 16-5 (0-0 in Central Plains), 14.9 rating
8. Garden Plain: 15-7 (0-0 in Central Plains), 13.4 rating
9. Remington (Whitewater): 17-6 (1-0 in Heart of America), 13.3 rating
10. Valley Heights (Blue Rapids): 14-9 (0-0 in Twin Valley), 12.4 rating

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Class 3A

1. Goodland: 26-0 (3-0 in Great Western), 30.2 rating, 26 straight wins
2. Phillipsburg: 25-1 (2-0 in Mid-Continent), 24.5 rating
3. Silver Lake: 23-3 (0-0 in Mid-East), 23.3 rating, 2 straight losses
4. Cheney: 24-3 (0-0 in Central Plains), 22.2 rating
5. Eureka: 23-3 (3-0 in Tri-Valley), 19.3 rating
6. Nemaha Central (Seneca): 20-3 (3-0 in Big Seven), 19.1 rating
7. Cimarron: 19-4 (4-2 in Great Western), 18.9 rating
8. Hesston: 17-6 (0-0 in Central Kansas), 17.1 rating
9. Southeast of Saline (Gypsum): 20-4 (1-0 in North Central AA), 16.4 rating
10. Holcomb: 13-9 (2-4 in Great Western), 16.2 rating
11. Colby: 14-8 (1-2 in Great Western), 15.7 rating
12. Frontenac: 17-7 (0-0 in District), 15.6 rating
13. Riley County (Riley): 16-8 (0-0 in Mid-East), 15.0 rating
14. Atchison County (Effingham): 22-2 (17-0 in Northeast Kansas), 14.4 rating
15. Rossville: 16-7 (0-0 in Mid-East), 14.1 rating

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Class 4A

1. Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission): 15-7 (3-1 in Eastern Kansas), 25.8 rating, 7 straight wins
2. McPherson: 22-3 (2-0 in District), 22.8 rating
3. Hugoton: 19-6 (5-1 in Great Western), 20.2 rating
4. Wamego: 21-2 (0-0 in North Central Kansas), 18.9 rating
5. Wellington: 21-2 (0-0 in District), 16.8 rating
6. Andale: 20-5 (0-0 in District), 15.8 rating, 2 straight losses
7. Fort Scott: 18-2 (0-0 in Southeast Kansas), 15.5 rating
8. Hayden (Topeka): 15-8 (0-0 in Centennial), 14.0 rating
9. Independence: 18-5 (0-0 in Southeast Kansas), 14.0 rating
10. Rock Creek (St. George): 13-8 (0-0 in Mid-East), 11.7 rating

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Class 5A

1. Aquinas (Overland Park): 19-3 (2-0 in Eastern Kansas), 32.1 rating, 10 straight wins
2. St. James Academy (Lenexa): 19-6 (6-1 in Eastern Kansas), 26.7 rating
3. Bishop Carroll (Wichita): 23-3 (2-0 in Greater Wichita City), 23.0 rating
4. Emporia: 21-4 (2-0 in Centennial), 19.1 rating
5. Seaman (Topeka): 21-2 (0-0 in United Kansas), 18.2 rating
6. Andover: 21-5 (8-1 in District), 15.9 rating, 3 straight losses
7. Andover Central (Andover): 17-6 (10-2 in District), 14.9 rating
8. Bonner Springs: 17-5 (0-0 in Frontier), 14.6 rating
9. Hays: 14-8 (0-0 in Western), 13.5 rating
10. Spring Hill: 15-7 (0-0 in Frontier), 12.9 rating

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Class 6A

1. Blue Valley North (Overland Park): 18-4 (1-2 in Eastern Kansas), 31.0 rating, 7 straight wins
2. Shawnee Mission South (Shawnee Mission): 22-1 (9-0 in Sunflower), 23.2 rating
3. Washburn Rural (Topeka): 19-6 (1-0 in Centennial), 23.0 rating
4. Derby: 22-3 (0-0 in District), 20.8 rating
5. Topeka: 17-6 (0-0 in Centennial), 19.5 rating
6. Blue Valley (Stilwell): 16-9 (6-2 in Eastern Kansas), 19.4 rating, 2 straight losses
7. Liberal: 17-4 (0-0 in Western), 15.8 rating
8. Southeast (Wichita): 16-7 (6-3 in Greater Wichita City), 15.1 rating
9. Lawrence: 18-5 (11-2 in Sunflower), 14.9 rating
10. Olathe West (Olathe): 14-8 (10-3 in Sunflower), 13.7 rating

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Class KCAA A

1. Heartland Christian (Colby): 15-2 (0-1 in Kansas Christian A), 6.0 rating, 5 straight wins
2. Smoky Valley Home Educators (Salina): 15-9 (1-0 in Kansas Christian A), -3.6 rating
3. Flint Hills Christian (Manhattan): 16-8 (5-1 in Kansas Christian A), -4.1 rating, 2 straight losses
4. Reno County HomeSchool (Hutchinson): 15-13 (5-0 in Kansas Christian A), -6.5 rating
5. Tyro Christian (Tyro): 11-6 (3-1 in Kansas Christian A), -12.8 rating, 2 straight losses

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Class KCAA AA

1. Manhattan HomeSchool CHIEF (Manhattan): 6-10 (0-3 in Kansas Christian AA), 0.8 rating, 4 straight losses
2. Wichita HomeSchool (Wichita): 16-22 (1-0 in Kansas Christian AA), -1.7 rating

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