South Dakota high school volleyball media poll: Roosevelt enters top 5 in Class AA

Sioux Falls Roosevelt volleyball enters the top five of Class AA this week after defeating Rapid City Stevens 3-1 and Rapid City Central 3-0.

Huron was previously ranked fifth but suffered losses to Yankton 1-3 and No. 1 Harrisburg 1-3.

Here is the South Dakota Media poll for the week of Sept. 18, 2023. Teams are listed with first-place votes in parenthesis, record, points and their previous ranking.

Class AA

1. Harrisburg (14) 10-0, 70.  Previous rank 1

2. S.F. Jefferson 7-0, 56. Previous rank 2

3. S.F. Washington 5-1, 42. Previous rank 3

4. Watertown 6-3, 16. Previous rank 4

5. S.F. Roosevelt 6-5, 10. Previous rank RV

RECEIVING VOTES: O'Gorman (4-1) 7; Pierre (7-2) 6; Huron (6-3) 2; S.F. Lincoln (6-5) 1

More: Meet Josalyn Samuels: the first 8th grader to play for Harrisburg volleyball in program history

Class A

1. S.F. Christian (14) 15-1, 70. Previous rank 1

2. Dakota Valley 4-1, 50. Previous rank 2

3. Wagner 12-2, 40. Previous rank 3

4. Dell Rapids 7-1, 33. Previous rank 4

5. Madison 11-2, 11. Previous rank 5

RECEIVING VOTES: Platte-Geddes (14-1) 3; Miller (10-2) 2; Aberdeen Roncalli (7-1) 1

Class B

1. Warner (13) 16-0, 69. Previous rank 1

2. Chester Area (1) 13-0, 57. Previous rank 2

3. Northwestern 12-5, 36. Previous rank 3

4. Colman-Egan 7-2, 24. Previous rank 5

5. Faith 10-0, 12. Previous rank RV

RECEIVING VOTES: Burke (10-3) 6; Wolsey-Wessington (8-2) 2; Castlewood (9-4) 2; Hitchcock-Tulare (11-3) 1

Jonathan Fernandez covers high school and college sports for the Argus Leader. Contact him at jfernandez1@argusleader.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JFERN31

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