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

There is a newcomer to the top five of the South Dakota high school volleyball media poll in Class AA. After three losses this week, Sioux Falls Roosevelt fell out of the top five and was replaced by Pierre, who didn’t play a match last week but is 7-2.

Roosevelt suffered losses to Brandon Valley, O’Gorman and Washington.

Here is the South Dakota Media volleyball poll for the week of Sept. 25. Teams are listed with first-place votes in parenthesis, record, points and previous ranking.

Class AA

1. Harrisburg (13) 13-0, 65. Previous ranking 1

2. S.F. Jefferson 9-0, 52. Previous ranking 2

3. S.F. Washington 6-2, 38. Previous ranking 3

4. Watertown 8-3, 25. Previous ranking 4

5. Pierre 7-2, 9. Previous ranking RV

RECEIVING VOTES: Aberdeen Central (8-3) 2; O'Gorman (6-5) 2; S.F. Roosevelt (6-8) 1; S.F. Lincoln (7-6) 1

Class A

1. S.F. Christian (13) 18-3, 65. Previous ranking 1

2. Dakota Valley 8-4, 45. Previous ranking 2

3. Wagner 13-3, 35. Previous ranking 3

4. Dell Rapids 11-4, 25. Previous ranking 4

5. Madison 13-2, 16. Previous ranking 5

RECEIVING VOTES: Aberdeen Roncalli (9-1) 5; R.C. Christian (24-4) 3; Miller (13-3) 1

Class B

1. Warner (12) 22-0, 65. Previous ranking 1

2. Chester Area 18-2, 51. Previous ranking 2

3. Northwestern 18-5, 37. Previous ranking 3

4. Colman-Egan 15-3, 17. Previous ranking 4

5. Faith 16-0, 13. Previous ranking 5

RECEIVING VOTES: Burke (13-3) 9; Wolsey-Wessington (13-2) 3

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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