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The Kamehameha girls volleyball team is still unbeaten locally, but dropped one spot to No. 11 in the CBS Maxpreps Xcellent 25 Volleyball Rankings released on Wednesday.
Kamehameha (24-1 overall) dropped behind Cardinal Gibbons (N.C.) but is ahead of Horizon (Ariz.), a team it beat in the Durango Classic recently.
The top team is Mercy (Kent.). Here’s the poll.
1. (1) Mercy (Louisville, Ky.), 28-0
2. (2) The Woodlands (Texas), 30-0
3. (3) St. James Academy (Lenexa, Kan.), 27-0
4. (4) Dakota (Macomb, Mich.), 27-0
5. (5) Torrey Pines (San Diego), 14-0
6. (6) Carroll (Southlake, Texas), 34-1
7. (8) East Troy (Wis.), 33-0
8. (15) St. Ursula Academy (Toledo, Ohio), 20-0
9. (14) Bellarmine Prep (Tacoma, Wash.), 14-0
10. (17) Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh, N.C.), 18-0
11. (10) Kamehameha (Honolulu), 24-1
12. (12) Horizon (Scottsdale, Ariz.), 21-1
13. (11) Carmel (Ind.), 22-1
14. (13) Lafayette (Wildwood, Mo.), 19-1-1
15. (20) Winter Park (Fla.), 17-1
16. (16) Veterans Memorial (Mission, Texas), 30-0
17. (21) New Castle (Ind.), 23-1
18. (18) Mother McAuley (Chicago), 22-2
19. (19) Fossil Ridge (Fort Collins, Colo.), 12-0
20. (23) Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.), 21-2
21. (NR) Merritt Island (Fla.), 16-0
22. (22) Bettendorf (Iowa), 25-1
23. (7) Churchill (San Antonio), 34-2
24. (25) Ravenwood (Brentwood, Tenn.), 40-3
25. (24) St. Francis (Wheaton, Ill.), 24-3
Dropped Out:
No. 9 Yorktown (Ind.)
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