Bennington basketball has been through the ringer already this season, playing in the Heart of America league with five consistently ranked teams and a group of squads from top-to-bottom capable of beating anyone on any given night.

Sitting currently at 14-3 and ranked sixth in KBCA polls, the Bulldogs are coming off of back-to-back nail biters on Thursday and Friday of last week, followed by another ranked contest against Ell-Saline Tuesday night.

Kansas Pregame is continuing its trial run of providing basketball results and top scorers for select teams through the central portion of the state. Check back throughout the week as more scores are updated.

Girls:

2/12

Southeast of Saline (13-5) - 62
Ellinwood (4-14) - 31

Leading scorers: Southeast of Saline - Lexi Jacobson 16, Brielle Ptacek 14; Ellinwood - Julie Schlessiger 10

Lincoln (4-10) - 44
Tescott (2-11) - 33

Here's our best guess at the rankings after significant team and schedule research as well as consultation with coaches and media from across the state. A reminder, this is just for fun. Fortunately, sub-state and state tournaments will determine who the best team is in each classification in March and not rankings. 

*Games Thursday night have likely already impacted these rankings and we've added a few notes about those results, and a mention of Friday night's key games, below each corresponding classification.

Boys:

GIRLS RANKINGS
6A Girls
1 Shawnee Mission South
2 OP-Blue Valley North
3 Olathe West
4 Olathe South
5 OP-Blue Valley Northwest
6 Derby
7 Wichita Heights
8 OP-Blue Valley
9 Wichita South
10 Topeka-Washburn Rural

5A Girls
1 Andover
2 Topeka – Seaman
3 Wichita – Bishop Carroll
4 Maize South
5 Emporia
6 De Soto
7 OP-St. Thomas Aquinas
8 Lenexa-St. James Academy
9 Valley Center
10 OP-Blue Valley Southwest