Darren Kinnard
Section618.com

The Centralia Annies strengthened their hold on the top spot in the latest Section618.com Deep South Volleyball Coaches’ Poll, while the rest of the top five all have new landing spots this week. Centralia picked up 10 of the 12 first place votes, with Fairfield grabbing the other two votes to move up a spot to two. Pinckneyville moves up two spots to three after beating both Nashville and Carterville last week. The Hornettes and Lady Lions fall to fourth and fifth.

The second five remains the same: NCOE then Du Quoin, Woodlawn, Massac County, and Carmi-White County. Murphysboro, Hamilton County and Herrin also received votes.

Here is the complete poll:

Rank Team Class Pts 1st Record Prev Ranking
1 Centralia (3A) 116 (10) 29-2 1
2 Fairfield (2A) 96 (2) 24-4 3
3 Pinckneyville (2A) 95 16-5 5
4 Nashville (2A) 88 28-5 2
5 Carterville (2A) 73 24-5 4
6 NCOE (1A) 66 29-2 6
7 Du Quoin (2A) 39 15-10-1 7
8 Woodlawn (1A) 32 20-4 8
9 Massac Co. (2A) 31 21-8 9
10 Carmi-White Co. (2A) 7 17-10 10

Others receiving votes: Murphysboro (2A) 6, Hamilton Co. (2A) 4, Herrin (3A) 2