Darren Kinnard
Section618.com

Fairfield, Centralia, and Pinckneyville continue to hold down the top three spots this week’s Section618.com Deep South Volleyball Coaches Poll. The Lady Mules received 10 of the 12 first place votes, with the Annies receiving the other two.

There was quite a bit of movement 4-10, with Hamilton County making it’s poll debut at number nine. NCOE was the biggest mover climbing up three spots. Herrin moved up two spots.

Here’s a look at the complete poll with class and first place votes in parentheses:

Rank Team Class Pts 1st Record Prev. Ranking
1 Fairfield (2A) 118 (10) 12-0 1
2 Centralia (3A) 106 (2) 6-0 2
3 Pinckneyville (2A) 98 11-1 3
4 Herrin (3A) 69 8-1 6
5 Woodlawn (1A) 66 7-2 4
6 Nashville (2A) 54 6-3 7
7 NCOE (1A) 47 9-1 10
8 Massac Co. (2A) 41 7-2 5
9 Hamilton Co. (2A) 22 8-2 NR
10 Du Quoin (2A) 20 6-2 8

Others receiving votes: Carbondale (3A) 7, Carmi-White Co. (2A) 6, Carterville (2A) 3, Marion (3A) 1

Note: Any coaches wanting to vote in the poll can email darren.kinnard@mywithersradio.com.