I was just saying that I think Lansing will be the 5A favorite. I think Emporia will be tough again too and could give them a run for their money. It is always difficult to count Carroll out of the title run. I am not sure what they have coming in their freshman class but they are losing their two state champions to graduation and actually only have one returning state placer next year.

I was not trying to compare next year's Lansing team to the non 5A teams like the ones you mentioned (Goddard, Colby, Derby, Clay Center). Those are all very good teams though. I would think though that next year's Lansing team would be one of the highest ranked Kansas teams in an All Class team ranking.