Ryle's boys volleyball team is ranked fifth in the first ever KVCA boys volleyball poll. Photo provided | Ryle Volleyball Facebook

The Kentucky Volleyball Coaches Association have released their first ever boys volleyball poll.

Boys volleyball is now a KHSAA sanctioned sport, starting this year.

The Ryle boys are ranked fifth in the initial poll, picking up a first-place vote as well. They are the lone Northern Kentucky team in the poll. KVCA members voted and ranked the top 10 teams based on their performance so far. Ryle is off to an 8-0 start to the season.

St. Xavier was ranked No. 1 with 11 first place votes. Trinity is second with two first place votes, followed by DeSales, Henry Clay and the Raiders rounding out the top five. Completing the top 10 were West Jessamine, Lafayette, Paul Laurence Dunbar, North Oldham and Tates Creek.

An updated poll is planned to be shared every two weeks throughout the season.

The top five teams in Region 6 with teams in Northern Kentucky are Ryle, Oldham County, North Oldham, Calvary Christian and Dayton.

Sixty-one schools are listed on the KHSAA website as having a team this year. Northern Kentucky schools listed with a team are Calvary Christian, Dayton, Ryle, Scott and Walton-Verona.

Complete polls are listed at: https://kvca.org/KVCA_Polls

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