Each week during the high school softball season coaches from the three Nebraska classes rate the teams in their class. In conjunction with Nebraska High School Fastpitch, here is the preseason softball coaches poll brought to you by Pinnacle Bank.
Class A (Record), Previous Ranking, First Place Votes
1. Gretna (7-0), 1, 24
2. Millard West (4-2), 4
3. Lincoln Southwest (5-0), 5
4. Lincoln East (7-2), 6
5. Millard North (3-2), 3
6. Papillion-La Vista (3-3), 2
7. Elkhorn South (5-3), 8
8. Omaha Marian (4-3), 10
9. Millard South (4-3), 7
10. Lincoln North Star (5-5), NR
Receiving Votes: Papillion-La Vista South (3-3), RV; Norfolk (4-3), 9; Omaha Westside (7-2), NR
Class B
1. Blair (9-1), 1, 18
2. Seward (10-0), 4, 4
3. Hastings (4-0), NR, 2
4. Bennington (7-1), 5
5. Wahoo (5-1), 7
6. Grand Island Northwest (3-1), 2
7. Waverly (3-1), 10
8. Elkhorn North (5-3), NR
9. Gering (8-1), NR
10. Omaha Mercy (3-3), 9
Receiving Votes: Elkhorn (2-4), 3; Norris (2-2), 8
Class C
1. Ashland-Greenwood (8-2), RV, 13
2. Central City (6-1), 3, 6
3. Hastings St. Cecilia (6-2), 2, 2
4. Wahoo Neauman (8-1), 1, 5
5. Milford (5-0), 8
6. Wayne (3-2), 9
7. Twin River (10-1), NR
8. Gothenburg (5-3), NR
9. Guardian Angles Central Catholic (8-2), 7
10. David City Aquinas (6-2), RV
Receiving Votes: Freeman (4-1), NR; Fort Calhoun (5-1), NR; Polk County (4-6), 10
