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 softball coaches poll 9-7-23 brought to you by Pinnacle Bank.
Class A (Record), Previous Ranking, First Place Votes
1. Gretna (13-1), 1, 23
2. Papillion-La Vista (9-4), 6
3. Millard West (9-4), 2
4. Lincoln East (11-2), 4
5. Millard North (10-3), 5
6. Lincoln Southwest (8-4), 3
7. Elkhorn South (8-5), 7
8. Norfolk (9-4), RV
9. Lincoln Pius X (9-3), NR
10. Papillion-La Vista South (7-6), RV
Receiving Votes: Millard South (7-6), 9; Omaha Westside (7-2), NR; Lincoln North Star (5-9), 10.
Class B
1. Blair (13-3), 1, 20
2. Seward (11-0), 2, 4
3. Bennington (8-1), 4
4. Hastings (7-1), 3
5. Elkhorn North (11-3), 8
6. Wahoo (8-3), 5
7. Gering (11-2), 9
8. Gretna East (7-6), NR
9. Ralston (9-4), NR
10. Omaha Mercy (4-5), 10
Receiving Votes: Elkhorn (4-6), RV; Waverly (5-3), 7.
Class C
1. Ashland-Greenwood (12-2), 1, 13
2. Central City (13-1), 2, 5
3. Wahoo Neumann (13-1), 4, 4
4. Hastings St. Cecilia (9-4), 3
5. David City Aquinas (12-3), 10
6. Freeman (9-2), RV
7. Milford (8-3), 5
8. Twin River (12-3), 7
9. Wayne (4-3), 6
10. Guardian Angles Central Catholic (10-5), 9
Receiving Votes: Gothenburg (8-6), 8; St. Paul (4-2), RV; Cozad (7-5), NR.