The Aberdeen Central boys’ and girls’ soccer squads are in the top five among Class AA teams, while the Groton girls are rated and the boys are receiving votes in Class A in the latest South Dakota Soccer Coaches Association polls.

The Central boys are fourth and will host fifth-rated Sioux Falls Washington at 6 this evening. The Golden Eagles are rated fifth in the girls’ poll and will host second-rated and unbeaten Pierre at 6 on Thursday.

The Groton girls are rated fifth in Class A, while the Groton boys are receiving votes.

Boys AA

1. Sioux Falls Lincoln

2. Watertown

3. Sioux Falls Jefferson

4. Aberdeen Central

5. Sioux Falls Washington

Receiving Votes: Rapid City Stevens, Spearfish

Girls AA

1. Harrisburg

2. Pierre T.F. Riggs

3. Rapid City Stevens 

4. Yankton

5. Aberdeen Central

Receiving Votes: O’Gorman, Brookings, Watertown, Sioux Falls Washington

Boys A

1. James Valley Christian

2. Vermillion

3. Hot Springs

4. Freeman/Marion/Parker/Viborg-Hurley

5. St. Thomas More/Rapid City Christian 

Receiving Votes: Groton

Girls A

1. Dakota Valley

2. Sioux Falls Christian

3. West Central

4. St. Thomas More

5. Groton

Receiving Votes: Vermillion, Garretson, Lennox