The tenth state rankings of the season have been released by the NYSSWA. Below are the WNY teams that made the cut:
Class AA
Jamestown #24
Class A
Canisius #7
McKinley #8
Williamsville South #10
Amherst #13
Class B
Park #5
Fredonia #11
Class C
Middle College #5
Silver Creek #6
Tapestry #8
Salamanca #17
Class D
Sherman #2
I-Prep #10
** According to the rankings...
- Class AA is still a mess, mainly because this week, out of no where, they ranked 30 teams instead of 25 "to get some deserving squads in". Um, if they don't deserve a spot in the top 25, they don't deserve a spot at all. This isn't tee ball. Let's not change the way we do business in the third week of February.
- Webster Schroeder remains ahead of Jamestown in the state rankings. I watched them play prior to the Jamestown/Greece Athena game. Jamestown is better.
- Amherst who was dropped five spots for losing to Jamestown two weeks ago, jumped back up three places for beating Pioneer?
- Randolph dropped eight spots, from 16 to 24 in Class C for WINNING two games last week. I would have thought the loss to Maple Grove would have gotten them back into the poll...no?
- In two weeks time, Tapestry has gone from #19 in Class C to #8, for the following wins: Maritime, Buffalo Science, Buffalo Science again, & Global Concepts. The jump would not reflect the loss to Health Sciences or last night's win at Salamanca, as the rankings were done prior to those games. I like the Thunderhawks and they deserve a state ranking, I'm just not following the logic of such a significant leap over two weeks, considering the quality of wins.
- Park fell three spots for losing to Nichols, from #2 to #5 in Class B.
- Fredonia is up three spots in Class B, from #14 to #11 for winning at St. Mary's. After the recent wins over Olean & East, they should continue to ascend.
- St. Mary's has fallen out of the Class B rankings after back-to-back losses to Walsh & Fredonia.
- Sherman will play for a Class D state title.
For the complete NYSSWA rankings, click here.
-centercourt
Watch out for Walsh in the playoffs. Beat Mary's, Timon, and was up 48-17 at half on Ohara tonight. All on the road in their gym. no excuses about the refs.
Posted by: War Eagle | Friday, February 20, 2015 at 12:36 AM