The 14th state rankings of the season have been released by the NYSSWA. Below are the WNY teams that made the cut:
Class AA
Aquinas #6
Jamestown #17
Niagara Falls #28 *
Class A
Greece Athena #2
Canisius #5
Williamsville South #10
McKinley #13
Olean #23
Amherst #28 *
Nichols #30 *
Class B
Leadership Academy #4
Park #5
East #11
Fredonia #16
Class C
Lyons #3
Middle College #6
Tapestry #7
Silver Creek #10
Class D
I-Prep #4
Sherman #8
Panama #14
** According to the rankings...
- Last week, I put an asterisk next to Niagara Falls at #28 in Class AA, because they had added five spots to include more teams. Now they've done it in Class A also. Suddenly, there's a top 30 in Class A, rather than the top 25 we've seen all season. Come on!! What about the 32nd best team in Class A??? Shouldn't #46 get a shout out somewhere too???
- Last week, Chaminade (who lost to Canisius in the CHSAA state semifinal) was tied with Amherst at #25 in Class A. Neither team has played since, but this week, Chaminade is up to #19 , while Amherst dropped out of the rankings, or to #28 if you like the tee-ball, everyone deserves a ranking theory. While I agree that Chaminade is significantly ahead of Amherst, I do not understand what the logic in moving both teams around that much when both of their seasons are over.
- Leadership, who narrowly escaped East, is #4 in Class B, while Park is #5. Both should get a shot at Westhill before the season ends, which should finally be the evidence the committee needed to push the Pioneers (CHSAA Class B state champs) ahead of Leadership Academy.
- I-Prep is the worst of the Class D teams playing in Glens Falls, ranked #4 of the four teams headed there. I doubt that is really the case.
For the complete NYSSWA rankings, click here.
-centercourt
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