The second state rankings for the 2016 the season have been released by the NYSSWA. Below are the WNY teams that made the cut:
Class AA
No teams ranked
Class A
Park #1
Canisius #4
Amherst #19
Williamsville South #21
McKinley #24
Class B
Olean #1
Walsh #6
St. Mary's #18
Class C
Middle College #4
Tapestry #5
Class D
Franklinville #6
** According to the rankings...
- Our local Class AA teams are in a similar spot to last season. There should be a very competitive race for the Section VI Class AA title, with teams like Lancaster, Lockport, Niagara Falls, Williamsville North, Jamestown, & Kenmore West all in the mix, but right now there is no top heavy team cracking the state's top 25.
- Aquinas, who has only lost to Canisius and owns big wins over Timon and St. Joe's, is only ranked #22 in NYS Class AA. They aren't even the highest ranked team from Section V - that honor goes to Fairport, who sits at #10 in NYS Class AA.
- In Class A, Chaminade (#7) and Kennedy Catholic (#5) are the teams Canisius (#4) had to beat last season to win the CHSAA state title, so that race looks very similar to last season. The only exception, Park has moved ahead of all three with its bump to Class A, and sits at the very top, #1.
- Losing to the #1 team in Class A (Park) by six points caused Amherst to fall from #13 to #19. However, losing to the #4 team in Class A (Canisius) by 16 points had no effect on Williamsville South, who remained at #21. Absolutely no logic behind that one!
- Meanwhile, McKinley is undefeated and straight torching teams, but impressing no one on the state level, as they remain at #24 and behind both Amherst & South from Section VI.
- While McKinley's wins aren't impressing the state rankings panel, they sure were drooling over the Walsh results this week. Not sure if was beating CCA or Maryvale, but the Eagles soared up the charts in Class B, from #19 to #6. They only played those two games since the last rankings, so someone on the panel placed a high premium on those results!
- Section V is the Class C capital of the world. Not only do a quarter of the ranked teams from Class C hail from Section V, but two of them are now ranked ahead of Middle College, who slipped from #1 to #4. The best part is, Middle College hasn't lost since last week, when they were ranked #1. More logic.
- Franklinville is now the highest ranked team from the Far West Region. If that holds up, they'd be favored to reach Glens Falls.
For the complete NYSSWA rankings, click here.
-centercourt
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