The tenth 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
Canisius #2
Park #6
Amherst #7
Williamsville South #11
McKinley #14
Class B
Olean #1
Walsh #13
St. Mary's #14
Health Sciences #20
Fredonia #23
Class C
Middle College #7
Tapestry #14
Cleveland Hill #19
Class D
Panama #10
Franklinville #13
** According to the rankings...
- Section V now has four teams ranked in Class AA, after Bishop Kearney entered the top 25. Canisius, Park, Amherst, & Timon all beat the Kings this season, while Niagara Falls, St. Joe's, & East all fell to Kearney.
- In NYS Class A, WNY has five of the top 14 teams. After Greece Athena, Section VI now has the next three public schools, meaning the top four public schools in NYS all hail from the Far West Region. Whichever team emerges from our Class A will face Greece Athena at Buff State in the 'de facto' NYSPHAA State championship. The winner gets Canisius in the Federation Championship. Remember, this is according to the rankings.
- Section V has the top two teams ranked in NYS Class C. That means the sectional championship between them (Northstar Christian & East Rochester) would also be a de facto state championship. That is until they get to the regional at Buff State to find Middle College waiting for them, where the Kats will extend Section VI's winning streak in the Class C regional to seven years. According to Neil Kerr, even a state championship would only get Middle College's record to 20-7 and he would still think Northstar Christian was better because of its stellar 23-2 record.
- Cleveland Hill enters the rankings again in Class C, landing at #19. They made a one-week appearance a few weeks ago, but were dropped after losing to Cardinal O'Hara. My reason for never having Cleveland Hill ranked locally this year was they had no wins vs. ranked small schools, but had three losses to unranked small schools (Dunkirk, Nichols, & O'Hara). However, finishing the season with wins over Eden, JFK, Tonawanda, Alden, & Depew got their record to 15-5, and the panel loves a good record. Had they noticed Olmsted's 16-4 record in the same class, the Owls might have swooped into these rankings as well.
- Franklinville remained ranked #13 in NYS Class D, despite losing to unranked Ellicottville last week, finishing second to them in the same division, and surrendering the #2 seed in Class D, while falling to the #3 seed. It's all about records for the state rankings.
For complete NYSSWA State Rankings, click here.
-centercourt
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