The fifth state rankings for the 2018 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 #1
Park #4
West Seneca West #15
Timon #25
Class B
Health Sciences #3
Olean #9
St. Mary's #11
Middle College #18
Niagara Catholic #25
Class C
Tapestry #7
Chautauqua Lake #17
Class D
Franklinville #4
East #5
Ellicottville #7
******** According to the rankings above........
- For a second consecutive week, there's not a top 25 team from Buffalo or Rochester in NYS Class AA. I blame the Romans and their Free Academy.
- Canisius is #1 in NYS Class A once again this week, while Park jumped up from #10 to #4. Less than two weeks until they square off at The Park School for Round One (Saturday, January 20th). Chaminade, who defeated Williamsville South over break, is #2 in NYS Class A.
- West Seneca West crept up two more spots to #15 in NYS Class A. However, the Indians still have three teams from Section V ranked ahead of them. None have played as many games and two have more losses than undefeated WSW. Just when I thought it was all about the record...
- Timon fell from #19 to #25 in NYS Class A for a double figure loss at Canisius. The moral of the story is, win a big tournament in Rochester and the reward is minuscule. Lose to NYS Class A #1 on the road and the punishment is severe.
- Health Sciences is once again #3 in NYS Class B this week, with two NYSPHAA schools ahead of them. Hey panel - have you seen these Falcons play yet? The same ones that took Canisius to the end and beat Frannies on the road? If there's two NYSPHAA schools from Class B better than The Health, I'll start watching from the baseline.
- St. Mary's moved up one spot to #11 in NYS Class B for winning at Niagara Catholic, but the Patriots dropped four spots to #25 for the loss.
- Speaking of Niagara Catholic, they are "tied" for #25 with Center Moriches. That's right, tied. Even Tee-ball thinks that's whack! If Center Moriches played Niagara Catholic, they'd leave Center Morindebt.
- Tapestry is #7 in NYS Class C, while Chautauqua Lake is #17. More notable is there are two teams ahead of those two in the rankings from Section V. Maybe Northstar Christian, but Pembroke deserves a spot ahead of Tapestry? They are 9-0, but ask West Seneca West where that gets you.
- Section VI still has three teams (Franklinville, East, & Ellicottville) in the top seven of NYS Class D, but Section V still has one team ranked ahead of them all. We shall see, but I like our chances just fine in Class D this year.
Click HERE for complete NYSSWA state rankings
-centercourt
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