NYSSWA State Rankings 2019 - Week 1

 

The first state rankings for the 2019 the season have been released by the NYSSWA.  Below are the WNY teams that made the cut:

 

Class AA

Niagara Falls #9

Honorable Mention:  Williamsville North & Clarence

 

Class A 

Park #1

St. Francis #11

Canisius #18

Lew-Port #21

Honorable Mention:  Health Sciences, South Park, West Seneca West, Williamsville South 

 

Class B

Olean #3

Cardinal O'Hara #5

Nichols #18

Allegany-Limestone #25

Honorable Mention:  Southwestern, City Honors, Medina

 

Class C 

Middle College #2

Randolph #4

Tapestry #11

Chautauqua Lake #17

Honorable Mention:  East, Maple Grove, Silver Creek

 

Class D

Brocton #13

Honorable Mention:  Panama, Forestville, Sherman

 

******** According to the rankings above........

 

 

- Niagara Falls is the third highest ranked public school in NYS Class AA.  Unfortunately for the Wolverines, McQuaid (Section V) is the second highest ranked public school, so the streak of not getting past regionals since 2009 is projected to continue.  Falls could change that ranking this weekend with a win on Saturday...at McQuaid.

 

- Park's #1 ranking in NYS Class A means the Pioneers are the favorites to win the Fed for a second consecutive season.  If that happens, they would need to rename a portion of Harlem to Clutchins Ave.

 

- Lew-Port is the highest ranked public school from Section VI in NYS Class A.  The Lancers are projected to reach the regional and fall to Pittsford Mendon, the highest ranked Class A public in the state. 

 

- The fine folks who compile the state rankings are projecting the same thing that I spoke of in the season preview.  The Class B rankings show Olean is the highest ranked public school in NYS, while Cardinal O'Hara holds down the same honor among private schools.  That predicts both teams to win state titles and play in the Federation Tournament. 

 

- The highest ranked Section V team in NYS Class B is Wellsville, who Olean has already defeated this year.

 

- Middle College makes its debut at #2 in NYS Class C after moving down to that classification from Class B, where they've been the past two seasons.  The Kats have enjoyed much success at the state level in Class C, playing in four state championship games, while winning two of them since 2010.  Their #2 ranking projects them to play for another this season. 

 

- In Class D, well, it was fun while it lasted. I'm talking about last season when we clearly 'Had The D's'.  Equally enjoyable of course, was the absurd reaction I got from some deep-woods moonshine distillers for saying that.  I was right, as East crushed Section V in the regional and went on to win a state championship.  Section VI finished with three of the top five teams ranked in New York State Class D, while Section V had zero in the top five.  Brocton has debuted as the highest ranked team from Section VI this season at #13, but there are three teams from Section V ranked ahead of them, and I'm currently OK with that.

 

- I'm including Honorable Mentions in this thread this season, which is where I'll also list teams ranked in places that don't currently exist.  What I mean is, every season the rankings get expanded at some point.  So as an example, Class AA would suddenly rank a top 30 instead of 25.  I think that's a watered down & lame approach.  There's currently a top 25 in Class AA, A, & B.  A top 20 in Class C and a top 15 in Class D.  That's what I'm sticking with.  No participation trophies.

 

 

Click HERE for complete NYSSWA State Rankings

 

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Comments

[Crusadersareback]

As stated before the demise of Canisius was exaggerated. They are a top 5 school with Park, NF, Ohara, Frannies and possibly Will north. Take down the #8 AA in the state after beating WSW and SP. Have to play competition to be taken seriously and they don't play cupcakes to pad wins and stats, Great job Kyle.