The tenth state rankings of the season have been released by the NYSSWA.  Below are the WNY teams that made the cut:

 

Class AA

Jamestown #24

 

Class A 

Canisius #7

McKinley #8

Williamsville South #10

Amherst #13

 

Class B

Park #5

Fredonia #11

 

 Class C 

Middle College #5

Silver Creek #6

Tapestry #8

Salamanca #17

 

Class D

Sherman #2

I-Prep #10

 

 ** According to the rankings…

 

– Class AA is still a mess, mainly because this week, out of no where, they ranked 30 teams instead of 25 "to get some deserving squads in".  Um, if they don't deserve a spot in the top 25, they don't deserve a spot at all.  This isn't tee ball.  Let's not change the way we do business in the third week of February.  

 

– Webster Schroeder  remains ahead of Jamestown in the state rankings.  I watched them play prior to the Jamestown/Greece Athena game. Jamestown is better.

 

–  Amherst who was dropped five spots for losing to Jamestown two weeks ago, jumped back up three places for beating Pioneer?

 

– Randolph dropped eight spots, from 16 to 24 in Class C for WINNING two games last week.  I would have thought the loss to Maple Grove would have gotten them back into the poll…no?  

 

–  In two weeks time, Tapestry has gone from #19 in Class C to #8, for the following wins: Maritime, Buffalo Science, Buffalo Science again, & Global Concepts.  The jump would not reflect the loss to Health Sciences or last night's win at Salamanca, as the rankings were done prior to those games.  I like the Thunderhawks and they deserve a state ranking, I'm just not following the logic of such a significant leap over two weeks, considering the quality of wins.

 

– Park fell three spots for losing to Nichols, from #2 to #5 in Class B.

 

– Fredonia is up three spots in Class B, from #14 to #11 for winning at St. Mary's.  After the recent wins over Olean & East, they should continue to ascend. 

 

– St. Mary's has fallen out of the Class B rankings after back-to-back losses to Walsh & Fredonia. 

 

– Sherman will play for a Class D state title.

 

 For the complete NYSSWA rankings, click here.

 

-centercourt