The 14th state rankings of the season have been released by the NYSSWA.  Below are the WNY teams that made the cut:

 

Class AA

Aquinas #6

Jamestown #17

Niagara Falls #28 *

 

Class A 

Greece Athena #2

Canisius #5

Williamsville South #10

McKinley #13

Olean #23

Amherst #28 *

Nichols #30 *

 

 Class B

Leadership Academy #4

Park #5

East #11

Fredonia #16

 

 Class C 

Lyons #3

Middle College #6

Tapestry #7

Silver Creek #10

 

Class D

I-Prep #4

Sherman #8

Panama #14

 

 ** According to the rankings…

 

– Last week, I put an asterisk next to Niagara Falls at #28 in Class AA, because they had added five spots to include more teams.  Now they've done it in Class A also.  Suddenly, there's a top 30 in Class A, rather than the top 25 we've seen all season.  Come on!! What about the 32nd best team in Class A??? Shouldn't #46 get a shout out somewhere too???

 

– Last week, Chaminade (who lost to Canisius in the CHSAA state semifinal) was tied with Amherst at #25 in Class A. Neither team has played since, but this week, Chaminade is up to #19 , while Amherst dropped out of the rankings, or to #28 if you like the tee-ball, everyone deserves a ranking theory.  While I agree that Chaminade is significantly ahead of Amherst, I do not understand what the logic in moving both teams around that much when both of their seasons are over.

 

– Leadership, who narrowly escaped East, is #4 in Class B, while Park is #5.  Both should get a shot at Westhill before the season ends, which should finally be the evidence the committee needed to push the Pioneers (CHSAA Class B state champs) ahead of Leadership Academy.

 

– I-Prep is the worst of the Class D teams playing in Glens Falls, ranked #4 of the four teams headed there. I doubt that is really the case. 

 

For the complete NYSSWA rankings, click here.

 

-centercourt