The fourth state rankings for the 2022 the season have been released by the NYSSWA.  Below are the WNY teams that made the cut:

 

Class AA

Orchard Park #15

Niagara Falls #16

Jamestown #21

 

Class A

Canisius #10

Amherst #17

St. Francis #20

 

Class B

Timon #5

Olean #7

Nichols #9

Tapestry #23

 

Class C

Salamanca #7

Randolph #10

 

Class D

Westfield #5

Clymer #10

Panama #11

 

According to the rankings…

 

– The winner of Section VI Class AA is pegged to win the Far West Regional and advance to Glens Falls.  Victor holds the highest Class AA ranking from Section V and they currently sit behind both Orchard Park and Niagara Falls.  Lots of season to go, maybe Jamestown spoils the party for everybody.

 

– The gap between Section V and Section VI is glaring.  Pittsford Mendon is once again a Class A power in Rochester, currently unbeaten at 9-0 and the highest ranked public school in NYS Class A (#3).  Amherst is the highest ranked public in Class A from Section VI, checking in at #17 this week.  They've climbed six spots since debuting at #23 to start the season.

 

– Olean is a couple months away from an eighth trip to Glens Falls in the last two decades.  The Huskies sit at #7 in NYS Class B and other than Tapestry at #23, they are the only public school from here to Syracuse appearing in the rankings.

 

– A Cystic Fibrosis Fundraiser in Salamanca on Saturday night at 6 pm will feature a nonleague battle between a pair of Top 10 teams in NYS Class C when the Warriors host Randolph.

 

– Remember all the conspiracy cries in 2018 when East was in Class D and Section VI had the D's?  East won a state championship that season, emerging as local champion in a season that featured three Class D powers from Section VI (Franklinville & Ellicottville also).   Where's that same energy now that perennial Section V Class D powers Avoca & Prattsburgh have combined teams and hold down the #1 spot in NYS Class D?  

 

Click HERE for complete NYSSWA State Rankings

 

-centercourt