The seventh set of state rankings for the 2023 the season have been released by the NYSSWA.  Below are the WNY teams that made the cut:

 

Class AA

Niagara Falls #14

Health Sciences #15

Jamestown #16

 

Class A

Amherst #10

Canisius #12

 

Class B

Timon #4

Nichols #11

Lew-Port #12

Salamanca #16

 

Class C

Randolph #15

 

Class D

Clymer #10

Panama #17

 

According to the rankings…  ( It was a week of very minimal change, so this will be a light week of the 'According to' )

 

– There will be 7 state ranked teams featured in the 2023 Centercourt Classic at Hamburg on Saturday.  Three of the games will have state ranked teams playing each other:

Class A #10 Amherst  vs  Class A #12 Canisius – 7 pm

Class AA #16 Jamestown  vs  Class B #4 Timon – 5:15 pm

Class B #11  vs  Class C #15 Randolph – 3:30 pm

 

– Jalen Duff's former squad (Nichols) and the team he is leading (Lew-Port) now side-by-side in NYS Class B, at #11 & #12.

 

– Randolph's 18-point home loss to Southwestern (unranked in NYS Class B) was no biggie, as the Cardinals slipped just one spot to #15 in NYS Class C.  However, Holland's 6-point home loss to Eden (unranked in NYS Class B) was enough to make the committee show the Dutchmen the door.  Holland goes from #16 in NYS Class C to unranked.

 

– The most head-scratching thing I found was in Class D.  And it's not even Westfield getting bounced from the rankings for its 3-point road loss at Sherman, after climbing to #12 in NYS Class D last week.  What made me mess my hair up while head scratching was Clymer dropping from #9 to #10 in NYS Class D.  The Pirates only game was an 8-point road win at Class C Chautauqua Lake.  Apparently the folks on the NYSSWA ranking panel were expecting a real dismantling when Clymer headed over to Chautauqua Lake last week.

 

 

Click HERE for complete NYSSWA State Rankings

 

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