WPIAL teams earn top-10 spots in boys basketball state rankings
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Monday, December 18, 2017 | 6:30 PM
Pine-Richland (Class 6A), Mars (5A), Quaker Valley and New Castle (4A), Lincoln Park (3A), Sewickley Academy and OLSH (2A) and Vincentian Academy (A) are among top 10 teams in the City of Basketball Love boys basketball state rankings for the week of Dec. 18, 2017.
CLASS 6A
No.SchoolRecPvs
1.Plymouth-Whitemarsh (1)3-01
2. Abington (1)2-02
3. Hazleton (2) 2-03
4. Roman Catholic (12) 2-15
5. St. Joseph’s Prep (12)6-09
6. Lower Merion (1) 3-010
7. State College (6)4-08
8. La Salle College (12)3-1 OW
9. Cheltenham (1)2-27
10. Pine-Richland (7)3-16
Checked in: No. 8 La Salle College.
Checked out: No. 4 Coatesville.
Others to watch: Abraham Lincoln (12, 2-0); Allderdice (8, 3-0); Butler (7, 5-0); Canon-McMillan (7, 4-0); Carlisle (3, 3-1); Cedar Crest (3, 4-1); Central York (3, 2-1); Chambersburg (3, 5-0); Coatesville (1, 2-2); Conestoga (1, 3-1); Erie (10, 2-2); Harrisburg (3, 2-1); Hempfield (3, 4-0); Latrobe (7, 2-2); Manheim Twp. (3, 4-0); McDowell (10, 3-1); Mt. Lebanon (7, 4-0); Penn Hills (7, 5-0); Pocono Mountain West (11, 1-1); Reading (3, 3-1); Woodland Hills (7, 4-0).
CLASS 5A
No. SchoolRecPvs
1. Archbishop Wood (12)2-11
2. Bonner-Prendergast (12)4-12
3. Archbishop Carroll (12)3-16
4. Mars (7)4-05
5. Martin Luther King (12)1-34
6. Abington Heights (2)3-13
7. Northeastern (3)4-07
8. Bishop Shanahan (1)2-18
9. Allentown CC (11)5-0OW
10. Milton Hershey (3)5-0NR
Checked in: No. 9 Allentown Central Catholic and No. 10 Milton Hershey.
Checked out: No. 9 Great Valley and No. 10 Bangor.
Others to watch: Bangor (11, 2-1); Cardinal O’Hara (12); Chartiers Valley (7, 3-1); Chester (1, 1-1); Dover (3, 2-1); Franklin Regional (7, 4-0); Hershey (3, 4-0); Hollidaysburg (6, 3-1); Lampeter-Strasburg (3, 3-0); Lower Dauphin (3, 2-1); Mastery Charter North (12, 3-0); Meadville (10, 4-0); Moon (7, 3-0); New Oxford (3, 2-1); Penncrest (1, 3-0); Springfield-Delco (1, 2-1); York (3, 4-1).
CLASS 4A
No.SchoolRecPvs
1. Imhotep Charter (12)3-01
2. Bethlehem Catholic (11)2-12
3. Quaker Valley (7) 3-03
4. Berks Catholic (3)3-14
5. New Castle (7)4-15
6. Middletown (3)0-16
7. Scranton Prep (2)1-27
8. Lower Moreland (1)4-0NR
9. Tyrone (6)3-09
10. Grove City (10)2-010
Checked in: No. 8 Lower Moreland.
Checked out: No. 8 GAR Memorial.
Others to watch: Bishop McDevitt (3, 1-1); Conwell-Egan (12, 0-1); Danville (4, 2-0); GAR Memorial (2, 1-1); Hickory (10, 2-1); Huntingdon (6, 3-0); Indiana (7, 3-0); Kennard-Dale (3, 5-0); Lancaster Catholic (3, 3-1); Montoursville (4, 2-0); Nanticoke (2, 3-0); Overbrook (12, 2-2); Sharon (10, 3-1); Susquehanna Twp. (3, 2-2); Universal Audenried (12, 3-0).
CLASS 3A
No. SchoolRecPvs
1. Neumann-Goretti (12)2-11
2. Valley Forge (1)2-12
3. West Catholic (12)4-1NR
4. Fairview (10)4-09
5. Central Cambria (6)4-06
6. Richland (6)4-08
7. Greenville (10)3-14
8. Lincoln Park (7)1-33
9. Holy Redeemer (2)2-0 10
10. Trinity (3)3-15
Checked in: No. 3 West Catholic.
Checked out: No. 7 Hughesville.
Others to watch: Aliquippa (7, 3-0); Delone Catholic (3, 3-2); Hughesville (4, 1-3); Loyalsock (4, 3-0); Mount Carmel (4, 4-0); Seton-La Salle (7, 3-1); Steel-High (3, 2-0); Wellsboro (4, 4-1); Westinghouse (8, 3-1); Wyoming Seminary (2, 4-1); York Catholic (3, 1-2).
CLASS 2A
No.SchoolRecPvs
1. Constitution (12)2-21
2. Math, Civics & Sciences (12)2-2 2
3. Sewickley Academy (7) 4-13
4. Church Farm (1)1-14
5. Our Lady Sacred Heart (7)4-16
6. Holy Cross (2)2-25
7. Ridgway (9)3-07
8. Coudersport (9)1-08
9. Bishop McCort (6)3-0 NR
10. Bishop Guilfoyle (6)1-29
Checked in: No. 9 Bishop McCort.
Checked out: No. 10 Purchase Line.
Others to watch: Berlin Brothersvalley (5, 2-1); Cambridge Springs (10, 2-1); Clarion-Limestone (9, 3-1); Delco Christian (1, 4-0); Halifax (3, 3-0); Homer-Center (6, 2-1); Jeannette (7, 1-0); Keystone (9, 3-1); Moravian Academy (11, 4-1); Paul Robeson (12, 5-2); Purchase Line (6, 2-1); Serra Catholic (7, 3-1); United (6, 3-0).
CLASS A
No.SchoolRecPvs
1. Kennedy Catholic (10)4-01
2. Girard College (1)3-22
3. Sankofa Freedom (12)3-15
4. Faith Christian (1)3-13
5. Shade (5)3-06
6. Sullivan County (4)3-17
7. Millville (4)3-08
8. Lourdes Regional (4)1-24
9. Elk County Catholic (9)2-010
10. Vincentian (7)1-19
Checked in: No one.
Checked out: No one.
Others to watch: Cornell (7, 4-0); High Point (3, 4-0); Lancaaster Country Day (3, 4-0); Monessen (7, 1-3); North Clarion (9, 4-0); Phil-Mont Christian (1, 4-1); St. John Neumann (4, 2-1); Turkeyfoot Valley (5, 2-1); Williamsburg (6, 0-1); York Country Day (3, 1-1).
Tags: Lincoln Park, Mars, New Castle, Pine-Richland, Quaker Valley, rankings, Sewickley Academy, Vincentian Academy
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