New C-P T20
1. Catholic
2. Gami
3. Wilson
4. Spirit
5. Boro
6. AC
7. RV
8. OC
9. Eustace
10. PVI
11. CH East
12. Cumberland
13. Wash. Twp.
14. Cherokee
15. Sacred Heart
16. Collingswood
17. Pleasantville
18. Timber Creek
19. Heights
20. Moorestown
Almost: Egg Harbor Township, Haddonfield, Mainland, Sterling, Wildwood, Gloucester, Williamstown, Highland, Cinnaminson, Wildwood Catholic, Pitman, Williamstown
Eastern upset a couple of teams this week, including Washington Township, but two wins over Cherokee kept the Maids from fallling too far. It takes more than a mild upset to drop a team below an opponent they bested twice. If they had split or even if they Township had won their only meeting, Washington Township would be ranked between 15 and 20. EHT had no such safety net, and the Eagles were a bit closer to the edge, so they fell out this week, as did Mainland with a loss to Wildwood on its home floor and Haddonfield with the 20-point loss to the Colls. All three of those teams are a big win away from getting back in, and certainly if Haddonfield starts playing like they did at the beginning of the season it won't take long.
Cherry Hill East moves behind Paul VI, as I indicated they would earlier in the week. After seeing Abiona and Vespe play, I think it's unfortunate that they were not available on Tuesday, becuase it would have been a great game.
Timber Creek, Heights and Moorestown make it in this week. The Chargers have been solid since a stunning loss to Clearview, and an overtime defeat to Collingswood at the Cougar Classic has been looking better and better. This was a top 10 team to start the season, and TC has now won eight straight.
Heights... well, after all the whining the Heights folks were doing, I almost decided to leave them out one more week just to screw with them, but thought better of it. The rankings maybe aren't the place for jokes. A couple years ago in boys' soccer, I was getting so many out-of-touch critics that I decided to put my alma mater, St. Joseph's Prep, in the "Top 21" rankings at No. 2 just for the purposes of the blog. People went nuts. I could do the same thing here for the same reason, but the joke wouldn't be as funny because SJP is an all-boys school. Or maybe it would be even funnier... Don't worry, I won't.
I've been looking to get Moorestown into the T20 for a while, but the Quakers' lopsided loss to Heights really hindered them. This is a team with a little tarnish on the older fenders, a couple losses, but they were the last team to beat Eastern before the Vikings started ripping off upsets.
I'll be posting about the game I ended up covering yesterday, AC-Trenton Central, in a little while, hopefully tonight. Sorry for the delay. I really have no excuse or anything, I just felt like doing other stuff.
2. Gami
3. Wilson
4. Spirit
5. Boro
6. AC
7. RV
8. OC
9. Eustace
10. PVI
11. CH East
12. Cumberland
13. Wash. Twp.
14. Cherokee
15. Sacred Heart
16. Collingswood
17. Pleasantville
18. Timber Creek
19. Heights
20. Moorestown
Almost: Egg Harbor Township, Haddonfield, Mainland, Sterling, Wildwood, Gloucester, Williamstown, Highland, Cinnaminson, Wildwood Catholic, Pitman, Williamstown
Eastern upset a couple of teams this week, including Washington Township, but two wins over Cherokee kept the Maids from fallling too far. It takes more than a mild upset to drop a team below an opponent they bested twice. If they had split or even if they Township had won their only meeting, Washington Township would be ranked between 15 and 20. EHT had no such safety net, and the Eagles were a bit closer to the edge, so they fell out this week, as did Mainland with a loss to Wildwood on its home floor and Haddonfield with the 20-point loss to the Colls. All three of those teams are a big win away from getting back in, and certainly if Haddonfield starts playing like they did at the beginning of the season it won't take long.
Cherry Hill East moves behind Paul VI, as I indicated they would earlier in the week. After seeing Abiona and Vespe play, I think it's unfortunate that they were not available on Tuesday, becuase it would have been a great game.
Timber Creek, Heights and Moorestown make it in this week. The Chargers have been solid since a stunning loss to Clearview, and an overtime defeat to Collingswood at the Cougar Classic has been looking better and better. This was a top 10 team to start the season, and TC has now won eight straight.
Heights... well, after all the whining the Heights folks were doing, I almost decided to leave them out one more week just to screw with them, but thought better of it. The rankings maybe aren't the place for jokes. A couple years ago in boys' soccer, I was getting so many out-of-touch critics that I decided to put my alma mater, St. Joseph's Prep, in the "Top 21" rankings at No. 2 just for the purposes of the blog. People went nuts. I could do the same thing here for the same reason, but the joke wouldn't be as funny because SJP is an all-boys school. Or maybe it would be even funnier... Don't worry, I won't.
I've been looking to get Moorestown into the T20 for a while, but the Quakers' lopsided loss to Heights really hindered them. This is a team with a little tarnish on the older fenders, a couple losses, but they were the last team to beat Eastern before the Vikings started ripping off upsets.
I'll be posting about the game I ended up covering yesterday, AC-Trenton Central, in a little while, hopefully tonight. Sorry for the delay. I really have no excuse or anything, I just felt like doing other stuff.
posted by SMc. @ 1:33 PM
2 Comments:
At 5:23 PM,
SMc. said…
What I don't understand is all the PVI hating. I've covered them once, Kevin Callahan covered them once and they've been the subject of one Monday column. There are at least 10 teams that have gotten more attention. As as far as the ranking, whom would you put ahead of them? PVI has not lost to a single team ranked lower than them. Not a single one. You can't say that about RV, or Eustace, or Ocean City or East or Sacred Heart or Cumberland or pretty much anybody outside the top 6. And as I said before, I could care less that East was missing players. Sure it would have made some difference, but the team that plays is the team that plays.
As for Pennsauken, my bad. I totally think of the Indians as an "almost" team, they just slipped my mind. Actually, I'll go back later and add them.
At 6:56 AM,
Anonymous said…
leave the poor guy alone! He's doing his best to place TWENTY teams in TWENTY different spots. Let's leave it to him to do the work. Keep up the good work!
Post a Comment
<< Home