Monday, March 03, 2014

Central Catholic is one of four unbeaten teams left in state entering PIAA tournament

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/

FROM KEITH GROLLER


Look over the latest state rankings and you'll notice there are very few unbeaten teams. Four of them, to be precise. Two of them are Class A teams.
One is Central Catholic, and yet the Vikings are still ranked No. 3 in Class 3A entering the state tournament.
No. 1 is Philadelphia City champ Neumann-Goretti, who CCHS would meet in the third round of the PIAA tournament on March 14 if both teams win two games.
No. 2 is Archbishop Carroll, who the Vikings wouldn't meet until the semifinals on March 18.
CCHS not the only District 11 team to earn a ranking. Mahanoy Area is No. 6 in Class A.
Here's a look at all of the rankings courtesy of Michael Bullock of the Harrisburg Patriot-News and pennlive.com:
CLASS AAAA

No.  School                                           Rec    Pvs
1.     Roman Catholic (12)                   22-4        1
2.     New Castle (7)                             26-0        2
3.     Martin Luther King (12)             23-5        3                            
4.     Hampton (7)                                22-4        4
5 .    Chester (1)                                   22-5        6
6.     North Allegheny (7)                    21-4        5
7   .  Pennsbury (1)                             22-5      10                                    
8.     Conestoga (1)                              24-5        7
9.     Lower Merion (1)                       21-7        8
10.  Abington (1)                                22-5        9
Others to watch: Allderdice (8) 19-5, Bethel Park (7) 18-6, Carlisle (3) 18-8, Cedar Crest (3) 25-5, Central Bucks West (1) 15-12, Central York (3) 24-4, Cumberland Valley (3) 19-7, Emmaus (11) 18-8, Great Valley* (1) 22-3, Harrisburg* (3) 17-7, Hazleton (2) 21-4, Hershey (3) 18-8, Kiski Area (7) 17-6, LaSalle College (12) 19-6, McDowell (10) 22-3, Obama Academy* (8) 22-1, Oxford (1) 22-7, Parkland (11) 21-5, Spring-Ford (1) 24-4, St. Joseph’s Prep* (12) 16-7, Stroudsburg (11) 16-11, West Chester Rustin (1) 17-10, Wilson (3) 26-3, York (3) 22-6.
*-season complete

CLASS AAA

No.  School                                             Rec     Pvs
1.     Neumann-Goretti (12)                 22-4         1
2.     Archbishop Carroll  (12)             21-4         2
3.     Allentown Central Cath (11)       27-0         3
4.     Abington Heights (2)                    25-1         6
5.     Central Valley (7)                         22-3         7
6.     Chartiers Valley (7)                     24-2         4
7.     Imhotep Charter (12)                  20-6         5
8.     Susquehanna Twp. (3)                19-7      NR
9.     Bishop McDevitt (3)                     26-2         8
10.   Uniontown (7)                              21-2       10
Others to watch: Berks Catholic (3) 24-5, Bermudian Springs (3) 22-4, Blue Mountain (11) 21-6, Elizabeth Forward* (7) 20-4, Erie East (10) 20-5, Farrell (10) 22-3, GAR Memorial (2) 20-6, Holy Ghost Prep (1) 22-6, Lancaster Mennonite (3) 20-7, Manheim Central (3) 24-4, Mars (7) 15-9, Montour (7) 16-8, Philly Electrical (12) 16-11, Pittston (2) 18-8, Pottsville (11) 23-5, Scranton Prep* (2) 21-3, Shamokin (4) 22-3, Strong Vincent (10) 17-8, Thomas Jefferson (7) 22-3, West York (3) 24-4.
*-season complete

CLASS AA

No.  School                                                  Rec    Pvs
1.     Constitution (12)                                23-5       1
2.     Seton-La Salle (7)                               25-1       2
3.     Greensburg Central Cath (7)            22-3       3
4.     Lewisburg (4)                                     23-3       5
5.     Loyalsock (4)                                      24-3       4
6.     Aliquippa (7)                                      18-6       6
7.     West Middlesex (10)                         20-5     10
8.     Fairview (10)                                      22-3       9
9.     Meyers (2)                                          19-7    NR
10.  Holy Cross (2)                                      20-6       8                                        
Others to watch: Bald Eagle Area (6) 20-5, Beaver Falls (7) 18-7, Bristol (1) 16-9, Central Martinsburg (6) 17-8, Columbia (3) 16-9, Conemaugh Twp (5) 21-5, Del-Val Charter (12) 17-7, Elk Lake* (2) 21-2, Hanover (3) 19-7, Mercyhurst Prep (10) 18-7, Mid Valley (2) 22-4, Neshannock (7) 18-6, Notre Dame-Green Pond (11) 17-9, Penns Valley (6) 19-6, Quaker Valley (7) 21-3, Richland (6) 20-5, Summit Academy (7) 16-6, Towanda (4) 23-4, Trinity (3) 12-12.
*-season complete

CLASS A

No.  School                                                   Rec    Pvs
1.     Lincoln Park (7)                                   25-1       1
2.     Math, Civics & Sciences (12)               11-14     2
3.     Bishop Carroll (6)                                25-0       3
4.     St. John Neumann (4)                          27-0       4
5.     Church Farm (1)                                  23-4       8
6.     Mahanoy Area (11)                              24-2    10
7.     Monessen (7)                                        20-6       7                                   
8.     Vincentian (7)                                       22-3       6
9.     Elk County Catholic (9)                        23-4        9
10.   Johnsonburg (9)                                   23-4        5
Others to watch: Berlin Brothersvalley (5) 23-2, Bishop Guilfoyle (6) 19-6, Clarion-Limestone (9) 22-4, Cochranton (10) 21-3, Erie First Christian (10) 15-9, Forbes Road (5) 16-8, Galeton (4) 20-5, Greenwood (3) 18-7, Homer-Center (6) 22-3, Kennedy Catholic (10) 14-9, Lebanon Catholic (3) 17-8, Mount Calvary (3) 22-4, New Hope Academy (3) 14-9, North Catholic (7) 15-10, Phil-Mont Christian (1) 19-5, Pius X (11) 19-4, Ridgway (9) 20-6, Sullivan County (4) 19-6.

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