RANKINGS as of Apr 20

[oldskool42]

Hard to believe we are at the halfway mark of the season!!!

1. St Marks 8-0
2 Dover 8-0
3. Caravel 5-2
4. Hodgson 7-2
5. A.I 7-1
6. Charter 7-1
7. Archmere 6-1
8. Smyrna 6-2
9. Sussex Tech 6-3
10. CR 6-3
11. St Georges 6-3
12. Delmar 7-3
13. Cape 6-4
14. Sallies 4-3
15. Central 5-1
16. Conrad 7-3
17. Mtown 5-4
18. DMA 5-3
19. Polytech 4-2
20. Newark 5-3

Mt P, Lake, Concord, Wm Penn, Tower Hill, Sanford all just outside looking in.

 

[Lazertron]

Fun to debate. I'd definitely have Mount in over DMA. I realize you're giving SOS credit to DMA, but the Seahawks are 0-3 against your top 20 while Mount is 1-2 with a win over #11.

 

[TheDETop20]

Oldskool42, your rankings look really good. This is how I had them.

Week 4
1 St. Marks 8-0
2 Dover 8-0
3 Caravel 5-2
4 AI DuPont 7-1
5 Archmere 6-1
6 Charter 6-1
7 Hodgson 7-2
8 Smyrna 6-2
9 Caesar Rodney 6-3
10 Sussex Central 5-1
11 Cape Henlopen 6-4
12 Mt. Pleasant 6-2
13 St. Georges 6-3
14 DMA 5-3
15 Salesianum 4-3
16 Conrad 7-3
17 Middletown 5-4
18 Sussex Tech 6-3
19 Delmar 7-3
20 Newark 5-3

 

[TouchThemAll]

Lots of Top 20 match-ups this week:

4/21/2014 #5 AI duPont HS @ #6 Charter School (Frawley)

4/22/2014 #18 DE Military Academy @ #16 Conrad School
4/22/2014 #9 Sussex Tech @ #20 Newark HS
4/22/2014 #11 St. Georges Tech HS @ #17 Middletown HS
4/22/2014 #12 Delmar HS/MS @ #8 Smyrna HS
4/22/2014 #14 Salesianum School @ #1 St. Mark's HS (Frawley)

4/24/2014 #20 Newark HS @ #17 Middletown HS
4/24/2014 #19 Polytech HS @ #6 Charter School

4/25/2014 #4 Archmere Academy @ #10 Caesar Rodney HS
4/25/2014 #1 St. Mark's HS @ #2 Dover HS
4/25/2014 #4 Hodgson Vo Tech @ #3 Caravel Academy
4/26/2014 #1 St. Mark's HS @ #5 AI duPont HS

 

[oldskool42]

Lazertron - Good point regarding MountP/DMA. I had Mt P at #20, then they beat St Georges, so i was ready to move them up. But I think i was being more critical after how badly Mt P lost their last two games, 9-0 to A.I. and 13-2 to Newark. Especially to Newark, who i slid into the #20 spot this week, so i slid out Mount P (who i had at #20 last week).

 

[oldskool42]

Touch - your right, this is a pretty competive spring break. Wish i was off work this week.

I was a little uncomfortable putting A.I & Charter so high because they hadn't been tested much. Now, not only do they play each other today, Charter goes on to play a good Poly team who i think is underrated. Ai goes on to play #1 St Marks.

Newark was a little bit of a stretch at #20, but we will see if Newark is for real with games against Sussex Tech & Mtown this week.

St Marks who already has been tested, continues to be tested playing #14 Sallies, #2 Dover & #5 Ai all this week.

I forsee a RANKINGS nightmare for next week. There will be a lot of movement. Should be fun.

 

[CSWfan]

For some reason Charter always seems to get over-ranked during these in-season rankings the last couple of years. I haven't seen them play this year but tonight will tell...

 

[CountianJeff]

You are killing me with this Central thing, no way six Henlopen teams are better. They already beat three of the six you have listed in front of them.

 

[TouchThemAll]

Originally posted by CSWfan:
For some reason Charter always seems to get over-ranked during these in-season rankings the last couple of years. I haven't seen them play this year but tonight will tell...

You called that one, CSWfan. AI over Charter 11-0 in 5 innings.

 

[8yaz]

How about that Newark squad creeping into the top 20? I've only seen them once so far (rout of Red Lion) but they looked decent enough. For now I think 20 sounds about right for them.

 

[oldskool42]

8yaz. That was my gift to you, Newark at #20. Actually they earned it after their rout of Mt P, who is still a decent enough team. Other than Mt P, their wins over weaker teams. Oddly what i find impressive is their losses. One run losses to Charter and Smyrna and a 5-0 loss to a good Ai team isnt too shabby. Thats three relatively close losses overall to three top ten teams (at least before last night's Ai/Charter game).

Now, holding onto #20 will be the hard part. Newark has Sussex Tech and Mtown this week, two tough games.

After that i would say Newark has six winnable games in a row, bwine, concord, christiana, delcastle, friends and WmPenn. Not all sure things, but certainly all winnable games for Newark. Then finish with DMA & Mtown again.

I think .500 is a very real possibility and with some good fortune they could be flirting with a playoff spot.

 

[CountianJeff]

Sussex Tech won 6-2.

 

[8yaz]

I'm just happy that Newark is competitive again. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see them as a playoff team.