EMASS TOP 20

10/23/08

THIS IS A COMBINED TOP 20 POLL USING INFORMATION GATHERED FROM MASSLIVE, BOSTON GLOBE, BOSTON HERALD, CALPREPS AND HIGHSCHOOLSPORTS.NET.

GLOSSARY=RANK-TEAM-(W-L)-NEXT OPPONENT.

1. EVERETT (5-1) IDLE

BIG WIN VS XAVERIAN VIRTUALLY LOCKS UP THE TOP SPOT (BARRING A MONUMENTAL UPSET) UNTIL THE PLAYOFFS.

2. BC HIGH (5-1) IDLE

TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS AGAINST CAMBRIDGE. A WEEK BREATHER UNTIL THE CATHOLIC CONFERENCE BEGINS.

3. DRACUT (5-1) @ #6 BILLERICA

GAME OF THE WEEK IN THE ENTIRE STATE. DRACUT HAS PLAYED TOUGHER, BUT BILLERICA HAS HOME FIELD.

4. DUXBURY (6-0) @ #74 SCITUATE

CN8 GAME OF THE WEEK TOOK A HIT WITH THE SCITUATE LOSS TO SILVER LAKE.

5. XAVERIAN (4-2) @ #65 BRIDGEWATER-RAYNHAM

PAINFULL LOSS TO THE TIDE, CAN BE AVENGED AT PLAYOFF TIME IF THE HAWKS WIN OUT.

6. BILLERICA (6-0) VS #3 DRACUT

COULD MEAN THE SEASON FOR THE INDIANS. BIG WIN OVER NH’S BEST LAST WEEK.

7. CATHOLIC MEMORIAL (6-0) IDLE

RAISED EYEBROWS WITH A THRASHING OF MALDEN CATHOLIC. LET’S SEE HOW THEY FARE AGAINT PREP NEXT WEEK.

8. (TIE) MANSFIELD @ #136 CANTON

HORNETS KEEP WINNING BUT CAN’T GAIN GROUND BECAUSE OF A SOFT MIDDLE OF THE SEASON SCHEDULE.

8. (TIE) ATTLEBORO (6-0) @ #135 SOMERSET

ANOTHER TEAM THAT IS STILL IN THE “PROVE IT TO ME” STAGE.

10. DARTMOUTH (6-0) VS #147 NEW BEDFORD

LACK OF SYLVIA AND QUALITY OPPONENTS HAS KEPT THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE RATHER QUIET ABOUT THE INDIANS.

11. (TIE)BROCKTON (4-3) @ #190 DURFEE

BACK OVER .500. THE REST OF THE BOXER’S GAMES ARE JUST REHEARSALS FOR THE PLAY-OFFS.

11. (TIE) MARSHFIELD (5-1) VS #182 PLYMOUTH SOUTH

LOOKING TO SWEEP THE PLYMOUTHS.

13. ACTON-BOXBORO (5-1) @ #237 BOSTON LATIN

A WIN THIS WEEK WILL STILL MOVE THEM DOWN THE POLLS.

14. READING (6-0) VS #142 WOBURN

THROTTLED SOMERVILLE LAST WEEK. LOOKING FOR THE SAME THIS WEEK.

15. BISHOP FEEHAN (4-1) VS #238 BISHOP STANG

ITS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THE SHAMROCKS HAVE LOST TO A TEAM FROM MA.

16. GLOUCESTER (5-1) @ #138 REVERE

WOULD LIKE A MULLIGAN IN THE SWAMPSCOTT GAME.

17. (TIE) WALPOLE (6-0) VS #275 DEDHAM

VERY CONVINCING WIN OVER THE MUSTANGS LAST WEEK.

17. (TIE) ST JOHN’S PREP (4-3) IDLE

WHO WOULD THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD BEAT EVERETT AND 3 WEEKS LATER BE HANGING ON TO A TOP 20 SPOT?

19. NORTON (6-0) @ #166 MEDFIELD

GOING TO BE HARD TO HOLD ON TO A TOP 20 WITH THE SCHEDULE THEY PLAY.

20. NATICK (6-0) @ #226 MILTON

STILL WAITING FOR THEIR CLASH WITH THE REBELS.

CLOSE TO CRACKING THE TOP 20-WAKEFIELD (5-0) AND SWAMPSCOTT (5-1).

DROPPING OUT OF LAST WEEK’S TOP 20, MELROSE.

FOR THOSE SCHOOLS WHO THINK THE SHOULD BE IN THE TOP 20 OR RANKED HIGHER, IT COMES DOWN TO WINS PLUS STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE.

ALL THESE SOURCES ARE INDEPENDENT OF ONE AN OTHER SO THERE IS NO BIAS.