EMASS TOP 20

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

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

1. EVERETT (5-1) @ #198 MEDFORD (0-7)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#1). EVERETT IS RANKED #261 NATIONALLY, MEDFORD #12,727!!! ENOUGH SAID.

2. DRACUT (6-1) @ #118 HAVERHILL (1-6)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#3). MIDDIES MOVE UP A SPOT AFTER A 1ST HALF TO REMEMBER AGAINST BILLERICA.

3. BC HIGH (5-1) VS #55 MALDEN CATHOLIC (4-3)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#2). EAGLES NEED TO GET BACK THEIR MOJO FROM EARLIER IN THE SEASON FOR THE STRETCH RUN.

4. DUXBURY (7-0) @ #173 WHITMAN-HANSON (1-6)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#4). TOOK CARE OF THE SAILORS WITH EASE. EVEN WITH A WIN THIS WEEK COULD MOVE DOWN.

5. XAVERIAN (5-2) @ #6 ST. JOHN'S (SHREWSBURY) (7-0)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#5). HAWKS HAVE A VERY TOUGH ROAD TEST AGAINST THE CREAM OF CMASS.

6. CATHOLIC MEMORIAL (6-0) @ #17 ST. JOHN'S PREP (4-3)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#7). TWO TEAMS HEADED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. CAN CM KEEP ITS UNDEFEATED SEASON ALIVE?

7. ATTLEBORO (7-0) VS #14 BISHOP FEEHAN (5-1)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#8). DOES ATTLEBORO GO ALL OUT TO WIN THIS OR DO THEY SAVE SOME PLAYS FOR THEIR SHOWDOWN WITH DARTMOUTH? INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW.

8. DARTMOUTH (7-0) @ #51 BRIDGEWATER-RAYHNAM (2-5)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#10). WEEK 2 OF THE RETURN OF SYLVIA. NOT GOING TO BE EASY AGAINST THE BEST (2-5) TEAM IN THE STATE.

9. MANSFIELD (6-1) @ #32 KING PHILIP (6-1)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#8). A CLASH OF HOCK POWERS? THIS YEAR IT IS.

10. MARSHFIELD (6-1) @ #101 FALMOUTH (3-3)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#11). RAMS LOOK KEEP THEIR DATE WITH DUXBURY MEANINGFUL.

11. BROCKTON (5-3) @ #46 LEOMINSTER (4-3)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#11). BOXER FANS HAVE BEEN AWFUL QUIET. I SENSE THEY HAVE SOMETHING UP THEIR SLEEVE COME PLAYOFF TIME.

12. ACTON-BOXBORO (6-1) VS #81 WALTHAM (2-5)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#13). COLONIALS PLAYING IN THE PROVERBIAL TRAP GAME WITH LINCOLN-SUDBURY ON DECK.

13. MELROSE (6-0) @ #91 BURLINGTON (1-6)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (UNRANKED). WELCOME TO THE TOP 20 MELROSE, YOU WIN YOU STAY IN.

14. BISHOP FEEHAN (5-1) @ #7 ATTLEBORO (7-0)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#15). SURVIVED A TRAP GAME AGAINST BISHOP STANG. COYLE-CASSIDY THE WEEK BEFORE AND ATTLEBORO THIS WEEK.

15. WALPOLE (7-0) @ #223 BRAINTREE (2-5)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#17). UHM, I WILL BE PICKING THE REBELS TO WIN LATER IN MY TOP 20 PICKS.

16. GLOUCESTER (6-1) @ #74 LYNN CLASSICAL (3-3)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#16). FISHERMAN STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THEY LOST TO SWAMPSCOTT.

17. ST. JOHN'S PREP (4-3) VS #6 CATHOLIC MEMORIAL (6-0)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#17). SEASON CAN STILL BE MORE THAN SALVAGED FOR THE EAGLES. THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE FEELING THEY HAD BEFORE THE EVERETT GAME.

18. READING (7-0) @ WAKEFIELD (5-0)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#14). FIRST OF 2 TOUGH TESTS IN THE NEXT 3 WEEKS FOR READING.

19. BILLERICA (6-1) VS #60 TEWKSBURY (2-5)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#6). SOMEBODY IS GOING TO PAY FOR LAST WEEK'S FIRST HALF AGAINST DRACUT. EITHER TEWKSBURY OR DRACUT NEXT YEAR.

20. SWAMPSCOTT (6-1) VS #90 SAUGUS (4-2)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (UNRANKED). BIG BLUE SLIDES IN TO THE TOP TWENTY FOR THE FIRST TIME. WIN AND STAY IN.

CLOSE TO CRACKING THE TOP 20, NATICK (7-0), LINCOLN-SUDBURY (6-1) AND NORTH ATTLEBORO (5-1).

DROPPING OUT OF THE TOP 20, NORTON (6-1).

FOR THOSE SCHOOLS THINKING THEY SHOULD BE IN THE TOP 20 OR RANKED HIGHER, IT COMES DOWN TO WINS AND STRNGTH OF SCHEDULE.

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