EMASS TOP 20-11/11/08

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

GLOSSARY=RANK-POWER POINTS-TEAM-(W-L)-NEXT OPPONENT
NOTE: POWER POINTS ARE THE FORMULA I USE TO DETERMINE RANK

#1-(1.4)-EVERETT (7-1) VS MALDEN (4-5)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#1). TOOK CARE OF SOMERVILLE WITH EASE. GBL TITLE IMPLICATIONS THIS WEEK

#2-(2.4)-BC HIGH (7-1) VS #16 ST JOHN’S PREP (5-4)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#2). LEG ONE OF THE CATHOLIC CONFERENCE OBSTACLE COURSE UNDER THE EAGLES BELT WITH LAST WEEK’S WIN OVER XAVERIAN.

#3-(3.2) DRACUT (8-1) @ TEWKSBURY (2-7)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#3). MIDDIES LOCK UP THE MVC WITH A WIN. THEY ARE AVERAGING (38.6) POINTS PER GAME IN MVC ACTION AND A WHOPPING (48.25) IN THEIR LAST FOUR.

#4-(5.2)-DUXBURY (9-0) VS HANOVER (6-3)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#4). THE PATRIOT PLAYOFF BERTH ON THE LINE THIS WEEK.

#5-(7.4)-CATHOLIC MEMORIAL (8-0) VS #15 XAVERIAN (5-4)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#5). CM CONTROLS THEIR PLAYOFF DESTINY WITH A WIN THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK AT BC HIGH.

#6-(7.6)-DARTMOUTH (8-0) @ DURFEE (0-8)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#6). INDIANS COMPLETE GUTSY RUN AT OCL TITLE WITH A COME FROM BEHIND WIN OVER ATTLBORO. THIS WEEK YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE NEXT YEAR’S TEAM.

#7-(8.0)-MANSFIELD (8-1) @ NORWICH (CT) FREE ACADEMY (6-2)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#7). HORNETS CLINCH HOCK TITLE WITH A SQUEAKER OVER NORTH ATTLEBORO. THIS WEEK, A SEA OF GREEN HEADS SOUTH DOWN RT95 TO TAKE ON THE NUTMEG STATE.

#8-(10.6)-ACTON-BOXBORO (8-1) @ NEWTON SOUTH (4-5)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#13). UP 5 SPOTS WITH A BIG WIN OVER LINCOLN-SUDBURY. COLONIALS CLINCH DUAL COUNTY (LARGE) WITH A WIN THIS WEEK.

#9-(10.8)-READING (9-0) VS #13 MELROSE (8-0)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#9). THE MIDDLESEX LEAGUE TITLE IS ON THE LINE FOR THE ROCKETS. WIN THEY ARE IN.

#10-(12.0)-MARSHFIELD (8-1) VS SANDWICH (6-3)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#11). ATLANTIC COAST TITLE ON THE LINE FOR THE RAMS. WIN THEY ARE IN.

#11-(12.2)-BISHOP FEEHAN (7-1) @ SOMERSET (4-4)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#10). SHAMROCKS DISMANTLED DURFEE LAST WEEK. NEXT UP A WIN AND THE EAC TITLE.

#12-(12.4)-BROCKTON (6-3) VS NEW BEDFORD (2-7)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#12). BOXERS CAN WIN THE BIG 3 TITLE OUTRIGHT WITH A WIN OVER THE WHALERS.

#13-(13.4)-MELROSE (8-0) @ #9 READING (9-0)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#14). RED RAIDERS CONTROL THEIR DESTINY. FIRST THING IS TO TAKE CARE OF THE ROCKETS.

#14-(13.6)-GLOUCESTER (8-1) @ SALEM (3-6)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#15). FISHERMAN CLINCHED THE NEC LARGE WITH A THRASHING OF LYNN ENGLISH.

#15-(16.6)-XAVERIAN (5-4) @ #5 CATHOLIC MEMORIAL (8-0)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#8). HAWKS FALL 8 PLACES AFTER A NARROW LOSS TO BC HIGH. STRUGGLED LATELY LOSING 3 OF THEIR LAST 4.

#16-(19.0)-ST JOHN’S PREP (5-4) @ #2 BC HIGH (7-1)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#18). ENDED THEIR FOUR GAME LOSING STREAK WITH A WIN OVER MALDEN CATHOLIC. BIG, BIG GAME THIS WEEK AGAINST THE EAGLES.

#17-(19.2)-WALPOLE (9-0) @ #18 NATICK (9-0)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#19). THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER FOR THE MOST ANTICIPATED GAME OF THE YEAR IN THE BAY STATE LEAGUE. BAY STATE HERGET CROWN CAN BE CLINCHED WITH A WIN OVER NATICK

#18-(20.4)-NATICK (9-0) VS #17 WALPOLE (9-0)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (UNRANKED). NATICK ENTERS THE TOP 2O AT THE PERFECT TIME. A DREAM MATCHUP WITH WALPOLE FOR THE BAY STATE HERGET TITLE.

#19-(20.6)-MASCONOMET (6-3) VS IPSWICH (0-8)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (UNRANKED). CHIEFTAINS ENTER THE TOP 20 FOR THE FIRST TIME AND CLINCH THE CAPE ANN LARGE IN THE SAME WEEK. THIS WEEK’S GAME ISN’T GOING TO HELP THEM STAY IN.

#20-(22.8)-LINCOLN-SUDBURY (7-2) @ BOSTON LATIN (0-9)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#16). WARRIORS LOSE A TOUGH ONE AGAINST ACTON-BOXBORO. ALL IS NOT LOST, WIN OUT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

CLOSE TO CRACKING THE TOP 20, ATTLEBORO (7-2) AND NORTH ATTLEBORO (6-2).

DROPPING OUT OF THE TOP 20, SWAMPSCOTT (7-2) AND BILLERICA (7-2).

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

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