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Timpanogos UT rises to 5 with Firman win
By Paul Schmitz for DyeStat
We have one more ranking where where we will be giving some teams the benefit of the doubt based upon potential. For example, our top team, CBA, has run without a full line-up including the absence of Blaise Ferro, who is expected back soon. However, after this ranking, our next national list will weigh much more heavily on 2015.
Timpanogos of Utah is our big mover this week, up from #31 with their win in the Bob Firman Invitational over a stellar field that included Great Oak, Davis, Lehi and North Central. Their two-point win over Great Oak puts those teams neck and neck at US#5 and US#6.
Another riser in the poll is St. Ignatius, who was our preseason team to beat in Ohio and a team to watch in the national poll. They enter at US#13 after their impressive win at the Trinity/Valkyrie Invitational in Kentucky over preseason #10 Carmel IN and preseason Southeast #5 Brentwood TN. Fayetteville-Manlius, the reining NXN champ, continues their ascent, rising to US#22, but remains well behind our preseason darkhorse East Aurora NY, who have edged up to US#9.
Dowling Catholic IA broke up the Minnesota party in the Heartland with a win at the fabled Roy Griak Invite at the University of Minnesota. The team from Iowa beat preseason nationally ranked US#11 Edina, US#23 Wayzata and US#49 Millard West NE. DC debuts in our national ranking at US#15 and look for them to have a prominent place in our Heartland regional ranking next week.
Other debuts to our poll include Martin Luther King CA, Serena Park MD and Trinity Prep FL, who all had impressive weeks with high finishes over nationally ranked teams.
The Top 30, 10/1 1. Christian Brothers Academy NJ 2. Sandburg IL 3. American Fork UT 4. Lafayette MO 5. Timpanogos UT 6. Great Oak CA 7. Neuqua Valley IL 8. Southlake Carroll TX 9. East Aurora NY 10. Dana Hills CA 11. Davis UT 12. Hopkins MN 13. St. Ignatius OH 14. Martin Luther King CA 15. Dowling Catholic IA 16. Desert Hills UT 17. Carmel IN 18. Marietta GA 19. Severna Park MD 20. Edina MN 21. Trinity Prep FL 22. Fayetteville-Manlius NY 23. Ventura CA 24. Dulaney MD 25. Wayzata MN 26. La Salle Academy RI 27. Needham Broughton NC 28. Lowell MA 29. The Woodlands TX 30. Downingtown West PA More news
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