Butler moved up to No. 3, Fox Chapel dropped five spots and Upper St. Clair moved into the top 10.
That’s the way this week’s state rankings played out in Class 6A boys. This is the final rankings before the WPIAL playoffs start Friday.
The shakeup in the Class 6A rankings occurred after Upper St. Clair defeated Fox Chapel, 61-46, this past Friday. Fox Chapel was the No. 3 team in the state, but moved down to No. 8. Butler moved up a spot to No. 3 while Upper St. Clair jumped to No. 7. Upper St. Clair was unranked last week.
The state rankings are compiled by Mike Bullock and the Sunbury Daily Item. In other classifications, Vincentian is the highest-ranked team from the WPIAL, holding on to the No. 1 spot in Class 1A. The Royals stayed on top despite a loss to Cornell this past Friday.
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is No. 2 in Class 2A. North Catholic is No. 4 in Class 3A and Lincoln Park No. 5. Bishop Canevin is No. 5 in Class 1A.
Here are the Sunbury Daily Item’s state rankings (districts are in parentheses):
CLASS 6A
No. School Rec Prev
1. Cheltenham (1) 21-2 1
2. Roman Catholic (12) 14-8 2
3. Butler (7) 16-4 4
4. McDowell (10) 17-3 5
5. Wilson (3) 21-1 6
6. Methacton (1) 21-2 7
7. Upper St. Clair (7) 19-3 OW
8. Fox Chapel (7) 20-1 3
9. Simon Gratz (12) 19-4 9
10. Bethlehem Liberty (11) 19-4 OW
Checked in: No. 7 Upper St. Clair and No. 10 Bethlehem Liberty.
Checked out: No. 8 Garnet Valley and No. 10 Mount Lebanon.
Others to watch: Abraham Lincoln (12) 13-9; Allderdice (8) 17-5; Bensalem (1) 17-6; Bethlehem Freedom (11) 15-8; Cedar Crest (3) 19-3; Central Dauphin (3) 17-5; Central York (3) 19-3; Chambersburg (3) 16-6; Chester (1) 19-3; Coatesville (1) 17-6; Cumberland Valley (3) 18-4; Easton (11) 15-7; Garnet Valley (1) 20-2; Harrisburg (3) 14-8; Kennedy Catholic (10) 13-8; Lower Merion (1) 17-5; Mount Lebanon (7) 16-5; Olney (12) 20-3; Pennridge (1) 17-6; Pine-Richland (7) 14-7; Reading (3) 15-6; Warwick (3) 17-4; Wilkes-Barre (2) 13-9; William Allen (11) 19-4.
CLASS 5A
No. School Rec Prev
1. Archbishop Wood (12) 18-4 1
2. West Chester East (1) 21-2 2
3. Cathedral Prep (10) 13-5 3
4. Cardinal O’Hara (12) 16-6 4
5. Milton Hershey (3) 18-3 6
6. Archbishop Ryan (12) 14-8 5
7. Pottsville (11) 18-4 8
8. Wallenpaupack (2) 19-2 9
9. New Oxford (3) 20-3 10
10. Penn Hills (7) 18-4 OW
Checked in: No. 10 Penn Hills.
Checked out: No. 7 Gettysburg.
Others to watch: Abington Heights (2) 15-6; Bayard Rustin (1) 15-7; Chartiers Valley (7) 17-4; Crestwood (2) 16-6; Dallas (2) 17-5; DuBois (9) 17-2; Elizabethtown (3) 17-6; Gettysburg (3) 22-1; Holy Ghost Prep (1) 19-3; Johnstown (6) 18-3; Mars (7) 17-4; Martin Luther King (12) 17-5; Muhlenberg (3) 17-5; Northern York (3) 18-4; Obama Academy (8) 12-8; Penncrest (1) 18-5; Shippensburg (3) 17-5; Southern Lehigh (11) 18-4; Thomas Jefferson (7) 15-7; Unionville (1) 17-6; York (3) 16-6; York Suburban (3) 15-5.
CLASS 4A
No. School Rec Prev
1. Bonner-Prendergast (12) 17-4 1
2. Imhotep Charter (12) 17-6 2
3. Hickory (10) 18-4 3
4. Allentown Central Catholic (11) 20-3 4
5. Archbishop Carroll (12) 14-8 6
6. Scranton Prep (2) 16-4 5
7. Bishop McDevitt (3) 18-4 7
8. Huntingdon (6) 18-2 8
9. Highlands (7) 19-3 9
10. Uniontown (7) 19-2 10
Checked in: No one.
Checked out: No one.
Others to watch: Bedford (5) 13-6; Belle Vernon (7) 16-6; Blackhawk (7) 11-10; Central Valley (7) 13-7; Corry (10) 15-6; Danville (4) 15-6; Eastern York (3) 14-8; Elco (3) 18-5; Grove City (10) 13-8; Harbor Creek (10) 14-7; Knoch (7) 18-3; Lancaster Catholic (3) 19-2; Lewisburg (4) 16-6; Montoursville (4) 15-4; New Castle (7) 14-7; Overbrook (12) 13-8; Pope John Paul II (1) 18-5; Quaker Valley (7) 16-5; Shamokin (4) 15-6; South Philadelphia (12) 14-9; Susquehanna Twp. (3) 14-7; Tamaqua (11) 16-6; Tyrone (6) 18-2; Valley View (2) 14-6.
CLASS 3A
No. School Rec Prev
1. Bishop McDevitt (12) 16-6 1
2. Neumann-Goretti (12) 18-4 2
3. Trinity (3) 18-2 3
4. North Catholic (7) 19-2 4
5. Lincoln Park (7) 18-4 5
6. Loyalsock (4) 22-0 6
7. Wyoming Seminary (2) 20-2 7
8. Holy Redeemer (2) 15-6 8
9. Ligonier Valley (6) 21-2 9
10. Camp Hill (3) 16-6 10
Checked in: No one.
Checked out: No one.
Others to watch: Aliquippa (7) 14-8; Beaver Falls (7) 13-7; Central Columbia (4) 16-5; Charleroi (7) 15-6; Columbia (3) 16-6; Fairview (10) 18-2; Franklin (10) 16-5; High School of the Future (12) 14-9; Hughesville (4) 16-5; Lakeland (2) 15-5; Mercyhurst Prep (10) 17-4; Mount Carmel (4) 17-5; Neshannock (7) 14-7; Richland (6) 14-6; Riverside (2) 13-7; Science Leadership-Beeber (12) 18-5; Seton-La Salle (7) 14-6; Sharpsville (10) 13-7; South Allegheny (7) 21-1; Upper Dauphin (3) 16-6; Washington (7) 15-6; West Catholic (12) 8-13; West Shamokin (6) 16-4; Westmont Hilltop (6) 16-4.
CLASS 2A
No. School Rec Prev
1. Math, Civics & Sciences (12) 18-5 1
2. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (7) 20-1 2
3. Executive Education (11) 12-6 3
4. Bishop Guilfoyle (6) 18-1 4
5. Steelton-Highspire (3) 13-9 5
6. Holy Cross (2) 18-2 6
7. Farrell (10) 13-7 9
8. Sto-Rox (7) 15-6 10
9. Constitution (12) 11-12 7
10. Cambridge Springs (10) 18-3 OW
Checked in: No. 10 Cambridge Springs.
Checked out: No. 8 Coudersport.
Others to watch: Apollo-Ridge (7) 16-6: Bloomsburg (4) 14-7; Coudersport (9) 17-3; Dock Mennonite (1) 18-4; Jeannette (7) 15-7; Keystone (9) 19-2; Laurel (7) 14-7; Marian Catholic (11) 18-4; Millersburg (3) 17-5; Millville (4) 13-5; Moravian Academy (11) 17-5; North Star (5) 19-2; Portage (6) 16-4; Ridgway (9) 14-6; Schuylkill Haven (11) 19-3; Shenango (7) 16-5; Springdale (7) 19-3; Tussey Mountain (5) 14-5; West Branch (6) 16-3; Williams Valley (11) 15-6; Wyalusing Valley (4) 16-5.
CLASS 1A
No. School Rec Prev
1. Vincentian (7) 18-4 1
2. Shade (5) 21-1 3
2. Berlin Brothersvalley (5) 19-1 2
4. Elk County Catholic (9) 20-1 4
5. Bishop Canevin (7) 17-4 5
6. St. John Neumann (4) 18-3 6
7. Chester Charter (1) 16-6 7
8. The Christian Academy (1) 19-3 8
9. Bishop Carroll (6) 12-8 9
10. Clarion-Limestone (9) 17-3 10
Checked in: No one.
Checked out: No one.
Others to watch: Cameron County (9) 15-4; Cornell (7) 15-6; Greensburg Central Catholic (7) 16-5; Halifax (3) 15-7; Imani Christian (7) 14-8; Johnsonburg (9) 14-6; Lancaster County Christian (3) 15-5; Leechburg (7) 14-6; Lititz Christian (3) 19-2; Mount Calvary (3) 20-2; Nativity (11) 16-6; Nazareth Prep (7) 15-7; North Penn-Liberty (4) 20-2; Phil-Mont Christian (1) 15-7; Sankofa Freedom (12) 7-13; Southern Fulton (5) 14-6; Sullivan County (4) 16-5; Williamsburg (6) 13-5.
Mike White: mwhite@post-gazette.com and Twitter @mwhiteburgh
First Published: February 10, 2020, 11:37 p.m.
