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March 14, 2009
DSN HIGH SCHOOL RANKINGS
Regular season wrapping up; playoffs next
By Phil Stephens
Editor
DallasSoccerNews.com
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Ryan Yee controls the ball for the Poteet Pirates. Yee's team is ranked third in the Dallas Soccer News' 4A boys' poll.
Photo by Michael Stephens |
Most 4A boys and girls finished district play Friday and all will be finished by Saturday, March 14. After district certification, bi-district play starts Thursday and continues through Saturday for those teams not having first-round byes. 5A boys and girls team finish district play by Tuesday, March 17, with their district certification to follow. The 5A playoff trail starts March 23-24 with bi-district play.
5A Boys
Jesuit and Plano High hold the top slots, but a loss by Coppell drops the Cowboys to seventh in a very competitive field. Flower Mound Marcus benefits, rising to third. Arlington Sam Houston moves up fourth, but undefeated Sachse (23-0-2) deservedly jumps to fifth. Naaman Forest slips out of the poll as Southlake Carroll (14-4-5) moves up to ninth. South Grand Prairie (13-7-3) comes into the poll in 10th.
1) Jesuit (15-0-2)
2) Plano High (16-2-5)
3) Flower Mound Marcus (16-5)
4) Arlington Sam Houston (18-4-1)
5) Sachse (23-0-2)
6) Hebron (13-6-3)
7) Coppell (14-4-5)
8) Keller (16-1-3)
9) Southlake Carroll (14-4-5)
10) South Grand Prairie (13-7-3)
5A Girls
Allen’s back and forth swap fest with Coppell continued, with Allen bumping up to first (17-4-4). Coppell, now third at 13-2-5, was leap-frogged by Hebron, back on the rise at 14-1-5. Lake Highlands’ winning ways pushes them two slots up to fourth, while McKinney Boyd moved to fifth, up one level. Plano East dropped two pegs to sixth. Southlake Carroll, with two district losses, slid to 10th, while Euless Trinity, Flower Mound Marcus and Colleyville Heritage take advantage in a move upward of one notch each.
1) Allen (13-2-5)
2) Hebron (14-1-5)
3) Coppell (17-4-4)
4) Lake Highlands (14-2-2)
5) McKinney Boyd (18-3-2
6) Plano East (13-4-5)
7) Euless Trinity (16-2-2)
8) Flower Mound Marcus (10-6-2)
9) Colleyville Heritage (19-5)
10) Southlake Carroll (11-7-2)
4A Boys
McKinney (13-5-3) holds to first, though Richardson Pearce (13-5-2) is in their shadow. McKinney North slips to seventh from third and are replaced by hard-charging Denton Guyer (15-4-2) and 9-0 in district. Mesquite Poteet (15-4-3) falls in at fourth. Frisco Wakeland is solid at fifth, while Midlothian raises two spots to sixth. R.L.Turner trades down to eighth.
1) McKinney (21-2-2)
2) Richardson Pearce (13-5-2)
3) Guyer (15-4-2)
4) Mesquite Poteet (15-4-3)
5) Frisco Wakeland (17-3-5)
6) Midlothian(3-1) (18-3-2)
7) McKinney North (13-8-2)
8) Carrollton R.L. Turner (14-3-2)
9) Little Elm (2-1) (14-7-4)
10) Corsicana (14-5-4)
4A Girls
Maybe it isn’t fair to fall out of first because of a tie on the road, but Pearce will be able to right the table in the playoffs. Meanwhile, the McKinney’s girls’ diligence and perfect district record pays off with recognition as North Texas’ top-ranked team. Pearce moves on in second place, which is all moot once the playoffs begin. Meanwhile, some middle of the table teams exchange places, while Denton Ryan edges into the top ten as Denton Guyer falls out.
1) McKinney (13-1-2)
2) Richardson Pearce (17-1-2)
3) Mesquite Poteet (20-1-1)
4) W. Falls High (19-3-1)
5) Highland Park (16-2-4)
6) Frisco Wakeland (16-3)
7) Kennedale (18-2-4)
8) Midlothian (17-6-1)
9) Frisco (15-3-2)
10) Denton Ryan (19-1-3)
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