Class
of 2015 Power Ratings
I
re-evaluated some teams and conferences this week and updated my class of 2015
power rankings. These rankings are based
upon various factors which include the strength of conferences, won and lost
record. I also consider the effort
placed in non-conference games.
1.
Providence
2.
Nequa
Valley
3.
Batavia
4.
Sandberg
5.
Benet
Academy
6.
York
7.
Lockport
8.
St.
Laurence
9.
Bradley
10. Lyons
11. Wheaton Academy
12. St. Rita
13. Oak Park
14. St. Frances
15. Downers Grove South
16. Mount Carmel
17. Lincoln Way North
18. Edwardsville
19. Willowbrook
20. Lincoln Way West
21. Libertyville
22. Glenbrook North
23. Brother Rice
24. Deerfield
25. Jacobs
Crunch Time
The stage is set for a West Suburban Athletic Conference
showdown between the York Dukes and Lyons Township. Each team enters today’s game with two
losses. York lost a 6 – 5 game to Downers
Grove North and then swept Proviso West and Glenbard West. They took an old fashion tail beating against
Oak Park River Forest when Ryan Fish put
ice on the Dukes’ hot bats. In an 11 – 0
rout by the former year Freshman A team WSC champs, the Dukes could only hope
that they would not slip to third place in their division as they did during
their freshmen year. They bounced back
and won the next two games against the Huskies, but they found themselves one
game behind Lyons.
This weekend, however, gave hope to the Dukes when the Oak
Park River Forest Huskies split the double header with Lyons. In what seemed like a one man show, Jack
Stannard pitched and hit his way to a 3 – 1 victory in the second game of the
double header. After losing the first
game 7 – 4, the Huskies hopes of a championship became bleak. They needed a win just to have a mathematical
chance. Lyons nearly crushed all hopes
for the Huskies during the first game when they broke a 4 – 4 tie in the sixth
inning with three runs.
Oak Park River Forest is all but guaranteed a third place
finish getting help from an unlikely rival in Glenbard West. After a home-run to left field by Arno Curtis,
the Hilltoppers’ motivation inspired them to a remarkable seventh inning win as
Freshman Jake Rosely scored on an error for the game winning run and
upset. The score was tied in the bottom
of the seventh inning when Rosely singled and was pushed over by a sacrifice
bunt from Lunkins. Then Curtis had
another timely hit with a single to left that pushed Rosely to third. An untimely error by the pitcher cost the
Trojans the game.
But it was the Downers Grove North Trjans that helped the
York Dukes by defeating Lyons in the third and final game of their series. Unfortunately, the Trojans do not have enough
pitching for them to have consistent play and they have invariably lost games
that were well within their reach to win.
Just as dramatic as the West Suburban Athletic Conference is,
the South Suburban Conference had surprising games as well. Bradley solidified its dominance over Lincoln
Way West with great pitching in a 5 – 1 victory. This second lost to Bradley all but knocks
the Warriors out of contention for a conference championship. The Lockport sophomore team had a 10 – 2
record entering the game against Oak Lawn.
With a strong pitching staff, it seemed as if the game would be in
control for them from start to finish and that was the case until the fourth
inning. Lockport took a two run lead
into the fourth gave up four. Ironically
enough it was Oak Lawn’s pitching that stole the spot light and defeated the
first place Porters. Now just one game
ahead of Sandberg, Lockport has no more room for error. Their big date with Providence is approaching
quickly. They are battle tested now they
must go on to glory.
Other
games to note
Barrington
Harlem
|
8
9
|
Benet Academy
Marist
|
12 6
3 9
|
Grant
Antioch
|
12
0
|
Batavia
St. Charles E.
|
4
5
|
Loyola
Brother Rice
|
5
3
|
Bloom
Argo
|
7
6
|
Carmel
Nazareth
|
4
5
|
Glenbard East
Naperville North
|
3 3
4 1
|
Glenbrook North
Evanston
|
1 0
3 1
|
Elk Grove
Libertyville
|
4 5
8 3
|
Bradley
Lincoln Way W.
|
5
1
|
Lake Park
Matea Valley
|
3 12
6 5
|
New Trier
Deerfield
|
2 5
4 7
|
Brother Rice
Stagg
|
5
7
|
Buffalo Grove
Schaumburg
|
5
1
|
Batting Leader Board
(Must have a minimum of 25 at bats)
Name AB AVG School
Chris Johnson
|
29
|
655
|
Wheaton Academy
|
Jabari Morris
|
25
|
560
|
York
|
Dan Petrou
|
27
|
519
|
Lincoln Way West
|
Dan Minik
|
31
|
484
|
Benet Academy
|
Tanner Phillips
|
32
|
469
|
Wheaton Academy
|
Nolan Spencer
|
44
|
455
|
York
|
Josh Crosby
|
25
|
440
|
Benet Academy
|
Evan Plonis
|
30
|
433
|
Benet Academy
|
Garrett Acton
|
63
|
429
|
Brother Rice
|
Ryan Fish
|
35
|
429
|
Oak Park River Forest
|
Brian Peterson
|
35
|
429
|
York
|
Mat Fitzgerald
|
26
|
429
|
Matea Valley
|
Ben Manski
|
41
|
415
|
Libertyville
|
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