Re: Pennsylvania 2019
Posted: April 18th, 2019, 5:47 pm
they beat Harriton at regionals, and at least 1 invitational (i forget which)Alex-RCHS wrote:For non-PA people, what's the reasoning behind the Lower Merion hype?
they beat Harriton at regionals, and at least 1 invitational (i forget which)Alex-RCHS wrote:For non-PA people, what's the reasoning behind the Lower Merion hype?
I believe that invitational was SOUP.waffletree wrote:they beat Harriton at regionals, and at least 1 invitational (i forget which)Alex-RCHS wrote:For non-PA people, what's the reasoning behind the Lower Merion hype?
right. LM got 5th with 252 points and Harriton got 7th with 260.pb5754[] wrote:I believe that invitational was SOUP.waffletree wrote:they beat Harriton at regionals, and at least 1 invitational (i forget which)Alex-RCHS wrote:For non-PA people, what's the reasoning behind the Lower Merion hype?
1 Springhouse 2 Shady Side 3 Bala Cynwyd 4 Harlan Rowe 5 Eagle View 6 Strath Haven 7 Garnet Valley 8 Abington Heights 9 Stetson 10 Orefield 11 Hershey 12 Franklin Regional 13 Welsh Valley 14 Good Hope 15 Park Forest 16 Whitehall-Coplay 17 Kutztown Area 18 Warwick 19 Spring Grove Area 20 Norwin 21 Springton Lake 22 Winchester Thurston 23 Haverford 24 J.R. Fugett 25 Laurel 26 Wayne Highlands 27 Dallas 28 Waynesboro Area 29 Wilkes-Barre Academy 30 North Clarion 31 Quaker Valley 32 Kane Area 33 Clarion Area 34 North Pocono 35 Wattsburg Area 36 Peters Township
1 Lower Merion 2 Harriton 3 Bayard Rustin 4 Shady Side 5 Cumberland Valley 6 Penncrest 7 Conestoga 8 Northwestern Lehigh 9 North Pocono 10 Parkland 11 North Penn 12 Abington Heights 13 Garnet Valley 14 State College Area 15 Perkiomen Valley 16 Shipley 17 Stroudsburg 18 Hershey 19 Manheim Central 20 Allentown Central Catholic 21 Red Land 22 Dallas 23 North East 24 Wallenpaupack Area 25 Wyoming Area 26 Kutztown Area 27 Elizabethtown Area 28 Franklin Regional 29 Wyoming Seminary 30 Laurel 31 Quaker Valley 32 Mount Lebanon 33 Seneca 34 Winchester Thurston 35 Norwin 36 Kane Area
I think that State College in div c is a little understated. They were so close to cracking the top 10 last year, and after attending their first invy and having an impressive showing at regionals, I feel like 14th is just too low for them. They’re definitely on an upwards trajectory, and it would be nice to see a new team break the top 10.EastStroudsburg13 wrote:As promised, here are the ranks from the Excel spreadsheet I use. For people new to the site, this is a calculation I've developed over the years to try to help predict placements for teams. Some placements will end up being better than others, but in the past two years, both my B and C projections have been off on average by 3 places or less. This year, I've refined my "Bonus" factor a bit more, to include more specific invitational placements, so we will see if that ends up being an improvement or not. Anyway, the rankings:
1 Springhouse 2 Shady Side 3 Bala Cynwyd 4 Harlan Rowe 5 Eagle View 6 Strath Haven 7 Garnet Valley 8 Abington Heights 9 Stetson 10 Orefield 11 Hershey 12 Franklin Regional 13 Welsh Valley 14 Good Hope 15 Park Forest 16 Whitehall-Coplay 17 Kutztown Area 18 Warwick 19 Spring Grove Area 20 Norwin 21 Springton Lake 22 Winchester Thurston 23 Haverford 24 J.R. Fugett 25 Laurel 26 Wayne Highlands 27 Dallas 28 Waynesboro Area 29 Wilkes-Barre Academy 30 North Clarion 31 Quaker Valley 32 Kane Area 33 Clarion Area 34 North Pocono 35 Wattsburg Area 36 Peters TownshipWho do you think is overrated/underrated? I'd probably identify Wayne Highlands and North Pocono as candidates for underrated B teams, and Perkiomen Valley and Franklin Regional as candidates for underrated C teams. I also think Shady Side is a bit high in the C rankings, as I'd probably put them no higher than 7th, but maybe the algorithm knows something, so only time will tell.1 Lower Merion 2 Harriton 3 Bayard Rustin 4 Shady Side 5 Cumberland Valley 6 Penncrest 7 Conestoga 8 Northwestern Lehigh 9 North Pocono 10 Parkland 11 North Penn 12 Abington Heights 13 Garnet Valley 14 State College Area 15 Perkiomen Valley 16 Shipley 17 Stroudsburg 18 Hershey 19 Manheim Central 20 Allentown Central Catholic 21 Red Land 22 Dallas 23 North East 24 Wallenpaupack Area 25 Wyoming Area 26 Kutztown Area 27 Elizabethtown Area 28 Franklin Regional 29 Wyoming Seminary 30 Laurel 31 Quaker Valley 32 Mount Lebanon 33 Seneca 34 Winchester Thurston 35 Norwin 36 Kane Area
I actually have a combined B/C spreadsheet already made if you wanna contribute to that insteadwaffletree wrote:Here's the link to the Div B spreadsheet that I'll be running at states.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing
Everyone will be on comment, so if I miss or skip something, just comment it and I'll go back to put it when I can.
Give me credit, manAnomaly wrote:I actually have a combined B/C spreadsheet already made if you wanna contribute to that insteadwaffletree wrote:Here's the link to the Div B spreadsheet that I'll be running at states.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing
Everyone will be on comment, so if I miss or skip something, just comment it and I'll go back to put it when I can.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... kbb4Evbyzw
dxu helped with it did everything except input the teams