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If we learned one thing in Week 7, it is this: Skyline is good. Really good.
The top-ranked Spartans walloped previously third-ranked Issaquah 38-0 last week. The Eagles were without a couple key players, but it didn't appear that it mattered.
Skyline's defense has allowed only eight points this season -- the first-string has not allowed any points. The Spartans play Redmond this week before facing Crown Division champion Bothell for the KingCo Championship on Oct. 31.
A few notes about this week's rankings:
-- Kentwood's 24-7 win over Federal Way knocked the Eagles out of the Class 4A Top 10. Taking Federal Way's place is Bothell, which has won five straight since starting 0-2 with losses to Bellevue and Issaquah.
-- Despite losing 27-24 to Ferris, Central Valley remains at No. 6. I couldn't justify dropping them simply because they lost a close game to a very good team.
-- In the 3A rankings, the top seven teams stayed put. Liberty and O'Dea swapped spots because the Irish lost 17-14 in double-overtime to No. 7 Eastside Catholic. Also, Hanford takes North Kitsap's spot at No. 10.
-- All 10 teams in the 2A rankings won, so there are no changes.
-- Montesano took over the No. 3 spot in the 1A rankings after shutting out previous No. 3 Forks, 19-0. Castle Rock and Cascade (Leavenworth) flipped spots.
Click below for the rankings.
Area Top 10
1. Olympia
2. Auburn
3. Gig Harbor
4. Lakes
5. Curtis
6. Rogers
7. Tahoma
8. Kentwood
9. Federal Way
10. Peninsula
Class 4A
1. Skyline
2. Olympia
3. Ferris
4. Auburn
5. Marysville-Pilchuck
6. Central Valley
7. Southridge
8. Gig Harbor
9. Issaquah
10. Bothell
Class 3A
1. Bellevue
2. Ferndale
3. Lakes
4. Union
5. Kennedy
6. West Seattle
7. Eastside Catholic
8. Liberty
9. O’Dea
10. Hanford
Class 2A
1. Prosser
2. Archbishop Murphy
3. Tumwater
4. Burlington-Edison
5. Steilacoom
6. Othello
7. Lynden
8. W.F. West
9. Selah
10. Deer Park
Class 1A
1. Royal
2. Cashmere
3. Montesano
4. Orting
5. Cascade Christian
6. Forks
7. Nooksack Valley
8. Castle Rock
9. Cascade (Leavenworth)
10. Chelan
Class 2B
1. LaSalle
2. Willapa Valley
3. Asotin
4. Colfax
5. Toutle Lake
Class 1B
1. Cusick
2. Tri-Cities Prep
3. Odessa
4. Lacrosse-Washtucna
5. Lummi
COMMENTS:
I dont care bout any of these 2 teams, Skyline or Olympia until they step out of the state and play worthy competition.
(then he blocked me from replying, so I responded here)
DUH!!! ... what is this called???
This past summer, Skyline was selected by the Seahawks to represent them in the NFL 7-on-7 national tournament, a 16-team affair in New Orleans with many of the nation's top 2009 college recruits participating. It was the first time a Seattle-area team participated in the event.
Skyline went 11-0, knocked off the 2006 and '07 champs and won the tournament.
If that is not playing someone out of the state and worthy competition, I don't know what is! You need to read up more.
BTW, they were ranked 15th in UStoday and how many thousands of high school teams are in USA?
Jack
That said, I think we all can agree Skyline is a top-tier team.
Just wanted to clarify one thing raised earlier in these comments. Washington's 7-on-7 team was loaded with Skyline players -- five of the 12 players on the team were Spartans. But kids from Ferris, Ferndale, Kennedy and Issaquah also were on the team.
Thanks for clearing that up... I didn't know that.
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