Power Pack: High School Rankings
Wednesday, October 09, 2013
Each week on GoLocal Worcester we will take a look around Central Massachusetts and evaluate how the top teams performed across football, boys' and girls' soccer.
No doubt, every week the top teams will be challenged. Some will fall, others will triumph but without a doubt GoLocal Worcester will be there to keep the fans updated and rank the teams accordingly. Here are this week's rankings:
Football
While Leominster maintained its strangle-hold atop the standings, St. John's (Shrewsbury) pulled off a big upset of Nashoba to move up to the three-spot. Nashoba found itself on the losing end of a game for the first time in 29 games but only fell to the number four slot.
This week features a huge top-5 matchup between No. 1 Leominster and No. 5 Doherty. No. 4 Nashoba will face No. 8 Marlboro in the other top-10 matchup of the week.
1. Leominster (4-0, 1-0)
Last game: Win 34-0 vs. Wachusett
Next game: at (5) Doherty (4-0)
2. St. Peter-Marian (4-0, 1-0)
Last game: Win 31-6 at Holy Name
Next game: vs. Tantasqua
3. St. John's (Shrewsbury) (3-1, 0-0)
Last game: Win 49-21 at (4) Nashoba
Next game: at Shrewsbury
4. Nashoba (3-1, 2-0)
Last game: Loss vs. (3) St. John's (Shrewsbury)
Next game: at (8) Marlborough
5. Doherty (4-0, 1-0)
Last game: Win 40-12 vs. Worcester South
Next game: vs. (1) Leominster
6. Leicester (4-0, 3-0)
Last game: Win 15-6 vs. Auburn
Next game: at West Boylston
7. Hudson (4-0, 2-0)
Last game: Win 28-8 at Clinton
Next game: at Oakmont
8. Marlborough (4-0, 3-0)
Last game: Win 34-24 at Westborough
Next game: vs. (4) Nashoba
9. Uxbridge (4-0, 3-0)
Last game: Win 21-13 at David Prouty
Next game: at Millbury
10. Shepherd Hill (3-1, 1-0)
Last game: Win 36-22 at Grafton
Next game: vs. Wachusett
Boys' Soccer
The standings are tight in Boys' soccer with Wachusett sitting atop the standings following a 2-1 win over No. 6 Algonquin. Bartlett continued to make their case with an impressive 9-0 drubbing of Southborough.
This week has two top-10 match-ups as No. 3 Westborough travels to No. 9 Groton-Dunstable and No. 6 Algonquin makes the trip to No. 8 Shrewsbury.
1. Wachusett (8-1-1)
Last game: Win 2-1 vs. (6) Algonquin
Next game: at North Middlesex
2. Sutton (10-0-3)
Last game: Win 6-0 vs. Abby Kelley Foster
Next game: vs. Nipmuc
3. Westborough (8-1-2)
Last game: Draw 2-2 at Hudson
Next game: at (9) Groton-Dunstable
4. Marlboro (7-2-1)
Last game: Win 2-1 at (6) Algonquin
Next game: at Hudson
5. Bromfield (10-1-0)
Last game: Win 4-0 at Gardner
6. Algonquin (4-3-3)
Last game: Loss 2-1 vs. (4) Marlboro
Next game: at (8) Shrewsbury
7. Bartlett (9-1-1)
Last game: Win 9-0 vs. Southbridge
Next game: at Leicester
8. Shrewsbury (5-3-2)
Last game: Win 1-0 vs. Nashoba
Next game: vs. (6) Algonquin
9. Groton-Dunstable (4-5-2)
Last game: Loss 2-1 at Dracut
Next game: vs. (3) Westborough
10. Douglas (8-2-2)
Last game: Win 7-1 at Abby Kelley Foster
Next game: at Nipmuc
Girls' Soccer
Westborough holds a slim lead in an extremely tight race for the top spot. Teams like Algonquin, Northbridge and Millbury are all coming off impressive wins. Yet all of those were overshadowed by Sutton's 10-0 win over Burncoat, a rare double-digit soccer win.
This week features good top-10 match-ups including No. 6 Sutton traveling to No. 5 Nipmuc and No. 8 Northbridge hosting No. 10 Auburn.
1. Westborough (8-0-2)
Last game: Win 4-1 at Hudson
Next game: at Ludlow
2. Algonquin (8-2-1)
Last game: Win 4-0 vs. Marlboro
Next game: at Shrewsbury
3. Nashoba (7-1-2)
Last game: Win 2-0 vs. Acton-Boxborough
Next game: at Leominster
4. Wachusett (6-1-5)
Last game: Loss 1-0 vs. (2) Algonquin
Next game: vs North Middlesex
5. Nipmuc (9-1-1)
Last game: Win 1-0 vs. Hopedale
Next game: at Blackstone-Millville
6. Sutton (10-1-1)
Last game: Win 10-0 vs. Burncoat
Next game: at (5) Nipmuc
7. Littleton (9-1-2)
Last game: Draw 1-1 vs. Maynard
Next game: at Bromfield
8. Northbridge (9-0-2)
Last game: Win 4-0 vs. Tantasqua
Next game: vs. (10) Auburn
9. Millbury (10-1-0)
Last game: Win 6-1 vs. Leicester
Next game: at Tantasqua
10. Auburn (6-3-1)
Last game: Win 2-1 at Quaboag
Next game: at (8) Northbridge
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