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Monday, December 26, 2016

Boys Rankings at the Break

Find my long-winded rankings explanation here.  One other note: I don't believe in just taking the last set of rankings and moving teams a spot or two based on recent results.  I build the whole thing over again without looking at what I wrote last week.  I think that's a more honest way to do it, but it does sometimes result in a re-ordering that may seem kind of random. A lot of these teams are very, very close and any small tweak in how you look at it makes a difference. Doin' my best, here.

THE TOP TWENTY BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING TEAMS IN NEW JERSEY

1. Woodbridge     (LW: 1, GA: 214)
2. Shawnee     (LW: 4, GA: 212)
3. East Brunswick     (LW: 3, GA: 209)
4. Brick Memorial     (LW: 2, GA: 210)
5. Toms River South     (LW: 6, GA: 205)
6. Manasquan     (LW: 5, GA: 202)
7. Ocean Township     (LW: 9, GA: 201)
8. Cherry Hill East     (LW: 11, GA: 200)
9. Brick Township     (LW: 7, GA: 199)
10. South Brunswick     (LW: 8, GA: 199)
11. Lacey     (LW: 14, GA: 195)
12. Pascack Valley     (LW: 12, GA: 197)
13. Indian Hills     (LW: 16, GA: 197)
14. Sayreville     (LW: un, GA: 194)
15. Montville     (LW: un, GA: 193)
16. St. Joseph - Metuchen     (LW: 18, GA: 194)
17. Seneca     (LW: 13, GA: 194)
18. Monroe     (LW: 17, GA: 196)
19. St. Rose     (LW: un, GA: 198)
20: Central     (LW: un, GA: 193)


Couldn't really be anyone else at #1 after that 3536 on Thursday. Shawnee has been more consistently excellent that the other contenders for #2, but clearly any one of the teams ranked 2-4 could shoot a monster number on any give day. TRS has been on fire lately with four sets of 3083 or better last week.

Cherry Hill East earned an improved ranking by averaging 207 over 2 matches last week.  Sayreville & Montville earned some mea culpas from me; their recent results make it clear that one or two subpar results earlier in the season shouldn't be held against them. St. Rose is still under small-sample-size alert, but their 2 recorded results are just too good to ignore.

5 TEAMS THAT JUST MISSED

Livingston
Old Bridge
Pompton Lakes
Warren Hills
Sussex Tech

I jumped the gun on Livingston's ranking last week, which should reflect poorly on me and certainly not them: they're a really good team. Old Bridge, Warren Hills and Sussex Tech are all missing just one thing: consistency, while Pompton Lakes is in that 4-man team gray area.

5 TEAMS TO KEEP AN EYE ON

Egg Harbor
Hudson Catholic
Toms River North
Iselin Kennedy
Toms River East

Egg Harbor isn't quite hitting the heights they did earlier, but we know the talent is there. Hudson Catholic averaged over 200 this week and looks to be trending up. JFK, TRN and TRE all have both tough tournament results and really excellent match scores on their resumes; TRE, for example, put up a huge 3154 but came in 12th in qualifying at RWTI the next day. Any of these five has the potential to make a big second half push.

Girls rankings coming tomorrow.

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