Sporting News/School Sports National Pre-Season Top 50

[prepsportsfan]

Saw this on another site. These are the Sporting News/School Sports National Pre-Season Top 50 rankings for those teams playing in the Herbstreit Challenge this year.

2. Lakeland (Lakeland, FL)
5. St. Edward (Lakewood, OH)
10. Byrnes (Duncan, SC)
15. Hamilton (Chandler, AZ)
16. De La Salle (Concord, CA)
18. St. Xavier (Cincinnati, OH)
25. St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia, PA)
29. Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, NJ)
33. Washington-Massillon (Massillon, OH)
43. Colerain (Cincinnati, OH)

Ten pre-season nationally ranked teams playing on the same weekend in Ohio. It's gonna be special!

[longtimefirsttime]

I'm sure there are 50 threads on another site whining about how Massillon is ranked above Colerain. :snore: That weekend we'll all be saying OH-IO.

[scottyotc]

They really havent started their crying yet ...they are more peeved about being ranked below x....God those folks are annoying...

[scottyotc]

It just kills me they have a run of 4 years after 30 years in the desert and now we must bow down to their omnipotence.....or is that omni impotence...damn wheres the thesaurus....:puke:

[gotigers1]

What?? They stopped complaing about the finals be held in Stark County for a day??? WOW!

[monte81]

We will be in the top 10 before the mid season!!!

[longtimefirsttime]

What?? They stopped complaing about the finals be held in Stark County for a day??? WOW!

Well indirectly. No one started a thread about it but they still whined about it when someone started a thread noting the East/West game attendance outnumbered the North-South attendance by at least 2-thousand.

[scottyotc]

Well indirectly. No one started a thread about it but they still whined about it when someone started a thread noting the East/West game attendance outnumbered the North-South attendance by at least 2-thousand.

lol... that was me :pimp: I couldnt resist...

I was saying that the Colerain folks hadnt complained about being ranked below Massillon yet in that poll.

[marlow]

Were there any other teams in the Top 50 on Massillon's schedule besides the ones above?

Thnx!!

[longtimefirsttime]

Were there any other teams in the Top 50 on Massillon's schedule besides the ones above?

Thnx!!

They are the only one at this point. It's a pretty tough list to crack.

[scottyotc]

with McKs cake schedule I think they'll crack the top 25 by week 10.

with our schedule I wouldnt be surprised to see us drop out...

[monte81]

with McKs cake schedule I think they'll crack the top 25 by week 10.

with our schedule I wouldnt be surprised to see us drop out...

Don't be so positive scottyotc! We are going to roll through teams! i dont see us losing any games this year!!!! We have a strong schedule however Coach Stacy would sign up to play Iggy, hamilton, Warren, etc,... if he did not know we were going to superior this year. Some players are going to emerge and dominate plays! These players have a refuse to lose mentallity! The juniors last year elevated our squad and will lead us to the championship! i been dealing with this team since daily, gamble, mcguire, miller etc,... played midget and junior high and predicted this team would be special 7 years ago!!!!! The show starts 8/25/06!

[Kamd50]

I am with you on that Monte81 !
Tigers are going to rock the house that Paul Brown built this season:weightlift: (we need a smilie with running shoes for speed or sumptin') lol
:TIG2: :ERS2:

[Al.]

I am with you on that Monte81 !Tigers are going to rock the house that Paul Brown built this season:weightlift: (we need a smilie with running shoes for speed or sumptin') lol
http://bestsmileys.com/sports2/13.gif

[scottyotc]

I feel ya Monte . Id love a 10-0 season. Its less important to me than a championship though. Our schedule will prepare us for a deep run because of the quality of our opposition.

Sometimes a loss is needed. I think week 10 last year motivated some, and drove us to week 15.

[GrowlingTiger87]

Sometimes a loss is needed. I think week 10 last year motivated some, and drove us to week 15.

I couldn't agree more. Even though I ALWAYS want to win Week 10, but I think it ultimately spured us onto our phenomenal run.

[DaveDawg]

Sporting News HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL 06 Magazine
On New Stands Now

USA's TOP 20 ***MIDWEST*** HS TEAMS
by the Sporting News (www.SportingNews.com)
TOP 20 MIDWEST TEAMS
1. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio)
2. Warren Central (Indianapolis)
3. St. Xavier (Cincinnati)
4. Lincoln Way East (Frankfort, Ill)
5. St. Mary's (Orchard Lake, Mi.)
6. Trinity (Louisville, Ky.)
7. Washington (Massillon, Ohio)
8. Mount Carmel (Chicago, Ill.)
9. Colerain (Cincinnati)
10. Warrensville South (Weaton, Ill.)
11. Brother Rice (Bloomfield, Mi.)
12. Sacred Heart Griffin (Springfield, Ill.)
13. Eden Prairie (Eden Prairie, Mn.)
14. CANTON McKINLEY
15. Maine South (Park Ridge, Ill.)
16. Male (Louisville, Ky.)
17. Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio)
18. Park (Racine, Wi.)
19. Valley (West Des Moines, Iowa)
20. Cretin-Derham Hall (St. Paul Mn.)

[Spize]

http://bestsmileys.com/sports2/13.gif


Lemme fix that for you....

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[Al.]

Lemme fix that for you....

http://www.massillon.cc/13.gif

Looks alot better Spize.:thumbsup:

[TigerVic]

What was the highest Ohio Div. II (or lower) team in that Top 50?

[TIGER27]

Well we'll get to see St. Eds early before we take on Hamilton right?

[massillonmarine]

Hilarious how Massillon is #33 in the country and #7 in the midwest region and people on other sites have us as low as #7 in Ohio. Are you freaking kidding me?

[chumly]

TigerVic
Great point about "how many DivII schools were in the Top 50??:2thumbsup:

[Smitty]

... Massillon is #33 in the country and #7 in the midwest region ....

FWIW, I saw "similar" rankings in a H.S. Football magazine last night.

St X is ranked # 3 in the midwest region; St Ed's was #5.
Yes, they had Massillon at # 7.
McKinley is # 14 and Colerain # 17 in the midwest rankings.

I didn't see any other Ohio teams ranked. (I might have missed 'em?)

Of course, much of these pre-season rankings are based upon last-year's success.

Any FAN who thinks his team (not one of the above-mentioned 5 teams) deserves higher ranking is either grossly optomistic or delusional.

[monte81]

The preseason hype is all good however it really dont matter until game night!
Lets look back at the end of season and see who faired better. We have a great chance barring major injury to take it all the way! After week 3 and 4 we will know how good we really are!

[TIGER27]

Hilarious how Massillon is #33 in the country and #7 in the midwest region and people on other sites have us as low as #7 in Ohio. Are you freaking kidding me?

It's called no respect!