SHL Rankings, Scores, and Standings Week #9

[jchitwood]

We had quite a week of highlights, including North Adams regrouping and stringing together a couple wins, and Chris Cox slamming the ball on the floor at OSU. With the snow day canceling more than half the games, the division standings, nor the rankings, shifted much. That won't be the case this week, as the winner of Peebles/Manchester will surely catapult one team into the top spot. Still awaiting the score from Saturday's Lynchburg/West Union game.


1. The Ripley Blue Jays (10-1, 6-0) continue to coast, having won 8 straight games. This week they face West Union and Fayetteville. Next week they face their first series rival in weeks, Fleming County.

1. The Manchester Greyhounds (11-1, 7-0) I decided the Greyhounds deserved to be moved into a tie for the first spot. In the past few weeks their schedule they've beaten teams by a commanding lead, and their single loss was a squeaker. This week they face rival Peebles in a matchup that will (most likely) decide the winner of the division. The Greyhounds have won two straight against Peebles. They have a rematch against Whiteoak Friday.

3. The Peebles Indians 10-1, 5-1) have a long-awaited rematch against the Manchester Greyhounds this week. I can't overstate the importance of this game in the division. It will determine who wins the SHL Division 2...at least until these teams face Ripley. It's going to be a hot night in the wigwam, that's for sure. They play the Dragons and Paint Valley over the weekend.

4. The Fairfield Lions (4-8, 3-4) have a silver lining to their double-digit loss to Peebles: they were able to take the floor at Columbus and have their star player dunk on that rim. Like Norman Dale said, it is still ten feet high, regardless of the gym. Their only game is against Lynchburg-Clay on Friday, as they look to crawl back to .500. To finish with a winning record they'll need to take 3 out of their final 8 games. Potential stoppers: Manchester, Hillsboro, Eastern, and Manchester again. I like their odds.

5. The Wildcats of Whiteoak (4-8, 3-3) have a tough game ahead of them with Manchester this weekend. Last time these teams met Manchester walked away with a 14-point win. If Whiteoak plays their best game, who knows...they've played close games to very good teams this season. Before their Tuesday game, there is will be a benefit spaghetti supper at 4:30, to help the family that lost their home to a fire.

6. Eastern Brown (6-5, 1-5) continue to struggle in the SHL, but posted a one-point win against Georgetown. I don't think it's too early to call them the (edit--2nd-best team) in Brown County. They have a chance to improve their weak league record by facing Lynchburg-Clay, and rematching the Green Devils.

7. North Adams's (4-7, 3-4) interim coach Nathan Copas is doing a fine job steering the ship while Coach Young is on medical leave. The Devils snapped their skid of 30+ losses, only losing to Ripley by 17. After facing a strong Williamsburg team, but Devil fans get a matchup with Big School rival Eastern Brown.

8. The Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs (3-9, 2-3+) have just one contest this week, against the Lions of Fairfield. Their school recently inducted 5 members into its new Hall of Fame, a process I hope all SHL schools emulate.

9. The Fayetteville Rockets (2-9, 1-6) face Whiteoak and Ripley this week. It's likely they'll assure they're 4th-straight losing season.

10. The West Union Dragons (1-10, 0-6+) face Peebles and Ripley this week, and will also likely suffer their fourth straight losing season. The pendulum's ever swinigin'.


This week's BIG GAME: Manchester @ Peebles. There can be only one.


Your Games:

Tuesday, January 25th
*Eastern Brown 49
Lynchburg-Clay 70

*Fayetteville 50
Whiteoak 65

*Manchester 60
Peebles 84

*Ripley 86
West Union 57

Williamsburg 59
North Adams 45

Friday, January 28th
*Lynchburg-Clay 63
Fairfield 69

*Manchester 43
Whiteoak 57

*North Adams 43
Eastern Brown 53

*Peebles 84
West Union 68

*Ripley 72
Fayetteville 38

Saturday, January 29th
Fayetteville 39
Felicity 57

*Manchester 59
Lynchburg-Clay 48

Paint Valley 62
Peebles 73

Southern Hills League Standings

OVERALL:
Team - W/L - GB - SHL - STREAK - PCT.

RIP / 12-1 / - / 8-0 / W10 / .923
PEB / 12-1 / - / 7-1 / W8 / .923
MN / 12-3 / 1 / 8-2 / W1 / .800
ESB /7-6 / 5 / 2-6 / W1 / .538
WHK / 6-8 / 6.5 / 5-3 / W2 / .428
FRD / 5-8 / 7 / 4-4 / W1 / .384
NAD / 4-9 / 8 / 3-5 / L5 / .307
LYN / 5-11 / 8.5 / 4-5 / L2 / .312
FAY / 2-12 / 10.5 / 1-8 / L11 / .142
WU / 1-13 / 11.5 / 0-9 / L11 / .071


DIVISION 1
Team - SHL - PCT. - GB - W/L - PCT. - STREAK

RIP / 8-0 / 1.000 / - / 12-1 / .923 / W10
LYN / 4-5 / .444 / 4.5 / 5-11 / .312 / L2
NA / 3-5 / .375 / 5 / 4-9 / .307 / L5
ESB / 2-6 / .250 / 6 / 7-6 / .538 / W1
WU / 0-9 / .000 / 8.5 / 1-13 / .071 / L11


DIVISION 2
Team - SHL - PCT. - GB - W/L - PCT. - STREAK

PEB / 7-1 / .875 / - / 12-1 / .923 / W8
MN / 8-2 / .800 / - / 12-3 / .800 / W1
WHK / 5-3 / .625 / 2 / 6-8 / .428 / W2
FRD / 4-4 / .500 / 3 / 5-8 / .384 / W1
FAY / 1-8 / .111 / 6.5 / 2-12 / .142 / L11

*League Game.
+Awaiting Scores

[shljunkie]

Manch did barely get by NA last Saturday........they were down 23-8 at one point. An in and out 3 bomb by NA near the end would have tied it with just seconds to go.

[shljunkie]

I'm thinking they also only beat Fayetteville by 10 or 12 and Peebles blew them out bigtime. Go figure, but in this league as we've said many times, any thing can happen on any given night and often does!

[TribeManiac10]

I'm thinking they also only beat Fayetteville by 10 or 12 and Peebles blew them out bigtime. Go figure, but in this league as we've said many times, any thing can happen on any given night and often does!

Very true...Manchester always brings their A game when playing Peebles.

[2026]

Ripley might be the best team in brown county.

[jchitwood]

Ripley might be the best team in brown county.

lol I shouldn't rush these posts sometimes. Thanks for setting me straight. I'm going to go study a map.

[squiggy]

manchester @ lynchburgh on 1/29/11

[jchitwood]

Big game tonight!

[jchitwood]

Finally got the Lynchburg-Clay/West Union score from last week...Mustangs over the Dragons 74-43.

Now you can all sleep better.

[TribeManiac10]

Peebles beats Manchester 84-60.

[jchitwood]

Scores for the evening have been posted...still awaiting scores from 2 games....

[theuglytruth]

I heard Whiteoak defeated Fayettville last night 65-50

and also that Joseph Michael tallied 28 points......

[jchitwood]

Yup, just read the same in the highland county press: http://highlandcountypress.com/main.asp ... cleID=6643

[jchitwood]

Lynchburg-Clay over Eastern, 70-49. Austin Fawley led the Mustangs with 19, hitting 5/6 from beyond the arc.
Dylan noll had 17, and Austin Pack had 14 with 6 rebounds.

[jchitwood]

Peebles over west union 84-68...game was much closer than it should have been, with the dragons down by 6 @ the half, and @ the end of the third. Andy Countryman with 32 points, Blake with 20, Jake Daniels had 11.

[jchitwood]

whiteoak's up on manchester by 14....game not over yet...

[jchitwood]

Whiteoak upsets Manchester 57-43
Eastern over North Adams 53-43
Ripley over fayetteville 72-38

[jchitwood]

The top spots in the standings have moved for the first time in weeks...Peebles takes a half game lead over Manchester.

It will be interesting to see the Peebles/Whiteoak and Manchester/Fairfield games next week. We have to wait for February 12th and 18th to see these two squads face off against Ripley.

[Ironman92]

Whiteoak = battle tested and tough tourney draw

[jchitwood]

A Quick look at the remaining league games of the division contenders:

Contenders:
Ripley (8-0)
02-04-11 EASTERN
02-08-11 WHITEOAK
02-11-11 NORTH ADAMS
02-12-11 PEEBLES
02-18-11 MANCHESTER

Peebles (7-1)
02-01-11 WHITEOAK
02-04-11 FAYETTEVILLE
02-12-11 RIPLEY
02-15-11 NORTH ADAMS
02-18-11 LYNCHBURG-CLAY

Manchester (7-2)
01-29-11 LYNCHBURG-CLAY
02-04-11 FAIRFIELD
02-05-11 FAIRFIELD
02-18-11 RIPLEY

In the Hunt:

Lynchburg-Clay (4-3)
01-28-11 FAIRFIELD
01-29-11 MANCHESTER
02-01-11 NORTH ADAMS
02-04-11 WEST UNION
02-11-11 EASTERN
02-18-11 PEEBLES

Whiteoak (5-3)
02-01-11 PEEBLES
02-04-11 NORTH ADAMS
02-08-11 RIPLEY
02-11-11 FAYETTEVILLE
02-18-11 WEST UNION

Longshots:

North Adams (3-5)
02-01-11 LYNCHBURG-CLAY
02-04-11 WHITEOAK
02-11-11 RIPLEY
02-15-11 PEEBLES
02-18-11 FAYETTEVILLE

Fairfield (3-4)
01-28-11 LYNCHBURG-CLAY
02-04-11 MANCHESTER
02-05-11 MANCHESTER
02-09-11 FAYETTEVILLE
02-11-11 WEST UNION
02-18-11 EASTERN