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CLASS 6A
Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous
1. St. Joseph’s Prep (12) — 7-1 – 1
2. Parkland (11) — 9-0 – 2
3. Central Bucks West (1) — 9-0 – 3
4. Manheim Township (3) — 9-0 – 4
5. Central York (3) — 9-0 – 5
6. Pittsburgh C.C. (7) — 8-1 – 6
7. Downingtown East (1) — 8-0 – 7
8. North Allegheny (7) — 8-1 – 8
9. Nazareth (11) – 8-1 – 9
10. Harrisburg (3) — 8-1 – 10
Teams to watch: Central Bucks South (1) 8-1, Northampton (11) 8-1, Souderton (1) 9-0, Spring-Ford (1) 8-1, Wilson-West Lawn (3) 7-2.
CLASS 5A
Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous
1. Imhotep Charter (12) — 9-0 – 1
2. Peters Township (7) — 9-0 – 2
3. Roman Catholic (12) – 7-1 – 4
4. Southern Lehigh (11) — 9-0 – 5
5. Cocalico (3) — 8-1 – 6
6. West Chester Rustin (1) — 7-1 – 7
7. Springfield-Delco (1) — 8-1 – 8
8. Chester (1) — 8-1 – 9
9. Cedar Cliff (3) — 8-1 – 10
10. Penn Hills (7) — 7-2 – NR
Teams to watch: Cathedral Prep (10) 5-3, Ephrata (3) 8-1, Exeter Township (3) 8-1, Garden Spot (3) 8-1, Pine-Richland (7) 6-3, Strath Haven (1) 8-1.
CLASS 4A
Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous
1. Bishop McDevitt (3) – 9-0 – 1
2. Aliquippa (7) – 8-0 – 2
3. Pope John Paul II (1) – 9-0 – 3
4. Jersey Shore (4) – 8-0-1 – 4
5. Selinsgrove (4) – 8-0-1 – 5
6. Allentown C.C. (11) – 7-2 – 6
7. McKeesport (7) – 8-1 – 7
8. Manheim Central (3) — 8-1 – 8
9. Thomas Jefferson (7) – 8-1 – 9
10. Lampeter-Strasburg (3) — 8-1 – 10
Teams to watch: Dallas (2) 9-0, East Pennsboro (3) 8-1, Milton (4) 8-1, Montour (7) 8-1, Twin Valley (3) 8-1.
CLASS 3A
Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous
1. Belle Vernon (7) – 7-1 – 1
2. Wyomissing (3) – 8-1 – 2
3. Avonworth (7) – 9-0 – 3
4. Neumann-Goretti (12) – 7-1 – 4
5. West Perry (3) — 9-0 – 5
6. Danville (4) — 8-1 – 6
7. Northwestern Lehigh (11) — 9-0 – 7
8. Palmerton (11) — 9-0 – 8
9. Central (6) — 9-0 – 9
10. Elizabeth-Forward (7) — 9-0 – 10
Teams to watch: North Schuylkill (11) 7-2, Penn Cambria (6) 8-1, Schuylkill Valley (3) 8-1, Scranton Prep (2) 8-1.
CLASS 2A
Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous
1. Farrell (10) – 9-0 – 1
2. Westinghouse (8) – 8-0 – 2
3. Richland (6) – 9-0 – 3
4. Central Clarion (9) — 9-0 – 4
5. Southern Columbia (4) – 8-1 – 6
6. Mount Carmel (4) — 7-2 – 7
7. Troy (4) — 9-0 – 8
8. Steel Valley (7) — 7-1 – NR
9. Mercyhurst Prep (10) — 9-0 – 10
10. Neshannock (7) — 8-1 – NR
Teams to watch: Bald Eagle Area (6) 8-1, Berlin Brothersvalley (5) 8-1, Line Mountain (4) 7-2, Schuylkill Haven (11) 8-1, Trinity (3) 6-3.
CLASS 1A
Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous
1. Steelton-Highspire (3) — 9-0 – 1
2. Lackawanna Trail (2) – 9-0 – 4
3. Northern Bedford (5) — 9-0 – 3
4. Fort Cherry (7) — 9-0 – 5
5. Bishop Canevin (7) — 7-1 – 6
6. Canton (4) — 8-1 – 2
7. South Side (7) — 9-0 – 8
8. Redbank Valley (9) — 9-0 – 7
9. Muncy (4) — 8-1 – 9
10. Clairton (7) — 7-2 – NR
Teams to watch: Cambridge Springs (10) 8-1, Lakeview (10) 8-1, Minersville (11) 7-2, Northern Cambria (6) 8-1, South Williamsport (4) 7-2.
