Despite getting out strong early, the somewhat short-handed Fort Collins girls got overhauled by Mountain Vista at Friday's Arapahoe Warrior Invitational. Photo by Pam Smith.
It's still early, very early, but it's time to start looking at which teams are positioning themselves for a bid to the championship races at NXN-SW.
A group of coaches representing the various states in the region have agreed to rank the southwest region teams on a bi-weekly basis, starting with this week. Here is the first cut at the rankings (with, no doubt, numerous revisions to follow in weeks to come):
Girls Top 10
1. Fort Collins (CO)
2. Xavier Prep (AZ)
3. Monarch (CO)
4. Ogden (UT)
5. Mountain Vista (CO)
6. The Classical Academy (CO)
7. Los Alamos (NM)
8. Skyline (UT)
9. Davis (UT)
10. Arapahoe (CO)
Bubble teams: Cherry Creek (CO), Mountain View (AZ), Eldorado (NM)
Boys Top 10
1. American Fork (UT)
2. Davis (UT)
3. Fort Collins (CO)
4. Mountain Vista (CO)
5. Desert Vista (AZ)
6. Cleveland (NM)
7. Mountain View (UT)
8. Albuquerque Academy (NM)
9T. Thompson Valley (CO)
9T. Rock Canyon (CO)
Bubble Teams - Herriman (UT), Chinle (AZ)
For a quick view of results from top meets around the region this past week, please follow these links:
Ogden/Web City/County Meet (UT)
Arapahoe Warrior Invitational (CO)
Lori Fitzgerald Invitational (CO)
I will try to resume my usual review of NXN-SW region meet action on the weeks between rankings.