THE DIGITAL
TOP 20: GIRLS BASKETBALL March 11, 2008
1) St. Frances (26-5) (last
week: 1)
The Panthers went 1-2 in the Bishop
Walsh Tournament. They lost to Bishop McNamara (72-62) as Shatyra Hawkes scored
22; they beat Bishop Walsh ( 77-29); and
they lost to Holy Cross (80-62) as Kandice Green ended her career with 27
points.
Next: Season complete
2) Seton
Keough (29-5) (last week: 2)
The Gators went 2-1 in the Bishop Walsh Tournament. They beat Georgetown
Visitation (60-38) as Ayana Lee scored 24;
they lost to Notre Dame Academy (63-51) as Paulette Wright scored 12; and they
beat Good Counsel (72-54) for third place.
Next: Season complete
3) Arundel
(21-5) (last week: 3)
The Wildcats went 3-0 in the state play-offs. They beat Severna Park
(81-55) as Simone Egwu scored 24; they beat Glen Burnie (83-41) as Egwu scored 23;
and they beat South River (77-54) as Sheronne Vails scored 29, to win the 4A
East Region title.
Next: vs Dulaney @ UMBC, Thu Mar 13 3:00, 4A semi-final
4) Mount Hebron (26-0) (last
week: 4)
The Vikings went 3-0 in the state
play-offs. They beat Central (62-32) as Megan Schaaf scored 17; they beat River
Hill (47-43) as Brittany Bowen scored 14; and they beat Gwynn Park (39-37) as
Deanna Dydynski scored 16, to win the 2A South Region title.
Next: vs Winters Mill @ UMBC, Wed Mar 12
9:00, 2A semi-final
5) Western
(24-2) (last week: 6)
The Doves went 3-0 in the state play-offs. They beat Hereford (86-14) as Akeema Richards scored 17; they beat Milford
Mill (68-39) as Craig scored 21; and they beat Catonsville (47-32) as Richards
scored 15, to win the 3A North Region title.
Next: vs Atholton @ UMBC, Thu Mar 13 7:00, 3A semi-final
6) Winters
Mill (25-0) (last week: 7)
The Falcons went 3-0 in the state play-offs. They beat Walkersville (61-55)
as Jen Peters scored 24; they beat Century (61-44) as Jen Peters scored 15; and
they beat Middletown (67-58) as Cassie Cooke scored 26, to win the 2A West
Region title.
Next: vs Mt. Hebron @ UMBC, Wed
Mar 12 9:00, 2A
semi-final
7) Atholton
(21-5) (last week: 14)
The Raiders went 3-0 in the state play-offs. They beat Wilde Lake (71-46)
as Elie Snyder scored 27; they beat Centennial (78-49) as Snyder scored 27; and
they beat Fallston (57-54) as Taylor Chapman scored 23, to win the 3A East
Region title.
Next: vs Western @ UMBC, Thu Mar 13 7:00, 3A semi-final
8) City (21-3) (last week: 8)
The Knights went 2-1 in the state play-offs. They beat Eastern Tech (46-37) as Briera
Barksdale scored 13; they beat Overlea (62-50) as Barksdale scored 14; and they
lost to Poly (49-38) as LaShay Taft was injured early and had to sit out, in
the 3A East Region title game.
Next: Season complete
9) Catonsville (23-3) (last
week: 5)
The Comets went 2-1 in the state
play-offs. They beat Towson (73-44) as Shamika Williams scored 21; they beat Franklin (62-40) as Jessica Nonn scored 25; and they lost to
Western (47-32) as Nonn scored 14, in the 3A East Region title game.
Next: Season complete
10) McDonogh
(15-11) (last week: 9)
Next: Season complete
11) Archbishop Spalding (19-8) (last week: 10)
Next: Season complete
12) Mercy
(19-6) (last week: 11)
Next: Season complete
13) Severn (23-3) (last week: 12)
Next: Season complete
14) Poly (20-5) (last week: 18)
The Engineers went 3-0 in the state play-offs. They beat Loch Raven
(90-25); they beat Randallstown (54-43) as Cynthia Johnson scored 18; and they beat City
(49-38) as Breonna Brewer scored 20, in the 2A North Region title game.
Next: vs Wicomico @ UMBC, Wed Mar 12 7:00, 2A semi-final
15) Towson Catholic (15-9)
(last week: 13)
Next: Season complete
16) Dulaney (19-3) (last week: 17)
The Lions went 3-0 in the state play-offs. They beat North Carroll (50-26)
as Danielle Parker scored 24; they beat Perry Hall (70-52) as Parker scored 24;
and they beat C. Milton Wright (40-28) as Parker scored 14, in the 4A North
Region title game.
Next: vs Arundel @ UMBC, Thu Mar 13 3:00, 4A semi-final
17) Oakland Mills (18-5)
(last week: 15)
The Scorpions went 1-1 in the state
play-offs. They beat Southern-AA (68-52) as Miriam McKenzie scored 30 points;
they lost to Gwynn Park
(68-53) as McKenzie scored 35 in her final game, in the 2A South Region title
semi-finals.
Next: Season complete
18) Fallston (21-4) (last week: 18)
The Cougars went 2-1 in the state play-offs. They beat Annapolis (52-46) as Jess Harlee scored 20; they beat
Reservoir (58-55) as Harlee scored 17; and they lost to Atholton (57-54) as
Lindsay Howard scored 20, in the 3A East Region title.
Next: Season complete
19) River Hill (19-6) (last week: 16)
The Hawks went 1-1 in the state play-offs. They beat McDonough (66-32) as
Collier scored 15 points; and they lost to Mt. Hebron (47-44), in the 2A South Region title semi-finals.
Next: Season complete
20) Digital Harbor (19-6) (last
week: unranked)
The Rams went 3-0 in the state
play-offs. They beat DuBois (104-9), enough said; they beat Dunbar (44-31) as Floyd
scored 17; and they beat New Town (48-32) as Asia Logan scored 19, in the 1A
North Region title.
Next: vs Pocomoke @ UMBC, Wed Mar 12 3:00, 1A semi-final
Others
considered:
Century (19-6) ... beat ?? and lost
to Winters Mill
C. Milton Wright (16-6) ... beat T.Johnson, beat Linganore and
lost to Dulaney
South River (17-8) ...beat N. County, beat Old Mill and lost to Arundel
Old Mill (19-6) ... beat Chesapeake and
lost to South River
Key
games this week:
Wednesday, March 5:
State semi-finals @ UMBC
3:00 1A No.
20 Digital Harbor vs
Pocomoke
7:00 2A No. 14 Poly vs Wicomico
9:00 2A No. 4 Mount Hebron vs No. 6 Winters Mill
Thursday, March 6:
State semi-finals @ UMBC
3:00 4A No. 3 Arundel vs No. 16 Dulaney
7:00 3A No. 5 Western vs No. 7 Atholton
Saturday, March 8:
State Finals @ UMBC
5:00 2A
7:00 1A
9:00 3A
POLL
CHANGES THIS WEEK:
Old Mill lost to South River in Regionals and dropped from No. 20 to Others
Considered. Digital Harbor won three Regional games and moved up to the No. 20 spot. Poly moved
from No. 19 to No. 14 with a win over then-No. 8 City in a Region finals game.
Oakland Mills, Fallston and River Hill all
lost in Regionals and are in slots 16-20. Dulaney went 3-0 and moved up one
spot to No. 16. Atholton went 3-0 and won its Region and jumped up seven spots
from No. 14 to No. 7. It’s a bigger jump than some other winning teams, but I
may have dropped them down too far after a loss to River Hill a few weeks back.
Atholton barely lost in the Howard County title game by three points to No. 4 Mt. Hebron, so the No. 7 spot seems
reasonable for now.
Five IAAM teams are in the middle of the
rankings and may go up or down next week depending on how some of the public
schools fare in state semi’s and finals.
Catonsville dropped from No. 5 to No. 9 after its loss to
Western in a Region final. City also lost but stayed at No. 8; City beat Catonsville head-to-head in-season, so with both losing in
Region finals, putting the Knights ahead of the Comets made sense. Western and
Winters Mill both moved up one spot ahead of Catonsville, and the top four stayed the same.
No. 1 St.
Frances went 1-2 and finished sixth at the Bishop Walsh
Tournament, and No. 2 Seton Keough went 2-1 and finished third. The two did not
meet head to head, as could have happened, so I decided to keep them as is.
Seton Keough would have had to either win the tournament (and/or beat Notre Dame Academy) or beat SFA head-to-head to re-claim the No. 1 spot it held
before the IAAM finals loss.
After this week’s State play-offs (and 4A
final next Monday), the basketball
season is complete. We will be doing a Final Top 20 Poll. We will also be doing end-of-season All-Metro
and All-County teams (for Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard and Baltimore City),
so forward any suggestions this week or by March 12th. Thanks!
Note: The Poll was
formulated after consultation with area coaches and informed fans, along with
my personal knowledge of area basketball. Strength of schedule IS an important
factor. Our staff will be out in person
covering numerous games throughout the season. However, to make it a better Poll,
we welcome your comments and suggestions. Please e-mail to Mike Buchanan at:
mbuchanan@digitalsports.com