Week #4 (September 28) so mcfarland jump from number 5 to number 2 in the overall rankings complied by Larry Lung. They bumped ridgeview out of the second spot btw.Another big mover was Stockdale who moved up 4 spots. the Mustangs have been on the road every weekend and have been putting in impressive times with their tightly bunched pack of five.
On Friday, Ridgeview will meet McFarland at the Golden West Invite for their rubber match. Stockdale ironically will stay in town and run the BC Open Invite starting at 11am at the Soccer Complex near Hart Park.
Varsity Boys
Overall score last week
1. Buchanan 63 1
2. McFarland 158 5 Returned the favor to Ridgeview by beating them at their invite.
3. Ridgeview 170 2 Looking forward to the rubber match this Friday against Mcfarland at the
4. Clovis West 183 3
5. Madera South 221 6
6. Stockdale 238 10 Been competing out of town lately but next week they go heads up with Ridgeview
7. Clovis 255 4
8.Highland 297 9 The top SEYL squad looking for a valley title.
9. Roosevelt 352 8
10. Avenal 366 7
11. Madera 406 13
12. Clovis North 479 11
13, Clovis East 513 12
14. Shafter 551 15 - Looked good at Wolf Pack Invite
15. Bullard 578 20
16. Wasco 605 17 - Shafter's main competition in the SSL
17. Redwood 605 16
18. East Bakersfield 620 19 After an early season lost to Highland they have been winning duals and skipping invites.
19. Golden West 629 14
20. Parlier 698 NR
Divisional Rankings compiled by Larry Lung, Central California Cross Country Chair
Division I - Buchanan is the 900 lb gorilla in this division and despite losing some great runners to grauation they are still the top team in the valley and one of the top teams in the state. Clovis West is ranked number two even though Stockdale won their invite last week. CW's top runners went to the Stanford Invite instead of running their own invite. despite getting roughed up by it's league mates, Centennial is ranked number 8.
1. Buchanan 27 1
2. Clovis West 57 2
3. Stockdale 70 4 - The Mustangs won a meet at Woodward & ran well at Woodbridge
8. Centennial 217 9 - Improving each meet but in a Tough league and division
Division II - Highland has had an easy time of it so far in the SEYL and has been racking up quite a few 15s along the way. They even scored a 15 on third ranked East, but since that meet East has been improving and hiding out on the weekends.
1. Highland 71 1 - Where they hope to be in November. Sat out Wolf Pack Invite due to illness & travel conflicts
3. East Bakersfield 134 5 - Improving each week but not running invites so far this season
8. North (Bakersfield) 184 8 - Same problem Centennial has.
9. Liberty (Bakersfield) 217 10 - Have not seen them lately.
Division III - After losing their invite to Mcfarland, the Wolf Pack blitzed the Frontier course on Wednesday. Baker went sub 15 and Garcia was not to far behind. Look for Shafter to make a move up the ranks soon but they have Madera South ahead of them and they are tough.
1. Ridgeview 72 1 - Defeated McFarland once this season and look to do it again. Plus big duel meet next week against Stockdale (both squads are undefeated)
5. Shafter 210 5 Did well at Wolf pack with a huge squad of athletes
6. Wasco 230 6
8. Foothill 343 8 Trojans also have a lot of athletes and as the season progresses some will step up and make an impact on varsity
Division IV - The Cougars have won the valley division four title almost every year and should do the same this year. Their goal is to get that elusive tenth state title and their training has been geared for that goal. But with a lost to Ridgeview at their own invite, they maybe focusing more on these early season battles.
1. McFarland 47 1 - Ranked number 2 overall in the valley and the only school in ages to break 85 minutes at Woodward. Losing to Ridgeview might have been the best thing for them
9. Taft 314 7
