Wednesday, October 26, 2011

How I voted and will Marshfield make it?

Here's how I voted in the OregonLive poll this week. 

My rank - OregonLive rank - OSAA rank

1     - 1     - 1. Sherwood
2     - 2     - 2. Marist
3     - 3     - 3. Mountain View
4     - 4     - 6. Corvallis
5     - 7     - 4. Bend
6     - 5     - 5. Lebanon
7     - 8     - 9. Wilsonville
8     - 6     - 7. West Albany
9     - 9   - 11. Silverton
10 - 10     - 8. Ashland

Someone commented last week that I should rank Marist number 1. Well, I gave it a lot of thought.  But Sherwood clobbered Mountain View and Mountain View destroyed Eagle Point.  In any event, I think Sherwood and Marist are the best two teams in state and we won't know which is better unless they play it on the field.

Will Marshfield make the playoffs?

It's a nail biter for the Pirates and they can't do anything about it on the field as the MWL chose to set up byes this week.

Marshfield is 12 RPI points ahead of Dallas.  Marshfield's RPI wont' change much because the MWL is idle.  The biggest direct impact  on Marshfield's RPI will be the outcome of North Bend's game.  The Pirates want the Bulldogs to win.  That would have never happened when I was a Pirate

A win by Dallas over South Albany isn't worth much for Dallas in the RPI column, but it would push Dallas ahead of Marshfield by four RPI points before everyone's opponents records are adjusted and everyone's opponents' opponents records are adjusted.  Dallas's opponents component will probably drop because their league opponents will be .500 for the night, which is below their season average.  That's good for Marshfield.  But who knows how everyone's opponents' opponents will do. Not even my excel spreadsheet can figure this one out.  We'll have to wait until the very last 6A, 5A and 4A scores are entered on Friday night.

Churchill and Willamette fans.

Game photos were posted Wednesday.

Churchill    Willamette    





2 comments:

  1. Hey Gary,

    Do you know when they announce the MWL All-Conference players?

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  2. Not sure.

    The coaches usually move on it pretty fast then hand it off to the Register Guard and Mail Tribune. Sometimes the papers wait until they have room for posting the results.

    On occasion I have acquired a copy from the coaches (this has only happened in baseball) because the papers were late in posting the all stars. The coaches had already told the kids if they had made it and rumors were flying for over a week.

    If I don't see them by next Tuesday, I'll try and track them down.

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