Four area teams — one in each class — are ranked in the first Harrisburg Patriot-News state poll of the season.
McDowell, which competes in the WPIAL Northern Seven Conference, is ranked ninth in Class AAAA.
Grove City, the 2010 District 10 Class AAA runner-up, is No. 8 in AAA. Cathedral Prep, the two-time defending D-10 AAA champ, is listed under teams to watch.
General McLane is ranked No. 10 in AA after a 10-2 season in 2010. Meanwhile, Mercyhurst Prep is No. 10 in Class A.
Other D-10 teams to watch are Hickory and Sharon in AA and Farrell in A.
Click below to see the state poll:
CLASS AAAA
Team (District) 2010 record, Last ranking
1. Pittsburgh C.C. (7) 11-1 5
2. North Penn (1) 13-2 3
3. North Allegheny (P) (7) 15-1 1
4. Upper St. Clair (7) 6-4 NR
5. Neshaminy (1) 12-2 10
6. LaSalle College HS (12) 13-2 2
7. Bethlehem Liberty (11) 7-5 NR
8. Council Rock South (1) 11-2 9
9. McDowell (10) 7-3 NR
10. Cumberland Valley (3) 12-3 4
Teams to watch: Bayard Rustin (1) 11-2, Coatesville (1) 8-3, Downingtown East (1) 9-3, Easton (11) 12-3, Father Judge (12) 8-3, Ridley (1) 10-1, Whitehall (11) 10-3, Woodland Hills (7) 9-4.
CLASS AAA
1. Archbishop Wood (12) 13-1 3
2. Allentown C.C. (P) (11) 16-0 1
3. Montour (7) 12-1 8
4. Bishop McDevitt (3) 13-3 2
5. Thomas Jefferson (7) 10-2 NR
6. Central Valley (7) 10-4 6
7. Valley View (2) 7-5 NR
8. Grove City (10) 11-1 9
9. Abington Heights (2) 12-1 NR
10. Susquehanna Twp. (3) 9-3 NR
Teams to watch: Cardinal O’Hara (12) 9-2, Cathedral Prep (10) 9-5, Clearfield (9) 13-1, Greater Johnstown (6) 10-2, Greencastle-Antrim (3) 11-1, Hopewell (7) 12-1, Selinsgrove (4) 7-5, Strath Haven (1) 12-2.
CLASS AA
1. West Catholic (P) (12) 13-2 1
2. Aliquippa (7) 12-1 3
3. Lancaster Catholic (3) 11-1 NR
4. Lewisburg (4) 14-1 4
5. North Schuylkill (11) 11-1 NR
6. Seton-LaSalle (7) 9-3 NR
7. Mount Carmel (4) 8-4 NR
8. Trinity (3) 12-2 8
9. Tyrone (6) 12-1 NR
10. General McLane (10) 10-2 NR
Teams to watch: Beaver Falls (7) 10-2, Bloomsburg (4) 8-3, Forest Hills (6) 13-2, Greensburg C.C. (7) 9-1, Hickory (10) 10-3, Lakeland (2) 10-2, Northern Lehigh (11) 13-1, Sharon (10) 11-3.
CLASS A
1. Clairton (P) (7) 16-0 1
2. Southern Columbia (4) 10-3 8
3. Rochester (7) 12-1 3
4. Dunmore (2) 7-5 9
5. Sto-Rox (7) 8-3 NR
6. Pius X (11) 8-4 NR
7. Riverside (2) 14-2 2
8. Springdale (7) 10-2 NR
9. Bishop McCort (6) 8-5 NR
10. Mercyhurst Prep (10) 12-1 6
Teams to watch: Bishop Carroll (6) 11-3, Curwensville (9) 11-2, Farrell (10) 13-2, Juniata Valley (6) 8-2, Line Mountain (4) 10-2, Northern Bedford (5) 11-1, North Star (5) 9-4, Shenandoah Valley (11) 6-5.
