Crazy night for PennLive’s Class AAAA state-ranked teams on Tuesday.
No. 2 Cumberland Valley lost to Dover in a District 3-AAAA semifinal game, and No. 3 North Allegheny fell to Hempfield (Greensburg) in a WPIAL-AAAA semifinal game.
So we had to get out the carving knife and make some changes to the top 10 — which features two new teams this week.
Hey, don’t forget: We’re all about rewarding the hot teams, and now that everyone is in district playoffs, the hot teams are advancing through their brackets — and onto our list.
That said, Cumberland Valley and North Allegheny dipped, along with Manheim Township and Central Bucks West, who also suffered losses in the last week.
Wilson-West Lawn, which knocked off Manheim Township and has won 15 games in a row heading into the District 3-AAAA championship on Friday, was shuffled up a few spots.
And say hello to Dover and to West Chester Bayard Rustin.
Dover rode a huge second-half effort to a 45-38 victory over then-No. 2 Cumberland Valley on Tuesday, and Rustin has muscled its way into the District 1-AAAA semifinals and has piled up 22 wins.
Dover, which will take on Wilson-West Lawn for the District 3-AAAA title on Friday, was parked at No. 10 for a couple of weeks earlier this season, and makes a return appearance to the top 10 this week.
Dover’s two losses this season are by a combined seven points, to Class AAAA honorable mention Red Lion by two in OT, and by five to District 3-AAA No. 1 seed Susquehannock.
We’ve had a couple of different District 1-AAAA squads in the 10-slot this season — Garnet Valley, Central Bucks South — so we’ll see how long Rustin can stay there; the Golden Knights get No. 3 North Penn in a district semifinal, with Mount St. Joseph or Spring-Ford, our two top-ranked teams, waiting in the finals.
Here is the Class AAAA top 10 and honorable mention picks, with records through Tuesday’s games and home district in parenthesis ...
1. Mount St. Joseph (1) 25-2 — previously: 1
2. Spring-Ford (1) 22-5 — previously: 4
3. North Penn (1) 22-3 — previously: 5
4. Cumberland Valley (3) 22-5 — previously: 2
5. North Allegheny (7) 22-2 — previously: 3
6. Wilson-West Lawn (3) 21-7 — previously: 9
7. Manheim Township (3) 27-1 — previously: 6
8. Central Bucks West (1) 19-6 — previously: 7
9. Dover (3) 24-2 — previously: HM
10. West Chester Bayard Rustin (1) 22-4 — previously: HM
HONORABLE MENTION
Archbishop Carroll (12) 13-9; Bethel Park (7) 17-6; Central Bucks South (1) 19-6; Cardinal O’Hara (12) 15-8; Fox Chapel (7) 19-5; Garnet Valley (1) 24-2; Hempfield (7) 19-3; Lebanon (3) 20-7; Mechanicsburg (3) 22-5; Methacton (1) 19-8; Mt. Lebanon (7) 16-6; Parkland (11) 17-8; Penn-Trafford (7) 18-6; Pocono Mt. West (11) 18-8; Red Lion (3) 16-9; State College (6) 16-7.