By Michael Bullock
Appearing below are all six of our top 10s, with PIAA district and this season’s record displayed in parentheses. Only those schools competing for PIAA state championships are eligible for ranking purposes.
CITY OF BASKETBALL LOVE STATE BASKETBALL RANKINGS
(records through games of Feb. 4/OW-others to watch/NR-not ranked)
CLASS 6A
Plymouth-Whitemarsh captured the long-awaited matchup between No. 1s on Saturday at Harriton, popping four players into double figures in a 66-57 conquest of Class 3A power Neumann-Goretti. Ahmin Williams paced the Colonials with 22 points, while Ish Horn (19), Alan Glover (12) and Naheem McLeod (10) joined the 6-3 senior by scoring 10 points or more. … With a handful of players reaching double digits, then-No. 5 St. Joseph’s Prep drummed then-No. 4 La Salle College 88-53 on Friday at home. Kyle Thompson (23), Darius Kinnel (22), Ed Croswell (14), Gabe Arizin (13) and Trevor Wall (10) shared 82 of Prep’s 88 points
No. School Rec Pvs
1. Plymouth-Whitemarsh (1) 20-0 1
2. Abington (1) 15-4 2
3. Roman Catholic (12) 13-5 3
4. St. Joseph’s Prep (12) 15-4 5
5. State College (6) 18-1 7
6. Hazleton (2) 16-1 8
7. La Salle College (12) 12-7 4
8. Reading (3) 18-3 6
9. Allderdice (8) 16-2 9
10. Canon-McMillan (7) 18-1 10
(click on this link for Mike’s rankings of all six PIAA classifications at City of Basketball Love)