By Michael Bullock
Here’s installment No. 7 of City of Basketball Love’s state rankings, a package that will appear on Mondays throughout the remainder of the regular season.
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.
CLASS 5A
Tyree Pickron’s trey from the left corner with less than a second remaining capped a game-closing 7-0 run as No. 1 Archbishop Wood pocketed a come-from-behind 62-59 victory over Class 6A power Emmaus in the first of five games at Sunday’s Hoop Group showcase in suburban Allentown. Collin Gillespie, who banked 42 points in Wood’s conquest of Neumann-Goretti three days earlier, set up the game-winner. David Kachelries scored 31 points for Emmaus, which led 59-55.
No. School Rec Pvs
1. Archbishop Wood (12) 14-3 1
2. Abington Heights (2) 15-2 2
3. Bangor (11) 17-1 4
4. Archbishop Carroll (12) 12-6 3
5. Mastery Charter North (12) 21-0 5
6. Chester (1) 13-4 6
7. Whitehall (11) 15-3 8
8. Meadville (10) 15-1 OW
9. Bishop Shanahan (1) 13-5 OW
10. Northeastern (3) 18-2 7
Checked in: No. 8 Meadville/No. 9 Bishop Shanahan.
Checked out: No. 9 Bonner-Prendergast/No. 10 Penncrest.
(click on this link for the rankings and notes on all six classifications)