SSBR Fall High School Elite Eight – Final Poll

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Here at SSBR we try to have fun with what we do. We cover a sport that is supposed to be fun and we want to convey that in our content.

One of the ways we do it is by doing our version of a ranking system. We take all the teams regardless of classification and use a panel of voteres to do our best to rank them on how they are doing relative to their class.

*In the Spring we have the caveat that says we are not ranking them on a “head to head” basis. In the Fall, teams may play each other regardless of class more regularly.

We also do our rankings based on results more than what we think who would necessarily win a game. If a spot comes down to two teams, if they’ve played head to head the result of that game weighs heavily in that decision. (The first week’s rankings, however, do have what a team’s expectations for the season factored in, but as the season goes along it will be the results that matter.)

In the Spring we do a “Dominant Dozen” and last Fall we did a “Super Six.” This season we are doing an “Elite Eight” because there aren’t as many teams as the Spring, but six is too little for the Fall

As always, this is for fun so please treat it as such.

Here is the final poll of the Fall Season.

Teams Dropping Out

Canute Trojans (A), 28-6: PR 5; Went a disappointing 1-2 at Regionals losing both games to Hydro-Eakly and failing to make the State Tournament.

Honorable Mention

Hammon Warriors (B), 21-7: Went 10-3 in their last 13 games losing only to Navajo (Class A State Qualifier), Calumet, and Ft Cobb-Broxton and made the semifinals of the State Tournament.
Stuart Hornets (B), 26-8: Only loss to Class B team was FCB in the State semifinals. Had 2 losses each to both Wright City and Rattan.
Tushka Tigers (2A), 20-10: Went 13-5 since the start of September and made the semifinals of the State Tournament.

8. Okarche Warriors (A), 23-7

The Warriors were in the Elite Eight for the first 5 weeks of the rankings until they hit a snag going 3-4 in a 7 game stretch in early to mid September. they responded to that by winning their next 8 games before they faced Rattan in the State Tournament semifinals. Okarche lost that game by 1 run after falling behind by 9 runs to start the game.

Okarche was 1 of 2 teams to beat the Class A State Champs, Wright City, and had wins over State Tournament teams Calumet (2x), Dale, AmPo (2x), Hydro-Eakly (2x), and Ft Cobb-Broxton.

7. Wister Wildcats (A), 21-9

Wister made their debut in the Elite Eight in the last regular season rankings. From there the Wildcats did nothing to make them drop out of the rankings. They run ruled Class B State Qualifier, Caney, then swept their Regional over Cameron and AmPo before run ruling Navajo in the first round of the State Tournament.

The Wildcats lost to Wright City in the semis which was their 4th loss to the State Champs. In fact 7 of the Wildcats’ 9 losses came to only 2 teams: Wright City (4) and 2A State Champ, Silo (3).

It was a close call between Wister and Okarche for the #7 spot, but Wister did beat the Warriors the one time they played this season.

Wister had wins over State Tournament Teams Preston, Okarche, Rattan, Oktaha (2x), Tushka, Caney, and Navajo.

6. Dale Pirates (2A), 27-6

Dale is one of the teams that were in the Elite Eight every rankings this season. Along with Silo, they were clearly a top 2 team in Class 2A. They started the season off with a bang winning their annual tournament beating Ft Cobb-Broxton, Oktaha, and Rattan. Coming down the stretch, the Pirates were riding a 14 game winning streak into the 2A State Finals before getting beat by Silo.

Dale is one of the few teams to not have a “bad” loss on their record as the teams they lost to were Okarche, Calumet, Ft Cobb-Broxton (2x), AmPo, and Silo.

Dale had wins over State Tournament teams Ft Cobb-Broxton, Oktaha (2x), Rattan, Latta, Hammon, Moss, Ripley (2x), Hydro-Eakly, Canute, Tushka (2x), Calumet, Asher, Navajo, Okarche, AmPo, and Preston.

5. Calumet Chieftains (B), 28-5-1

The Chieftains were one of the most consistent teams in any class this season. Calumet started the season 13-1 in their first 14 games with the lone loss a 2-0 setback to Okarche. They entered the Elite Eight in the 2nd rankings of the season and didn’t leave the rankings while reaching a high spot of #2 in the 2nd and 3rd editions of the rankings.

While the Chieftains lost to Ft Cobb-Broxton in the State Championship game, they did beat the Mustangs earlier in the season. Along with that win over FCB, Calumet had wins over State Tournament teams Leedey (2x), Dale, Latta, Byng, Tushka, Oktaha, Moss (2x), Caney, Hammon.

4. Rattan Rams (A), 28-5

Rattan ended the regular season at the #1 team in the Elite Eight in each of the last 2 weeks. Since the beginning of September, the Rams had won 19 straight games coming into the State Title game vs Wright City. With the Lumberjax at #2 those same 2 weeks Rattan was #1, the Class A title game would essentially decide who was #1 and who was #4 (the first non State Champ).

Rattan was 1 only 2 teams to beat Wright City this season and had wins over State Tournament teams AmPo, Moss, Okarche (2x), Oktaha (2x), Stuart (2x), Calera, Silo, and Navajo.

3. Silo Rebels (2A), 26-4

Silo was the #1 team in the Elite Eight weeks 2-5 and looked to be the dominant team across the state in that time. They took a “dip” over the last half of September losing four games to Ft Cobb-Broxton, Wright City, Rattan, and an upset to Colbert.

The Rebels turned it around when it came to the postseason. After receiving a forfeit in the Regionals, Silo outscored Latta, Oktaha, and Dale by a combined score of 31-3 in the State Tournament.

Silo had wins over State Tournament teams Wister (2x), Moss (4x), Latta (3x), Rattan, AmPo, Byng, Asher, Calera, Stuart, and Oktaha.

2. Ft Cobb-Broxton (B), 32-6

The more things change the more things stay the same. FCB won their 3rd consecutive Fall State Title this season and 5th straight Fall and Spring titles combined.

After a 3-3 start to the season, the Mustangs went 29-3 the rest of the way and showed why they are still the class of Class B.

A late season loss kept to Wright City kept them from being #1.

The Mustangs had wins over State Tournament teams Latta (2x), Tushka (2x), Leedey (2x), Dale (2x), AmPo, Navajo, Okarche, Silo, Calera, Hammon, Caney, Stuart, and Calumet. (Outside of Wright City, the Mustangs did beat the other teams that gave them a loss in another game played between the 2 teams.)

1. Wright City Lumberjax (A), 33-2

Wright City as the #1 team on the season was a pretty easy choice. The Jax were in the Elite Eight every single week of the season (one of only three teams to do so: Silo, Dale).

After an early season, neutral site loss to Okarche, Wright City won 20 straight games after that and ended the season on a 10 game heater (30-1 in their last 32 games). Along the way they beat the #2, #3, and #4 teams in the final rankings.

The Jax also beat State Tournament teams Oktaha, Tushka, Asher, Stuart (2x), Wister (3x), Rattan (2x), Byng, AmPo, and Hydro-Eakly.

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