High School Football
VYPE rankings: The top 20 entering postseason play
Matt Malatesta
Nov 15, 2017, 2:35 pm
Originally appeared on Vype.com.
And just like that, the 2017-18 high school football regular season is over. Hard to believe isn’t it?
The season took a wild turn due to Hurricane Harvey and some schools will never be the same. Everyone came together and made adjustments to pull off a great season.
So now it’s do-or-die as the playoffs begin this week. Here are the rankings entering the postseason.
Several of the names are familiar power programs including Katy, Manvel, The Woodlands, Klein Collins and Westfield among others. Other teams who are not household names may include Ridge Point, Langham Creek, FB Bush and New Caney, but they are in the dance.
So let’s get it started as the race to the state finals begins this week.
Rank | Team (Record) | Comment |
1 | Katy (8-0) | Another Undefeated Season; Regional Favs |
2 | Klein Collins (9-0) | Gave Up 8 Pts per Game; District Champs |
3 | Cy-Fair (9-0) | Original CFISD Team Closes Out Historic 17-6A |
4 | Westfield (9-0) | Rolled Through Season; Defense Gave Up 8 ppg |
5 | The Woodlands (7-1) | Only Loss on Last Second Kick by Katy; Peaking |
6 | Ridge Point (8-1) | Kings of FBISD |
7 | Lamar (7-1) | Only Loss to No. 2 Klein Collins in 1st Game |
8 | Atascocita (7-1) | Eagles are for Real; Umblemished in District |
9 | Spring (8-1) | Solid on Both Sides of Ball; Could be Sleeper |
10 | Bush (7-1) | Class 6A DII Regional Favorites |
11 | Langham Creek (8-1) | Loss to Cy-Fair, But Could be DII Challenger |
12 | Cinco Ranch (8-1) | Kuithe Brothers Out Will Make it Tough |
13 | Clear Springs (7-2) | Took Down Clear Lake for District Title |
14 | North Shore (6-3) | Here Come the MUSTANGS |
15 | Hastings (6-2) | Fear the District Champ Bears |
16 | Klein Oak (6-3) | Good Bounce Back Season After Slow Start |
17 | Deer Park (6-3) | Solid Defense; Solid Offense – Nothing Sexy |
18 | Cypress Ranch (7-2) | Pretty Strong Finish; Graduation Caught Up to Them |
19 | Strake Jesuit (7-2) | Crusaders Headed to Playoffs |
20 | Dickinson (7-2) | Gators Coming Alive |
Rank | Team (Record) | Comment |
1 | Manvel (9-0) | Now the Run to State |
2 | Angleton (9-0) | Are they at Full Strength? |
3 | FB Marshall (7-2) | Will be Tough Out in Playoffs |
4 | New Caney (7-2) | Unleashed on Crosby |
5 | Crosby (9-1) | Limping Into Postseason? |
6 | Magnolia West (8-1) | Stumbled Vs Hunstville |
7 | Waltrip (8-0) | Big Game Vs Crosby |
8 | Magnolia (5-4) | Slips into Playoffs |
9 | Porter (7-3) | Great Back-to-Back Seasons |
10 | Foster (6-3) | Falcons Have High Hopes |
Oswald Peraza hit a two-run single in the ninth inning to help the Los Angeles Angels snap a three-game losing skid by beating the Houston Astros 4-1 on Saturday night.
Peraza entered the game as a defensive replacement in the seventh inning and hit a bases-loaded fly ball to deep right field that eluded the outstretched glove of Cam Smith. It was the fourth straight hit off Astros closer Bryan Abreu (3-4), who had not allowed a run in his previous 12 appearances.
The Angels third run of the ninth inning scored when Mike Trout walked with the bases loaded.
Kyle Hendricks allowed one run while scattering seven hits over six innings. He held the Astros to 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position, the one hit coming on Jesús Sánchez’s third-inning infield single that scored Jeremy Peña.
Reid Detmers worked around a leadoff walk to keep the Astros scoreless in the seventh, and José Fermin (3-2) retired the side in order in the eighth before Kenley Jansen worked a scoreless ninth to earn his 24th save.
Houston’s Spencer Arrighetti struck out a season-high eight batters over 6 1/3 innings. The only hit he allowed was Zach Neto’s third-inning solo home run.
Yordan Alvarez had two hits for the Astros, who remained three games ahead of Seattle for first place in the AL West.
Peraza’s two-run single to deep right field that broke a 1-1 tie in the ninth.
Opponents were 5 for 44 against Abreu in August before he allowed four straight hits in the ninth.
Astros RHP Hunter Brown (10-6, 2.37 ERA) faces RHP José Soriano (9-9, 3.85) when the series continues Sunday.