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THE POWER RANKINGS: #1 Vista Ridge edges #2 Vandegrift to hold Austin-area Girls top spot
The top 11 teams in this week’s Girls Power Rankings went a combined 19-1 this past week, the one loss hung on Vandegrift in a close game at top-ranked Vista Ridge. For now, that was enough for Round Rock to slip past the Lady Vipers to #2 despite an earlier loss to Vandy. Stay tuned for the rematches.
Otherwise, positions 4-10 remained unchanged since everyone else swept their weeks. Manor New Tech climbed a spot as the rest of the bottom third of the rankings all had bad weeks. That created an opening for 4A Wimberley to pop onto the charts replacing Crockett.
District play continues this week as we head towards Christmas!
VYPE's Austin Girls Basketball Rankings
1. (1) Vista Ridge Lady Rangers (6A) – 15-3 (Def. Vandegrift)
2. (3) Round Rock Lady Dragons (6A) 17-2 (Def. Cedar Ridge, Def. Manor)
3. (2) Vandegrift Lady Vipers (6A) – 14-6 (L @ Vista Ridge, Def. McNeil)
4. (4) Liberty Hill Lady Panthers (5A) – 18-1 (Def. Leander, Def. Rouse)
5. (5) Georgetown Lady Eagles (5A) – 17-3 (Def. Connally, Def. East View)
6. (6) Glenn Lady Grizzlies (5A) 18-2 (Def. Rouse, Def. Lockhart)
7. (7) Bastrop Lady Bears (5A) – 22-2 (Def. Ann Richards, Def. Cedar Creek)
8. (8) Westlake Lady Chaparrals (6A) – 12-6 (Def. Akins, BYE)
9. (9) Cedar Park Lady Timberwolves (5A) – 14-3 (Def. Hays, Def. Lehman)
10. (10) Bowie Lady Bulldogs (6A) – 14-5 (Def. Lake Travis, Def. Del Valle)
11. (12) Manor New Tech Lady Titans (4A) 17-1 (Def. LBJ Austin, Def. Northeast)
12. (11) Rouse Lady Raiders (5A) – 12-6 (L @ Glenn, L vs. Liberty Hill)
13. (13) Lake Travis Lady Cavaliers (6A) – 10-8 (L @ Bowie, BYE)
14. (14) Cedar Ridge Lady Raiders (6A) – 10-6 (L vs. Round Rock, L @ Stony Point)
15. (NR) Wimberley (4A) – 11-2 (IDLE)
THE POWER RANKINGS: Westwood, Stony Point, Round Rock 25-6A trifecta top Austin-area boys basketball poll
Yikes, District 25-6A is stacked!
That’s the takeaway after a few more district games and a whole host of tournament action all across the state this past week. Through it all, undefeated Westwood (16-0) remains on top the stack after winning the Cedar Creek Tournament in Bastrop. Stony Point won the boys’ side of the prestigious Jack Frost Tournament in Georgetown to stay right behind while district mate Round Rock (13-3) was the runner-up of the Midlothian Heritage Hoopsfest up north.
St. Michael’s (15-2) ran the table of the inaugural Pflugerville ISD Tournament to prove they’re no flash in the pan while Liberty Hill punched above their weight at 3-2 in the Jack Frost to close out the Top 5.
Other tournament winners in the rankings included Lockhart (11-0) and Lago Vista (11-1). The Lions moved up and remained undefeated after claiming the awesomely-named Schmeckenfest Showdown in La Grange while the Vikings won the Alto-Cody Self Invitational to climb two spots and remain the highest 4A program in the poll.
As mentioned last week, with more games now in the books, we’ve expanded the Power Rankings to 15 teams, allowing Brentwood Christian, Vandegrift, Georgetown, Dripping Springs and Connally to pop up. With district play ramping up this week, we’ll see how that all shakes things up after some already significant shifting around this past week. And most teams still have one round of Holiday tournaments ahead after Christmas.
The temperatures have cooled off but the Power Rankings are heating up!
VYPE's Austin Boys Basketball Rankings
1. (1) Westwood Warriors (6A) – 16-0 (4-0 to win Cedar Creek Tournament)
2. (2) Stony Point Tigers (6A) – 13-2 (5-0 to win Jack Frost Tournament)
3. (3) Round Rock Dragons (6A) – 13-3 (4-1 runner-up, Midlothian Heritage Hoopsfest)
4. (4) St. Michael’s Warriors (TAPPS) – 15-2 (5-0 to win Pflugerville ISD Tournament)
5. (8) Liberty Hill Panthers (5A) – 8-3 (3-2 in Jack Frost Tournament)
6. (7) Leander Lions (5A) – 8-2 (2-2 in Jack Frost Tournament)
7. (9) Lockhart Lions (5A) – 11-0 (5-0 to win La Grange/Schmeckenfest Showdown)
8. (10) Lago Vista Vikings (4A) – 11-1 (4-0 to win Alto-Cody Self Invitational)
9. (5) Westlake Chaparrals (6A) – 7-4 (2-2 in Anderson Classic)
10. (6) East View Patriots (5A) – 8-4 (Lost 68-67 @ Copperas Cove)
11. (NR) Brentwood Christian (TAPPS) 13-6 (3-2 in Pflugerville ISD Tournament)
12. (NR) Vandegrift Vipers (6A) 10-5 (3-2 in Bowie tournament)
13. (NR) Georgetown Eagles (5A) 7-6 (3-2 in Jack Frost Tournament)
14. (NR) Dripping Springs (6A) 8-7 (2-2 in Jack Frost Tournament)
15. (NR) Pflugerville Connally Cougars (5A) 8-5 (1-3 in Pflugerville ISD Tournament)