Boys Prep Top 15
| Rank | Team | W | L | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimball Union | 1 | 25 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Salisbury | 4 | 18 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Avon Old Farms | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Belmont Hill | 3 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Holderness | 6 | 18 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Dexter Southfield | 7 | 15 | 5 | 3 |
| 7 | Cushing | 10 | 16 | 5 | 3 |
| 8 | St. Sebastian's | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | Brunswick | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 |
| 10 | Nobles | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 11 | Kent | 9 | 15 | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | St. Mark's | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 |
| 13 | Frederick Gunn School | NR | 19 | 11 | 0 |
| 14 | Exeter | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 |
| 15 | Pomfret | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 |
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As the regular season heads into its final week, the jockeying for playoff positioning is in full force. Twelve of the 15 teams in last week’s HNIB News Boys Prep Top 15 rankings either lost or tied, which produced some shuffling.
Pairings for the three post-season tournaments will be announced next Sunday, February 27th.
Even #1 Kimball Union (25-3-1) wasn’t immune. The Wildcats traded 2-1 results with #7 Cushing. They also beat Proctor (6-0). The Lakes Region playoffs begin Friday.
Salisbury (18-5-0) slides up to #2. The Crimson Knights ended #3 Avon Old Farms (20-2-0) 12-game winning streak Saturday with a 3-1 win, and also beat Wyoming Seminary (6-0). They close out the regular season against Hotchkiss (Wednesday) and Canterbury (Saturday).
The Winged Beavers also had solid wins over Hotchkiss (6-0) and Choate (6-1). They finish with three home games: Pomfret (Monday), Canterbury (Wednesday), Loomis Chaffee (Saturday).
A late goal enabled #4 Belmont Hill (18-0-3) to get a 2-2 tie with new #10 Nobles (13-6-4). BH also blanked Milton (4-0) and close with Tabor (Wednesday), #6 Dexter Southfield (15-5-3) on Friday and Westminster on Saturday.
Holderness (18-2-3) is up to #5 after a week that saw the Bulls grab two more W’s (Vermont Academy, 7-3, and St. Paul’s, 4-0) and a tie with Winchendon. Holderness gets Proctor Monday before the Lakes Region tournament.
Dexter Southfield, which beat Winchendon and Kents Hill in convicing fashion, also has Hoosac on Wednesday.
Cushing (15-5-3) also knocked off Andover (7-3) and finishes with Vermont Academy (Monday), New Hampton (Wednesday) and Governor’s Academy (Saturday).
#8 St. Sebastian’s (16-5-1) fell to Governor’s Academy Saturday, after a one-goal win over Tabor. Left on the regular season slate for the Arrows are homes games with Lawrence Academy (Wednesday) and Thayer (Friday).
After falling last week, #9 Brunswick (16-7-1) is back up in the top 10 after posting wins over Albany Academy (5-0) and Frederick Gunn (4-3). The Bruins face Trinity Pawling (Friday) and Deerfield (Saturday).
Nobles has Tabor (Monday), Governor’s (Wednesday) and Milton (Saturday) before the post-season.
The rest of this week’s rankings has Kent (15-8-0) at #11, St. Mark’s (16-6-2) at #12, Frederick Gunn (19-11-0) at #13, Exeter (14-6-2) at #14 and Pomfret (12-5-4) at #15.
