Well then I suppose Bishop Carrol and STA deserve a ranking, too?
All of these schools have great programs, I know for a fact, but winning at Garden City, Newton, or Basehor isn't nearly as tough as Ironman, Beast of the East, or other tournaments that put the top schools in the nation against eachother. That's not to say our good teams don't have the ability to compete at these tournmaents, they just don't.
I don't know Ponderosa's schedule, but I'm pretty sure the reason most good Kansas teams aren't ranked is because they don't face any of the teams nationally ranked.
Isn't that why Goddard was ranked last year, because they defeated Bishop Lynch, a nationally ranked foe?
KSHSAA really ties down the hands of teams with their restrictions on travel, but I would like to see something like what Oak Park did a couple years ago. Bring in a couple tough teams from local states and have a quad dual, and make sure it's televised. There's some recognition for ya!
