Yes we're late with this. Many factors contributed to use being behind schedule and then Herriman was slated to play East HS Wednesday night and we figured, hey, let's just wait for that.

After all, that was a top-10 matchup.

It was worth it, as we knew it would be regardless of which team won. But Herriman's fairly impressive 49-34 win also posed some interesting questions for us here at the secret underground bunker that is GRR World Headquarters. Mostly the questions center around Herriman's 28-0 loss to Layton Christian—sign of Herriman's fall or LCA's rise, or a bit of both? And is St. Thomas Aquinas's win over St. Martin's, a to-be-celebrated victory over another Top 10 team, or not emphatic enough because they just squeaked by? 

And what about De La Salle? Is it fair to say Northern California has slipped a bit (and this is based largely on just a couple of results) or are we being too harsh?

Yes all of those questions have an impact on the Top 10. First off, we're leaning toward saying LCA should get credit for beating Herriman as opposed to Herriman getting dinged for it. Herriman is certainly helped by Wednesday night's win over East HS. STA? Well, beating St. Martin's was nice but they were sorely tested. We get the gut feeling that Herriman is still stronger than STA. Yes, after all the data, it comes down to gut feeling.

Greenwich bumps up after a win over Xavier, and this brings up another thing. Rye ... beat Greenwich (as we were reminded of last week). Well, OK, that's quite true, but Rye also lost to Xavier 31-0. Where do we put Rye with that combination? Xavier has struggled to find victories this year; meanwhile Rye has done quite well, beating Georgetown Prep on the road, for example, and beating Greenwich, too.

Overall if you look at the three-way results among Xavier, Rye, and Greenwich you have all three at 1-1, with the points difference would favor Greenwich. If we put them at the top of those three, for now, Xavier's win over Rye keeps them ahead of Rye ... for now. There are other opportunities for all of that to change.

Medina, Christian Brothers, and Benedictine, perhaps all overdue, join the Top 50.

Finally. A note about St. Edward. Sometimes it's not about the final score, but how you got there. St. Edward was only down 3-0 at halftime against Ignatius this past week and the final try to make it 24-0 was scored at the end of the game. Overall St. Edward did a lot of things very well and were perhaps a little unlucky not to get points. So, yes, we've moved them up.