Preps: No change at top of Coaches Polls

Sickles and Tampa Prep retained the top two spots on the boy’s side, as did Plant and Newsome on the girls when the Hillsborough County Soccer Coaches Poll was released on Monday morning.

Sickles remained undefeated, moving to 9-0-2 with a pair of victories against Freedom (4-0) and Jefferson (6-0) last week. Tampa Prep is also undefeated, and perfect, moving to 7-0-0 with a 9-1 win against Bishop McLaughlin last week.

Plant and Newsome will enter their non-district showdown on Thursday as No.1 and No.2 respectively, the Wolves earning a 2-2 tie on the road against No.6 East Bay last Tuesday and the Panthers posting a pair of district wins against Bloomingdale and Wharton. The Wolves defeated the Panthers in a penalty shootout earlier this season to win the Lady Wildcat Invitational at Wharton.

Both No.3s in last week’s poll took a small tumble, East Bay’s boys dropping to No.7 after their 1-0 defeat to Newsome and Bloomingdale’s girls falling to No.5 after a 3-1 loss against Plant. There were no new entries into the poll on the girl’s side, though, with Steinbrenner’s boys the only newcomers on the boys side, sliding in at No.10.

Here is a full list of both Top 10s.

BOYS

No.1 Sickles (9-0-2)
No.2 Tampa Prep (7-0-0)
No.3 Gaither (7-1-0)
No.4 Jesuit (7-1-2)
No.5 Plant City (7-0-1)
No.6 Berkeley Prep (4-2-0)
No.7 East Bay (5-1-1)
No.8 Newsome (5-1-2)
No.9 Wharton (5-3-0)
No.10 Steinbrenner (7-1-1)

GIRLS

No.1 Plant (10-1-1)
No.2 Newsome (9-0-2)
No.3 Berkeley Prep (8-3-1)
No.4 Tampa Prep (8-2-2)
No.5 Bloomingdale (6-3-0)
No.6 East Bay (6-1-1)
No.7 Steinbrenner (7-0-2)
No.8 Freedom (6-3-3)
No.9 Wharton (5-5-2)
No.10 Alonso (5-5-2)