Preps: Final girls poll has Plant on top

The Plant Panthers will enter the girls region playoffs as the top-ranked team in Hillsborough County as they remained No.1 in the final Hillsborough County Coaches Poll of the season when it was released on Monday morning.

The Panthers defeated No.3 Bloomingdale 1-0 for the Class 6A-District 8 title on Friday, and will host Countryside in the Class 6A-Region 2 quarterfinals on Thursday evening.

Berkeley Prep finished in the No.2 slot after winning the Class 3A-District 10 title. The Buccaneers will host Frostproof on Thursday night.

The remainder of the top five remained the same, with Newsome at No.4 and Steinbrenner at No.5. Freedom jumped into the No.6 slot after their 5-0 victory in the 5A-9 final against Hillsborough, and Tampa Prep is ranked No.8 entering the Class 2A-Region 3 playoffs.

The full poll can be found below:

1. Plant (20-1-1)
2. Berkeley Prep (17-4-2)
3. Bloomingdale (13-5-3)
4. Newsome (14-3-4)
5. Steinbrenner (15-0-2)
6. Freedom (12-3-4)
7. East Bay (12-4-2)
8. Tampa Prep (15-5-4)
9. Wharton (9-7-4)
10. Hillsborough (12-3-1)

Cowboys, Indians, Crusaders get bump in latest Coaches Poll

Gaither and East Bay made a jump up the rankings, and Tampa Catholic moved into the poll for the first time, when the Hillsborough County Coaches Boys Soccer Poll was released on Monday night.

Sickles and Plant City remained No.1 and No.2, with the Cowboys moving up one position to No.3 and the Indians vaulting into the No.4 slot from No.7 after a 3-0 win against Durant on Saturday.

The Crusaders, buoyed by their 3-1 win against Tampa Prep on Saturday, entered the poll at No.8. Steinbrenner also moved up to No.6, pushing Jesuit down to No.7.

On the girl’s side, the top six teams remained unchanged, with Plant remaining on top of the poll entering this week’s district playoffs.

There were two changes lower down in the top ten, as Freedom and Wharton exchanged places, the Patriots shifting up to No.7, while Hillsborough and Tampa Prep also switched positions, the Terriers garnering the No.9 position.

BOYS

1. Sickles (15-1-3)
2. Plant City (11-0-2)
3. Gaither (12-3-1)
4. East Bay (12-2-1)
5. Newsome (11-3-3)
6. Steinbrenner (9-1-1)
7. Jesuit (12-4-3)
8. Tampa Catholic (10-2-4)
9. Berkeley Prep (9-6-1)
10. Tampa Prep (10-4-2)

GIRLS

1. Plant (18-1-1)
2. Berkeley Prep (15-4-2)
3. Bloomingdale (12-4-3)
4. Newsome (12-3-4)
5. Steinbrenner (14-0-2)
6. East Bay (11-3-2)
7. Freedom (9-3-4)
8. Wharton (9-6-4)
9. Hillsborough (11-2-1)
10. Tampa Prep (13-5-4)

Preps: Sickles, Plant retain No.1 spots

Sickles high’s boys and Plant high’s girls retained their top spots in the first Hillsborough County Soccer Coaches poll of the new year after both posted a pair of wins as the high school season resumed last week.

Still undefeated, Plant City’s boys moved up to the No.2 spot, while Jesuit dropped three places to No.6 after its loss to Steinbrenner on Friday night. The Warriors’ win wasn’t enough to jump them over the Tigers, though, as they moved up two spots to No.8.

No.3 Tampa Prep’s loss to Berkeley Prep on Saturday afternoon did not appear to be taken into consideration by the voters this week, as the result did not appear in either school’s listed record for the poll.

Gaither, which Sickles defeated 2-1 last Tuesday before beating Freedom 3-0 on Friday night, and Newsome, who will be the No.2 seed to Plant City in the Class 5A-District 8 tournament, round out the top five on the boys side.

Still absent from the boys top 10, though, is Plant, which defeated Alonso on Friday night to earn the No.1 seed in Class 6A-District 8.

Berkeley Prep’s impressive pair of wins against North Broward Prep and Tampa Prep allowed the Buccaneers to retain the No.2 spot in the girls poll, with Bloomingdale also holding steady at No.3. Newsome and Steinbrenner switched places from the final poll of 2009, the Warriors looking to complete an undefeated regular season when they face Strawberry Crest on Friday night.

The complete polls are listed below:

BOYS

1. Sickles (14-1-2)
2. Plant City (10-0-2)
3. Tampa Prep (8-2-1)
4. Gaither (12-3-1)
5. Newsome (10-3-2)
6. Jesuit (10-3-3)
7. East Bay (9-2-1)
8. Steinbrenner (9-1-1)
9. Wharton (6-3-2)
10. Berkeley Prep (7-6-0)

GIRLS

1. Plant (18-1-1)
2. Berkeley Prep (12-4-2)
3. Bloomingdale (12-4-2)
4. Newsome (12-3-3)
5. Steinbrenner (13-0-2)
6. East Bay (11-3-2)
7. Wharton (9-6-3)
8. Freedom (9-3-3)
9. Tampa Prep (9-5-4)
10. Hillsborough (11-2-1)

Preps: Plant girls retain top spot, but big reshuffle below

The Sarasota Holiday Tournament brought about a big reshuffle to the Hillsborough County Coaches Soccer Poll, but Plant's girls remained a solid No.1 after winning the Elite division on Saturday.

Newsome, which the Panthers had defeated on Friday night, and then subsequently fell to Berkeley Prep in Sarasota, dropped from No.2 to No.5, with the Buccaneers moving up a spot to No.2 and Bloomingdale the new No.3

Steinbrenner, which won the Sarasota Premiere division in convincing fashion, moved into the No.4 slot, up from No.7.

On the boy’s side, there was little chance in the top five, with only Gaither dropping a pair of slots to No.5, Sickles retaining the top spot. With the Gryphons as the only county school to advance past the pool stage of the High School Soccer Classic, the potential reshuffle may take place when the next poll is released.

The full polls are listed below.

BOYS

1. Sickles (10-0-2)
2. Tampa Prep (8-0-1)
3. Jesuit (7-2-2)
4. Plant City (7-0-2)
5. Gaither (9-2-1)
6. East Bay (6-1-1)
7. Newsome (7-1-2)
8. Berkeley Prep (5-3-0)
9. Wharton (5-3-1)
10. Steinbrenner (7-1-1)

GIRLS

1. Plant (16-1-1)
2. Berkeley Prep (9-4-2)
3. Bloomingdale (8-4-2)
4. Steinbrenner (11-0-2)
5. Newsome (10-3-3)
6. Tampa prep (9-3-4)
7. Wharton (8-5-3)
8. East Bay (8-3-1)
9. Freedom (7-3-3)
10. Sickles (6-2-2)

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)

Preps: Gryphons, Panthers retain top spots

Sickles and Plant remained on top of the boys and girls Hillsborough County Coaches’ Soccer Poll when it was released, with Jesuit jumping in at No.5 in the boys poll after being unranked a week ago.

Sickles boys remained undefeated with its victory against Leto, and saw its game against Freedom on Friday night postponed. Tampa Prep’s victory against Pinellas power East Lake wasn’t enough to lift the Terrapins into the top slot, and they remain second, while East Bay moved up a slot as Gaither dropped to No.4 after its loss to Wharton on Thursday night.

That win allowed the Wildcats to make their first appearance in the poll, entering at No.8.

Plant and Newsome held onto the top two positions in the girl’s poll, with Bloomingdale and Berkeley Prep each shifting up a spot as Tampa Prep dropped to No.5 after a 0-0 draw against Indian Rocks Christian last Tuesday.

The full polls are listed below

BOYS

1. Sickles (6-0-2)
2. Tampa Prep (5-0-0)
3. East Bay (5-0-1)
4. Gaither (6-1-0)
5. Jesuit (5-1-2)
6. Berkeley Prep (4-2-0)
7. Plant City (4-0-1)
8. Wharton (4-2-0)
9. King (7-2-0)
10. Newsome (3-1-2)

GIRLS

1. Plant (8-1-0)
2. Newsome (9-0-1)
3. Bloomingdale (5-2-0)
4. Berkeley Prep (6-3-1)
5. Tampa Prep (6-2-2)
6. Freedom (5-3-1)
7. East Bay (5-1-0)
8. Steinbrenner (5-0-1)
9. Wharton (4-4-2)
10. Alonso (4-4-1)

Preps: Sickles, Plant top first coaches' polls

The opening Hillsborough County Coaches' Poll has been released, with Sickles leading the way in the boy’s edition and Plant on top of the girls poll.

Sickles has opened the season 5-0-2, most recently defeating Clearwater and tying Palm Harbor and Countryside at the High School Challenge held in Clearwater last week.

Plant lost in a shootout to Poll No.2 Newsome in the Lady Wildcat Invitational in the first week of the season, but has been dominant since then, defeating Wharton 6-0 and Brandon 8-0 in its last two outings.

The poll is being coordinated by Wharton High coaches Scott Ware and Dens Vukorep, with each high school coach in Hillsborough County able to submit a top 10 list. Here are the complete top 10s

Boys

1. Sickles, 5-0-2
2. Tampa Prep, 3-0-0
3. Gaither, 4-0-0
4. East Bay, 5-0-0
5. Plant City 3-0-1
6. Berkeley Prep, 4-1-0
7. King, 3-2-0
8. Newsome, 2-1-2
9. Plant, 3-1-1
10. Steinbrenner, 3-0-0

Girls

1. Plant, 7-1-0
2. Newsome, 7-0-1
3. Tampa Prep, 7-2-1
4. Bloomingdale, 3-1-0
5. Berkeley Prep, 4-3-1
6. Freedom, 5-2-1
7. East Bay, 4-1-0
8. Steinbrenner, 3-0-1
9. Gaither, 1-2-1
10. Alonso, 3-4-1