Well, our 5th year has come and gone. This was a personal worst for me. Too much travel...
None the less, we have arrived at our last ranking of the year and I once again thank all of you. I have a blast doing this and promise next season, I won't miss week 9. Some random release days will remain, I'm way to unreliable and rational to make that promise. Here is our final is there a new champion? Or did we give it back to LA with their split and better reg season? Or wait, is it a blast from the past?
Major props to legendary poster and one of the DSR original gangsters...scratch that...the north shore guy-never to be confused with a gangster, MW for contributing this week after graciously accepting my invite. Thanks MW.
Here is your final DSR for 2016, notice the large tier jumps - a theme this season.
Wick City: (11.27)
Glenbard North of the 50: (11.18)
HF: (11.09)
St. Chuck: (9.55)
G-Dub: (6.73)
Paladrome: (6.18)
LA: (3.45)
P-Ridge: (2.64)
Drum roll........
Swagger High: (2.09)
and our 2106 winner!
Flyer: WON (1.82)
None the less, we have arrived at our last ranking of the year and I once again thank all of you. I have a blast doing this and promise next season, I won't miss week 9. Some random release days will remain, I'm way to unreliable and rational to make that promise. Here is our final is there a new champion? Or did we give it back to LA with their split and better reg season? Or wait, is it a blast from the past?
Major props to legendary poster and one of the DSR original gangsters...scratch that...the north shore guy-never to be confused with a gangster, MW for contributing this week after graciously accepting my invite. Thanks MW.
Here is your final DSR for 2016, notice the large tier jumps - a theme this season.
Wick City: (11.27)
Well, well, well...En ma jenues, it was NWA that said F the police...It seems the DSR and Wick City are saying F the IHSA. Congrats Wick City on your first ever, and most controversial, entry into the Dark Side. In our eyes, you are above the law, and PN (who if you are interested three teams deeper than Wick City). What else do i love about the Wick? Just two short years ago they also thumbed things up...not for the number 1 villain , but for the number 2, the CCL Blue. To think, Wick City refused to join the Blue, for fear - let's be honest - of the big dogs there...you know, those big dogs: PC=NQ; MC=NQ; Rita=1stRdKo; Rice 1stRdKo.....hot dog.
Glenbard North of the 50: (11.18)
In the end, the mixed-up, potentially worst and last season of the DVC, end with GBN taking the crown and stealing all the bragging rights. I'm not plugged in enough to know how things in the once beloved DVC will turn up, but I know it won't be the same. I don't know what to make of the 7-2 season, but I know GBN gave Flyer their best game of the year. That counts for something considering Flyer blew everyone else out of the water.
HF: (11.09)
After misrainking PJ's vote, HF jumps back into the DSR, and IC moves to the 11 spot...one spot out. HF is good. IC not as good. Too late to say more. I'm just sad i messed up the sheet! But, i am happy it really affected very little!
St. Chuck: (9.55)
This is a body of work ranking. Personally, I'd like to see chuck start to challenge themselves ooc. That said, strong playoff wins, an undefeated regular season, and a good loss to the Paladrome results in a DSR final ranking. Since we are talking chuch, let's be frank. Had this not been a down year for traditional powers, without a real notable win on the regular season schedule, I'm not sure chuck ends up this well in our final DSR. Not saying they'd be out, but maybe. The 442/125 PF/PA is nice, but where is that signature win? Congrats on a great undefeated season and strong playoff run!
G-Dub: (6.73)
Roller-Coaster? No reason to sugarcoat anything GW, they are a perennial power, schedule everyone and everyone, and are a regular top five DSR team. I always thought this team lacked the offensive power to make a title game. Ironically, I think it was coach H's best season offensively (not sure if he actually calls the plays or I word that differently). I loved the way he mixed things up this season and truly believe this was a 4 loss regular season team had it not been for the offense this year. The defense is a given. Once again, GW had the best defense in the state. With one of the more difficult regular season schedules, GW only allowed two teams to go double digits on them. Impressive. Hats off to a team not accustomed to losing persevering and making a great run.
Paladrome: (6.18)
Well, count me in as a person proved wrong by P-Tine. It's not that I did not think they were a solid club, I was just unsure whether they had the defense to make a deep run. An undefeated regular season followed with a 14 point loss to MS in the semis results in one heck of a year. Signature win is a 10-6 playoff win verse DSR finalist St. Chuck. I'm very interested to see now that a lot of studs are graduating, whether P-Tine gains traction like I think they can???
LA: (3.45)
Fall from grace. From the 1 spot to the 4 spot go the returning champs. Controversy? LA has an argument for the top spot. A split with MS, perhaps the best regular season in state, two offensive studs, the only team to stop Rice defensively....I can go on and on...The fact of the matter, LA got badly out played when it counted the most. We've complimented LA enough over the last two seasons to go on here, but I will finish with this. Even ending at the 4 spot this year, they are still presently the state's top program. Probably preseason 2 or 3 next year.
P-Ridge: (2.64)
What about next year? Oh, yeah, in the 3 spot is next season's consensus #1. The 6A winner is bringing back everyone. P-Ridge is not new to the DSR, thy've just never finished this high and in such elite company. P-Ridge showing that there is no such thing as archaic offenses. Jwar, i'm calling you out on this one! Super props to this season's P-Ridge team, but was this year just a tease for next?
Drum roll........
Swagger High: (2.09)
Perhaps disappointed with the runner-up spot, Swagger High got its swagger back in the 2016 playoffs. There may not have been a whole lot of Maine Southing of teams this season, but MS did what we all thought they could not after mid-season...and they did so in straight dominating fashion.
An unprecedented second DSR paragraph....more controversy? MS gets five first place votes, our winner this season? Flyer, gets 3.....We have som'espalinin to do!
and our 2106 winner!
Flyer: WON (1.82)
I love it. Flyer back for more and when we least expected it. Gone was the preseason hype. Gone was the "just look how athletic they are!" Gone was the "yeah, they'll shoot them selves in the foot, they are so undisciplined." Flyer just rolled this season and deserves a top spot. They end the season perfectly, score a Montini-like 590 points and only gave up 130. I can see Flyer gaining momentum now and going on a very nice run. Congrats flyer on your very first, and well-deserved, DSR Championship. It means way more than that IHSA hardware you brought home.
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