Your analysis is on the money, IMO. MC and Rochester were the biggest surprises to me on championship weekend. MC did seem to gel at the right time. They had a number of less-than-impressive wins during the regular season, so the Naz result was pretty shocking to me. They completely dominated the Roadrunners.MC seemed to play up/down to the level of teams they played during the regular season but they really turned on the gas (no brakes) during the playoffs. Taking nothing away from the other teams that played in the state finals, IMO, MC showed a more complete dominance of a very good offensive team in NAZ pretty much from start to finish that I didn't see with the other teams. (BTW in the same weather conditions) That said and being a Montini and CCL fan first and foremost, I stand by my original post of MC being tops in the state but can certainly understand all the arguments for other teams being at the top also.
IMO, the thing that separates MC and ESL from LWE is QB play. LWE did not have anywhere near the level of QB play that both MC and ESL brought to the table. I knew Lynch was good, but he's better than I realized. Love his toughness. And Macon is as good or better than anyone in the state. I would not have considered MC to be in the discussion for #1 team prior to seeing them against Naz. IMO, you can flip a coin between MC and ESL for top team. I'd have LWE at #3.