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Thurs. 2/25/16

If the Season Ended Today, Thurs. Feb. 25th

 Here's how things would look if the season ended today:

Elite 8:
1. Avon
2. Exeter
3. KUA (S)
4. Salisbury
5. Gunnery (S)
6. Loomis
7. Milton
8. Cushing

Large School:
1. Brunswick
2. Thayer
3. Westminster
4. Proctor
5. Tabor
6. Nobles
7. Belmont Hill
8. St. Sebastian's

Small School:
1. Rivers
2. St. Mark's
3. Brooks
4. Dexter
5. Canterbury
6. Millbrook
7. New Hampton
8. Lawrence

Notes:

-- Games between Teams Under Consideration are: Loomis @ Avon (Sat.), Cushing @ St. Mark's (Fri.), and Nobles @ Milton (Sat.). If Proctor and KUA each win their Lakes Region semifinal on Friday, they would meet for the title on Saturday. That would also be a game between two TUCs.

-- If Loomis loses at Avon on Saturday night they could lose a couple JSPR points. But since Loomis wins comparisons with Cushing and Brunswick it probably won't drop them out of the Top 8. It could make it close, though.

-- If Avon wins they will be #1 (obviously). If they lose, we don't think they will lose the comparison with Exeter, hence they will remain #1. That said, it appears to be within the realm of possibility that Avon finishes #2.

-- St. Mark's hosts Cushing on Friday. While St. Mark's has no chance of breaking into the Top 8, Cushing, with a loss, could drop out of the Top 8.

-- Brunswick, whose record vs. TUCs is 1-4-1 doesn't appear to have enough TUC games. For them to get into the Top 8, virtually everything would have to fall their way -- starting with a Cushing loss.

-- If Milton loses to Nobles on Saturday, they are probably -- though not definitely -- out of the Top 8. With recent losses to Thayer (2x) and Nobles, Milton has fallen to 2-4-1 vs. TUCs. They do, however, have a good RPI and win a number of comparisons. Milton is on the bubble, and in a must-win situation. A win over Nobles could move Milton up from their current #7 slot.

-- Thayer has been on fire lately, going 8-1 over their last nine. Four of those wins have come against Top 16 teams, hence the Tigers' rapid ascent up the JSPR ranking. If Thayer beats St. Seb's on Saturday -- and a couple other things fall their way -- they could find themselves in the Elite 8. Thayer certainly has the best shot of any #9-16 team to do so. However, significant changes among the lower half of the TUCs could imperil the Tigers' chances. 

-- As for the Large School Tournament, because Kent and Berkshire lost yesterday, St. Seb's and Bel Hill jumped up in RPI. But the latter two have difficult games Friday vs., respectively, Thayer and Tabor. If St. Seb's and Bel Hill win on Friday, they will likely make the Large School Tournament. If either Seb's or Belmont Hill loses Kent will likely make the Large School Tournament. Berkshire has a chance, too. The most important game here is the Tabor @ Bel Hill game. If Tabor loses it could drop them out of the Top 16. It might be temporary though, as the Seawolves have a win in their pocket Saturday (the NMH forfeit).

-- If Milton beats Nobles, the latter will drop out of the Top 16. In that scenario, Belmont Hill, St. Seb's, and Kent all stand a chance of jumping over Nobles and squeezing into the Top16.

-- If Belmont Hill beats Tabor and Milton beats Nobles, Bel Hill looks to have the best chance of jumping over Nobles and into the Large School Tournament. But if Nobles beats Milton, Nobles will lock up a spot for themselves in the Large School Tournament.

-- The fortunes of teams in the Top 8 are, for the most part, not particularly dependent on how other teams in the Top 8 do. Instead, their fortunes are largely dependent on who makes the Top 16. It's tough to hazard a guess on who will sneak into the bottom slots of the Top 16. The Top 16 teams now are the same as the Top 16 on Sunday. The order has been shuffled, primarily in the 9-16 slots, but all the teams that are ranked in JSPR today were there on Sunday as well. The odds are against that still being the case after Saturday's games.

-- After Friday's games, we'll know a whole lot more.

***
Thurs. 2/25/16

Cushing to Pink The Rink
All Cushing hockey games on Saturday -- varsity B games, the girls' game, and the boys varsity game against Governor's (6:00 pm) -- will be part of the school's annual Pink the Rink event.

The proceeds will be split between the Dana Farber Marathon Challenge and the Robin Cook-Milligan Inflammatory Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation.

Cushing players will be wearing special breast cancer awareness jerseys, pink laces, pink socks, and pink tape.

There will be a 50/50 raffle at each game (winner must be present), and there will be about 35 other raffle prizes ranging from sports memorabilia to ski passes to restaurant gift certificates to a three-foot tall gumball machine. Who doesn't want a three-foot tall gumball machine?

The winners for the prize raffle does not need to be present.

In addition, there will be numerous items for sale -- t-shirts, hockey lace bracelets, homemade decorative pillows, keychain bottle openers, car magnets, stickers, and even homemade chicken pot pies.

This is the seventh consecutive year Cushing has done this. They hope to raise $10k to split between the charities.

So bring the kids...bring the whole family.

Sun. 2/28/16 -- Updated Mon. a.m.

2016 Girls Prep Playoff Schedule

 Here are the matchups. We'll be filling in the game times as they become available.

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 -- Quarterfinals -- at Campus Sites

Div. I
#1 Nobles vs. #8 St. Paul's, 3:30 pm -- @ Nobles
#2 Williston vs. #7 Milton, 5:00 pm -- @ Williston
#3 Loomis vs. #6 New Hampton, 4:15 pm -- @ Loomis
#4 Kent vs #5 Andover, 3:45 pm -- @ Choate

Div. II
#1 Brooks vs. #8 Southfield, 3:30 pm -- @ Brooks
#2 St. George's vs. #7 Gunnery, 3:00 pm -- @ St. George's
#3 Worcester vs. #6 Canterbury, 3:30 pm -- @ NESC, Marlborough, Mass.
#4 Rivers vs. #5 Proctor, 5:00 pm -- @ Rivers

Saturday, March 5, 2016 -- Semifinals -- at Higher Seeds

Div. I
#1-8 winner vs. #4-5 winner
#2-7 winner vs. #3-6 winner

Div. II
#1-8 winner vs. #4-5 winner
#2-7 winner vs. #3-6 winner

Sunday, March 6, 2016 -- Championship Games -- at Noble & Greenough School
Div. II -- 12:30 pm
Div. I -- 3:00 pm

Sun. 2/21/16

Girls' Prep Composite, Week of Feb. 22, 2016

Sun. 2/14/16

Girls' Prep Composite, Week of Feb. 15, 2016

Mon. Feb. 15
St. George's @ Governor's, 4:15 pm
Rivers @ Milton, 5:15 pm

Tues. Feb. 16
Stanstead College @ Brewster Academy, 4:00 pm -- cancelled

Wed. Feb. 17
Loomis-Chaffee @ Pomfret, 2:30 pm
Kent @ Hotchkiss, 2:30 pm
Northfield-Mt. Hermon @ Williston-Northampton, 2:30 pm
Kimball Union @ Tilton, 2:30 pm
Winchendon @ Worcester Academy, 3:00 pm
Middlesex @ Lawrence Academy, 3:00 pm
Taft @ Westminster, 3:00 pm
Andover @ Noble & Greenough, 3:15 pm
Rivers @ Governor's, 3:45 pm
Cushing @ Deerfield, 4:00 pm
Tabor @ Exeter, 4:00 pm
Canterbury @ Millbrook, 4:00 pm
Thayer @ St. Mark's, 4:15 pm
Berwick @ Winsor, 4:15 pm
Groton @ Brooks, 4:30 pm
St. George's @ Milton, 4:30 pm
Gunnery @ Vermont Academy, 4:30 pm
Choate @ Berkshire, 4:30 pm
Portsmouth Abbey @ Pingree, 4:30 pm
St. Paul's @ BB&N, 4:45 pm
Hebron @ Proctor, 4:45 pm
Kingswood-Oxford @ Rye Country Day, 4:45 pm
Kents Hill @ North Yarmouth Academy, 4:45 pm
New Hampton @ Southfield, 5:00 pm

Fri. Feb 19
BB&N @ Lawrence Academy, 8:00 am
Berwick @ Pingree, 4:00 pm
Noble & Greenough @ Thayer, 4:15 pm
Southfield @ Tabor, 4:30 pm
Vermont Academy @ Kimball Union, 4:30 pm
Hebron @ North Yarmouth Academy, 4:45 pm
Newton CD @ Portsmouth Abbey, 4:45 pm
Brooks @ Middlesex, 5:00 pm
Milton @ Andover, 5:30 pm
Northfield-Mt. Hermon @ Cushing, 5:45 pm
Kent @ Berkshire, 5:45 pm
Holderness @ Worcester Academy, 7:00 pm

Sat. Feb. 20
Lawrence Academy @ Governor's, 12:30 pm
Brewster Academy @ Milton, 1:00 pm
Pomfret @ Cushing, 1:00 pm
Northfield-Mt. Hermon @ Exeter, 1:30 pm
Winsor @ Portsmouth Abbey, 1:30 pm
Kents Hill @ New Hampton, 2:00 pm
BB&N @ St. Mark's, 2:00 pm
Choate @ Taft, 2:00 pm
Rivers @ Proctor, 2:00 pm
Tilton @ Vermont Academy, 2:30 pm
Darien HS @ Greenwich, 2:30 pm
St. Paul's @ Noble & Greenough, 3:00 pm
Berwick @ Southfield, 3:00 pm
Groton @ St. George's, 3:00 pm
Holderness @ Middlesex, 3:00 pm
Brooks @ Tabor, 3:15 pm
Hebron @ Kimball Union, 4:00 pm
Kingswood-Oxford @ Newton CD, 4:00 pm
Millbrook @ Lawrenceville, 4:30 pm
Williston-Northampton @ Loomis-Chaffee, 5:00 pm
Hotchkiss @ Deerfield, 5:00 pm
Berkshire @ Westminster, 5:00 pm
Canterbury @ Winchendon, 5:00 pm

Sun. Feb. 21
Deerfield @ Taft, 1:00 pm

Mon. Feb. 22
Greenwich @ Millbrook, 4:00 pm
Hotchkiss @ Westminster, 5:00 pm
Canterbury @ Berkshire, 5:00 pm
Lawrence Academy @ Tabor, 6:00 pm 

Sun. 2/7/16

Girls' Prep Composite, Week of Feb. 8, 2016

Mon. Feb. 8
Winsor @ Middlesex, 4:45 pm

Wed. Feb. 10
Kent @ Canterbury, 2:00 pm
Exeter @ Kimball Union, 2:00 pm
Millbrook @ Gunnery, 2:30 pm
Hotchkiss @ Loomis-Chaffee, 3:00 pm
St. Paul's @ Middlesex, 3:00 pm
Taft @ Greenwich, 3:00 pm
Winchendon @ Southfield, 3:00 pm
Vermont Academy @ Tilton, 3:00 pm
St. Mark's @ Milton, 3:15 pm
Thayer @ Governor's, 3:15 pm
Tabor @ Andover, 3:30 pm
Williston-Northampton @ Choate, 3:30 pm
Noble & Greenough @ Groton, 3:45 pm
Holderness @ Brooks, 3:45 pm
Brewster Academy @ Proctor, 4:00 pm
Stanstead College @ New Hampton, 4:00 pm
North Yarmouth Academy @ Newton CD, 4:00 pm
St. George's @ BB&N, 4:00 pm
Berkshire @ Pomfret, 4:00 pm
Worcester Academy @ Rivers, 4:30 pm
Deerfield @ Westminster, 4:30 pm
Pingree @ Portsmouth Abbey, 4:30 pm
Berwick @ Hebron, 4:45 pm
Cushing @ Lawrence Academy, 5:30 pm

Thurs. Feb. 11
Berwick @ Kents Hill, 5:45 pm

Fri. Feb. 12
Brewster Academy @ New Hampton, 4:00 pm
Newton CD @ Winsor, 4:00 pm
St. Paul's @ Tabor, 4:15 pm
Vermont Academy @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 4:30 pm
BB&N @ Noble & Greenough, 5:30 pm
Governor's @ Andover, 6:00 pm
Southfield @ Proctor, 6:00 pm

Sat. Feb. 13
Cushing @ Northfield - Mt. Hermon, 1:00 pm
Kingswood-Oxford @ Gunnery, 1:30 pm
St. Mark's @ Rivers, 2:00 pm
Hotchkiss @ Taft, 2:30 pm
Governor's @ St. Paul's, 2:30 pm
Tabor @ Pomfret, 2:30 pm
Kimball Union @ Williston-Northampton, 2:30 pm
Portsmouth Abbey @ Rye Country Day, 2:45 pm
New Hampton @ Exeter, 3:00 pm
Noble & Greenough @ Westminster, 3:15 pm
Brooks @ St. George's, 3:30 pm
Canterbury vs. Hebron, 3:30 pm -- at Phillips Exeter
Middlesex @ Milton, 3:30 pm
Holderness @ Proctor, 3:45 pm
Deerfield @ Berkshire, 4:00 pm
Kents Hill @ Winchendon, 4:00 pm
Millbrook @ Kent, 4:30 pm
Vermont Academy @ Worcester Academy, 5:00 pm
Lawrence Academy @ Thayer, 5:30 pm
Choate @ Loomis-Chaffee, 7:00 pm

Sun. Feb. 14
Winchendon @ Hebron, 12:00 pm
Canterbury vs. Kents Hill, 12:30 pm -- at Phillips Exeter 
Lawrenceville @ Hotchkiss, 1:00 pm