The Lake Travis Cavaliers notched a tough road win over Rockwall in the Metroplex to remain atop this week’s Austin area rankings. Not that Westlake and Dripping Springs didn’t rack up some style points with their blowout shutouts on the road at San Benito and SA Wagner, respectively.
Vandegrift bounced back nicely with a convincing win over Cedar Park while Bastrop fought back on the road at China Spring to round out our Top 5.
Weiss earned a nice win over San Marcos to remain at #6 – and then the butter started churning. Anderson, Rouse and Vista Ridge all improved to 2-0 to move up. (The Raiders’ overtime win over then-Top 10 Liberty in out VYPE Austin Game of the Week was particularly impressive.)
Further down, district rivals Stony Pont and McNeil climbed the ladder and picked up momentum heading into this week’s start of what promises to be a wild 25-6A race. And new to this week’s charts are Hays at #18 and Hendrickson at #20.
Non-district play remains the apples-to-oranges portion of the season, although another week’s worth of data points helps bring things into focus. We’ll get increasing clarity with District 25-6A and District 12-5A-1 opening district play next week and the rest to follow later in the month.
In the meantime, here’s this week’s Power Rankings, heading into Week 3.
VYPE Austin Top 20 Combined Class 4A-6A
*Last parentheses indicates most recent game result
1. (1) Lake Travis Cavaliers (6A) – 2-0 (W 28-20 @ Rockwall)
2. (2) Westlake Chaparrals (6A) – 1-1 (W 66-0 @ San Benito)
3. (3) Dripping Springs Tigers (6A) -- 2-0 (W 55-0 @ SA Wagner)
4. (4) Vandegrift Vipers (6A) - 1-1 (W 35-14 vs. Cedar Park)
5. (5) Bastrop Bears (5A-2) – 2-0 (W 48-34 @ China Spring)
6. (6) Weiss Wolves (5A-1) -- 2-0 (W 25-15 vs San Marcos)
7. (8) Anderson Trojans (5A-1) – 2-0 (W 42-0 vs. Elgin)
8. (7) Georgetown Eagles (5A-1) – 1-1 (L 34-26 vs. Belton)
9. (14) Rouse Raiders (5A-1) – 2-0 (W-OT 49-43 vs. #10 Liberty Hill)
10. (12) Vista Ridge Rangers (6A) – 2-0 (W 28-21 @ #13 Bowie)
11. (10) Liberty Hill Panthers (5A-2) – 0-2 (L-OT 49-43 @ #14 Rouse)
