Despite the difficult weather conditions Saturday in the Chicago area, Hunter Johnson punched his ticket to the Elite 11 next month in Los Angeles.
Johnson, a Clemson commit from Brownsburg, Ind., is ranked as the No. 6 quarterback and No. 62 overall in the class by Scout.com.
Cal Ripken Jr. and Brett Christopherson during the Northeast Wisconsin Sports Awards (Photo: Ron Page, USA TODAY Network-Wisconsin)
GREEN BAY – Hall of Fame shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. was the keynote speaker Saturday at the inaugural Northeast Wisconsin Sports Awards, sponsored by Festival Foods and Bellin Health and presented by USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin.
The event was held in front of an overflow crowd at the Lambeau Field Atrium.
Ripken used his opening remarks to tell the crowd at the value of consistency and conviction — two key elements in his record-setting consecutive games streak.
“Everybody wants to be good and practice their skills and go out there and have a good day,” he said. “When you start to do it at a higher level, you’re asked to do it all the time. In baseball, you’re asked to play 162 games ballgames. It doesn’t matter if you got three hits yesterday, you’re starting over today. And how can I make contributions today?
“When I look at the definition of consistency, you can’t always get the game-winning hit, and you can’t always make the game-saving catch, but it’s all those things between the two that will define your value. It’s all the contributions you can make each and every day that will make your irreplaceable.”
Ripken went on to say that at one point in his career — beyond the responsibilities of playing shortstop and hitting third — he also was calling the pitches for all the Orioles pitchers. He encouraged the althetes in attendance to “think about some things you can do on your teams to become a little bit more valuable.”
“We all have our contributions to make to the team and a job descriptions of what we’re supposed to do,” he said. “Sometimes you can stay in your little area, but all I’m for going out to discover what value you have outside of that. Sometimes it takes a little bit of courage because if step outside of your lane, it take a little risk.”
Ripken used stories from his childhood with his dad to talk about the value of stubbornness, saying in his family, there was good stubborn, bad stubborn and stupid stubborn. But he noted being stubborn helping him survive some of the criticism he took when others suggested he should take a day off and snap the streak for the good of the team.
“You have to stand up for what you believe in,” he said. “When I had this consecutive games streak, and when you look back on it and why it was celebrated in 1995, I broke a record that was thought to be unbreakable. … In the process of doing that, when I wasn’t playing well or the team was slumping, I was a target for saying I was selfish. ‘Cal’s putting his streak above everyone else.’ But this streak was all about a sense of responsibility that I had to my team.
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“If I’m a player that hits third and plays shortstop, I think every player should come to the ballpark ready to play that night. If the manager chooses him to play, then he plays. It’s not my job to change that. I had to be stubborn many times when I was getting criticized to say, ‘Look, this is the right approach.’ The guy who pulls himself out of the game, I think he should have to stand up and give a reason why he did that.
“When you do that enough, sometimes people will call you stubborn. That wasn’t a bad thing in my household growing up. We were either good stubborn or bad stubborn. Good stubborn is when you were standing up for what you believed in and we were supported on that. Bad stubborn is being stubborn for no good reason and that was never helped.”
“So being stubborn is a good thing. When you get criticized, you have to get down deep inside and it makes you motivated a bit more to go out and practice a bit more to prove somebody else wrong. When you want to hold on to your position or you are player, my dad used to say, ‘If you take a day off, somebody else might take your job that day. If they get three hits, what does the manager do the next day? He plays him again.’ I’d recommend you have that sense of conviction. Be stubborn about your athletic career, be stubborn about your work ethic, be stubborn about your position. Be a little territorial about that and protect your position. Those things really helped me go out on a daily basis.”
During the ceremony, players of the year were chosen from six finalists in 23 sports, and the night’s biggest awards went to the Male Athlete of the Year, Female Athlete of the Year, Male Team of the Year, Female Team of the Year, Coach of the Year and the Courage Award winner.
“All of you in this room, it’s important to know that just making it into the top 150 is a great accomplishment in and of itself,” said Pam Henson, President and Publisher of USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin. “You guys committed to something that’s bigger than yourselves. You hustled and practiced, overcame and persevered. You worked your tails off to be the absolute best version of yourselves that you could be.”
Here are some of the winners:
Male athlete of the year
Cole Van Lanen, Bay Port: Van Lanen was among the more dominant football and track and field athletes in the state. The University of Wisconsin football offensive tackle recruit was the lone state representative in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and won WIAA Division 1 state championships in both shot put and discus as a junior, leading the Pirates to the team state title as well.
Female athlete of the year
Jaida Reynen, Green Bay East: Reynen concludes a stellar high school sports career as a four-year starter in volleyball, basketball and softball. As a senior this year, she was a unanimous first-team all-Bay Conference choice in volleyball and basketball, and will likely be in softball, in which she is an NCAA Division II Winona State (Minnesota) recruit. Reynen took the basketball team from two wins to 10 this season and broke the school’s career and single-season scoring record.
To see more winners, photos from the event and more videos, click here.
Saying it was taking #Blueprint17 to a “new level,” Michigan football has released a new recruiting hype video with music from A$AP Ferg and Future’s New Level.
The Wolverines’ class is ranked No. 8, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings.
Bruno Fernando is returning to Montverde (Photo: Robert Duyos, USA TODAY Sports)
The 6-10 Fernando, ranked No. 49 in the USA TODAY Sports final composite rankings, will return to Montverde Academy in Florida to play for the postgrade team, Eagles coach Kevin Boyle confirmed Sunday.
“We’re trying to make the best postgrad team in America,” Boyle told USA TODAY High School Sports’ Jason Jordan. “Bruno’s a really good player and really intense.
“I know it will benefit him a great deal playing with our postgrad team next season.”
Fernando averaged 10.8 point and seven rebounds per game at the Nike EYBL event in Hampton this week.
There had been some initial speculation in the fall that Fernando would consider a postgrad year at Montverde, but he denied that was the case and continued with the recruiting process.
Fernando told Scout.com that he will “consider everything” in terms of where he will play in college.
Along with Fernando, Joshua Greer announced on Twitter that he will play for Montverde’s postgrad team. Greer is a 6-4 guard from Jackson, Tenn.
A lot of attention has been focused on top-ranked quarterback Tate Martell’s recruitment, but he’s had a strong spring on the field.
Martell led an all-star team made up mostly of players from Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) to victory in the adidas 7on7 passing tournament in Redondo Beach, Calif., against some of Southern California’s best teams.
The Gaels downed Corona Centennial on the last play in the title game.
The game created a unique matchup as highly sought-after wide receiver Tyjon Lindsay, now at Centennial, faced off against his former teammates from Gorman.
It also was an opportunity for USC commit Bubba Bolden, a Gorman defensive back, to play in Southern California.
As Martell pointed out via Twitter, the team of Gorman players went undefeated in three passing league events this spring.
McDonogh (Owings Mill, Md.) girls lacrosse finished the season right where it started it: unbeaten and at the top.
The Eagles, the wire-to-wire No. 1 team in the Super 25 girls lacrosse rankings, defeated No. 9 Roland Park (Baltimore) 15-7 Sunday to capture its eighth consecutive Interscholastic Athetic Association of Maryland A Conference championship and 155th consecutive win.
“They may have heard the rumors and I heard them too,” McDonogh coach Chris Robinson told the Baltimore Sun. “I definitely think that there’s a sense of pride the kids take. They want to be the ones who continue on and it has a snowball effect. But I also think that our kids take pride in the fact that they’re in something special, something unique that not many other people can ever take part in and that’s really brought us a close sense of community and bonding.”
Consider this: The seniors on the Connecticut women’s basketball team won a championship in each of their four years with the school. McDonogh has graduated four consecutive classes of seniors who have never lost a game.
The last time the Eagles lost a girls lacrosse game was April of 2009.
“It’s definitely always in the back of our minds,” captain Sarah Dohler told the Sun, “so I think it’s a huge weight off our shoulders, because every senior class is like, ‘I don’t want to be the one to lose it.’ At least for the four captains who have been on the team since freshman year, it’s always kind of been there, so for us to make it out alive and undefeated is remarkable.”
Evan Neal (Photo: 247Sports)
Evan Neal is 6-6 and 350 pounds — and only 15.
An offensive lineman at Okeechobee (Fla.), the freshman received an offer from Alabama on May 5 and committed a day later.
Now he has decommitted 10 days later, according to 247Sports.
“What kid wouldn’t want to go to Alabama?” Evan’s father Eddie Neal told 247Sports. “I’d love for my son to play for Alabama, but I feel he made his decision too early. He may have been caught up in the emotion of the offer. He’s only 15 years old and there’s a lot that can change between now and when he signs.”
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Neal has seen interest pick up since his commitment and he hopes to visit Alabama this summer along with Clemson, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, USC, Arkansas and Georgia.
“I need to look at all my options, but I certainly think I could end up back at Alabama,” he told 247Sports.
Corona Centennial football had an undefeated regular season in 2015 and finished 14-1 and No. 7 in the final Super 25 rankings.
Among the reasons from the Huskies’ success was quarterback Anthony Catalano, who will play next season at Southern Utah.
If this spring is any indication, Centennial might have a star in the making under center in 6-6 junior to be Tanner McKee.
McKee starred as Centennial advanced to the title game in the Adidas 7on7 Southern California event this weekend in Redondo Beach, Calif.
Centennial lost in the final to a team of Bishop Gorman all-stars led by top-ranked quarterback Tate Martell.
“He was phenomenal,” Huskies coach Matt Logan told the Los Angeles Times of McKee.
McKee has plenty of targets, including Tyjon Lindsey, Troy Spencer, Justin Fisher, Xavier Marshall, Manny Allen and running back Miles Reed, according to the Times.
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Legacy (Mansfield, Texas) senior Reagan Wright must know how Bryce Harper feels.
The Washington Nationals star was walked 13 times in a four-game series against the Chicago Cubs recently, Sulphur Springs walked Wright all in all 13 of her plate appearances during a three-game series in the Class 5A Region II quarterfinals, according to the Dallas Morning News.
That’s five walks in Games 1 and 3 and three walks in Game 2.
The 13 walks exceeded her total of 10 in the first 30 games of the season.
Wright, heading to Texas-Arlington, came into the series on an 18-game hitting streak with homers in four consecutive games. She scored six times in the series against Sulphur Springs without an official at-bat.
Next up for Legacy: Region semifinals against Frisco and ace pitcher Maddie MacGrandle.
The Gatorade State Girls Soccer Players of the Year were selected based on athletic production and impact in the 2015-16 season. Each winner also demonstrated high academic achievement and exemplary personal character, including volunteerism, sportsmanship and community leadership.
For a list of the other Gatorade State girls Soccer Players of the Year winners, click here.
THE WINNER: Dani Rhodes
THE BASICS
School: Waukesha West (Waukesha, Wis.)
Grade: Senior
Position: Forward
Height: 5-foot-4
Athletic achievement: She had led the Wolverines to a 12-1-2 record at the time of her selection. The state’s returning Gatorade Girls Soccer Player of the Year, Rhodes scored 29 goals and passed for eight assists through 15 games. An All-American selection by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, she was the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Player of the Year as a junior.
Academic excellence: Rhodes has maintained a 3.69 GPA.
Exemplary character: Also a basketball standout, she has volunteered locally on behalf of youth soccer and basketball programs.
THE PRAISE
“She’s equally dangerous with her right or left foot and she’s very quick,” said Drew Baker, head coach at Indian Trail High. “She can create her own shot and mentally she’s always thinking ahead.”
THE FUTURE: Rhodes has signed a National Letter of Intent to play soccer on scholarship at the University of Wisconsin this fall.
The Gatorade State Girls Soccer Players of the Year were selected based on athletic production and impact in the 2015-16 season. Each winner also demonstrated high academic achievement and exemplary personal character, including volunteerism, sportsmanship and community leadership.
For a list of the other Gatorade State girls Soccer Players of the Year winners, click here.
THE WINNER: Cadie Higginson
THE BASICS
School: Ben Franklin (New Orleans, La.)
Grade: Senior
Position: Forward
Height: 5-foot-6
Athletic achievement: She scored 55 goals and passed for 15 assists this past season, leading the Falcons (21-1-1) to their fourth consecutive Division II state championship. A First Team All-State honoree, Higginson was also selected Division II Offensive MVP by the Louisiana High School Soccer Coaches Association and was named the All-Metro Offensive Player of the Year.
Academic excellence: Higginson has maintained a 4.38 GPA. S
Exemplary character: he has volunteered locally on behalf of coastal restoration initiatives and the Korean War Veterans Association.
THE PRAISE
“Cadie Higginson is very versatile and she’s got great technical ability,” said Wes Leake, head coach at Lakeshore High. “I mean, what couldn’t she do? She’s just a smart player with great vision.”
THE FUTURE: Higginson will attend the United States Naval Academy this fall, where she will play soccer.
The Gatorade State Girls Soccer Players of the Year were selected based on athletic production and impact in the 2015-16 season. Each winner also demonstrated high academic achievement and exemplary personal character, including volunteerism, sportsmanship and community leadership.
For a list of the other Gatorade State girls Soccer Players of the Year winners, click here.
THE WINNER: Bella Dorosy
THE BASICS
School: St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Grade: Junior
Position: Forward
Height: 5-foot-6
Athletic achievement: She scored 37 goals and passed for 23 assists this past season, leading the Raiders (22-1-1) to the Class 4A state semifinals. A two-time All-Broward County Player of the Year, Dorosy was a 2015-16 Class 4A First Team All-State selection. She concluded her junior year with 84 goals and 47 assists in her prep soccer career.
Academic excellence: Dorosy has maintained a weighted 3.83 GPA.
Exemplary character: She has volunteered locally as part of community-beautification projects and as a youth soccer coach.
THE PRAISE
“Bella Dorosy is just a different kind of player,” said David Seevers, head coach of Pace High. “She has all the elements of a great player, and she knows when and how to use those abilities to greatest effect. My defenders simply didn’t have an answer for her.”
THE FUTURE: Dorosy has made a verbal commitment to play soccer on an athletic scholarship at Florida State University beginning in the fall of 2017.
The Gatorade State Girls Soccer Players of the Year were selected based on athletic production and impact in the 2015-16 season. Each winner also demonstrated high academic achievement and exemplary personal character, including volunteerism, sportsmanship and community leadership.
For a list of the other Gatorade State girls Soccer Players of the Year winners, click here.
THE WINNER: Kasey Parker
THE BASICS
School: Dreher (Columbia, S.C.)
Grade: Senior
Position: Forward
Height: the 5-foot-7
Athletic achievement: The returning Gatorade State Player of the Year, she scored 22 goals and passed for 10 assists this past season, leading the Blue Devils (20-2) to the Class 3A state tournament quarterfinals. Parker missed the final seven games of the regular season with an ankle injury and participated in the postseason at less than full health. She was the 2015 SCSoccer.com Super XXII Player of the Year after leading Dreher to the 3A state championship and concluded her prep soccer career with 155 goals and 37 assists.
Academic excellence: Parker has maintained a weighted 3.89 GPA.
Exemplary character: She has volunteered locally as part of a fundraising campaign to benefit Multiple Sclerosis research and has participated in a leadership conference for the South Carolina High School League.
THE PRAISE
“Kasey Parker is the real deal,” said Emily Heise, head coach of Brookland-Cayce High. “She is dynamic because of her speed and her knack for finishing. You don’t find many players who can run for days and finish shots.”
THE FUTURE: Parker has signed a National Letter of Intent to play soccer on an athletic scholarship at the University of North Carolina beginning this fall.
The Gatorade State Girls Soccer Players of the Year were selected based on athletic production and impact in the 2015-16 season. Each winner also demonstrated high academic achievement and exemplary personal character, including volunteerism, sportsmanship and community leadership.
For a list of the other Gatorade State girls Soccer Players of the Year winners, click here.
THE WINNER: Kelly Maday
THE BASICS
School: New Trier (Winnetka, Ill.)
Grade: Senior
Position: Forward
Height: 5-foot-6
Athletic achievement: She has led the Trevians to a 20-3-1 record entering the Class 3A New Trier Regional tournament semifinals against Maine East High, scheduled for May 17. Maday has scored 13 goals and passed for 13 assists despite missing eight games with an ankle injury. A two-time Class 3A All-State selection, Maday and the Trevians are seeking their third straight Class 3A state championship. She enters the regional semis with 65 goals and 65 assists in her prep soccer career.
Academic excellence: Maday has maintained a weighted 3.53 GPA. S
Exemplary character: he has volunteered locally at a homeless shelter and as a youth soccer coach. She also serves as a junior board member of Misericordia, a home for people with developmental and physical disabilities in Chicago.
THE PRAISE
“Kelly Maday is an extremely talented player and you always need to know where she is on the field,” said Brett Clish, head coach of Niles West High. “She is dangerous because of her speed and touch with the ball. If she has a slight opening, she will take advantage of it.”
THE FUTURE: Maday has signed a National Letter of Intent to play soccer on an athletic scholarship at the University of Illinois beginning this fall.
Completing its second undefeated season and another state 6A title, Union (Tulsa, Okla.) has moved into the top spot in the USA TODAY High School Sports/National Soccer Coaches Association Super 25 spring girls soccer rankings.
Union downed Owasso 4-1 in the state final to complete a 19-0 season and is 36-0 in the last two years.
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The team was led by newly named Gatorade Oklahoma Player of the Year Parker Goins, who had two goals against Owasso. Goins, a junior, had 10 goals and eight assists on the season.
Union had been No. 2 in the previous rankings before ascending to the top spot.
Davis (Calif.) moved up to No. 2 heading into the section semifinals against Woodcreek. Davis has outscored its first two postseason opponents 15-0.
Padua Academy (Wilmington) jumps from No. 6 to No. 3 and Forest Hills Central (Grand Rapids, Mich.) goes from No. 8 to No. 4.
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The biggest mover in the rankings is Lexington (S.C.), which goes from No. 18 to No. 5.
There are three newcomers in this week’s rankings: No. 13 Westminster Schools (Atlanta), No. 16 Centennial (Ankeny, Iowa) and No. 17 James Madison (Vienna, Va.).
Behind its repeat as Alabama 7A champion, Oak Mountain (Birmingham) rocketed to the No. 1 spot in the USA TODAY High School Sports/National Soccer Coaches Association Super 25 for spring boys soccer.
Oak Mountain finished 28-0-2 for its sixth state championship and moved up from No. 12 in the most recent rankings.
MORE: Full Super 25 boys soccer rankings
Oak Mountain beat McGill-Toolen 2-1 in the title game. Chase Jeter was named the Most Valuable Player.
“The second one is so much sweeter, so much better. It was fun to go through the journey with this group of guys.” coach Daniel DeMasters told AL.com.
River Bluff (Lexington, S.C.) moved up from No. 8 to No. 2 after winning the South Carolina 4A title. Wando, which had been No. 2, dropped to No. 8. River Bluff beat Wando on its way to the state title.
Creighton Prep (Omaha) jumped from No. 9 to No. 3, heading into the state final against Omaha South.
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Heritage Hall (Oklahoma City) moved from No. 6 to No. 4 after winning the state 5A championship with another undefeated season.
The middle of the Top 10 features newcomers in No. 5 Washington-Lee (Arlington, Va.), No. 6 Parkview (Lilburn, Ga.) and No. 7 Iowa City.
Other newcomers to the rankings: No. 10 Riverwood (Atlanta), No. 11 Skyline (Sammamish, Wash.), No. 12 First Colonial (Virginia Beach, Va.), No. 16 Edmond North (Edmond, Okla.), No. 17 Chapin (S.C.) and No. 18 Milton (Ga.).
Each week USA TODAY High School Sports and National Soccer Coaches Association of America will release Super 25 Regional Girls Spring Soccer Rankings. Rankings are based on results from the 2015-16 season, quality of players and strength of schedule. Regions are determined by the NCSAA.
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REGION I (Delaware, North Carolina, Virginia)
| Rank | School | W-L-T |
| 1 | Padua Academy (Wilmington, Del.) | 14-0-0 |
| 2 | Leesville Road (Raleigh, N.C.) | 20-1-2 |
| 3 | Weddington (Matthews, N.C.) | 19-0-1 |
| 4 | James Madison (Vienna, Va.) | 11-0-2 |
| 5 | Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte, N.C.) | 22-1-1 |
| 6 | Providence (Charlotte, N.C.) | 21-1-1 |
| 7 | Oakton (Oakton, Va.) | 12-0-1 |
| 8 | Mills Godwin (Richmond, Va.) | 10-1-0 |
| 9 | Caesar Rodney (Camden, Del.) | 13-1-0 |
| 10 | Battlefield (Haymarket, Va.) | 14-1-1 |
REGION II (Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina)
| Rank | School | W-L-T |
| 1 | Lexington (Lexington, S.C.) | 25-0-2 |
| 2 | Lassiter (Marietta, Ga.) | 20-1-0 |
| 3 | Westminster Schools (Atlanta, Ga.) | 21-1-1 |
| 4 | Vestavia HIlls (Vestavia Hills, Ala.) | 23-2-0 |
| 5 | McIntosh (Peachtree City, Ga.) | 23-2-0 |
| 6 | J.L. Mann (Greenville, S.C.) | 25-3-0 |
| 7 | Oak Mountain (Birmingham, Ala.) | 22-4-1 |
| 8 | St. Pius X (Atlanta, Ga.) | 17-4-2 |
| 9 | Marist School (Atlanta, Ga.) | 21-1-1 |
| 10 | Auburn (Auburn, Ala.) | 24-2-3 |
REGION III (Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin)
| Rank | School | W-L-T |
| 1 | Forest Hills Central (Grand Rapids, Mich.) | 12-0-0 |
| 2 | Naperville North (Naperville, Ill.) | 17-1-1 |
| 3 | Barrington (Barrington, Ill.) | 16-2-1 |
| 4 | Centennial (Ankeny, Iowa) | 13-0-0 |
| 5 | Eisenhower (Utica, Mich.) | 14-0-0 |
| 6 | Eau Claire Memorial (Eau Claire, Wis.) | 14-0-0 |
| 7 | John F. Kennedy (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) | 11-0-0 |
| 8 | Edwardsville (Edwardsville, Ill.) | 17-2-1 |
| 9 | Brookfield Central (Brookfield, Wis.) | 9-0-1 |
| 10 | Grandville (Grandville, Mich.) | 11-1-1 |
REGION IV (Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma)
| Rank | School | W-L-T |
| 1 | Union (Tulsa, Okla.) | 19-0-0 |
| 2 | Rockwood Summit (Fenton, Mo.) | 22-1-1 |
| 3 | Lee’s Summit (Lee’s Summit, Mo.) | 19-1-0 |
| 4 | Eureka (Eureka, Mo.) | 19-2-1 |
| 5 | St. Joseph Academy (St. Louis, Mo.) | 16-2-1 |
| 6 | Shawnee Mission West (Overland Park, Kan.) | 14-0-1 |
| 7 | Ursuline Academy (St. Louis, Mo.) | 13-2-1 |
| 8 | Blue Valley West (Overland Park, Kan.) | 11-2-1 |
| 9 | Owasso (Owasso, Okla.) | 16-1-0 |
| 10 | Millard West (Omaha, Neb.) | 15-1-0 |
REGION V (Alaska, California, Colorado, Wyoming)
| Rank | School | W-L-T |
| 1 | Davis (Davis, Calif.) | 19-0-2 |
| 2 | Grandview (Aurora, Colo.) | 15-0-1 |
| 3 | Columbine (Littleton, Colo.) | 14-1-2 |
| 4 | Rocklin (Rocklin, Calif.) | 14-0-5 |
| 5 | Del Oro (Loomis, Calif.) | 12-1-5 |
| 6 | Thunder Ridge (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) | 13-3-1 |
| 7 | Mountin Vista (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) | 13-3-1 |
| 8 | Rocky Mountain (Fort Collins, Colo.) | 13-3-1 |
| 9 | Dimond (Anchorage, Alaska) | 11-0-0 |
| 10 | Gillette (Gillette, Wyo.) | 11-1-3 |
Each week USA TODAY High School Sports and National Soccer Coaches Association of America will release Super 25 Regional Boys Spring Soccer Rankings. Rankings are based on results from the 2015-16 season, quality of players and strength of schedule. Regions are determined by the NCSAA.
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REGION I (South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia)
| Rank | School | W-L-T |
| 1 | River Bluff (Lexington, S.C.) | 24-1-0 |
| 2 | Washington-Lee (Arlington, Va.) | 12-0-2 |
| 3 | Wando (Mount Pleasant, S.C.) | 26-2-0 |
| 4 | First Colonial (Virginia Beach, Va.) | 13-0-0 |
| 5 | Houston (Germantown, Tenn.) | 13-1-2 |
| 6 | Ocean Lakes (Virginia Beach, Va.) | 13-0-1 |
| 7 | Chapin (Chapin, Va.) | 21-3-0 |
| 8 | Oakton (Vienna, Va.) | 12-0-1 |
| 9 | Christ Presbyterian Academy (Nashville, Tenn.) | 17-0-3 |
| 10 | Langley (McLean, Va.) | 11-0-3 |
REGION II (Alabama, Georgia)
| Rank | School | W-L-T |
| 1 | Oak Mountain (Birmingham, Ala.) | 28-0-2 |
| 2 | Parkview (Lilburn, Ga.) | 19-4-0 |
| 3 | Riverwood (Atlanta, Ga.) | 17-3-2 |
| 4 | Chattahoochee (Johns Creek, Ga.) | 18-1-0 |
| 5 | Milton (Milton, Ga.) | 16-4-1 |
| 6 | Lakeside (Atlanta, Ga.) | 20-1-0 |
| 7 | Northgate (Newnan, Ga.) | 18-2-1 |
| 7 | McIntosh (Peachtree City, Ga.) | 19-2-0 |
| 9 | Cullman (Cullman, Ala.) | 24-4-2 |
| 10 | St. Pius X (Atlanta, Ga.) | 17-5-0 |
| 10 | Johnson-Gainesville (Gainesville, Ga.) | 20-1-1 |
REGION III (Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming)
| Rank | School | W-L-T |
| 1 | Creighton Prep (Omaha, Neb.) | 20-1-0 |
| 2 | Iowa City (Iowa City, Iowa) | 12-0-0 |
| 3 | Lone Peak (Highland, Utah) | 15-3-0 |
| 4 | Omaha South (Omaha, Neb.) | 20-2-0 |
| 5 | Valley (West Des Moines, Iowa) | 14-1-0 |
| 6 | Bingham (South Jordan, Utah) | 13-2-0 |
| 7 | Maple Mountain (Spanish Fork, Utah) | 15-1-0 |
| 8 | Jackson Hole (Jackson, Wyo.) | 14-0-1 |
| 9 | Iowa City West (Iowa City, Iowa) | 13-2-0 |
| 10 | Westside (Omaha, Neb.) | 19-3-0 |
REGION IV (Arkansas, Oklahoma)
| Rank | School | W-L-T |
| 1 | Heritage Hall (Oklahoma City, Okla.) | 17-0-0 |
| 2 | Union (Tulsa, Okla.) | 15-1-0 |
| 3 | Edmond North (Edmond, Okla.) | 15-3-0 |
| 4 | Deer Creek (Edmond, Okla.) | 15-2-0 |
| 5 | East Central (Tulsa, Okla.) | 16-2-0 |
| 6 | Stillwater (Stillwater, Okla.) | 15-2-0 |
| 7 | Springdale (Springdale, Ark.) | 17-5-0 |
| 8 | Heritage (Rogers, Ark.) | 14-4-0 |
| 9 | Bishop McGuinness (Oklahoma City, Okla.) | 13-4-0 |
| 10 | Bentonville (Bentonville, Ark.) | 15-4-1 |
REGION V (Alaska, California, Washington)
| Rank | School | W-L-T |
| 1 | Skyline (Sammamish, Wash.) | 12-1-2 |
| 2 | Snohomish (Snohomish, Wash.) | 14-1-4 |
| 3 | Camas (Camas, Wash.) | 17-1-0 |
| 4 | Mercer Island (Mercer Island, Wash.) | 15-1-1 |
| 5 | Bellarmine Prep (Tacoma, Wash.) | 14-1-1 |
| 6 | Kentwood (Covington, Wash.) | 15-1-1 |
| 7 | Puyallup (Puyallup, Wash.) | 12-2-3 |
| 8 | Pasco (Pasco, Wash.) | 16-2-0 |
| 9 | Lindbergh (Renton, Wash.) | 17-0-1 |
| 10 | Central Valley (Spokane, Wash.) | 14-3-0 |
| 10 | South Anchorage (Anchorage, Alaska) | 13-0-3 |
Deshawn Coprew, one of six uncommitted ESPN Top 100 players, is uncommitted no longer.
Corprew, a 6-5 small forward from Quality Education (Winston-Salem, N.C.), selected Texas A&M on Tuesday, one day before the end of the Late Signing Period. The news was first reported by Jeff Goodman of ESPN.
Corprew, who is from Hampton, Va., is ranked No. 91 overall by ESPN and No. 18 at his position. According to the 247Sports composite, he is ranked at 114 overall; the Top247 has him at No. 98.
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He also was considering Kansas and LSU and his visit comes days after a planned visit to College Station.
He previously was committed to Arkansas-Little Rock.
RJ Nembhard showed off some of the athleticism that makes him among the top players in the state of Texas in the Class of 2017 with this poster.
Nembhard, who plays for Keller during the prep season, is ranked as the No. 6 player in Texas and No. 73 overall by the 247Sports Composite rankings. He plays for Houston Hoops on the spring and summer circuit.
Courtesy of D1Circuit, check this out:
![11/24/15 10:02:59 PM -- Miami, FL, U.S.A -- 2015 ARS® / Rescue Rooter® Hoophall Miami Invitational High School Showcase. -- Montverde Academy forward forward Bruno Fernando (21) shoots a freethrow against the Dillard Panthers in the first half at American Airlines Arena. Photo by USA TODAY Robert Duyos Sports Images, Gannett ORG XMIT: US 134116 HoopHall South 11/24/ [Via MerlinFTP Drop]](http://usathss.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/xxx_hoophall_south_dec_1402_77825748.jpg?w=1000&h=1289)
