SIMA FAB 50: Final fall rankings for 2019

by Sheldon Shealer

November 26, 2019

The 2019 fall high school season came to a close Saturday night with champions crowned in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Missouri and Washington.

While the SIMA FAB 50 titles already had been secured, the final week's results did bring about a little some slight movement in time for the final rankings.

Rockwood Summit (Mo.), Longmeadow (Mass.) and DeSmet (Mo.) secured their places among the boys elite with state titles Saturday. Summit finishes in the Top 5 while Longmeadow and DeSmet end in the Top 25. Overall, 15 of the final Top 25 teams started the season in the SIMA FAB 50.

In girls soccer, Glastonbury (Conn.), a preseason Top 10 team, returned to the Top 25 following a state title where it took out two Top 25 teams in the final week of action.

This is also the first week for the winter boys and girls weekly rankings, and there was little movement since the preseason polls were released. Preseason Winter No. 1 Montverde Academy (Fla.) boys are off to a perfect start while preseason girls No. 1 JSerra (Calif.) has yet to play.

Now, on with the rest of the rankings ...

FALL SOCCER

BIG MOVERS: BOYS: Wake Forest (N.C.). Wake Forest, on the college level, long has been associated with quality soccer. Now the same is true for the local high school. Wake Forest delivered a state title this past weekend to jump from No. 37 to No. 26 in the final SIMA FAB 50. ... GIRLS: Bishop Feehan (Attleboro, Mass.). Bishop Feehan moved from No. 24 to No. 19 for the final ranking, marking the most significant ranking improvement from a previously ranked squad this week.

NEWCOMERS: BOYS: No. 24 DeSmet (St. Louis, Mo.), No. 31 Blue Valley Southwest (Overland Park, Kan.), No. 32 St. Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park, Kan.) and No. 47 Platte County (Platte City, Mo.). ... GIRLS: No. 20 Glastonbury (Conn.), No. 48 Maple Grove (Minn.), No. 49 Puyallup (Wash.) and No. 50 Volcano Vista (Albuquerque, N.M.).

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FALL SIMA FAB 50 RANKINGS: BO YS (Nov. 26) | GIRLS (Nov. 26)

FALL REGIONAL RANKINGS: BOYS (Nov. 25) | GIRLS (Nov. 25)

FALL STATE RANKINGS: BOYS (Nov. 25) | GIRLS (Nov. 25)

WINTER SOCCER

BIG MOVERS: BOYS: Southlake Carroll (Southlake, Texas). As is often the case in the early part of the winter season, the week's biggest mover advances soley on the heels of others losses. That's the case for Southlake Carroll, which doesn't start its season until January, but moved from No. 50 to No. 46 this week. ... GIRLS: Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.). Three teams jumped five spots this week, all due to losses by other programs. Santa Margarita led the way, moving from No. 45 to No. 40 this week, a week before the tesam's season is scheduled to start.

NEWCOMERS: BOYS: No. 47 Bolles School (Jacksonville, Fla.), No. 48 Coppell (Texas), No. 49 Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton, Fla.) and No. 50 Birmingham (Van Nuys, Calif.). ... GIRLS: No. 38 West Shore (Melbourne, Fla.), No. 46 Flintridge Prep (La Canada, Calif.), No. 47 Torrey Pines (San Diego, Calif.), No. 48 Lourdes (Miami, Fla.), No. 49 Mililani (Hawaii) and No. 50 St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale,