HS: Spring FAB 50 rankings, May 15

by Sheldon Shealer

May 15, 2018

Mission complete.

For both the Wando (Mount Pleasant, S.C.) and Tulsa Union (Tulsa, Okla.) boys soccer teams.

Saturday afternoon, FAB 50 No. 2 Union finished a perfect season with a 4-0 victory in the Oklahoma 6A state final. Just a few hours later, No. 1-ranked Wando secured its own perfect season with a 2-1 win in the South Carolina 5-A state final. The results locked down the spring No. 1 and No. 2 rankings on the boys side for 2018. Add to it that No. 4 Westminster Schools (Atlanta, Ga.) also capped an undefeated state title-winning season and 3/5s of the Top 5 are settled by mid-May.

On the girls side, Notre Dame de Sion (Mo.) and St. Charles North (Ill.) remain No. 1 and 2, respectively, as both move on to postseason play this week.

FAB 50 All-Time Boys No. 1s

2018: Wando (Mount Pleasant, S.C.)
2017: Wando (Mount Pleasant, S.C.)
2016: Oak Mountain (Birmingham, Ala.)
2015: St. Pius X (Atlanta, Ga.)
2014: McIntosh (Peachtree City, Ga.)
2013: Omaha South (Omaha, Neb.)
2012: Norman North (Norman, Okla.)
2011: St. Pius X (Atlanta, Ga.)
2010: Frank Cox (Virginia Beach, Va.)
2009: Northwestern (Rock Hill, S.C.)
2008: Brentwood (Brentwood, Tenn.)
2007: Greenville (Greenville, S.C.)
2006: Thomas Dale (Chester, Va.)
2005: Thomas Dale (Chester, Va.)
2004: Farragut (Knoxville, Tenn.)
2003: Mills Godwin (Richmond, Va.)
2002: Bearden (Knoxville, Tenn.)
2001: West Springfield (Springfield, Va.)
2000: [Germantown Houston tn-m] (Germantown, Tenn.)

BIG MOVERS: BOYS: Chattahoochee (Johns Creek, Ga.). Chattahoochee returned to the Top 25 this week, jumped from 42 to 22, after winning a second straight state title and avenging one of its regular season losses in the process. ... GIRLS: Parkview (Lilburn, Ga.). A decade ago, Parkview was a FAB 50 Top 25 contender every year. Now, the Panthers are back. Parkview's state title win over Milton helped the team vault from No., 41 to No. 22 this week, securing the team a Top 25 finish for the first time since 2013.

NEWCOMERS: BOYS: No. 21 Berea (S.C.), No. 33 Bishop Kelley (Tulsa, Okla.), No. 35 Johnson (Gainesville, Ga.), No. 37 Lambert (Suwanee, Ga.), No. 40 Kearney (Neb.), No. 41 Northwest Whitfield (Tunnel Hill, Ga.), No. 44 Pasco (Wash.) and No. 47 Skyline (Sammamish, Wash.). ... GIRLS: No. 7 Walled Lake Northern (Commerce Township, Mich.), No. 34 Rocky Mountain (Fort Collins, Colo.), No. 42 Ankeny Centennial (Ankeny, Iowa), No. 44 Lee's Summit West (Lee's Summit, Mo.), No. 45 Kearney (Mo.), No. 46 Yorktown (Arlington, Va.), No. 47 [South Iredell nc-w] (Statesville, N.C.), No. 48 J.L. Mann (Greenville, S.C.) and No. 49 Neuqua Valley (Naperville, Ill.).