HS: Winter, Spring FAB 50, March 20

by Sheldon Shealer

March 20, 2018

Barely a month into the season and the FAB 50 boys spring rankings has its third different No. 1 team.

Wando (Mount Pleasant, S.C.) returns to the top of the FAB 50, right where it ended the 2017 campaign. The South Carolina power with 20 returning players, including eight starters, from last year's 26-0 squad has run its win streak to 36 matches. Over the past three seasons, Wando is 62-2. Settling in at No. 2 is McCallie School (Chattanooga, Tenn.), which is coming off a 3-0 showing at the Smoky Mountain Cup.

On the girls side, preseason No. 1 St. Charles North (St. Charles, Ill.) has gotten off to a 3-0 start, which includes a 3-0 win over former FAB 50-ranked Neuqua Valley (Naperville, Ill.).

There is no movement in the winter FAB 50s this week as almost the entire state of Texas was on spring break. In fact, only three FAB 50 teams played last week. Texas teams will be back in action this week, the final week of regular season play.

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SPRING SEASON

BIG MOVERS: BOYS: Tulsa Union (Tulsa, Okla.). Tulsa Union jumped from No. 15 to No. 5 this week following a 3-0 showing at the Smoky Mountain Cup. Union's Michael Wilson, a former college head coach who recently was tabbed as the head coach for Tulsa's WPSL franchise, is in his first year as Tulsa Union's boys head coach. ... GIRLS: Leesville Road (Raleigh, N.C.). In a week were teams moved up in order, the largest jump is always at the bottom of the list. Leesville Road was one of three teams to move up nine spots -- going from No. 47 to No. 39 -- this week.

NEWCOMERS: BOYS: No. 23 Charlottesville (Va.), No. 31 Central Gwinnett (Lawrenceville, Ga.), No. 33 Herndon (Va.), No. 39 Collierville (Tenn.), No. 40 Alpharetta (Ga.), No. 42 Lewis and Clark (Spokane, Wash.), No. 47 Woodward (Okla.) and No. 50 Squalicum (Bellingham, Wash.). ... GIRLS: No. 42 Broken Arrow (Okla.), No. 43 Legacy (Broomfield, Colo.), No. 44 Tulsa Union (Tulsa, Okla.), No. 46 Edwardsville (Ill.), No. 47 Chantilly (Va.), No. 49 McIntosh (Peachtree City, Ga.) and No. 50 Battlefield (Haymarket, Va.).