That can’t all be blamed on St Anthony’s, what’s the reason for this?LI13 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 2:16 pm Here's a crazy stat to show how Suffolk D2 has really become stronger than D1:
The top 10 teams in the D1 power rankings right now (WM, Northport, Connetquot, Hills, Huntington, Smithtown East, Sachem East, Bay Shore, Sachem North, and Longwood) are a combined 8-9 in non league play (with the best wins being Northport over Port Washington or Connetquot over Islip)
The top 10 teams in D2 (Mt Sinai, SWR, BBP, Hauppauge, Comsewogue, Miller Place, East Islip, Smithtown West, Harborfields, and West Islip) are 14-2 with wins over Garden City, Massapequa, Wantagh, Farmingdale, and Briarcliff.
Really striking.
Bigger picture, aside from a few teams (Manhasset, MtS, BBP, and the Catholics), there are a lot of great LI programs with somewhat weak teams (Syosset, Pequa, Farmingdale, GC, CSH, both Smithtowns, WM, WI, Huntington, Comsewogue,..)