Springfield Central Holds Narrow Lead on Taconic in Football Poll

PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The narrowest of margins separate Nos. 1 and 2 in the latest Western Mass High School Football Media Poll.

 

Springfield Central (5-2) noses out Taconic (6-1) for the top spot with 76 points and four first-place votes. Taconic garnered the other four first-place votes but just 75 points to fall into second place.

 

Chicopee Comp (6-1), which lost to Central last Friday, tumbled from to top spot to No. 5 in this week’s rankings.

 

Westfield (6-1) and Wahconah (6-1) each slide up one spot to third and fourth, respectively.

 

Just one team, Agawam (4-3), falls out of the top 10, dropping from No. 7 after a loss to Longmeadow (3-3), which takes Agawam’s place in the top 10, moving into the nine hole.

 

Otherwise, the bottom half of the top 10 looks very familiar, with Northampton (6-1), Mount Greylock (7-0), Turners Falls (7-0) and South Hadley (4-3) each repeating. The Mounties slide up a spot to No. 7.

 

The poll, organized by the Berkshire Eagle, includes voters from the Eagle, Greenfield Recorder, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Berkshire Courier and iBerkshires.com.

 

1. Springfield Central (4) 76

2. Taconic (4) 75

3. Westfield 59

4. Wahconah 54

5. Chicopee Comp 46

6. Northampton 40

7. Mount Greylock 23

8. Turners Falls 20

9. Longmeadow 17

10. South Hadley 10

Others receiving votes: Palmer 7, West Springfield 7, Agawam 6.