The regular season is down to the home stretch.
As the postseason draws near, we take another swing at the South Jersey Mean 15 rankings for our seven-county coverage area.
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Mean 15 rankings
- Egg Harbor Township (16-1, last week’s ranking: 1). The Eagles attempt to defend their Cape-Atlantic League Tournament title this week. EHT is the top seed in the six-team field.
2. Clayton (20-1, 2). The Clippers became the area’s first 20-win team of the season. Clayton has won 19 games in a row, including three en route to the Fred Powell Tournament title on Saturday. Clayton has won 20-or-more games in three straight seasons.
3. Paul VI (17-3, 3). The Eagles extended their winning streak to 10 games and kept pace with Moorestown in the Olympic Conference National Division title race.
4. Cinnaminson (16-3, 5). It’s 14 wins in a row for the Pirates, who clinched the Burlington County League Patriot Division title.
5. Delran (15-4, 6). The Bears have won seven straight games and earned the crown in what many feel is one of the toughest divisions in the Garden State: the Burlington County League Liberty Division.
6. Lenape (18-6, 4). Lenape suffered its first lost in the Olympic Conference American Division with a 4-3 setback to Rancocas Valley.
7. Northern Burlington (12-6, 7). The Greyhounds are 3-4 in their last seven games, but hope the bumps and bruises of the past two weeks turn into muscle in the season’s most important stretch.
8. Cherokee (15-4, 8). A nine-game winning streak came to a halt with a 5-4 loss to Lenape.
9. Haddon Heights (15-5, 10)….