This edition of the Walker always feels like a final exam or a term paper. If you see me slack-jawed and drooling in the front of the auditorium Saturday, that's because Lou Conte announced an order that is far different from mine and I'm wondering why I wasted all that time putting these together. ... I'm actually feeling pretty good about these though.

Here's what you'll see below: Each team has three numbers after it:
First number = Overall Winning Percentage
Second number = Strength of schedule (Wins vs. Valley League teams = 5 points, other D1 teams = 4 points, D2 = 3 points, D3 = 2 points; Losses = 0, then divide total by total number of games played)
Third number = Performance vs. WMass Tourney teams (Same format as second number, but only vs. teams that are in the postseason and only divide by number of games played vs. tournament teams)
Each team's number is its ranking in each category. Add up the three numbers for each team and rank them based on the total, with the lowest being the best.

One mistake in any team's record, value, etc., messes up everything.

Here we go:
Division 1
T1. Holyoke (1-1-1)
T1. West Springfield (1-1-1) - COIN FLIP!
3. Amherst (1-3-3)
4. Longmeadow (4-4-4)
T5. Pittsfield (4-8-5)
T5. Northampton (6-5-6) --- Pittsfield wins two categories
7. Chicopee Comp (6-6-7)
8. East Longmeadow (8-7-8)
Quarterfinal matchups (likely Friday)
EL at Holyoke/West Side
Chicopee Comp at Holyoke/West Side
Northampton at Amherst
Pittsfield at Longmeadow

Division 2
1. Frontier (1-1-1)
2. Hampshire (2-3-2)
3. Wahconah (4-2-2)
4. Belchertown (4-4-4)
5. Athol (3-6-6)
6. Drury (7-7-5)
7. Monument (9-5-6)
8. Mahar (4-9-11)
9. Palmer (10-8-9)
10. Hoosac (7-9-12)
11. South Hadley (10-11-8)
12. Cathedral (10-12-10)
First Round matchups (likely Tuesday)
Cathedral at Athol
South Hadley at Drury
Hoosac at Monument
Palmer at Mahar
Quarterfinals (likely Friday)
Cathedral/Athol at Belchertown
South Hadley/Drury at Wahconah
Hoosac/Monument at Hampshire
Palmer/Mahar at Frontier

Division 3
1. Lee (2-1-1)
2. Sabis (1-2-2)
3. Monson (3-3-4)
4. Ware (4-4-3)
5. Lenox (4-5-5)
T6. Smith Academy (6-6-8)
T6. Hopkins Academy (6-7-7) - Smith gets tiebreaker for beating Hopkins twice
8. Gateway (Tri-County Champion) - Expecting this to be the case.
9. Granby (8-9-6)
10. Holyoke Catholic (8-7-9)
11. Pioneer Regional (8-10-10)
12. McCann (11-11-11)
13. New Leadership (TCL)
14. Westfield Voke (TCL)
15. Franklin Tech (TCL)
16. Pathfinder (TCL)
First Round matchups (likely Tuesday)
Pathfinder at Lee
Franklin Tech at Sabis
Westfield Voke at Monson
New Leadership at Ware
McCann at Lenox
Pioneer Regional at Smith Academy
Holyoke Catholic at Hopkins
Granby at Gateway
Quarterfinals (likely Friday) - at higher seeds
Pathfinder/Lee vs. Granby/Gateway
Franklin Tech/Sabis vs. Holyoke Catholic/Hopkins
Westfield Voke/Monson vs. Pioneer/Smith
New Leadership/Ware vs. McCann/Lenox