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Power Rankings (last week)
1. Northampton (1)
2. Minnechaug (2)
3. East Longmeadow (4)
4. Palmer (5)
5. Central (6)
6. Wahconah (7)
7. Ludlow (8)
8.West Springfield (3)
9. Monument Mountain (10)
10. Lee (NR)

GazetteLand Rankings
1. Northampton (1)
2. Amherst (2)
3. Belchertown (3)
4. Hampshire (5)
5. Easthampton (4)
6. Smith Academy (8)
7. South Hadley (6)
8. Frontier (10)
9. Holyoke Catholic (9)
10. Hopkins Academy (7)
11. Granby (11)
12. Gateway Regional (12)
13. Smith Vocational (13)

Division 1 (record, last week)
1. Northampton (1-0, 1) - Impressive defensive effort against Agawam. Offense will come.
2. Minnechaug (2-0, 2) - Opened season with two strong defensive performances.
3. East Longmeadow (2-0, 4) - two easy wins on the road to open season.
4. Central (1-0, 5) - Won opener against Hampshire Wednesday.
5. Ludlow (2-0, 6) - Good win at West Side has Lions confident. Could be ranked too low here.
6. West Springfield (0-1, 3) - Tough week only gets tougher with trip to Wilbraham Friday.
7. Amherst (0-1, 7) - Not sure what to do with the Hurricanes, who were already without Mariah Lesure and then lost point guard Jenna Klaes early in loss to Wahconah. Have to rally in time for Thursday's game against Taconic.
8. Holyoke (0-2, 8) - Losses are to Minnechaug and East Longmeadow.
9. Longmeadow (1-1, 10) - Lost to Ludlow, beat Chicopee. Have Northampton in state champ's home opener Friday.
10. Agawam (0-1, 9) - Played tough defense against Northampton, but couldn't buy a basket against first team.

Division 2
1. Palmer (2-0, 1) - Allowed one field goal in 68-4 win over St. Mary Tuesday. File that under "Games I'm glad I didn't have to cover."
2. Wahconah (1-0, 2) - Set for Drury Holiday Tournament after win over Amherst at home.
3. Monument Mountain (2-0, 3) - Beat a good Belchertown team by 13 on the road and then took care of business against Westfield.
4. Mahar (0-0, 4) - Weather has kept this team from playing. Supposed to play at Pioneer Friday, but take a look at the forecast.
5. Mohawk (1-0, 5) - Good win over Easthampton to open season.
6. Athol (0-0, 7) - Weather issues continue.
7. Belchertown (1-1, 6) - Bounced back from Monument loss to crush Sci-Tech.
8. Hampshire Regional (1-1, 9) - Opened season with dominating performance against South Hadley, then had to head to Central Wednesday night.
9. Easthampton (0-1, 8) - Competitive effort in Buckland could mean good things in Franklin South play for Eagles.
10. Commerce (1-0, 10) - Headed back to the Drury Holiday Tournament after cruising past Pioneer Christian.

Division 3
1. Lee (2-0, 1) - New coach, same fantastic team. Has scored 55 points in each of its first two games while holding Southwick and Lenox to combined 43.
2. New Leadership (2-0, 2) - Abdul-Qaadir had 49 points against South Hadley Wednesday. Drop me an email, when's the last time anyone has reached that number in a single game? The closest I know of was Kelly McManmon's 45 against Hopkins in the '05 final.
3. Sabis (2-0, 3) - Opened season by winning own tournament. Big game against New Leadership Tuesday.
4. Monson (2-0, 4) - Big wins over Smith Academy and Granby.
5. Lenox (1-1, 5) - Doubled up by Lee after opening season with win over St. Mary.
6. Smith Academy (2-1, 7) - Rebounded from 17-point loss to Monson with dominating performances over Hopkins and Pioneer Regional.
7. McCann (0-0, 8) - Play opener Thursday at Southwick.
8. Ware (0-0, 9) - Set to open season Dec. 23 at South Hadley.
9. Hopkins Academy (0-1, 6) - Couldn't hang with rival Smith Academy in opener. Now have to head to Mahar on Thursday.
10. Putnam (0-1, 10) - Played New Leadership tough in opener. Could enjoy dominant league schedule.