I read her stats too WVFrank, but I can assure you she is much taller than I am and I'm 6'5".

 

Just reporting what I could find and document. Both the Palm Beach newspaper roster for Dwyer and her summer AAU team roster listed her at 6-4. Perhaps they prefer listing her smaller than she is. Some teams do that. And, as just a sophomore she may still be just a growing girl!

 

The MaxPrep polls was the only all-of-Florida poll I could find (lots of area rankings but no statewide polls). It had Dwyer at 28th this week and down three spots from the prior week. I tried to find a poll from the various Florida newspapers and the Florida HS association but could not find one. I'll continue to search for another poll.

ckshockey,

 

Finally found the poll you saw. It is the FL coaches' poll and had Dwyer at No. 14 in their December 23 poll. Dwyer actually lost a game just prior to the Basketball Brothers Tournament and then 2 of 3 in that tourney so they will obviously drop.

 

Bunch of the teams in that FL coaches poll were in the BB Tournament. Some performed well as compared to their records and some didn't. I suspect Florida has so many teams that ranking teams, particularly early in the season, is a tough task. Teams are really good in their area and run up good records and that gets them ranked in a very imperfect system. Only as they play out of their area, as in this tourney and others like it, does their true strength within the state begin to clear up some. It will be interesting to see the polls next out.

 

It is also interesting as one looks at the games within the RUBY bracket of the Basketball Brothers Tournament. Ryle lost to the eventual bracket champion Villa Marie of Erie, PA. The margin was 15 points and Villa Maria won each of their other two games in the winner's bracket by 9 points. That would certainly indicate that the Lady Raiders would have been competitive with the other FL teams in that Ruby bracket. And that bracket contained the Nos. 2, 9, 14, 25, 26, and 42 teams in the coaches poll I found (the No. 2 lost to Villa Maria in the bracket finals).

 

Nice performance by the Lady Raiders after a long trip away from home! Good job ladies!!!! :thumb: