gives you is an automatic seed,” Lehnhart said. “But it doesn’t give you the number (1-8). Right now

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Interestingly, due to strength of schedule, JDHS and Colony would switch in state tournament eight-team rankings if the tourney started tomorrow because of the number of RPI games played.

Current RPI DI boys top 10 rankings are Colony (RBC), West Anchorage (CIC), JDHS (RBC), West Valley (CIC), Dimond (CIC), Service (CIC), Wasilla (RBC), South Anchorage (CIC), Chugiak (CIC) and Lathrop (RBC). CIC’s East Anchorage, Bartlett and Eagle River are out of contention.

“Apparently all that winning the conferencewe are the third seed. So a team in our conference, who we are actually ahead of in conference, is actually the No. 1 seed…It’s interesting that three teams at the top of our conference are also at the top of the RPI…Winning the conference is not to be downplayed, but we need to keep winning. But honestly, if you look at the scores on the boys side there is a lot of parity. The three teams atop our conference are pretty even and the Anchorage country wise email marketing list grouping is pretty tight so I think you can make the argument that 1-7 there is very little difference.”

Lehnhart said the Crimson Bears played the right way, not looking past a team they should defeat and not being selfish on the pitch.

“You worry about places having the mindset of being the guy that wants to score instead of making the right play,” he said. “And I just felt like we just kept making the right play, unselfishly. Many, many times guys could have easily tried to score themselves but instead were passing. That made me happy to see that they were really trying to play the right way.”

Lehnhart also appreciated how his players reacted to a red card called against an opponent.

“Their player got a red card and it was deserved and we just handled it really well,” Lehnhart said. “And the ref told me after the game that as well. You always like hearing that about your players, that it is being noticed by officials and other teams that we are playing the right way.”

Lehnhart noted the continued team play in replacing injured junior defenders Noah Ault and Jesper Bennetsen.

Sophomore keeper Erik Thompson continued adjusting well from keeper to defender, and senior Elliot Welch continues to start alongside in the back. Also notable is freshman keeper Callen Walker, earning his second clean slate in as many starts. The additions are made smoothly by the prowess of the players starting in front of them and those rotating in.