Though there are two distinct groupings within the SDSSAA senior football ranks this year, in my humble opinion, there are still some great races taking place, with far less top-to-bottom discrepancy than we have seen in most seasons.
One of the races to follow will almost certainly take place for the fourth and final playoff spot — and for as much as I can absolutely envision a world in which Lively, St. Charles and Lasalle all finish at 1-4, I see that as a complete copout in the world of pre-season predictions.
With that in mind, we begin this two-segment week devoted to high school football in Greater Sudbury with a look at the teams I believe will slide in between fourth and sixth – with full disclosure that my rankings below could very easily be turned on their head come the end of