BXC RANKINGS: Valpo, Warsaw, HSE, Columbus North moving up

By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

The Indiana Association of Track and Cross County Coaches has released its fifth poll of the 2012 Indiana high school boys cross country season, and we see four schools on the rise behind holdover No. 1 Carmel.

Valparaiso trades places with Carroll (Fort Wayne) in moving from third to second, Warsaw inches up from fifth to fourth, Hamilton Southeastern leaps from 10th to fifth, and Columbus North climbs from ninth to seventh.

Others on the move inside the Top 25 are Indianapolis Cathedral (12th to 11th), Northridge (24th all the way to 13th), Terre Haute South (15th to 14th), Crown Point (back in the rankings at No. 15), Hobart (18th to 16th), North Central (Indianapolis) (23rd to 18th), Homestead (25th to 19th), and McCutcheon (back in the rankings at No. 20).

The IATCCC Top 25 from Sept. 17:

1. Carmel
2. Valparaiso
3. Carroll (Fort Wayne)
4. Warsaw
5. Hamilton Southeastern
6. Westfield
7. Columbus North
8. Bloomington South
9. Lawrence North
10. Lawrence Central
11. Indianapolis Cathedral
12. Brebeuf Jesuit
13. Northridge
14. Terre Haute South
15. Crown Point
16. Hobart
17. Fishers
18. North Central (Indianapolis)
19. Homestead
20. McCutcheon
21. Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran
22. West Lafayette
23. Franklin Central
24. Zionsville
25. Fort Wayne Dwenger