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DCL update

Posted by Chris Forsberg, Boston.com Staff  November 10, 2007 08:00 AM
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An updated look at the Dual County League tie-breaker standings. In the event of a three-way tie atop the league -- as currently exists between Wayland, Acton-Boxboro, and Lincoln-Sudbury -- the teams would use first-half point differential against league opponents to eliminate the lowest-scoring team.

The winner of the head-to-head matchup between the two remaining teams would advance to the postseason.

Here's how it looks through Week 10:

Wayland

OpponentPoint differential
Boston Latin +33
Acton-Boxboro -7
Newton South +27
Lincoln-Sudbury +9
Concord-Carlisle +14
Tyngsboro +11
Westford Academy +3
Bedford+35

Total: +125

Lincoln-Sudbury

Tyngsboro +21
Bedford +10
Wayland -9
Acton-Boxboro +7
Boston Latin +27
Concord-Carlisle +31
Westford Academy+35

Total: +122

Acton-Boxboro

Wayland +7
Boston Latin +21
Newton South +7
Lincoln-Sudbury -7
Bedford +28
Tyngsboro +20
Concord-Carlisle +26

Total: +102

If the standings were to end like this, Acton-Boxboro would be eliminated and Wayland -- the defending Division 1A Super Bowl champs -- would advance to the postseason thanks to its head-to-head win over Lincoln-Sudbury. The Colonials will need to outscore Westford by at least 21 points (and that assumes Lincoln-Sudbury remains scoreless in its Turkey Day battle) to jump back into the race.

Even if Acton-Boxboro overtakes Wayland by scoring more than 23 points, the Colonials need Lincoln-Sudbury to stumble because L-S won the regular-season meeting and holds the tie-breaker over them. If L-S were to outscore its opponent by more than three points, it would overtake Wayland atop the tie-breaker standings.

Wayland would have to considered in the driver's seat at this point, but crazy things happen on Thanksgiving Day and -- having completed their league schedule -- the Warriors can only sit back and watch as everything unfolds.

Here's the remaining DCL slate:

Wayland: No league games remaining.

Lincoln-Sudbury: Nov. 22 at Newton South.

Acton-Boxboro: Nov. 22 at Westford.

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