Girls Basketball Presented with National Ranking Trophy

The Spring-Ford Area High School girls basketball team added another award to their growing collection as they were named a member of the MaxPreps Tour of Champions.

The state-champion team is ranked 27th in the nation, according to MaxPreps, a CBS Sports website that ranks high school teams. They are one of only 18 teams named to the Tour of Champions.

More than 20,000 high schools have girls basketball teams, and MaxPreps uses their own ranking system, the Freeman Rankings, to rank them all. The Freeman Rankings take into account not only wins, but quality wins (wins against other ranked teams), strength of schedule and margin of victory. 

The high school threw a big pep rally today to celebrate, including performances from the cheerleaders, the Winter Guard and the Indoor Percussion group. 

Principal Pat Nugent also announced that three players were named to the all-state team. Junior Sammy Stipa was named to the first team, and senior Sarah Payonk and junior Shelby Mueller were named to the third team.

Here are some of the numbers the team put up this season, according to a press release from MaxPreps:

• 32-2 record, for the most wins in SF history
• Coach Jeff Rinehimer scored his 300th career victory
• The team is 62-5 (.925 winning percentage) over the last two seasons
• Opposing teams were held to an average score of 37.9 points per game
• Margin of victory was 22.7 points per game
• Only one team in the last 28 games scored more than 50 points
• The Rams went on a 24-game win streak to close the season