A rankings clarification

If you're like me you probably checked out the District 3-6 Class AAAA standings and had one question pop in your head. How can Harrisburg, with 700 power points, retain its top seed despite having less points than four other teams?

Well, it's rather complicated so here's the scaled-down version. To be fair to teams like Harrisburg and West Perry, who play only nine games, seeds are determined by a team's average points. In this case, because Harrisburg plays a relatively tough schedule in the Mid-Penn Commonwealth, the Cougars remain in first thanks to earning an average of 116 points per week.

If it weren't for Tom Elling of the Pennsylvania Football News having the patience to explain that to me, I'd probably still be sitting here scratching a hole in my head.

This week's football tab: Pick up a copy of The Sentinel on Thursday afternoon to read about some of the area's top kickers, how Cumberland Valley plans to bounce back from its loss to Central Dauphin East, previews of all 11 area high school games, the area leaderboard and our staff picks.