Dallastown, Boone living on borrowed time

Who could have foreseen Dallastown and Daniel Boone holding the top two spots in the District 3 Class AAAA power ratings after six weeks of football?

While it’s true that if the postseason began this weekend, the Wildcats and Blazers would be the top two seeds but we’re pretty sure neither would make it to Hersheypark Stadium for the district championship.

The reason is simple: both teams are taking advantage of sub-par schedules.

Dallastown has beaten only two teams – Warwick and West York – that currently have winning records and they’ve also played three Class AAA opponents. What’s more, in those two games against winning foes Wildcats struggled to narrow wins.

Dallastown, a member of YAIAA Division I, trailed Warwick, 14-0, in the season-opener against Warwick before rallying for a 17-14 win. Three weeks later, the Wildcats needed overtime to beat West York, 21-14.

Now, the schedule ramps up a bit with William Penn (3-3), Central York (4-2), Spring Grove (3-3) and Red Lion (5-1) as the remaining opponents.

If they navigate that stretch, the Wildcats will likely be the top seed but expect a deep run into December no matter what seed Dallastown nabs.

Now, for Daniel Boone.

In the past, the Blazers have been a blast to watch in the postseason, but that’s always been the AAA field when Boone routinely went on the road and produced wins in November. Now that it’s up to AAAA, the weak Inter-County Conference Section I schedule won’t help the Berks County school.

To date, Boone has played one other AAAA school, woeful Reading, and needed two overtimes to subdue the Red Knights, 39-33, last week.

Including Reading, Boone’s opponents through Week 6 have a cumulative record of 13-23 and it’s played one AAAA school, four AAA schools and one from Class A.

That’s not a schedule that will prepare Boone for the postseason and, for some reason, the Blazers sit ahead of teams like Central Dauphin (5-1), Cumberland Valley (5-1) and Wilson (6-0).

We give credit to both Dallastown and Boone for having such great seasons but let’s not fool ourselves. Both teams are going to qualify for the big-boy playoffs and if either is around for the semifinals, we’re going to be very surprised.