There's just about a month to go in the girls prep hockey regular season, and the playoff race is only getting tighter by the day.
One of the biggest storylines to watch right now? BB&N.
In November, we ranked the Knights 17th in our preseason Next 15. Much of that was due to the sheer amount of talent that graduated last season, including collegiate players like Hannah Weyerhaeuser (Cambridge, Mass./Yale), Emi Biotti (Cambridge, Mass./Harvard), Lexi Mara (Winchester, Mass./Northeastern), Izzy King (Bedford, Mass./Providence), Brenna O'Reilly (Burlington, Mass./Providence) and Savana Littlewood (Braintree, Mass./Williams).
BB&N held onto No. 17 in our mid-season Next 15 at the holiday break, too, and it wasn't all that long ago that Jori Balsam's group wasn't even in the top 16 of the JSPR rankings.
We knew if the Knights were going to make a push, upperclassmen like forwards Anika Singh (Lexington, Mass./Brown), Kate Glantz (Burlington, Mass./Brown), Molly Halloran (Belmont, Mass.) and Mary Murray (Hingham, Mass.), as well as defenders Zoe Beck (Lincoln, Mass./Johnson & Wales), Aislin VanVliet (Belmont, Mass.) and Aggie Grant (Brookline, Mass.) would be at the forefront. That's been the case. The same goes for junior goalie Barbara Ma (Cambridge, Mass.), too. Young players stepping up include defenders Serena Mohsen (Newton, Mass.) and Sydney Young (Needham, Mass.), as well as forward Cali Littlewood (Braintree, Mass.).
Now, the Knights are ninth in the JSPR and pounding on the door of Elite 8 contention. As a result, BB&N has stormed into this week's rankings.
What about the rest of the top 10? There was more turnover to keep track of this week.
Let's dive in.
