Eagles share League VI title with Harborfields

The Rocky Point baseball team defeated Shoreham-Wading River Thursday to clinch a share of its first league title. The Eagles finished 14-4 and should be in position for a top-four seed in the double elimination bracket.

Here's my prediction of how the seeding will look:

1. Islip (League V, 15-3)

vs.

4. John Glenn (League VII, 13-4, one game remaining)

2. Harborfields (League VI, 14-4)

vs.

3. Rocky Point (League VI, 14-4)

5. Sayville (League V, 13-5)

vs.

8. Mt. Sinai (League VII, 12-6)

6. Miller Place (League VI, 13-5)

vs.

7. Shoreham-Wading River (League VI, 11-7)

Now, a couple things that could change:

Does Sayville, as a League V school, get a higher nod simply because it's a League V school? It could happen, which could knock Glenn or Rocky Point potentially out of the top-4. I think it'd be grossly unfair to give either Harborfields or Rocky  Point a top-four seed and not the other school. So I'm saying they both have to be top four as of course Islip will be one. If Glenn ends up winning Saturday against Mattituck and taking the league title, then the Knights deserve a four seed. IF they lose Saturday, then I can see them falling to five, and Sayville jumping ahead of them.

You can also argue Mt. Sinai, with a better record, should be seeded higher than SWR, which has one more loss. Mt. Sinai played in League VII, yes, but League VII was pretty good this year. Mattituck and Glenn were both legit teams. So that could flip.

You also run into situations sometimes where the seeding committee tries to split up teams that are in the same league in the first round. If that factors in, the seedings can change as well.

We'll find out for sure in a few days.