I’ve posted final checked data for the season. It is a month after the championship games, but it takes a while to give the data one more look. By my count there were 8,834 games played. There were also a number of canceled games, of which I have retained the canceled league games in the database. A dozen years hence one may wonder whatever happened to the girls game between Lynden and Ferndale. Not played; canceled; don’t bother looking for it.
Although the season lasts three months (or a bit more), gathering the data takes five months. November is for gathering the schedule data–always subject to change and more so this season. March is spent cleaning up and verifying. I attempt to get at least two sources for every score I post. Even a difference of a single point means that only one of those sources can be used and that I need to find some other corroborating source, and then make a call as to which is the score I’ll post. A little over 6% of the games have a difference in reported score between various sources. Sometimes there are three different scores reported for a game. Single sources for a score are used for just over 6% of the games, although that includes the 180 games played March 1-4 (about 2%) for which I just trusted WIAA to have the right information. Both WPAN and MaxPreps have some claims for official status, but often differed on what the game score was. Both sources agreed on outcomes, though. Just a few outlets, notably the Seattle Times, had scores reversed. The quality Seattle Times game data has declined substantially since that function was outsourced to SportNGIN. Kitsap Sun has apparently dropped their attempt at a database entirely.
The differences in reported scores reveals a problem with an official rating that uses the actual score. With RPI, it was only necessary, once one got the schedule right, to know the winner of a game. By the end of the season, the handful of games where the score was reversed at some point during the season on MaxPreps were all corrected. But if ratings depended on whether the score was 67-49 or 64-48, there are hundreds of such games where official reporting disagreed as to score. In some cases, the best evidence indicated that neither official source was correct.
Of the 8,824 games with scores, I have valid quarter scores for nearly 80% of these. I’ve updated the quarter score report page to include data through 2016-2017. Likewise the home/away report page has been updated.
Sources for 2016-2017 results are:
Aberdeen Daily World, Longview Daily News, MaxPreps, Oakville HS, Bellingham Herald, Everett Herald, Peninsula Daily News, District 9, Spokane Spokesman-Review, Emerald City League, Seattle Times, Facebook, Twitter, idahosports.com, Manson HS, Mid-Columbia Conference, Tri-Cities Herald, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Martin Luther College, District 4, District 3, Goldendale Sentinel, Islands Sounder, Kitsap Daily News, Kitsap Sun, Tacoma News Tribune, Oregon Prep Sports Net, Oregon School Activities Association, Associated Press, Vancouver Columbian, Yakima Herald, Eugene Register-Guard, South Central Athletic Conference, WPAN: Washington Prep Athletics Network, ranchomirageholidayinvitational.com, Ellensburg Daily Record, Northeast A League, WIAA, basketballtravelers.com, Columbia Basin Herald, Douglas County Empire-Press, Gig Harbor HS, myself, Portland Oregonian, Port Townsend Leader, Renton Reporter, surfnslam.com, theholidayclassic.org, Marin Catholic HS, Walla Walla University, Cusick HS, Bear Creek HS, Cle-Elum/Roslyn HS, Davenport HS, Kettle Falls HS, Brewster HS, Methow Valley News, sportsmx.com, Nike Tournament of Champions, Bill Pierce, tourneymachine.com, socalholidayprepclassic.com, Santa Barbara TOC (sbtoc.com), West Coast Jamboree, Whidbey News Times