Unbeaten Boys’ Latin (Md.) received all eight first-place votes to maintain the No. 1 ranking in the latest Nike/US Lacrosse High School Boys’ Lacrosse Top 25 poll, released today by US Lacrosse. The poll appears as part of Lacrosse Magazine’s bi-weekly report on high school boys’ lacrosse at laxmagazine.com/hsb25.
Two other Maryland schools have also caught the attention of the voters. Unbeaten St. Paul’s climbed to the No. 5 spot in this week’s ranking after receiving no consideration in the preseason, while No. 14 Hereford made the week’s biggest jump, bulldozing its way into the ranking on the strength of a 7-6 victory over Gilman (Md.) last week.
The Nike/US Lacrosse High School Boys’ Lacrosse National Top 25, with teams, record, point total (first-place votes) and next game noted:
1. Boys’ Latin (Md.), 7-0, 200 (8), April 2: at South River (Md.)
2. Chaminade (N.Y.), 3-0, 191, April 3: Fairfield Prep (Conn.)
3. St. Anthony’s (N.Y.), 3-0, 181, April 4: St. John Baptist (N.Y.)
4. La Salle (Pa.), 2-0, 170, April 2: at Episcopal Academy (Pa.)
5. St. Paul’s (Md.), 8-0, 152, April 3: Bullis (Md.)
6. Garden City (N.Y.), 2-1, 142, April 2: Carey (N.Y.)
7. Gonzaga (D.C.), 7-2, 141, April 2: No. 10 McDonogh (Md.)
8. Ithaca (N.Y.), 1-0, 133, April 3: at Union-Endicott (N.Y.)
9. Jamesville-DeWitt (N.Y.), 2-0, 130, April 2: East Syracuse-Minoa (N.Y.)
10. McDonogh (Md.), 6-1,119, April 2: at No. 7 Gonzaga (D.C.)
11. Smithtown West (N.Y.), 3-0, 116, April 3: Sachem East (N.Y.)
12. West Islip (N.Y.), 1-1, 114, April 3: Sachem North (N.Y.)
13. Calvert Hall (Md.), 2-2, 104, April 2: Lake Highland Prep (Fla.)
14. Hereford (Md.), 4-1, 94, April 2: No. 20 Loyola-Blakefield (Md.)
15. Malvern Prep (Pa.), 2-0, 78, April 2: St. Mary’s-Annapolis (Md.)
16. Niskayuna (N.Y.), 0-0, 71, April 2: at Shenendehowa (N.Y.)
17. Darien (Conn.), 0-0, 58, April 3: Fairfield-Ludlowe (Conn.)
18. Delbarton (N.J.), 0-0, 45, April 3: Ridgewood (N.J.)
19. Ward Melville (N.Y.), 2-0, 43, April 3: Smithtown East (N.Y.)
20. Loyola-Blakefield (Md.), 4-2, 42, April 2: at Hereford (Md.)
21. Landon (Md.), 4-3, 35, April 2: No. 23 Gilman (Md.)
22. Culver Military (Ind.), 3-1, 35, April 4: Detroit Country Day (Mich.)
23. Gilman (Md.), 3-1, 33, April 2: at No. 21 Landon (Md.)
24. Duxbury (Mass.), 1-0, 25, April 2: Mercer Island (Wash.)
25. Penn Charter (Pa.), 5-3, 22, April 2: Cherry Creek (Colo.)
Others Receiving Votes (Record, Points)
Paul VI (Va.), 7-1, 19
Georgetown Prep (Md.), 7-3, 17
St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes (Va.), 4-3, 15
St. Ignatius Prep (Calif.), 8-0, 14
Yorktown (N.Y.), 2-0, 11
Don Bosco Prep (N.J.), 0-0, 9
New Canaan (Conn.), 0-0, 9
Dallas Jesuit (Texas), 10-1, 8
St. Andrew’s (Fla.), 11-2, 6
Haverford School (Pa.), 2-3, 4
West Genesee (N.Y.), 1-0, 4
Conestoga (Pa.), 0-2, 3
Salesianum (Del.), 1-0, 2
Smithtown East (N.Y.), 2-0, 1
Voters for the Nike/US Lacrosse High School Boys’ Lacrosse National Top 25 poll include US Lacrosse area representatives and Lacrosse Magazine contributors. The national Top 25 supplements in-depth coverage of high school boys’ lacrosse, including regional Top 10 rankings, top performers, games to watch and notebooks, from each of five regions:
