Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 6/24/10

Conestoga, which won its first Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) boys’ championship, and Inter-Ac League co-champion Haverford School finished fifth and sixth, respectively, in the final LaxPower National Coaches/Computer Ratings for 2010.

West Islip of West Islip, N.Y., has been named LaxPower’s national boys’ champion for 2010. The Lions, who capped off yet another championship season and won the New York Class A Championship for the second consecutive year and fourth time in the past five years, finished in first place both in the coaches’ poll and in the computer ratings.

West Islip (21-1) had 30 of 41 first-place votes among the coaches. No. 2 Manhasset (NY) received 7 first-place votes, No. 3 St. Paul’s (MD) garnered two first-place votes, No. 6 Haverford School (PA) and No. 4 Jamesville-DeWitt (NY)received one first-place vote each.

Rounding out the top five programs in the country for 2010 are:

#2: Manhasset, Manhasset, NY (20-0) — New York Class C champion (2nd consecutive year)
#3: St. Paul’s School, Brooklandville, MD (15-4) — Maryland MIAA A champion
#4: Jamesville-DeWitt, Syracuse, NY (22-0) — New York Class B champion
#5: Conestoga, Berwyn, PA (24-2) — Pennsylvania PIAA champion after finishing second in 2009

Other Philly teams among the top 75 in the poll include: La Salle (35th), Springfield-Delco (65th) and Episcopal Academy (75th).

The final rankings were compiled using Lax Power’s CCR rating formula, which combines the national computer rankings with a national poll. The computer ratings used for the rankings are based on 24,625 game scores for 3,246 high school teams. The poll is a product of rankings by 41 high school coaches from around the country. Each of these parameters represents 50% of the final tallied results.

Here is the top 25. The entire LaxPower 2010 National Coaches/Computer Ratings for scholastic boys can be accessed by clicking here.

No Team ST W-L CCR = Poll + PR
1 West Islip NY 21-1 199.82 99.90 99.92
2 Manhasset NY 20-0 199.72 99.83 99.89
3 St Paul’s MD 15-4 199.47 99.62 99.85
4 Jamesville-DeWitt NY 22-0 199.27 99.60 99.67
5 Conestoga PA 24-2 199.24 99.47 99.76
6 Haverford School PA 20-4 199.21 99.40 99.80
7 Georgetown Prep MD 18-4 199.16 99.31 99.85
8 Summit NJ 23-0 199.02 99.35 99.66
9 St Anthony’s NY 18-2 198.88 99.25 99.63
10 Deerfield MA 15-1 198.72 99.13 99.59
11 Darien CT 19-3 198.49 99.02 99.47
12 Landon MD 17-4 198.35 98.95 99.40
13 Fairport NY 19-3 198.24 98.88 99.36
14 Salisbury School CT 13-1 198.18 98.92 99.26
15 La Costa Canyon CA 23-0 197.90 98.50 99.40
16 Ithaca NY 18-1 197.87 98.64 99.22
17 Chaminade NY 14-5 197.75 98.60 99.15
18 Saint Andrew’s FL 20-2 197.52 98.43 99.10
19 John Jay-Cross River NY 18-2 197.42 98.36 99.07
20 Avon Old Farms CT 15-3 197.38 98.33 99.05
21 Garden City NY 18-4 197.26 98.45 98.82
22 Boys’ Latin MD 16-4 197.26 98.60 98.66
23 Brother Rice MI 22-1 197.23 98.30 98.92
24 Saint Ignatius Prep CA 20-2 197.21 98.18 99.03
25 New Trier IL 20-3 197.16 98.20 98.96