Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 6/20/11

Haverford School is the LaxPower High School Boys’ Lacrosse National Champion for 2011.

LaxPower, the world’s leading authority on lacrosse team performance ratings, is pleased to announce the National Coaches/Computer Ratings for high school boys’ lacrosse for the recently completed 2011 spring season.

For full rankings, click here.

The Fords capped off an undefeated Inter-Ac League and Inter-Ac Invitational championship season while playing one of the toughest intersectional schedules in the country. They finished in first place in both the coaches’ poll and in the computer ratings. Haverford (23-0) received 29 of 33 first-place votes among the coaches. No. 2 Jamesville-DeWitt (NY) received 4 first-place votes and finished third in the computer ratings.

Rounding out the top five programs in the country for 2011 are:

#2: Jamesville-DeWitt, DeWitt, NY (22-0) � New York Class B champion (2nd consecutive year)
#3: Conestoga, Berwyn, PA (25-1) � Pennsylvania PIAA champion
#4: Calvert Hall, Baltimore, MD (17-2) � MIAA A championship finalist
#5: Garden City, Garden City, NY (19-3) � New York Class B finalist (2nd consecutive year)

The final rankings were compiled using LaxPower’s CCR rating formula, which combines the national computer rankings with a national poll. The computer ratings used for the rankings are based on over 25,400 game scores for 3,342 high school teams. The poll is a product of rankings by 31 high school coaches from around the country. Each of these parameters represents 50% of the final tallied results.

2011 National Rankings for High School Boys’ Lacrosse

LaxPower congratulates these teams and their players and coaches for an outstanding achievement in 2011 as well as all of the coaches and student-athletes who participated in high school lacrosse this past spring.

2011 National Coaches/Computer RatingsNo Team ST W-L CCR = Poll + PR

1 Haverford School PA 23-0 199.82 99.90 99.92
2 Jamesville-DeWitt NY 22-0 199.16 99.34 99.81
3 Conestoga PA 25-1 198.09 98.23 99.86
4 Calvert Hall MD 17-2 197.76 97.97 99.78
5 Garden City NY 19-3 197.19 97.45 99.74
6 West Islip NY 19-1 196.33 96.68 99.64
7 Farmingdale NY 17-4 196.26 96.82 99.44
8 Bridgewater-Raritan NJ 20-2 195.69 96.12 99.56
9 Deerfield MA 15-0 195.63 96.02 99.61
10 Chaminade NY 15-3 194.48 94.94 99.53
11 St Anthony’s NY 14-3 194.22 94.74 99.47
12 Georgetown Prep MD 18-3 193.69 94.38 99.31
13 Ithaca NY 18-2 193.05 93.61 99.43
14 McDonogh MD 15-4 192.94 93.52 99.42
15 Manhasset NY 17-2 192.76 93.39 99.38
16 Cazenovia Central NY 22-1 192.71 93.19 99.52
17 Gilman MD 13-5 192.14 93.00 99.14
18 Summit NJ 23-1 191.59 92.44 99.14
19 Pittsford NY 20-1 191.43 92.06 99.37
20 Darien CT 19-3 191.38 92.10 99.28
21 Regis Jesuit CO 18-1 190.33 90.90 99.42
22 Landon MD 19-3 189.90 91.05 98.85
23 Ward Melville NY 16-2 189.62 90.46 99.16
24 Duxbury MA 19-3 189.22 90.02 99.20
25 Manheim Township PA 22-2 189.01 89.74 99.26