Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 6/24/09
La Salle, the first Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association champion, finished fourth in the LaxPower 2009 National Coaches/Computer Ratings. Meanwhile, PIAA runenr-up and District 1 champion Conestoga was 12th, while Inter-Ac League co-champion Haverford School was 27th and Catholic Leaugue runner-up St. Joseph’s Prep was 49th.
Gilman School of Baltimore, which finished 15-1 and won the Maryland MIAA A Championship, is the national champion for 2009, defending the title it claimed in 2008. Gilman finished in first place in both the computer ratings and coaches’ poll, garnering 29 of 44 first-place votes.
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 over 23,500 game scores for more than 3,100 high school teams. The poll is a product of rankings by 44 high school coaches from around the country. Each of these parameters represents 50% of the final tallied results.
LaxPower 2009 National Coaches/Computer Ratings – Top 50
No Team ST W-L CCR = Poll + PR
1 Gilman MD 15-1 199.90 100.00 99.90
2 West Islip NY 22-1 199.83 99.98 99.85
3 Manhasset NY 20-1 199.54 99.79 99.75
4 LaSalle College HS PA 21-4 199.33 99.53 99.80
5 St Mary’s Annapolis MD 15-2 199.29 99.59 99.70
6 St Anthony’s NY 16-2 199.02 99.37 99.65
7 Canandaigua NY 22-2 199.01 99.31 99.70
8 Georgetown Prep MD 20-3 198.90 99.30 99.60
9 Summit NJ 22-1 198.79 99.24 99.55
10 Deerfield MA 15-1 198.79 99.19 99.60
11 Lafayette NY 23-1 198.64 99.14 99.50
12 Conestoga PA 24-2 198.60 98.93 99.68
13 Orchard Park NY 21-2 198.30 98.90 99.40
14 Niskayuna NY 24-1 198.26 98.81 99.45
15 Calvert Hall MD 14-4 198.25 99.02 99.23
16 Yorktown NY 18-3 198.11 98.76 99.35
17 Salisbury School CT 13-1 198.03 98.71 99.32
18 Ridgefield CT 20-2 197.85 98.55 99.30
19 Darien CT 18-5 197.59 98.34 99.25
20 Highland Park TX 18-1 197.57 98.37 99.20
21 Worthington Kilbourne OH 21-2 197.56 98.31 99.25
22 Saint Andrews FL 24-0 197.52 98.47 99.05
23 Delbarton NJ 19-3 197.47 98.55 98.92
24 Corning East NY 18-2 197.41 98.26 99.15
25 Boys’ Latin MD 14-4 197.25 98.36 98.90
26 Saint Ignatius Prep CA 21-1 197.18 98.23 98.95
27 Haverford School PA 16-8 197.17 98.17 99.00
28 Brewster Academy NH 14-1 197.13 98.03 99.10
29 Webster Thomas NY 18-2 196.98 98.04 98.94
30 Ithaca NY 18-3 196.96 98.16 98.79
31 Coronado CA 21-2 196.94 98.04 98.90
32 Walpole MA 24-1 196.91 98.06 98.85
33 Fairfield Prep CT 17-6 196.90 98.08 98.82
34 Brother Rice MI 20-3 196.87 98.07 98.80
35 Arapahoe CO 16-3 196.79 98.04 98.75
36 Landon MD 18-4 196.73 98.07 98.66
37 South River MD 18-1 196.67 98.06 98.61
38 The Governor’s Academy MA 15-1 196.67 98.03 98.65
39 Duxbury MA 19-3 196.64 98.05 98.60
40 St Anne’s-Belfield VA 18-2 196.58 98.03 98.55
41 West Genesee NY 20-2 196.57 98.12 98.45
42 Western Reserve Acad OH 19-4 196.57 98.17 98.41
43 Medfield MA 22-1 196.57 98.02 98.55
44 Upper Arlington OH 18-3 196.49 98.04 98.46
45 Ward Melville NY 16-4 196.32 98.06 98.26
46 Langley VA 21-1 196.27 98.02 98.25
47 Fairport NY 16-3 196.26 98.02 98.24
48 Loyola-Blakefield MD 11-7 195.20 98.04 97.16
49 St Joseph’s Prep PA 16-2 195.04 98.03 97.01
50 Chaminade NY 14-5 194.41 98.03 96.38
