Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 6/7/11

Haverford School continued its hold on the No. 1 spot in the All Schools division of the PA Media Boys’ Lacrosse Rankings released today.

The Fords, who won the Inter-Ac Invitational and Inter-Ac League titles while going 23-0, received all nine first-place votes in the All-Schools poll and had 90 points.

Conestoga (23-1), which advanced to the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) semifinals, continued to hold the top spot in the PIAA division. The Pioneers had all nine first-place votes and 90 points in the PIAA poll.

Each week a panel of journalists from around the state and the Mid-Atlantic region will rank the top teams. The panel includes Chris Goldberg of Phillylacrosse.com, Jimmy Oliver of LaxPower, Brett Manney of ESPN RISE, Dennis C. Way of the Norristown Times Herald, Scott Johnston of the Lehigh Valley Press, Rick Woelfel of the Doylestown Intelligencer, Karen Sangillo of the Bucks County Courier Times, Matt Breen of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Matthew Blymier of the Lancaster Intelligencer. The poll is compiled by Goldberg.

Week 12
PA Boys’ Media Lacrosse Rankings
PIAA

1. Conestoga (District 1) 23-1, 90 pts, 9 first-place votes, Prev: No. 1
2. Central Bucks East (1) 22-2, 81 pts, Prev: No. 3
3, St. Joseph’s Prep (12) 18-4, 72 pts, Prev: No. 4
4, Manheim Township (3) 22-2, 63 pts, Prev: No. 2
5, La Salle (12) 14-6, 47 pts, Prev: No. 5
6, Downingtown West (1) 20-3, 46 pts, Prev: No. 6
7. Pennsbury (1) 15-9, 34 pts, Prev: No. 7
8, Ridley (1) 19-5, 31 pts, Prev: No. 8
9, Allentown Central Catholic (11) 19-5, 13 pts, Prev: No. 9
10, Mt. Lebanon (7) 18-3, 12 pts, Prev: NR

Honorable Mention: Abington (D1, 15-6), Avon Grove (D1, 17-4), Bishop Shanahan (D1, 14-5), Downingtown East (D1, 13-6), Emmaus (D11, 16-6), Garnet Valley (1, 15-5), Great Valley (D1, 15-5), Hempfield (D3, 20-3), Radnor (D1, 12-8), Springfield-Delco (D1, 11-8), Spring-Ford (D1, 20-4).

All Schools

1, Haverford School (Inter-Ac) 23-0, 90 pts, 9 first-place votes, Prev: No. 1
2, Conestoga (1) 23-1, 81 pts, Prev: No. 2
3. Malvern Prep (Inter-Ac) 14-6, 68 pts, Prev: No.4
4. Central Bucks East (1) 22-2, 67 pts, Prev: No. 5
5, St. Joseph’s Prep (12) 18-4, 55 pts, Prev: No. 8
6, Manheim Township (3) 22-2, 45 pts, Prev: No. 3
7. La Salle (12) 14-6, 33 pts, Prev: No. 7
8. Downingtown West (1) 20-3, 25 pts, Prev: No. 8
9, Penn Charter (Inter-Ac) 12-11, 15 pts, Prev: No. 9
10, Germantown Academy (Inter-Ac) 14-5, 8 pts, Prev: No. 10

Tags: Conestoga, Haverford School