TopLaxRecruits.com, Posted 9/7/12
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 2012 season.
Garden City of Garden City, N.Y., is LaxPower’s national champion for 2012. The Trojans capped off an undefeated championship season by winning the New York Class B title. They finished in first place both in the coaches’ poll and in the computer ratings. Garden City (22-0) received 24 of 25 first-place votes among the coaches. No. 2 Calvert Hall (MD) received one first-place vote and finished third in the computer ratings.
The top five programs in the country for 2012:
#1: Garden City, Garden City, NY (22-0) — New York Class B champions
#2: Calvert Hall, Baltimore, MD (16-2) — MIAA A champions
#3: Haverford School, Haverford, PA (21-2) — Pennsylvania IAC championship finalists
#4: West Islip, West Islip, NY (21-1) — New York Class A champions
#5: Conestoga, Berwyn, PA (23-3) — Pennsylvania PIAA state champions
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.
Detailed information for all teams can be found at the link below. The combined CCR ranking, the computer ratings, the results of the poll voting, the members of the coaches poll panel, and a detailed explanation of the computer formula are available. Results for the Top 25 on each of the components and overall are presented at the bottom of this page.
2012 National Rankings for High School Boys’ Lacrosse
[http://www.laxpower.com/update12/binboy/natlccr.php ]
LaxPower congratulates these teams and their players and coaches for an outstanding achievement in 2012 as well as all of the coaches and student-athletes who participated in high school lacrosse this past spring.
2012 Boys’ National Coaches/Computer Ratings
No Team ST W-L CCR = Poll + PR
1 Garden City NY 22-0 199.80 99.90 99.90
2 Calvert Hall MD 16-2 199.67 99.84 99.83
3 Haverford School PA 21-2 199.67 99.80 99.87
4 West Islip NY 21-1 199.61 99.84 99.76
5 Conestoga PA 23-3 199.48 99.77 99.71
6 Episcopal Academy PA 18-5 199.36 99.64 99.72
7 St Anthony’s NY 16-3 199.31 99.73 99.58
8 Darien CT 20-2 199.28 99.65 99.62
9 Salisbury School CT 12-1 199.27 99.61 99.66
10 Smithtown West NY 16-2 199.24 99.52 99.72
11 Loyola-Blakefield MD 16-4 199.23 99.62 99.61
12 Chaminade NY 16-2 199.21 99.66 99.54
13 Bridgewater-Raritan NJ 21-0 199.19 99.67 99.51
14 Gonzaga DC 20-1 199.10 99.62 99.47
15 Fairport NY 20-1 198.94 99.51 99.43
16 Gilman MD 12-4 198.86 99.48 99.38
17 Downingtown West PA 22-2 198.82 99.38 99.44
18 Ithaca NY 18-2 198.79 99.53 99.26
19 Arapahoe CO 19-0 198.79 99.41 99.37
20 Deerfield MA 14-2 198.74 99.51 99.23
21 West Genesee NY 17-2 198.67 99.40 99.26
22 La Salle College HS PA 20-5 198.62 99.39 99.23
23 La Costa Canyon CA 22-1 198.59 99.38 99.20
24 Cazenovia Central NY 17-2 198.53 99.30 99.23
25 Saint Ignatius Prep CA 21-1 198.45 99.32 99.13
2012 LaxPower National Computer Ratings
No Team ST PR SOS W-L
1 Garden City NY 99.90 93.23 22-0
2 Haverford School PA 99.87 97.55 21-2
3 Calvert Hall MD 99.83 97.02 16-2
4 West Islip NY 99.76 95.20 21-1
5 Smithtown West NY 99.72 94.38 16-2
6 Episcopal Academy PA 99.72 97.36 18-5
7 Conestoga PA 99.71 96.11 23-3
8 Salisbury School CT 99.66 96.66 12-1
9 Darien CT 99.62 95.26 20-2
10 Loyola-Blakefield MD 99.61 97.28 16-4
11 St Anthony’s NY 99.58 97.09 16-3
12 Chaminade NY 99.54 96.90 16-2
13 Bridgewater-Raritan NJ 99.51 94.28 21-0
14 Gonzaga DC 99.47 94.20 20-1
15 Downingtown West PA 99.44 94.75 22-2
16 Fairport NY 99.43 95.16 20-1
17 Gilman MD 99.38 98.04 12-4
18 Arapahoe CO 99.37 93.26 19-0
19 Ithaca NY 99.26 87.89 18-2
20 West Genesee NY 99.26 92.83 17-2
21 Deerfield MA 99.23 96.84 14-2
22 La Salle College HS PA 99.23 93.91 20-5
23 Cazenovia Central NY 99.23 93.57 17-2
24 La Costa Canyon CA 99.20 93.87 22-1
25 Saint Ignatius Prep CA 99.13 88.86 21-1
2012 LaxPower National Coaches’ Poll
No Team ST W-L Points First
1 Garden City NY 22-0 624 24
2 West Islip NY 21-1 562
3 Calvert Hall MD 16-2 559 1
4 Haverford School PA 21-2 522
5 Conestoga PA 23-3 485
6 St Anthony’s NY 16-3 443
7 Bridgewater-Raritan NJ 21-0 389
8 Chaminade NY 16-2 377
9 Darien CT 20-2 366
10 Episcopal Academy PA 18-5 355
11 Gonzaga DC 20-1 337
12 Loyola-Blakefield MD 16-4 333
13 Salisbury School CT 12-1 318
14 Ithaca NY 18-2 238
15 Smithtown West NY 16-2 231
16 Deerfield MA 14-2 220
17 Fairport NY 20-1 215
18 Gilman MD 12-4 189
19 Duxbury MA 23-2 155
20 Irondequoit NY 19-3 143
21 Arapahoe CO 19-0 115
22 West Genesee NY 17-2 106
23 La Salle College HS PA 20-5 93
24 La Costa Canyon CA 22-1 87
25 Downingtown West PA 22-2 81