No. 1 Half Hollow Hills (N.Y.) Stays Unbeaten, Stays Atop Public Boys' Top 25

More state tournament results heavily influenced the latest USA Lacrosse Public High School Boys’ National Top 25. Two newcomers also joined the bottom portion of the rankings.

First, the top. All alone at No. 1 is Half Hollow Hills (N.Y.), which won a showdown of unbeatens against No. 13 West Genesee (N.Y.) to capture the program’s first New York State Class A championship. Anthony Raio scored six times, Zach Marco had four goals and Nick Haugen dished out four assists.

No. 3 Springfield-Delco (Pa.) controlled No. 4 Radnor (Pa.) in their third meeting of the season to capture the PIAA 3A state championship with a 6-4 win. It was their first 3A title after 2A crowns in 2016 and 2017.

No. 5 Garden City (N.Y.) overwhelmed formerly ranked Canandaigua (N.Y.) 14-5 for the NYS Class B championship. It’s the Trojans’ 10th state crown.

Garrett Ferguson’s goal with 2:06 left in overtime gave No. 8 Westfield (N.J.) an 8-7 win over No. 12 Summit (N.J.) in the Kirst Cup semifinals. The teams split their first two meetings of the season. Westfield faces Non-Public group champion Seton Hall Prep (N.J.) in the Kirst Cup championship game on Thursday.

No. 9 Staples (Conn.) finished its season on a high note. The Wreckers rode hat tricks from Tristan Schaefer and Adam Udell and Josh Marcus made 12 saves in a 7-6 win over No. 14 Darien (Conn.) in the CIAC Class LL championship game. It is Staples’ third state championship in the last four years.

No. 11 Somers (N.Y.) handed formerly ranked Jamesville-DeWitt (N.Y.) a 19-11 defeat for the New York Class C state championship. It was the first time in three games that Somers’ potent offense was held under 20 goals.

No. 16 Billerica (Mass.) needed every goal to edge Reading (Mass.) 17-16 in the state final. The win was their 22nd in a row.

No. 22 Penn Yan (N.Y.) is one newcomer after celebrating a New York Class D state championship. The Mustangs held off Chenango Forks (N.Y.) 11-8.

Moorestown (N.J.), which had been ranked much of the spring, saw its season ended in a one-goal loss to Shawnee (N.J.). But its results and competitiveness earn it the No. 25 spot. 

Scroll below for this week’s USA Lacrosse Public High School Boys’ National Top 25 and Regional Top 10 lists, with each team’s previous ranking denoted in parenthesis.

Compiled by USA Lacrosse writers with input from coaches around the country, these rankings (also found here in our hub) will be updated weekly on Thursdays. The final public school Top 25 will publish next week.

National Top 25

1. Half Hollow Hills (N.Y.), 23-0 (1)
2. Severna Park (Md.), 19-1 (2) 
3. Springfield-Delco (Pa.), 25-1 (3) 
4. Radnor (Pa.), 21-5 (4) 
5. Garden City (N.Y.), 21-2 (5) 
6. Kent Island (Md.), 17-0 (6) 
7. Urbana (Md.), 17-2 (8) 
8. Westfield (N.J.), 19-6 (9) 
9. Staples (Conn.), 17-5 (11) 
10. Highland Park (Texas), 19-3 (12) 
11. Somers (N.Y.), 19-3 (13)  
12. Summit (N.J.), 18-5 (14) 
13. West Genesee (N.Y.), 21-1 (7) 
14. Darien (Conn.), 14-8 (10)
15. Cape Henlopen (Del.) 16-3 (15) 
16. Billerica (Mass.), 22-1 (18) 
17. Lake Mary (Fla.), 19-1 (17) 
18. New Canaan (Conn.), 18-3 (20)
19. Ridgefield (Conn.), 17-4 (19) 
20. Broadneck (Md.), 15-4 (21) 
21. Shawnee (N.J.), 17-3 (24) 
22. Penn Yan (N.Y.), 21-2 (NR) 
23. Cherry Creek (Colo.), 19-0 (23) 
24. Jamesville-DeWitt (N.Y.), 17-4 (16) 
25. Moorestown (N.J.), 16-5 (NR) 

Also considered (alphabetical order): Arapahoe (Colo.), Bridgewater-Raritan (N.J.), Canandaigua (N.Y.), Chatham (N.J.), Chenango Forks (N.Y.), Cold Spring Harbor (N.Y.), Cosby (Va.), Downingtown East (Pa.), Easton Area (Pa.), Garnet Valley (Pa.), Horace Greeley (N.Y.), Huntingtown (Md.), Kingsway (N.J.), Lake Forest (Ill.), Lambert (Ga.), Langley (Va.), Manhasset (N.Y.), Manasquan (N.J.), Marple Newtown (Pa.), Massapequa (N.Y.), Niskayuna (N.Y.), Reading Memorial (Mass.), Ridley (Pa.), South Side (N.Y.), South River (Md.), Stephen Decatur (Md.), Torrey Pines (Calif.), Towson (Md.), Upper Arlington (Ohio), Wantagh (N.Y.), West Potomac (Va.), Wilson (Pa.)

Northeast Top 10

1. Half Hollow Hills (N.Y.), 23-0 (1) 
2. Garden City (N.Y.), 21-2 (2) 
3. Staples (Conn.), 17-5 (5)  
4. Somers (N.Y.), 19-3 (6) 
5. West Genesee (N.Y.), 21-1 (3) 
6. Darien (Conn.), 14-8 (4) 
7. Billerica (Mass.), 22-1 (8) 
8. New Canaan (Conn.), 18-3 (10) 
9. Ridgefield (Conn.), 17-4 (9) 
10. Penn Yan (N.Y.), 21-2 (NR) 

Mid-Atlantic Top 10

1. Severna Park (Md.), 19-1 (1)
2. Springfield-Delco (Pa.), 25-1 (2) 
3. Radnor (Pa.), 21-5 (3) 
4. Kent Island (Md.), 17-0 (4) 
5. Urbana (Md.), 17-2 (5) 
6. Westfield (N.J.), 19-6 (6) 
7. Summit (N.J.), 18-5 (7) 
8. Cape Henlopen (Del.), 16-3 (8) 
9. Broadneck (Md.), 15-4 (9) 
10. Shawnee (N.J.), 17-4 (NR) 

South Top 10

1. Highland Park (Texas), 19-3 (1)
2. Lake Mary (Fla.), 19-1 (2)
3. Lambert (Ga.), 22-0 (3)
4. Lucy Beckham (S.C.), 17-3 (4) 
5. The Woodlands (Texas), 12-5 (5) 
6. Middle Creek (N.C.), 21-4 (6)
7. Westlake (Texas), 12-4 (7) 
8. Ponte Vedra (Fla.), 19-4 (8)
9. Plant (Fla.), 20-3 (9)
10. Lake Norman (N.C.), 20-5 (10)

Midwest Top 10

1. Lake Forest (Ill.), 24-2 (1)
2. Worthington Kilbourne (Ohio), 19-4 (2)  
3. Upper Arlington (Ohio), 14-8 (3) 
4. Edina (Minn.), 18-1 (4) 
5. Hamilton Southeastern (Ind.), 16-5 (5) 
6. East Grand Rapids (Mich.), 20-3 (6) 
7. Dublin Jerome (Ohio), 16-7 (7) 
8. Olentangy Liberty (Ohio), 19-3 (8)
9. Mason (Ohio), 17-4 (9) 
10. Rockford (Mich.), 16-3 (10)

West Top 10

1. Cherry Creek (Colo.), 19-0 (1)
2. Torrey Pines (Calif.), 15-5 (2) 
3. Arapahoe (Colo.), 15-3 (3)
4. La Costa Canyon (Calif.), 12-7 (4) 
5. Monte Vista (Calif.), 19-3 (5)  
6. Mountain Vista (Calif.), 12-5 (6) 
7. Eastlake (Wash.), 16-4 (7) 
8. Lakeridge (Ore.), 21-0 (NR) 
9. Mount Si (Wash.), 22-2 (8) 
10. Bellevue (Wash.), 13-7 (9)