Summit (N.J.), Radnor (Pa.) Making Moves in Public High School Boys' Top 25

Action has heated up quickly with several of the top ranked teams being challenged in early showdowns that affected the latest USA Lacrosse Public High School Boys' National Top 25. 

No. 9 Westfield (N.J.) scored the first goal of the game before No. 1 Summit reeled off seven straight scores on their way to an 11-6 win in a showdown of top-10 teams. Jack Freeman and Sam Wesson each had a hat trick and an assist apiece and Quinn Hynes put up two goals and three assists while Robbie Kievit made eight saves.

Teddy Curry made nine saves, Sawyer Smith had a hat trick, Tommy Goldstein scored twice and assisted twice and Logan Montrella won 10 of 17 at X in No. 3 Radnor’s 7-6 win over No. 6 Springfield-Delco (Pa.) in another matchup of top-10 teams. No. 5 Severna Park (Md.) is the other top-five Mid-Atlantic team, and the Falcons have been imposing early, holding a 66-5 edge over their opponents through four flawless games.

Horace Greeley (N.Y.) used a 2-0 start to jump into the Northeast Region and national rankings, and Garden City (N.Y.) slides up to No. 1 in the region over idle Darien (Conn.). Marple Newtown (Pa.) enters the Mid-Atlantic Top 10 after several impressive displays. Apex (N.C.) and Plant (Fla.) are new in the South. East Grand Rapids (Mich.) and Carmel (Ind.) join the Midwest Top 10. And in the West, Mount Si (Wash.) and Tamalpais (Calif.) ride big wins into the rankings.

In the Northeast, Garden City (N.Y.) hosts Rye (N.Y.) in a top-10 region matchup Tuesday. Broadneck (Md.) will play at South River (Md.) in a battle of 5-0 Mid-Atlantic teams. In the South, a meeting of top-3 teams is on the horizon with Highland Park (Texas) playing at Westlake (Texas.) Friday. Olentangy Liberty (Ohio) and Dublin Jerome (Ohio) will tangle in a matchup of top-10 Midwest teams Thursday (today). It’ll be a pairing of unbeatens when Cherry Creek (Colo.) visits Arapahoe (Colo.) Wednesday for a game between the West’s two best teams. 

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.

National Top 25

1. Summit (N.J.), 2-0 (1)
2. Garden City (N.Y.), 2-0 (4) 
3. Radnor (Pa.), 4-1 (6) 
4. Darien (Conn.), 0-0 (2)
5. Severna Park (Md.), 4-0 (5)
6. Springfield-Delco (Pa.), 4-1 (3)
7. Half Hollow Hills East (N.Y.), 2-0 (7)
8. Wantagh (N.Y.), 2-0 (10) 
9. Westfield (N.J.), 3-1 (8)
10. East Islip (N.Y.), 1-1 (9)
11. New Canaan (Conn.), 0-0 (11)
12. Ridgewood (N.J.), 1-1 (12)
13. Northport (N.Y.), 1-0 (13)
14. Urbana (Md.), 3-0 (14)
15. Lake Mary (Fla.), 12-0 (15)
16. Staples (Conn.), 0-0 (16)
17. Highland Park (Texas), 9-2 (17)
18. South River (Md.), 5-0 (19)
19. Broadneck (Md.), 5-0 (21) 
20. Horace Greeley (N.Y.), 2-0 (NR) 
21. Marple Newtown (Pa.), 6-1 (23)
22. Wilson (Pa.) 5-0 (20) 
23. Rye (N.Y.), 0-0 (22)
24. Cherry Creek (Colo.), 7-0 (24)
25. Olentangy Liberty (Ohio), 1-0 (25)

Also considered (alphabetical order): Arapahoe (Colo.), Cape Henlopen (Del.), Chatham (N.J.), Cold Spring Harbor (N.Y.), Downingtown East (Pa.), Garnet Valley (Pa.), Hamilton Southeastern (Ind.), Jamesville-DeWitt (N.Y.), Lambert (Ga.), Manhasset (N.Y.), Massapequa (N.Y.), Mountain Lakes (N.J.), Penfield (N.Y.), Ridgefield (Conn.), Riverside (Va.), Robinson (Va.), South Side (N.Y.), Spring-Ford (Pa.), Torrey Pines (Calif.), Upper Arlington (Ohio), Victor (N.Y.), Westlake (Texas), Yorktown (N.Y.)

Northeast Top 10

1. Garden City (N.Y.), 2-0 (2) 
2. Darien (Conn.), 0-0 (1)
3. Half Hollow Hills East (N.Y.), 2-0 (3)
4. Wantagh (N.Y.), 2-0 (5) 
5. East Islip (N.Y.), 1-1 (4)
6. New Canaan (Conn.), 0-0 (6)
7. Northport (N.Y.), 1-0 (7)
8. Staples (Conn.), 0-0 (8)
9. Horace Greeley (N.Y.), 2-0 (NR)
10. Rye (N.Y.), 0-0 (10)

Mid-Atlantic Top 10

1. Summit (N.J.), 2-0 (1)
2. Radnor (Pa.), 4-1 (4) 
3. Severna Park (Md.), 4-0 (3)
4. Springfield-Delco (Pa.), 4-1 (2)
5. Westfield (N.J.), 3-1 (5)
6. Ridgewood (N.J.), 1-1 (6)
7. Urbana (Md.), 3-0 (7)
8. South River (Md.), 5-0 (8)
9. Broadneck (Md.), 5-0 (10) 
10. Marple Newtown (Pa.), 6-1 (NR)

South Top 10

1. Lake Mary (Fla.), 12-0 (1)
2. Highland Park (Texas), 9-2 (2)
3. Westlake (Texas), 7-2 (3)
4. Lambert (Ga.), 12-0 (4)
5. The Woodlands (Texas), 7-3 (6) 
6. Lassiter (Ga.), 13-0 (7)
7. Ponte Vedra (Fla.), 12-3 (9)
8. Apex (N.C.), 10-1 (NR)
9. Plant (Fla.), 14-1 (NR)
10. Roswell (Ga.), 10-3 (5)

Midwest Top 10

1. Olentangy Liberty (Ohio), 1-0 (1)
2. Upper Arlington (Ohio), 1-2 (2)
3. Hamilton Southeastern (Ind.), 8-0 (3)
4. Lake Forest (Ill.), 3-0 (4)
5. Dublin Jerome (Ohio), 3-1 (6)
6. Mason (Ohio), 3-0 (7)
7. Worthington Kilbourne (Ohio), 5-1 (9) 
8. New Albany (Ohio), 1-0 (10)
9. East Grand Rapids (Mich.), 3-2 (NR) 
10. Carmel (Ind.), 7-1 (NR)

West Top 10

1. Cherry Creek (Colo.), 7-0 (1)
2. Arapahoe (Colo.), 6-0 (2)
3. Torrey Pines (Calif.), 6-4 (3)
4. Mercer Island (Wash.), 6-0 (8) 
5. La Costa Canyon (Calif.), 5-5 (4) 
6. Foothill-Santa Ana (Calif.), 10-4 (5) 
7. Monte Vista (Calif.), 10-0 (9) 
8. Lakeridge (Ore.), 2-0 (6)
9. Mount Si (Wash.), 6-1 (NR)
10. Tamalpais (Calif.), 8-4 (NR)