Names You Need to Know for Each Team in High School Boys' Top 25

We unveiled the USA Lacrosse High School Boys’ Preseason National Top 25 on Wednesday. Now let’s take a deeper dive on each of the teams that are nationally ranked going into the 2025 season.

1. McDonogh (Md.)
2024 record: 15-3

The Eagles are trying to do something this year no team has done — win a fourth straight MIAA A Division championship. Two regular-season losses last year showed some vulnerability, but McDonogh put everything together for threepeat. They lost six starters, including Luke Miller (Notre Dame) and Ben Firlie (Georgetown), but return five-stars all over the field. Brendan Millon (Virginia) is the top-ranked senior in the country, Aidan Seibel (Maryland) is the nation’s best goalie, their midfield features three experienced seniors Bogue Hahn (Syracuse), Eli Schaller (Maryland) and James Tolker (Navy) and then they have junior Notre Dame commits Hunter Metz (Notre Dame) on attack and Ciaran Sweeney at the faceoff. Ohio State-bound Michael Tan leads the defensive unit.

2. St. Anthony's (N.Y)
2024 record: 12-2

The Friars graduated their starting attack, two-thirds of their first midfield, three starting defensemen and a pair of goalies, all currently playing Division I lacrosse. But back for St. Anthony’s is Gary Merrill, an athletic force at midfield bound for UNC, a pair of beasts at LSM in Parker McDonald (UNC) and Ethan Bramoff (Virginia), as well as faceoff specialist Robbie Johnson (Penn State) and defender Michael Kelton (West Point). Danny Rooney (Maryland) could be poised for a breakout year.