West Islip, Canandaigua, Chatham Debut in Public High School Boys' Lacrosse Rankings

A pair of undefeated New York teams and a strong-starting New Jersey team entered the latest USA Lacrosse Public High School Boys' National Top 25.

West Islip (N.Y.) improved to 8-0 to debut at No 18. The Lions have more than doubled opponents this year, jumping out to a 121-56 advantage for the season.

Also unbeaten through the early going is Canandaigua (N.Y.) after a 13-12 win over Spencerport on Tuesday moved them to 7-0. The Gray Wolves also had a high-scoring 18-15 win over Jamesville-DeWitt (N.Y.) and debut at No. 20 nationally.

Chatham (N.J.) does have a loss, a one-goal defeat at the hands of No. 21 Ridgewood (N.J.) after almost coming back with nine second-half goals. One-goal wins over Glen Ridge (N.J.) and Bergen Catholic (N.J.) have helped them match their longest win streak of the season at four.

Summit holds down the No. 1 spot despite two losses – they came at the hands of private powers Delbarton (N.J.) and Seton Hall Prep (N.J.). The Hilltoppers will host surging No. 11 Moorestown on Saturday in a showdown with Jersey, Mid-Atlantic and national implications.

Moorestown has won four straight, including knocking off Ridgewood, which had been ranked ahead of them, 8-4. Its lone loss is by a goal to private school Pingry (N.J.), and their recent wins have been impressive enough to spring them forward nine spots.

Ridgewood was on the receiving end of another tough loss this week. Just like last year’s North Jersey Group 4 final, No. 12 Westfield (N.J.) defeated Ridgewood. And again it took overtime. Koby Waldman scored a hat trick and had two assists and Westfield rallied from a 5-1 deficit for a 9-8 overtime win. It was Ridgewood’s fifth one-goal game of the season, but the first that they’ve lost. Their outstanding schedule and competitiveness against it has kept them in the rankings.

Horace Greeley (N.Y.) slides up three spots into the Top 10 after keeping its season-opening win streak going. The Quakers face a Rye (N.Y.) team on the rise. Rye has won three straight after a loss to Garden City (N.Y.) to move up to No. 17. East Islip (N.Y.) also jumped a few spots to No 13 after its 7-1 start. No. 14 Lake Mary (Fla.) tries to extend its unbeaten season to 17 games in the state playoffs.

Regionally, Lucy Beckham (S.C.) is new to the South Region rankings. Apex (N.C.) lost a game to open the door for Lucy Beckham, which has been strong all season and won 12 of their last 13 games, including avenging an early-season loss to Wando (S.C.). In the West Region, Mountain Vista (Colo.) is new at No. 10 after a narrow win over Legend (Colo.).

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.), 6-2 (1)
2. Radnor (Pa.), 9-1 (2) 
3. Half Hollow Hills (N.Y.), 9-0 (3)
4. Severna Park (Md.), 8-1 (4) 
5. Garden City (N.Y.), 8-1 (5) 
6. Darien (Conn.), 4-2 (6) 
7. Springfield-Delco (Pa.), 12-1 (7)
8. New Canaan (Conn.), 6-0 (9)
9. Kent Island (Md.), 9-0 (11) 
10. Horace Greeley (N.Y.), 8-0 (13) 
11. Moorestown (N.J.), 8-1 (20) 
12. Westfield (N.J.), 7-2 (8) 
13. East Islip (N.Y.), 7-1 (16) 
14. Lake Mary (Fla.), 16-0 (15) 
15. Highland Park (Texas), 15-3 (18)
16. Urbana (Md.), 9-2 (19)
17. Rye (N.Y.), 4-1 (24)
18. West Islip (N.Y.), 8-0 (NR) 
19. Cape Henlopen (Del.) 7-2 (22) 
20. Canandaigua (N.Y.), 7-0 (NR)
21. Ridgewood (N.J.), 4-4 (12)
22. Cherry Creek (Colo.), 12-0 (23) 
23. Northport (N.Y.), 6-1 (10) 
24. Olentangy Liberty (Ohio), 9-1 (25) 
25. Chatham (N.J.), 8-1 (NR) 

Also considered (alphabetical order): Arapahoe (Colo.), Bayard Rustin (Pa.), Billerica (Mass.), Broadneck (Md.), Cold Spring Harbor (N.Y.), Downingtown West (Pa.), Garnet Valley (Pa.), Hamilton Southeastern (Ind.), Huntington (N.Y.), Huntingtown (Md.), Lambert (Ga.), Lincoln-Sudbury (Mass.), Madison (Va.), Manhasset (N.Y.), Marple Newtown (Pa.), Massapequa (N.Y.), Mountain Lakes (N.J.), Ridgefield (Conn.), Robinson (Va.), Rumson-Fair Haven (N.J.), Shawnee (N.J.), South Side (N.Y.), South River (Md.), Spring-Ford (Pa.), Staples (Conn.), Torrey Pines (Calif.), Towson (Md.), Upper Arlington (Ohio), Victor (N.Y.), Walpole (Mass.), West Genesee (N.Y.), West Islip (N.Y.), Westlake (Texas), Wilson (Pa.)

Northeast Top 10

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

Mid-Atlantic Top 10

1. Summit (N.J.), 6-2 (1)
2. Radnor (Pa.), 9-1 (2) 
3. Severna Park (Md.), 8-1 (3)
4. Springfield-Delco (Pa.), 12-1 (4)
5. Kent Island (Md.), 9-0 (6) 
6. Moorestown (N.J.), 8-1 (10) 
7. Westfield (N.J.), 7-2 (5) 
8. Urbana (Md.), 9-2 (9) 
9. Cape Henlopen (Del.), 7-2 (NR)
10. Ridgewood (N.J.), 4-4 (7)

South Top 10

1. Lake Mary (Fla.), 16-0 (1)
2. Highland Park (Texas), 15-3 (2)
3. Westlake (Texas), 10-3 (3)
4. Lambert (Ga.), 17-0 (4)
5. The Woodlands (Texas), 11-4 (5) 
6. Lassiter (Ga.), 15-1 (6)
7. Ponte Vedra (Fla.), 15-3 (7)
8. Plant (Fla.), 18-2 (9)
9. Roswell (Ga.), 13-3 (10)
10. Lucy Beckham (S.C.), 14-3 (NR)

Midwest Top 10

1. Olentangy Liberty (Ohio), 9-2 (1) 
2. Upper Arlington (Ohio), 5-6 (2) 
3. Hamilton Southeastern (Ind.), 11-0 (3)
4. Lake Forest (Ill.), 10-1 (4)
5. Worthington Kilbourne (Ohio), 9-2 (7) 
6. Dublin Jerome (Ohio), 9-3 (5) 
7. Mason (Ohio), 10-1 (6)
8. East Grand Rapids (Mich.), 6-2 (8) 
9. Carmel (Ind.), 9-1 (9) 
10. Cathedral (Ind.), 7-3 (10)

West Top 10

1. Cherry Creek (Colo.), 12-0 (1)
2. Arapahoe (Colo.), 10-1 (2)
3. Torrey Pines (Calif.), 10-5 (3)
4. Mercer Island (Wash.), 13-1 (4) 
5. Mount Si (Wash.), 14-1 (5) 
6. La Costa Canyon (Calif.), 9-5 (6)
7. Lakeridge (Ore.), 9-1 (9) 
8. Foothill-Santa Ana (Calif.), 12-7 (7)
9. Monte Vista (Calif.), 14-2 (8)  
10. Mountain Vista (Calif.), 10-2 (NR)