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From staff reports and press release

Led by three-time Connecticut state champ Darien, four tristate boys lacrosse team made the Top 10 in the final LaxPower National Coaches/Computer High School Ratings for the recently completed 2016 spring season.

McDonogh School (MD) is LaxPower’s national champion for 2016. The Eagles capped an 18-1 season by winning the Maryland MIAA-A championship. They placed in first place in both the computer ratings and the coaches’ poll, where they received 14 of the 31 first-place votes.

The top five programs in the country for 2016 are:

#1: McDonogh School, Owings Mills, MD (18-1) — Maryland MIAA-A champion
#2: Darien, Darien, CT (23-0) — Connecticut Class L champion
#3: Gonzaga, Washington, DC (19-2) — Maryland/DC WCAC champion
#4: Victor, Victor, NY (22-0) — New York Class A champion
#5: Bullis School, Potomac, MD (21-2) — Maryland/DC IAC Champion

The final rankings were compiled using LaxPower’s CCR rating formula, which combines the national computer ratings with a national poll. The computer ratings used for the rankings are based on 30,933 game scores for 3,952 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, computer ratings, results of poll voting, 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 below.

2016 National Rankings for High School Boys’ Lacrosse

LaxPower congratulates these teams and their players and coaches for an outstanding achievement in 2016 as well as all of the coaches and student-athletes who participated in high school lacrosse this past spring.

2016 National Coaches/Computer Ratings
No Team                      ST    W-L     CCR  =  Poll  +  PR
1 McDonogh                  MD   18-1   199.82   99.90   99.92
2 Darien                    CT   23-0   199.78   99.90   99.88
3 Gonzaga                   DC   19-2   199.59   99.79   99.79
4 Victor                    NY   22-0   199.55   99.83   99.71
5 Bullis                    MD   21-2   199.43   99.72   99.70
6 Deerfield                 MA   15-1   199.08   99.40   99.67
7 Delbarton                 NJ   22-2   199.00   99.43   99.57
8 Culver Academy Prep       IN   20-3   198.97   99.32   99.65
9 St Anthony’s              NY   14-2   198.96   99.45   99.51
10 Hill Academy              ON   11-0   198.96   99.16   99.79
11 Cold Spring Harbor        NY   18-1   198.83   99.41   99.42
12 Ward Melville             NY   18-4   198.79   99.35   99.44
13 St Stephen/St Agnes       VA   21-4   198.57   99.08   99.48
14 Smithtown East            NY   14-3   198.51   98.88   99.62
15 Haverford School          PA   20-5   198.48   99.31   99.18
16 Jamesville-DeWitt         NY   21-2   198.42   99.11   99.31
17 Malvern Prep              PA   18-5   198.42   98.93   99.49
18 Shoreham-Wading River     NY   18-3   198.25   98.78   99.47
19 Boys’ Latin               MD   14-4   198.12   98.97   99.15
20 New Hampton               NH   15-0   198.06   98.69   99.37
21 Belmont Hill              MA   14-1   198.03   98.74   99.29
22 Taft School               CT   15-3   198.00   98.66   99.34
23 Regis Jesuit              CO   17-2   197.96   98.69   99.27
24 Connetquot                NY   16-3   197.94   98.68   99.26
25 Monte Vista/Danville      CA   22-1   197.90   98.68   99.21

2016 LaxPower National Computer Ratings
No Team                      ST     PR      SOS     W-L
1 McDonogh                  MD    99.92   96.61   18-1
2 Darien                    CT    99.88   94.86   23-0
3 Hill Academy              ON    99.79   97.55   11-0
4 Gonzaga                   DC    99.79   93.74   19-2
5 Victor                    NY    99.71   93.07   22-0
6 Bullis                    MD    99.70   93.92   21-2
7 Deerfield                 MA    99.67   93.57   15-1
8 Culver Academy Prep       IN    99.65   95.86   20-3
9 Smithtown East            NY    99.62   97.72   14-3
10 Delbarton                 NJ    99.57   96.28   22-2
11 St Anthony’s              NY    99.51   96.87   14-2
12 Malvern Prep              PA    99.49   96.32   18-5
13 St Stephen/St Agnes       VA    99.48   95.45   21-4
14 Shoreham-Wading River     NY    99.47   96.51   18-3
15 Ward Melville             NY    99.44   97.77   18-4
16 Cold Spring Harbor        NY    99.42   92.11   18-1
17 New Hampton               NH    99.37   90.93   15-0
18 Taft School               CT    99.34   93.39   15-3
19 Jamesville-DeWitt         NY    99.31   92.79   21-2
20 Belmont Hill              MA    99.29   94.09   14-1
21 Regis Jesuit              CO    99.27   91.60   17-2
22 Bayport-Blue Point        NY    99.26   94.95   16-1
23 Connetquot                NY    99.26   97.52   16-3
24 Monte Vista/Danville      CA    99.21   92.14   22-1
25 Haverford School          PA    99.18   96.25   20-5

2016 LaxPower National Coaches’ Poll
No  Team                     ST    W-L  Points  First
1  McDonogh                 MD   18-1    728     14
2  Darien                   CT   23-0    727     10
3  Victor                   NY   22-0    693      3
4  Gonzaga                  DC   19-2    672
5  Bullis                   MD   21-2    636
6  St Anthony’s             NY   14-2    494
7  Delbarton                NJ   22-2    481
8  Cold Spring Harbor       NY   18-1    472
9  Deerfield                MA   15-1    469
10  Ward Melville            NY   18-4    444
11  Culver Academy Prep      IN   20-3    427      1
12  Haverford School         PA   20-5    419
13  Hill Academy             ON   11-0    345      3
14  Jamesville-DeWitt        NY   21-2    317
15  St Stephen/St Agnes      VA   21-4    304
16  Boys’ Latin              MD   14-4    245
17  Malvern Prep             PA   18-5    225
18  Smithtown East           NY   14-3    198
19  Shoreham-Wading River    NY   18-3    148
20  Bridgewater-Raritan      NJ   19-1    146
21  Belmont Hill             MA   14-1    126
22  Brunswick School         CT   15-3    101
23  New Hampton              NH   15-0     98
24  Regis Jesuit             CO   17-2     97

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