POWERADE FAB 50 Rankings: Final
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Could there have been a more exciting 2010 high school lacrosse season? Five teams have a legitimate argument for the No. 1 spot, but Manhasset (Manhasset, N.Y.) worked its way up the rankings all year and finished as Class C champions and winners of 36 straight games. Maryland and Pennsylvania powers battled all season and while the preseason favorites did not win their respective titles, the teams that did win [St. Paul's (Md.) and Conestoga (Pa.)] were hardly surprises. Summit (Summit, N.J.) has puts its stamp on New Jersey lacrosse and Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, Colo.) defeated two of the Top 3 teams in the state to win a state title.
| 2010 POWERADE FAB 50 Boys' Lacrosse Rankings: Final | ||||
| RK (LW) | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | REC | PTS | COMMENT |
| 1 (1) | Manhasset Public School Manhasset, NY | 20-0 | 0 | Manhasset ended the 2010 season as the New York C Conference state champions, and are the FAB 50 National Champions. The Indians went undefeated and are winners of 36 straight games over the past two seasons. Wins over ranked FAB 50 teams Garden City (Garden City, N.Y.) and Darien (Darien, Conn.) were impressive. |
| 2 (2) | Summit Summit, NJ | 23-0 | 0 | Summit broke the New Jersey state record with its 45 consecutive victory, a 6-1 win over St. Joseph Metuchen that also netted the Hilltoppers their second straight NJISAA Tournament of Champions title. |
| 3 (3) | West Islip West Islip, NY | 21-1 | 0 | The Lions defeated Fairport 13-5 to win the New York A Conference state championship. West Islip star Nick Galasso (North Carolina) scored his 500-career point, which broke the Long Island scoring record. It is the Lions fourth Class A championship in five years. |
| 4 (4) | Saint Paul's for Boys Brooklandville, MD | 15-4 | 0 | Arguably one of the best high school teams in the country. The Crusaders captured the MIAA title by defeating Boys' Latin 17-7. Three Crusaders made first team Baltimore Sun All-Metro honors. |
| 5 (5) | Jamesville Dewitt Dewitt, NY | 22-0 | 0 | Jamesville stunned Garden City 11-5 to become the New York Class B Champions. De Witt had the most wins this season out of all the New York Teams in the rankings. The Red Rams won thirteen games with 15 or more points. |
| 6 (6) | Salisbury School Salisbury, CT | 13-1 | 0 | The Crimson Knights clinched the 2010 Western New England Lacrosse Championship. Salisbury's only loss was against out of state rival Boys' Latin in early April. The Knights had a pretty slim schedule until the end of the season when they faced FAB 50 teams Deerfield, who was No. 1 at the time, and Avon Old Farms. |
| 7 (7) | Gonzaga College Washington, DC | 20-2 | 0 | The Purple Eagles are the 2010 WCAC Champions. Gonzaga was unbeatable in April and May. The Purple Eagles went 2-2 against DC IAC teams this season. |
| 8 (8) | Conestoga Berwyn, PA | 24-2 | 0 | The Pioneers had been waiting to play LaSalle all season since falling to the Explorers last year in the Pennsylvania State finals. On June 12 Conestoga got their revenge and beat La Salle 10-6 to become the 2010 PIAA state champs. Conestoga proved in 2010 they were one of the best teams from Pennsylvania in the Top 10. |
| 9 (9) | Haverford School Haverford, PA | 20-4 | 0 | Haverford opened the 2010 season in early March with a bang by beating MIAA powerhouse St. Paul's 13-9. Then in early April defeated local rival Conestoga 8-7. The Fords went 7-2 in PA IAC play. Haverford would go onto win the PA Inter-AC Championship. |
| 10 (10) | Deerfield Academy Deerfield, MA | 15-1 | 0 | After five weeks as the number one team in the FAB 50 the Big Green came up short on a perfect season. The loss to Salisbury on May 12 knocked Deerfield down the rankings. |
| 11 (11) | Saint Anthony's South Huntington, NY | 18-2 | 0 | St. Anthony's won the New York CHSAA Championship. Despite the two loses on their schedule the only bad loss was back in April to Chaminade, 14-8. Eventually the Friars got revenge on the Flyers by beating them twice including the Catholic league title. |
| 12 (12) | Boys Latin Baltimore, MD | 16-4 | 0 | The Lakers began the 2010 season as a top team in the FAB 50. BL didn't anticipate the way the season would come to a close by losing to St.Paul's in the MIAA Championship game. The Lakers were 12-3 in MIAA regular season play. |
| 13 (14) | Landon Bethesda, MD | 17-4 | 0 | The Bears claimed the DC IAC Championship over Georgetown Prep. Landon was one of the top five teams in the Maryland region this season. The Bears lost four games in 2010, the worst coming at the hands of Conestoga (Pa). |
| 14 (15) | Georgetown Prep School North Bethesda, MD | 18-4 | 0 | The Little Hoyas fell to Landon in the IAC Championship game 9-8. It was an uncharacteristic season for Prep. The Hoyas had losses to LaSalle (Pa.) and Collegiate (Va.). |
| 15 (13) | Saint Andrews School Boca Raton, FL | 20-2 | 0 | The state of Florida had many teams that improved in 2010. Though not as impressive as the season St. Andrew's put together. Despite out of state losses to Boys' Latin and Brunswick (Conn.), the Knights dominated once again. St, Andrews won the Florida boy's high school state championship with a 14-8 victory over Lake Highland. |
| 16 (21) | Upper Arlington Columbus, OH | 16-2 | 0 | The Golden Bears won the Ohio Division I State Championship. The schedule for Upper Arlington was heavily in their favor. Only out of state games were against teams in Michigan and the Bears suffered two tough loses this season. |
| 17 (22) | Cheshire Cheshire, CT | 21-2 | 0 | The Rams represented the state of Connecticut well in 2010. Cheshire went 20-1 against in-state teams. Cheshire clinched the Connecticut Class L state Championship with a 9-8 win over Fairfield Prep. |
| 18 (17) | La Salle Wyndmoor, PA | 21-3 | 0 | La Salle had a great year in 2010, though the Explorers came up short against rival Conestoga in the PIAA state championship. The Explorers surprised a lot of people this season by how well they played with considering how much they lost a year ago. Next season La Salle will be returning a core group and should be a top team in Pennsylvania. The most impressive win for La Salle this season was over out of state rival Georgetown Prep in the Checking for Cancer classic in April. |
| 19 (18) | Garden City Garden City, NY | 18-4 | 0 | The Trojans ended the 2010 season as one of the Top 10 teams in the state of New York. Garden City had a hard fought game in the Class B Championship against Jamesville-De Witt, though GC fell 11-5. The Trojans had a tough time against some of the top teams in the FAB 50 such as St. Paul's and Manhasset. |
| 20 (19) | Fairport Fairport, NY | 19-3 | 0 | Fairport had a good run in the state playoffs until the final game against West Islip where the Red Raiders lost 13-5. Still 19 wins is still an incredible feat. |
| 21 (20) | Highland Park University Park, TX | 15-2 | 0 | The Fighting Scots won the 2010 Texas state championship. They did so by defeating in-state rival and former FAB 50 team St. Marks 6-4. HP played a very good out of state schedule between Colorado, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. HP defeated the top team out of Colorado, Arapahoe 12-10 back in March. |
| 22 (23) | Brother Rice Bloomfield Hills, MI | 22-1 | 0 | The Warriors claimed their eighth straight state title with a 16-10 win over Catholic Central. Brother Rice with its win continues an unbeaten streak against opponents in the state of Michigan since 2002. |
| 23 (24) | La Costa Canyon Carlsbad, CA | 23-0 | 0 | Easily the best team on the west coast in 2010. The Mavericks won every game on their schedule including wins over in-state powerhouses St. Ignatius Prep and Coronado. The year lacrosse had in California was impressive and it shows the game is spreading across the country. |
| 24 (25) | Darien Darien, CT | 19-3 | 0 | The Blue Wave finish the season in the Top 25 after beating New Fairfield 17-5 to win their sixth-straight Connecticut Class M state championship. Despite tough run-ins with Top 10 teams in the FAB 50, the Blue Wave was still impressive with wins over Yorktown (N.Y.) and Niskayuna (N.Y.). |
| 25 (30) | Cherry Creek Englewood, CO | 17-2 | 0 | With a huge championship victory over Regis Jesuit the Bruins deserved to round out the final FAB 50 in the top 25. As the Colorado state champs, Cherry Creek won thirteen games by ten or more points. |
| 26 (26) | McCallie Chattanooga, TN | 15-1 | 0 | |
| 27 (17) | Saint Ignatius College Prep. San Francisco, CA | 20-2 | 0 | |
| 28 (28) | Ithaca Ithaca, NY | 18-1 | 0 | |
| 29 (29) | Avon Old Farms School For Boys Avon, CT | 15-3 | 0 | |
| 30 (16) | Comsewogue Pt. Jefferson Sta, NY | 17-1 | 0 | |
| 31 (31) | Canandaigua Academy Canandaigua, NY | 16-2 | 0 | |
| 32 (32) | Ward Melville East Setauket, NY | 16-3 | 0 | |
| 33 (33) | Springfield Springfield, PA | 20-3 | 0 | |
| 34 (34) | John Jay Hopewell Junction, NY | 18-2 | 0 | |
| 35 (35) | New Trier Winnetka, IL | 19-3 | 0 | |
| 36 (36) | St. Joseph Metuchen Metuchen, NJ | 22-2 | 0 | |
| 37 (37) | Lakeland Shrub Oak, NY | 18-4 | 0 | |
| 38 (38) | Farmingdale Farmingdale, NY | 16-3 | 0 | |
| 39 (39) | Wantagh Wantagh, NY | 16-3 | 0 | |
| 40 (40) | Niskayuna Niskayuna, NY | 17-5 | 0 | |
| 41 (41) | Downingtown West Downingtown, PA | 17-3 | 0 | |
| 42 (42) | Orchard Park Orchard Park, NY | 16-2 | 0 | |
| 43 (43) | Skaneateles Central Schools Skaneateles, NY | 20-1 | 0 | |
| 44 (44) | Myers Park Charlotte, NC | 19-1 | 0 | |
| 45 (45) | St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School Alexandria, VA | 19-5 | 0 | |
| 46 (46) | Saint Annes-Belfield Charlottesville, VA | 18-4 | 0 | |
| 47 (47) | Hempfield Landisville, PA | 23-1 | 0 | |
| 48 (48) | Dublin Dublin, OH | 18-4 | 0 | |
| 49 (49) | Shenendehowa Central Clifton Park, NY | 18-2 | 0 | |
| 50 (50) | Mercer Island Mercer Island, WA | 21-1 | 0 | |