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ESPNHS 100: Class of 2012
Updated: April 10, 2012, 12:21 PM ET
By Tom Peace
Mike Loveday/ESPNHSCase Matheis from Darien (Darien, Conn.) at the 2010 Checking for Cancer tournament at Haverford School (Pa.).ESPNHS 100: Class of 2012
Over the past six weeks ESPNHS has listed the Top 25 high school lacrosse players at every position and now unveils the ESPNHS 100 -- our choice for the Top 100 high school boys' lacrosse players in the nation.
ESPNHS 100: Top 25 by position
Goalie | Defense | LSM | Midfield | Faceoff | Attack | Top 50 Juniors
| RANK | ATHLETE | HIGH SCHOOL (City, State) | POS | COLLEGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Case Matheis | Darien (Darien, Conn.) | A | Duke |
| 2 | Will McNamara | Haverford School (Haverford, Pa.) | M | Virginia |
| 3 | Patrick Kelly | Calvert Hall (Baltimore, Md.) | A | North Carolina |
| 4 | Spencer Parks | St. Paul's (Brooklandville, Md.) | M | North Carolina |
| 5 | Ryan Palasek | Rocky Point (Rocky Point, N.Y.) | D | Syracuse |
| 6 | Jordan Cunningham | Lovett School (Atlanta, Ga.) | LSM | Denver |
| 7 | Mikey Morris | Salisbury School (Salisbury, Conn.) | A | Johns Hopkins |
| 8 | Mike Tagliaferri | San Ramon Valley (Danville, Calif.) | M | North Carolina |
| 9 | Bobby Duvnjak | Manhasset (Manhasset, N.Y.) | D | Harvard |
| 10 | Luke Aaron | Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, Mass.) | G | Duke |
| 11 | Timothy Stackpole | St. Anthony's (South Huntington, N.Y.) | LSM | Army |
| 12 | Devin Dwyer | Garden City (Garden City, N.Y.) | A | Harvard |
| 13 | James Pannell | Smithtown West (Smithtown, N.Y.) | A | Virginia |
| 14 | Tyler Avallone | Mendham (Mendham, N.J.) | G | Syracuse |
| 15 | Brad Lott | Trinity (Louisville, Ky.) | F/O | Michigan |
| 16 | Steven Pontrello | St. Augustine Prep (Richland, N.J.) | M | North Carolina |
| 17 | Connor Frisina | Conestoga (Berwyn, Pa.) | A | Delaware |
| 18 | Deemer Class | Loyola-Blakefield (Towson, Md.) | M | Duke |
| 19 | Matt Florence | Kent Denver (Englewood, Colo.) | M | Virginia |
| 20 | Ahmed Iftikhar | Detroit Country Day (Beverly Hills, Mich.) | G | Pennsylvania |
| 21 | Wes Faulkenberry | Dublin Jerome (Dublin, Ohio) | LSM | Ohio State |
| 22 | Eddie Morris | Malvern Prep (Malvern, Pa.) | D | Johns Hopkins |
| 23 | Brent Armstrong | St. Stephen's & St. Agnes (Alexandria, Va.) | F/O | North Carolina |
| 24 | Patric Berkery | Garden City (Garden City, N.Y.) | M | Pennsylvania |
| 25 | Connor Reed | Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.) | M | Johns Hopkins |
| 26 | Tanner Scales | Salisbury School (Salisbury, Conn.) | D | Virginia |
| 27 | Brendan Gaughan | La Costa Canyon (Carlsbad, Calif.) | A | Michigan |
| 28 | Daniel Marino | Garden City (Garden City, N.Y.) | G | Virginia |
| 29 | Jake Matthai | Gilman (Baltimore, Md.) | M | North Carolina |
| 30 | Warner Bailey | Haverford School (Haverford, Pa.) | D | Georgetown |
| 31 | David Best | Norfolk Academy (Norfolk, Va.) | LSM | Pennsylvania |
| 32 | Matt O'Keefe | Duxbury (Duxbury, Mass.) | D | Johns Hopkins |
| 33 | Gordie Koerber | Gilman (Baltimore, Md.) | A | Denver |
| 34 | Chris Panichelli | Bishop Shanahan (Downingtown, Pa.) | D | Drexel |
| 35 | Ted Demiris | Hereford (Parkton, Md.) | F/O | Navy |
| 36 | Seamus Connelly | Duxbury (Duxbury, Mass.) | A | Duke |
| 37 | Zach Wood | Metea Valley (Aurora, Ill.) | M | Virginia |
| 38 | Sean McDonagh | St. Anthony's (South Huntington, N.Y.) | A | Harvard |
| 39 | Dickson Smith | Holderness School (Holderness, N.H.) | LSM | Virginia |
| 40 | Tyler Brooke | Conestoga (Berwyn, Pa.) | A | Maryland |
| 41 | Brian Sherlock | St. Anthony's (South Huntington, N.Y.) | M | North Carolina |
| 42 | Matt O'Connor | Lawrenceville (Lawrenceville, N.J.) | G | Princeton |
| 43 | Zach Powers | Upper Arlington (Upper Arlington, Ohio) | D | North Carolina |
| 44 | Joe Kruy | Phillips Andover (Andover, Mass.) | M | Duke |
| 45 | Charlie Hushek | Brophy Prep (Phoenix, Ariz.) | LSM | Bryant |
| 46 | Charlie Schnider | Landon (Bethesda, Md.) | M | Maryland |
| 47 | Sam Rohr | Haverford School (Haverford, Pa.) | M | Pennsylvania |
| 48 | Jake Froccaro | Port Washington (Port Washington, N.Y.) | F/O | Princeton |
| 49 | Conor Dalton | Loyola-Blakefield (Towson, Md.) | A | Fairfield |
| 50 | Evan Connell | Calvert Hall (Baltimore, Md.) | D | North Carolina |
| 51 | Reilly Naton | Duxbury (Duxbury, Mass.) | LSM | Yale |
| 52 | Michael Rastivo | Ward Melville (East Setauket, N.Y.) | A | Undecided |
| 53 | Greg Rhodes | Chaminade (Mineola, N.Y.) | M | Duke |
| 54 | Kieran Burke | St. Anthony's (South Huntington, N.Y.) | G | North Carolina |
| 55 | Patrick Worstell | San Ramon Valley (Danville, Calif.) | M | Syracuse |
| 56 | Liam Giblin | Georgetown Prep (North Bethesda, Md.) | A | Johns Hopkins |
| 57 | Kylor Bellistri | Bullis (Potomac, Md.) | A | Brown |
| 58 | Ryan Lehman | Garnet Valley (Glenn Mills, Pa.) | D | Maryland |
| 59 | Ryan Brown | Calvert Hall (Baltimore, Md.) | A | Johns Hopkins |
| 60 | Carlson Milikin | Woodberry Forest (Woodberry Forest, Va.) | M | Virginia |
| 61 | Oliver Saffery | Wellesley (Wellesley, Mass.) | M | Gettysburg |
| 62 | Connor Bailey | Haverford School (Haverford, Pa.) | D | Georgetown |
| 63 | Mark Rizzo | George Hewlett (Hewlett, N.Y.) | LSM | North Carolina |
| 64 | Will Ryan | Avon Old Farms (Avon, Conn.) | G | Johns Hopkins |
| 65 | Conor Darcy | Wellesley (Wellesley, Mass.) | G | Penn State |
| 66 | Kacy Kapinos | Loyola-Blakefield (Towson, Md.) | F/O | Ohio State |
| 67 | Sean Doyle | Torrey Pines (Torrey Pines, Calif.) | A | Cornell |
| 68 | Tony Britton | Darien (Darien, Conn.) | D | Cornell |
| 69 | Curt Brooks | Wootton (Rockville, Md.) | LSM | Georgetown |
| 70 | Tommy O'Neill | St. Augustine Prep (Richland, N.J.) | M | Penn State |
| 71 | Sean Conners | Deerfield (Deerfield, Mass.) | A | Princeton |
| 72 | Kelton Black | Calvert Hall (Baltimore, Md.) | M | Johns Hopkins |
| 73 | Frank DeLuca | Farmingdale (Farmingdale, N.Y.) | G | Ohio State |
| 74 | Michael Marcott | Lincoln (Portland, Ore.) | A | Denver |
| 75 | Colin Flounlacker | Kent Island (Stevensville, Md.) | M | Navy |
| 76 | Zach Esser | Fallston (Fallston, Md.) | LSM | UMBC |
| 77 | Conor Pequigney | Archbishop Spalding (Seven, Md.) | F/O | Syracuse |
| 78 | Walker Kirby | Lawrenceville (Lawrenceville, N.J.) | D | Duke |
| 79 | Ryan Matthews | Manhasset (Manhasset, N.Y.) | F/O | Johns Hopkins |
| 80 | Brendan Smith | West Islip (West Islip, N.Y.) | A | Marquette |
| 81 | Ryan Ambler | Abington (Abington, Pa.) | A | Princeton |
| 82 | Russ Atkinson | Malvern Prep (Malvern, Pa.) | M | Navy |
| 83 | Bob Fahey | Bishop Guertin (Nashua, N.H.) | D | Undecided |
| 84 | Zach Fixen | Palos Verdes (Palos Verdes, Calif.) | M | Maryland |
| 85 | Grant Consoletti | Oak Park (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) | A | Navy |
| 86 | Griffin Cassagne | St. Mark's (Dallas, Texas) | M | Phillips Exeter Academy (Prep Yr.) |
| 87 | Jack Kelly | West Islip (West Islip, N.Y.) | G | Brown |
| 88 | Alex Joyce | Landon (Bethesda, Md.) | G | Georgetown |
| 89 | Brendan Francis | Ponte Vedra (Ponte Vedra, Fla.) | A | Navy |
| 90 | Matt Dunn | Loyola-Blakefield (Towson, Md.) | D | Maryland |
| 91 | James Ikeda | Conestoga (Berwyn, Pa.) | D | Duke |
| 92 | Johnny Galloway | Middletown (Middletown, Md.) | A | Villanova |
| 93 | Corey Wisnowski | Berkshire (Sheffield, Mass.) | LSM | Undecided |
| 94 | Blake Riorden | Fairport (Fairport, N.Y.) | G | Albany |
| 95 | Steve Brodeur | Strath Haven (Wallingford, Pa.) | G | Lehigh |
| 96 | Billy Heidt | Brunswick School (Greenwich, Conn.) | M | Dartmouth |
| 97 | Joseph Bano | Dublin Jerome (Dublin, Ohio) | F/O | Denver |
| 98 | Al Barnhart | Blake School (Minneapolis, Minn.) | A | Denison |
| 99 | Brendan Newman | Lawrenceville (Lawrenceville, N.J.) | F/O | Harvard |
| 100 | Greg Stamatov | Foxborough (Foxborough, Mass.) | G | Villanova |
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BOYS' LACROSSE RANKINGS
| Rank | School (City, State) | Rec |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden City Garden City, NY | 21-0 |
| 2 | Gonzaga College Washington, DC | 20-1 |
| 3 | Bridgewater-Raritan Bridgewater Township, NJ | 21-0 |
| 4 | Haverford School Haverford, PA | 21-2 |
| 5 | Conestoga Berwyn, PA | 23-3 |
| See the full boys' lacrosse rankings » | ||