This checklist of our Prime 50 didn’t come into full focus till after some non-alcoholic eggnog, which we minimize down the candy with some common milk. However it was a Prime 50 which noticed plenty of trials, good exams, and worthy state, league, and sectional champions.
Congratulations go to all the groups, particularly The Hill College, our high group of 2024. Hill, for me, may be essentially the most full high-school group because the 2002 Voorhees Japanese (N.J.) facet which gained the state title. The Blues are a talented group with an expert demeanor from the beginning of pregame warmups to the ultimate whistle.
Notice the descriptor, nevertheless: the Rams are a full group, however I’m not so certain how they might fare towards the Cuneo-Spirit-Dixon Japanese groups of the early 2010s or the Kolojejchick-Sharkey-Gagliardi Wyoming Seminary groups of the late 2000s. It’s an fascinating thought experiment.
This 12 months’s Hill group has a number of all-Individuals and several other youth nationwide group members. There are eight or 9 offensive threats on the sphere at any time; you didn’t know precisely who to game-plan towards as a result of a objective may come from wherever. The group additionally turned up its recreation when it mattered essentially the most: they beat Malvern Villa Maria (Pa.) by 5 targets on the street, and gained by 4 over Villanova Academy of Notre Dame de Namur (Pa.) within the PAISAA last.
They had been a enjoyable group to look at, and are a worthy nationwide No. 1.
1. Pottstown Hill College (Pa.) 22-0
2. Mamaroneck (N.Y.) 22-0
3. Lititz Warwick (Pa.) 25-2
4. Tredyffrin Conestoga (Pa.) 22-3
5. Westport Staples (Conn.) 22-1
6. Malvern Villa Maria (Pa.) 21-2
7. Elliottsburg West Perry (Pa.) 24-2
8. Watertown (Mass.) 22-0
9. North Caldwell West Essex (N.J.) 22-3
10. Andover Phillips Academy (Mass.) 19-0
11. Emmaus (Pa.) 25-2
12. Yorktown Tabb (Va.) 22-0
13. Villanova Academy of Notre Dame de Namur (Pa.) 18-3-1
14. Mullica Hill Clearview (N.J.) 18-4-1
15. La Jolla Bishop’s College (Calif.) 25-1
16. Summit Oak Knoll (N.J.) 17-6-1,
17. Winnetka New Trier (Unwell.) 24-1-1
18. Watertown (Mass.) 22-0
19. Cherry Hill Camden Catholic (N.J.) 18-3-1
20. Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake (N.Y.) 20-0
21. Darien (Conn.) 21-3
22. Walpole (Mass.) 22-0-1
23. West Lengthy Department Shore Regional (N.J.) 24-2
24. La Jolla (Calif.) 15-6
25. Delmar (Del.) 18-1
26. Cary (N.C.) Christian 16-0
27. Somerset-Berkley (Mass.) Regional 22-2
28. Louisville Assumption (Ky.) 20-6-3
29. Newton (N.J.) 19-4
30. Guilderland (N.Y.) 17-5
31. Baltimore Bryn Mawr (Md.) 18-2-1
32. St. Louis Villa Duchesne (Mo.) 23-2
33. Uxbridge (Mass.) 21-2
34. Lewes Cape Henlopen (Del.) 17-2
35. Whitney Level (N.Y.) 19-2
36. Worthington Thomas Worthington (Ohio) 17-5-1
37. Norfolk (Va) Academy 18-3
38. Boiling Springs (Pa.) 18-5
39. Purcellville Loudoun Valley (Va.) 20-2-1
40. Ann Arbor Pioneer (Mich.) 17-1-1
41. Crofton (Md.) 15-3-1
42. Guilford (Conn.) 19-4
43. Arlington Yorktown (Va.) 18-4
44. Crofton (Md.) 15-3-1
45. Portland Cheverus (Maine) 18-0
46. Chelsea (Mich.) 15-3-1
47. San Francisco St. Ignatius (Calif.) 18-4-1
48. Manchester (Md.) Valley 17-0
49. Suffolk Nansemond River (Va.) 20-2
50. Winthrop/Maranacook (Maine) 18-0
And keep in mind: La Verne Bonita (Calif.) 15-6-2, Davis (Calif.) Senior 17-1, Englewood Kent Denver (Colo.) 12-6, Washington Shepaug Valley (Conn.) 15-4-1, Washington Georgetown Visitation (D.C.) 14-2-1, Belfast (Maine) 17-1, Pocomoke (Md.) 13-4, Severna Park (Md.) 14-4, Keene (N.H.) 18-0-1, Summit Kent Place (N.J.) 12-9-1, Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons (N.C.) 17-3, Dillsburg Northern York (Pa.) 20-4, Windfall Moses Brown (R.I.) 15-0, Windsor (Vt.) 12-4-1, South Burlington Rice Memorial (Vt.) 16-0-1, Hartford (Vt.) 14-1-1, Hartland Arrowhead (Wisc.) 12-2-2
