MIAA A champs McDonogh finishes where it started; state champ Southern enters
by Derek Toney
It wasn’t a wire-to-wire run for McDonogh School this spring, but the Owings Mills private school is No. 1 in the final VSN Boys Lacrosse Top 20 poll of the spring.
The Eagles, the preseason No. 1 regained the top ranking after winning the MIAA A Conference championship. St. Mary’s, Boys’ Latin School, Calvert Hall College and St. Paul’s School complete the Top 5.
Archbishop Spalding leads off the second 5 followed by Loyola Blakefield, Severn School, Severna Park and Broadneck. Severna Park won its sixth straight state public crown with a 9-6 victory over 12th-ranked Mount Hebron in the 3A final.
Gilman School is 11th with Mount Hebron, state semifinalists Catonsville (4A) and Hereford (2A), and Towson inside the Top 15.
MIAA B Conference champ Archbishop Curley is 16th followed by Southern, which won the 1A state public crown at Loyola University’s Ridley Athletic Complex. Fallston, John Carroll School, and Dulaney complete the final Top 20.
Here is the final VSN Boys Lacrosse Top 20 for 2022:
1. MCDONOGH SCHOOL
Record: 12-6
Previous rank: 1
SEASON RESULT – MIAA A CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
2. ST. MARY’S
Record: 16-3
Previous rank: 2
SEASON RESULT – MIAA A CONFERENCE FINALIST
3. BOYS’ LATIN SCHOOL
Record: 13-4
Previous rank: 3
SEASON RESULT – MIAA A CONFERENCE SEMIFINALIST
4. CALVERT HALL COLLEGE
Record: 14-5
Previous rank: 4
SEASON RESULT – MIAA A CONFERENCE SEMIFINALIST
5. ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL
Record: 11-6
Previous rank: 5
6. ARCHBISHOP SPALDING
Record: 12-5
Previous rank: 6
SEASON RESULT – MIAA A CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALIST
7. LOYOLA BLAKEFIELD
Record: 6-9
Previous rank: 7
8. SEVERN SCHOOL
Record: 9-7
Previous rank: 8
SEASON RESULT – MIAA A CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALIST
9. SEVERNA PARK
Record: 16-4
Previous rank: 9
Last week: defeated No. 12 Mount Hebron, 9-6, Class 3A state final
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONS & ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CHAMPIONS
10. BROADNECK
Record: 16-4
Previous rank: 10
Last week: lost to Winston Churchill, 15-7, Class 4A state final
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 4A STATE FINALIST & ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FINALIST
11. GILMAN SCHOOL
Record: 8-12
Previous rank: 11
12. MOUNT HEBRON
Record: 17-2
Previous rank: 12
Last week: lost to No. 9 Severna Park, 9-6, Class 3A state final
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 3A STATE FINALIST & HOWARD COUNTY CHAMPIONS
13. CATONSVILLE
Record: 18-1
Previous rank: 13
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 3A STATE SEMIFINALIST & BALTIMORE COUNTY CHAMPIONS
14. HEREFORD
Record: 13-4
Previous rank: 14
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 2A STATE SEMIFINALIST & BALTIMORE COUNTY FINALIST
15. TOWSON
Record: 10-5
Previous rank: 16
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 3A STATE QUARTERFINALIST
16. ARCHBISHOP CURLEY
Record: 13-4
Previous rank: 17
SEASON RESULT – MIAA B CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
17. SOUTHERN
Record: 14-4
Previous rank: Not ranked
Last week: defeated then-No. 15 Fallston, 14-7, Class 1A state final
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONS
18. FALLSTON
Record: 15-4
Previous rank: 15
Last week: lost to Southern, 14-7, Class 1A state final
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 1A STATE FINALIST & UCBAC CHESAPEAKE CHAMPIONS
19. JOHN CARROLL SCHOOL
Record: 5-10
Previous rank: 18
20. DULANEY
Record: 10-6
Previous rank: 19
SEASON RESULT – CLASS 4A STATE QUARTERFINALIST
