This record of our High 50 didn’t come into full focus till after an espresso or two with chocolate whipped topping (belief me, it’s superb!) and several other days of deliberation. Positive, it’s simpler now that you’ve a post-pandemic boomlet of intersectional matchups, however when you could have new powerhouse groups hounding the established powers, it’s a tough slog.
Congratulations go to all the groups, particularly Academy of Notre Dame, which is our prime aspect of 2023.
1. Villanova Academy of Notre Dame de Namur (Pa.) 21-1
2. Norfolk (Va.) Academy 23-0
3. Pottstown Hill Faculty (Pa.) 15-3
4. Emmaus (Pa.) 26-1
5. Woolwich Kingsway (N.J.) 20-2
6. Watertown (Mass.) 22-0
7. North Caldwell West Essex (N.J.) 21-2-1
8. Cherry Hill Camden Catholic (N.J.) 18-2-1
9. Manheim (Pa.) Township 24-2-1
10. Malvern Villa Maria (Pa.) 20-1-1
11. Houston St. John’s (Tex.) 15-3
12. Ashburn Independence (Va.) 22-0
13. Walpole (Mass.) 22-1
14. Hummelstown Decrease Dauphin (Pa.) 20-4
15. Lewes Cape Henlopen (Del.) 17-1
16. Clearview (N.J.) 17-6
17. Tredyffrin Conestoga (Pa.) 22-1
18. Yorktown Tabb (Va.) 21-0
19. San Diego Torrey Pines (Calif.) 18-5-1
20. Summit Oak Knoll (N.J.) 17-5
21. Uxbridge (Mass.) 23-1
22. Delmar (Del.) 21-2
23. Richmond Collegiate (Va.) 16-3
24. St. Louis John Burroughs (Mo.) 20-0-2
25. Westport Staples (Conn.) 18-3
26. Purcellville Loudoun Valley (Va.) 20-2
27. Glenbrook (Unwell.) South 18-3-1
28. Christian Academy of Louisville (Ky.) 20-6-1
29. Smyrna (Del.) 17-2
30. Carlsbad La Costa Canyon (Calif.) 25-2
31. Whitney Level (N.Y) 17-0
32. Watertown Taft Faculty (Conn.) 20-0-1
33. Mamaroneck (N.Y.) 21-0-1
34. Darien (Conn.) 21-2
35. Oley (Pa.) Valley 26-1-1
36. Worthington Thomas Worthington (Ohio) 20-2
37. Ellicott Metropolis Mount Hebron (Md.) 16-1
38. Palmyra (Pa.) 21-2-1
39. Andover Phillips Academy (Mass.) 17-2
40. Denver Colorado Academy (Colo.) 18-0
41. Portland Cheverus (Maine) 18-0
42. North Branford (Conn.) 20-0
43. Crofton (Md.) 16-2
44. Studying (Mass.) 19-1
45. Buffalo Nichols Faculty (N.Y.) 18-1
46. Los Gatos (Calif.) 17-0-2
47. Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons (N.C.) 17-3
48. Owings Mills Garrison Forest (Md.) 11-3
49. West Deptford (N.J.) 15-3-3
50. Ann Arbor Pioneer (Mich.) 9-4-3
And keep in mind: Redwood Larkspur (Calif.) 18-2-4, North Hollywood Harvard-Westlake (Calif.) 14-2-1, Madison Daniel Hand (Conn.) 20-0-1, Washington St. John’s (D.C.) 15-1, Winthrop (Maine) 12-3, Freeport (Maine) 14-3-1, Glenelg (Md.) 13-2, Sykesville South Carroll (Md.) 14-3, Harmony Middlesex Faculty (Mass.) 18-2, Dexter (Mich.) 19-1-2, Montclair-Kimberley Academy (N.J.) 14-7, Dover (N.H.) 18-0-1, Vestal (N.Y.) 18-3, Charlotte (N.C.) Nation Day Faculty 15-5, New Albany (Ohio), 20-3, Factoryville Lackawanna Path (Pa.) 17-5-2, Windfall Moses Brown (R.I.) 14-2, South Burlington (Vt.) 16-1, Arlington Yorktown (Va.) 21-3, Hartland Arrowhead (Wisc.) 8-2
