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WSL Releases March 2010 Elite 25 Girls Player Rankings
Cherry Creek Senior Middie Annie Anton is West's No. 1 Player
By Nathan Max
WSL Executive Editor
MURRIETA, Calif. -- Stanford-bound Cherry Creek senior middie Annie Anton is the No. 1 ranked senior female lacrosse player in the Western United States, according to the new WSL Elite 25 girls player rankings.
This year’s Elite 25 girls rankings were compiled by the WSL editorial staff with some input from a select group of Western-based high school coaches. The vast majority of the players selected have either signed to play college lacrosse for NCAA Division I programs or were selected as U.S. Lacrosse High School All-Americans as juniors.
Some players, like Anton, met both those criteria.
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WSL Releases March 2010 Elite 25 Player Rankings
St. Ignatius Prep Senior Rob Emery Retains No. 1 Spot
By Nathan Max
WSL Executive Editor
MURRIETA, Calif. -- Virginia-bound St. Ignatius Prep senior middie Rob Emery has retained his spot atop the WSL Elite 25 Player Rankings for the senior class.
The newest player rankings for seniors, juniors and sophomores has been released today, March 8, and includes further evaluation of players who participated in the Adrenaline Challenge in January. That tournament featured dozens of all-star teams from all over the Western United States.
Among juniors, Juan Diego Catholic defenseman Zach Bullet has taken over the No. 1 spot from Denver-bound Rancho Bernardo middie Tyler Ekeroth, who fell to No. 2. Among sophomores, St. Ignatius Prep middie William McKee took over the top spot, and former No. 1 Dakota Rohlin, a middie from Great Oak in Temecula, fell to No. 2.
WSL will release its Top 25 girls seniors next Monday. The WSL Elite 25 is sponsored by Adrenaline Lacrosse.
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St. Mark's Rallies to Beat Highland Park in OT Thriller
No. 3 St. Mark's 9, No. 1 Highland Park 8 (OT)
By Nathan Max
WSL Executive Editor
Dartmouth-bound senior attackman Jeff Perkins scored the game-winning goal with 2:53 remaining in sudden-death overtime to give No. 3 St. Mark’s a thrilling, come-from-behind, 9-8 victory over No. 1 Highland Park in a Texas High School Lacrosse League North District Division I game Wednesday night.
Perkins scored from about five yards on an unsettled situation after he took a pass from freshman defenseman Bear Goldstein to give St. Mark’s (4-0) its fourth straight win to start the season and put an end to Highland Park’s 14-game winning streak. The Lions rallied from a four-goal, second-half deficit.
The two-time defending state champion Fighting Scots (1-1) also had their 25-game winning streak against Texas competition snapped. Highland Park suffered its first loss to a team from the Lone Star State since it lost,12-10, to Dallas Episcopal on March 28, 2008.
WSL Releases Top 25 Boys and Girls Rankings
Highland Park, Cherry Creek Earn Preseason No. 1 Spots
By Nathan Max
WSL Executive Editor
MURRIETA, Calif. -- Highland Park’s boys lacrosse team and Cherry Creek’s girls lacrosse team are both ranked No. 1 in the first STX-WSL Top 25 Rankings of the season.
Highland Park, which won its season opener decisively over the weekend, is currently on a 14-game overall winning streak and a 25-game winning streak against in-state competition. The two-time defending state champion Fighting Scots finished the 2009 season as the Western United States’ top-ranked team.
Cherry Creek is WSL’s preseason No. 1 girls team for the fourth consecutive season. The Bruins went wire-to-wire as the No. 1 girls team in the West in 2007 and 2008, and they finished 2009 as the No. 2 ranked team after losing in the Colorado state championship game.
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Davis Gunter Leads Arapahoe into 2010
Arapahoe Defenseman is West's 10th-Ranked Senior
By James Joseph
WSL Senior Features Writer
Arapahoe Coach Guy Cerasoli has trouble pinpointing defenseman Davis Gunter’s defining game or play of the 2009 season.
Too many to choose from.
The 5-foot-11, 200-pound Gunter was a steady force for the Warriors throughout their state championship season. He always marked the opponent’s best player. He always came up with a standout effort.
Chris Small Lifts Chapman Past Brigham Young in Thriller
No. 2 Chapman 12, No. 3 Brigham Young 11 (OT)
By Nathan Max
WSL Executive Editor
ORANGE, Calif. -- Chapman senior middie Chris Small saved the finest moment in his lacrosse career for a live national television audience.
Small scored a spectacular game-winning goal with 11 seconds remaining in overtime to give the second-ranked Panthers a thrilling, 12-11 victory over No. 3 Brigham Young in an MCLA Division I game Saturday night at Wilson Field.
Playing before a crowd of more than 2,000, and in front of the Fox College Sports cameras, Small came through in theatrical fashion, spinning through two defenders before firing home a bounce-shot from 10 yards.
“It was pretty impromptu,” Small said. “I just got a step on him and felt like spinning was a good idea, which I normally don’t do. I turned around, I just shot it, and it went in.”
No. 5 ARIZONA STATE CRUSHES UCLA IN RETURN, 21-6
No. 10 CAL POLY RALLIES PAST No. 16 UC SANTA BARBARA, 13-10
