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LaxPower Crowns High School Girls’ Lacrosse National Champion for 2007

(PRLEAP.COM) Camillus, NY, June 25, 2007 - West Genesee High School, which went 24-0 and won the New York State Class A title New York, is the LaxPower.com high school girls’ national champion for 2007. West Genesee, lead by Coach Bob Elmer, finished in first place both in the computer ratings and in the coaches’ poll, garnering 27 of the 28 first-place votes.

LaxPower.com, the leading authority on lacrosse team performance ratings, announced the results of its National Coaches/Computer Ratings for high school girls’ lacrosse for the recently completed 2007 spring season. West Islip High School, which went 22-1 and won the New York State Class A title, was named the LaxPower.com high school boys’ national champion for 2007 last week.

Rounding out the top five girls’ programs in the country for 2007 are four perennial powers:

#2: St. Stephen’s & Agnes, Virginia (24-1) Coach Kathy Jenkins — VIS I champion
#3: Mt. Hebron, Maryland (22-1) Coach Kuhl-McCelland — Maryland (3A-2A) champion
#4: McDonogh, Maryland (18-2) Coach Chris Robinson
#5: Severna Park, Maryland (21-1) Coach Carin Peterson— Maryland (4A-3A) champion

The final rankings used LaxPower’s CCR formula, combining the LaxPower.com national computer rankings with the LaxPower.com national coaches’ poll. The computer ratings used for the rankings are based on over 14,000 scores for more than 2,000 high school teams. The poll is a product of votes by 28 high school coaches from around the country. Each of these factors represents 50% of the final tallied results.

The combined coaches/computer rankings listed the top 25 as follows:

No Team ST W-L-T CCR = Poll + PR

1 West Genesee NY 24-0-0 203.00 100.00 103.00
2 Sts. Stephen’s & Agnes VA 24-1-0 199.32 99.82 99.50
3 Mt. Hebron MD 19-1-0 198.57 99.67 98.90
4 McDonogh School MD 19-2-0 198.07 99.37 98.70
5 Severna Park MD 20-0-0 196.37 99.33 97.05
6 Moorestown NJ 23-3-0 195.56 99.16 96.40
7 John Carroll School MD 14-3-0 195.10 98.75 96.35
8 Garden City NY 20-1-0 194.87 99.02 95.85
9 Bryn Mawr SG MD 14-3-0 194.53 98.57 95.96
10 Springfield (DelCo) PA 21-0-0 193.66 98.46 95.20
11 West Chester East PA 21-2-0 192.70 98.28 94.42
12 Skaneateles NY 21-2-0 192.14 97.93 94.22
13 Rocky Point NY 19-1-0 191.85 98.00 93.85
14 Farmingdale NY 16-4-0 191.35 97.70 93.65
15 Shawnee NJ 20-2-0 191.04 97.66 93.38
16 Lakeland-Panas NY 21-2-0 190.41 97.31 93.10
17 Brighton, NY NY 18-2-0 190.33 97.38 92.95
18 Shoreham-Wading River NY 19-3-0 190.02 97.07 92.95
19 Severn School MD 12-8-0 189.67 97.04 92.63
20 Cherry Creek CO 17-1-1 189.41 96.84 92.57
21 Darien CT 21-1-0 189.32 96.82 92.50
22 Northport NY 17-3-0 189.09 96.53 92.57
23 Corning East NY 18-2-0 188.85 96.45 92.40
24 Good Counsel MD 17-3-0 188.85 96.43 92.42
25 St. Paul’s SG, MD MD 10-8-0 188.63 96.44 92.20


Detailed information for all teams can be found at http://www.LaxPower.com/update07/bingrl/natlccr.php. The combined CCR ranking, the computer ratings, the results of the poll voting, the members of the coaches’ poll panel, and a detailed explanation of the computer formula are available online.

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