PA Media Girls Lacrosse Rankings (3-11-12)

Check out the season's first PA Media Girls' Lacrosse Rankings.

Garnet Valley, the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) champion in 2011, is the unanimous choice as the No. 1 team in both the All Schools and PIAA divisions of the preseason PA Media Girls’ Lacrosse Rankings released today.

The Jaguars, who finished 24-3 last year, received all 10 first-place votes in both polls and piled up 100 points.

Each week a panel of nine journalists from around the state and the Mid-Atlantic region ranked Pennsylvania’s top teams. The panel includes Chris Goldberg of Phillylacrosse.com, Dennis C. Way of the Norristown Times Herald, Scott Johnston of the Lehigh Valley Press, Matthew Blymier of the Lancaster Intelligencer, Karen Sangillo of the Bucks County Courier Times, Harry Chaykun, formerly of the Delco Times, Brad Spahr of the Daily Local News, dave assad of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazzette, the Doylestown Intelligencer and the Philadelphia Inquirer. The poll is compiled by Goldberg.

PA Media Girls Lacrosse Rankings
Preseason 
PIAA
1. Garnet Valley (District 1) 24-3, 100 pts, 10 first-place votes

2. Great Valley (1) 21-4, 88 pts

3. Springfield-Delco (1) 21-4, 81 pts

4. Manheim Township (3) 23-1, 66 pts

5. Archbishop Carroll (12) 18-4, 62 pts

6. Radnor (1) 14-6, 50 pts

7. Conestoga (1) 12-7, 42 pts

8. Boyertown (1) 19-7, 31 pts

9. Downingtown East (1) 25-2, 15 pts

10. Upper Dublin (1) 17-7, 8 pts
Under consideration: Council Rock North (D1, 15-5), Downingtown East (1) 25-2, Harriton (D1) 20-4, Hatboro-Horsham (D1, 16-3), Haverford High (D1, 12-8), Merion Mercy (D1, 15-5), North Penn (D1, 18-2), Seneca Valley (D7, 15-4), Strath Haven (D1, 12-7), Villa Maria Academy (D1, 15-4)

All Schools
1, Garnet Valley (District 1) 24-3, 100 pts, 10 first-place votes

2. Great Valley (1) 21-4, 88 pts

3. Springfield-Delco (1) 21-4, 81 pts

4. Manheim Township (3) 23-1, 66 pts

5. Archbishop Carroll (12) 18-4, 62 pts

6. Radnor (1) 14-6, 48 pts

7. Conestoga (1) 12-7, 39 pts

8. Boyertown (1) 19-7, 28 pts

9. Notre Dame (Inter-Ac) 14-4, 22 pts

10. Downingtown East (1) 25-2, 7 pts.