Top 5 states for lacrosse

[missouri lax]

What states do you think are the best at lacrosse? (considering good college teams, good high school teams, popularity of the sport, etc.)

1. Virgina
2. New Jersey
3. Maryland
4. Pennsylvania
5. New York

[MCconor3]

My Personal
1.NY
2.VA
3.MD
4.NJ
5.CO

[MeTHLax18]

1.NY
2.MD
3.PA
4.VA
5.NJ

[Eclipse]

How do you get Virginia at number 1? Aside from UVA and some decent D3 teams, what are they bringing in to secure number one? I would say both NY and MD have superior College, and High School teams then Virginia. Between the two states I can come up with:

Syracuse
Maryland
JHU
Towson
Cortland State
Salisbury State
Albany
Navy
UMBC

As well as countless high school programs that I dont feel like listing.

For me:

MD
NY
NJ
VA
MA

[DJ Death]

maryland, new york, and new jersey for sure. the last 2 are a toss-up.

[scarsdalelax08]

NY
MD
NJ
VA
MA

[laxnd8]

ny, nj, ma, co, md

[QBYattackmen15]

NY
MD
NJ
PA
maybe MA.

[westlakelax17]

MD
NY
PA
MA
CA

[gfkeeper28]

New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia

[cali feeder]

MD
NY
NJ
CO
CA

EDIT: Yeah that's biased...

[splaxer13]

1. MD, NY (hard to say which is better)
2.PA
3.NJ
4.Conn.
5.CO

....and for the guy that made the post, i really dont understand how you got VA to be up there...they dont have a highschool team in the top 50.

[DukeLax2]

they do have vmi though, national powerhouse

[lax-crazy]

they do have vmi though, national powerhouse

yea a few teams wouldn't make VA #1, it's really maryland and newyork that are about tied for #1

[Dlaxer6]

1.utah
2.washington
3.texas
4.california
5.north dakota
(obviously im kidding)

[kingwolf]

I cant see why every one is passing up connecticut but heres my list
1) New York
2) Maryland
3) Connecticut
4) New Jersey
5) I'm not to sure about the last one but possibly Massachusetts or some other north eastern state. California is good but only in a few isolated areas and the game isn't as wide spread so thats why its not in my top 5

[QBYattackmen15]

I cant see why every one is passing up connecticut but heres my list
1) New York
2) Maryland
3) Connecticut
4) New Jersey
5) I'm not to sure about the last one but possibly Massachusetts or some other north eastern state. California is good but only in a few isolated areas and the game isn't as wide spread so thats why its not in my top 5

its not that connecticut is bad its just they not be top 5. But this sorta makes me proud to live in NY.(not saying that just cause i live in NY it makes me good. Im well aware of this fact) Mass would be a better #5 then Cali. but Conn and Cali are deff in top 10.

[JohnsHopkins16]

NY ( bias)
MD
PA
MA ( and new england area)
NJ

[Lax4life528]

New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Maryland
Massachusetts

[Terminator X]

id agree with qbyattackmen15 about cali. but having cali and conn in the top 5 over virginia isn't right in my mind. id say its:
1. NY
2. Maryland
3. New Jersey
4. Mass
5. Virginia

[Laxer1220]

1. NY
2. MD
3. NJ
4. Mass
5. New Hampshire (we have some serious talent up here)
5 1/2. Colorado (I've heard some good things about lacrosse over there)

[VTLaxFan]

i would say maryland, ny, pa/va, and then lottery selection.

[nwclaxin]

ny
md
mass
va
ct

[eaweb824]

1.NY
2.MD
3.NJ
4.PA/Mass. (I couldn't set one higher or lower, so they are tied)
5.OH (Who forgot us? I am not just saying this because I am from there, I am saying that the caliber of lacrosse played in Ohio is still up there with the other states)

[Emerican]

NY
MD
MA
CT
and Jersey

it's solid

they do have vmi though, national powerhouse

and lemme just say...LOL at that statement

[Auburn10]

1. NY
2.MD
3.NJ
4.PA
5. VA

[JLancer24]

1.) New York
2.) Maryland
3.) New Jersey
4.) Connecticut
5.) Massachusetts (*cough* Longmeadow Champs *cough*)

My Personal
1.NY
2.VA
3.MD
4.NJ
5.CO

How can you say Colorado as top 5? Denver was 3rd in the Great Western conference behind OSU and ND, they were 9-7. UMASS finished 20 in the country and Denver finished 30. Denver's strength of schedule was mid thirties and UMASS was 20 I think.
Thats just the first example I could think of, If anyone is willing to argue, get me on AIM

[Emerican]

there are so many d1 schools and players from CT

plus isn't darien like in the top 10 in the nation for HS

idk why everyone likes virginia

besides UVA it's really not that much of a hot spot(don't get me wrong...a lot of those kids can play...but CT has more of a rep)

[EastCoastDeft]

1. maryland
2.virgina
3.colorado
4.new york
5. MA

[Lurker]

1. New York (Long Island and Upstate make this #1)
2. Maryland (best high school conference in the nation and best college team, too)
3. New England (yes, it's a state)
4. New Jersey (great high school but poor colleges)
5. Connecticut (fantastic high school lacrosse - more and more recruits coming from here)

[kingwolf]

im speaking of purely of high school talent while i admit i dont know to much about virginia lacrosse. I also know that parts of New York is some of the best lacrosse in the country along with maryland but we have a lot more players going to top D1 schools then california, colorado and massachusets darien was a top 10 highschool, greenwich highschool has many D1 recruits i even go to school with Matt White. The top connecticut teams can definantly hang with Maryland and New York. Also have you guys heard of the Ct Hurricanes all there players are going top 20 D1 or top 5 d3

[cannon]

A more interesting question is where will it be in ten years time.

Cali will be Top 3 for High School particpation that's for sure.

[MCconor3]

1.) New York
2.) Maryland
3.) New Jersey
4.) Connecticut
5.) Massachusetts (*cough* Longmeadow Champs *cough*)



How can you say Colorado as top 5? Denver was 3rd in the Great Western conference behind OSU and ND, they were 9-7. UMASS finished 20 in the country and Denver finished 30. Denver's strength of schedule was mid thirties and UMASS was 20 I think.
Thats just the first example I could think of, If anyone is willing to argue, get me on AIM

Well i dont think MA is even top 7 maybe top 8 but i just remember CO U-15 team at the national festival was the best and meaning that they are up and coming

[UVAlaxer432]

New York
Maryland
(those two are interchangeable)
New jersey
Virginia
Pennsylvania

[cannon]

At high school level in raw numbers we have

NY:339
MD:204
PA:182
CA:173
MA:152
--
NJ: 151
VA:130


that doesn't mean the better HS lax is in CA over NJ. but it is interesting.

[The Oracle]

Here's one way to look at it. Take the Inside Lacrosse top 25 high school teams:
1) NY, with 10 of 25
2) MD, with 4 of 25
3) PA, with 4 of 25
4) NJ, with 3 of 25
5) Four way tie MA, OH, CA, CT, each with 1 of 25

[The Oracle]

Another way to look at it is how many College recruits each state produces. By that measure, for 2007 the list would be:
1) NY, with 877
2) MD, with 315
3) NJ, with 261
4) MA, with 245
5) PA, with 220

[lax-crazy]

Well i dont think MA is even top 7 maybe top 8 but i just remember CO U-15 team at the national festival was the best and meaning that they are up and coming

what? are you serious? they have 4 division 1 teams that I can think of that are all pretty good, and 1 that won the national title. Also they have the toughest highschool conference in the country, it's right up there and right with NY. I have no Idea how you got MA to be less than 1-2 seed.

CO, and CA are up and coming and can't be overlooked, but the best team so far from this side of the country has been ST.ignatius (spelling) they did break top 20. But that's been it. Yea there are lots of teams that will be good, but as it stands now and how it is overall, those two states have a long way to go. (Im born and raised in cali incase anyone thinks I am all that baised)

[Tehb2]

In no particular order....

NY
NJ
MD
PA
CT? - new england's got good programs, but for some reason this one comes to mind

There are a lot of places, but my upper 4 are obviously the more obvious, and clustered in the same region.

[MaKiMaKi13]

At high school level in raw numbers we have

NY:339
MD:204
PA:182
CA:173
MA:152
--
NJ: 151
VA:130


that doesn't mean the better HS lax is in CA over NJ. but it is interesting.

Look at the size of CA over the size of NJ

Here's one way to look at it. Take the Inside Lacrosse top 25 high school teams:
1) NY, with 10 of 25
2) MD, with 4 of 25
3) PA, with 4 of 25
4) NJ, with 3 of 25
5) Four way tie MA, OH, CA, CT, each with 1 of 25

same exact answer as above size of NY compared with that of MD

and then add into the mix how many NCAA Championship's individual teams have won

[JLancer24]

Well i dont think MA is even top 7 maybe top 8 but i just remember CO U-15 team at the national festival was the best and meaning that they are up and coming

Since they are up and coming that makes them good now? Eh, I don't think so.

Here's one way to look at it. Take the Inside Lacrosse top 25 high school teams:
1) NY, with 10 of 25
2) MD, with 4 of 25
3) PA, with 4 of 25
4) NJ, with 3 of 25
5) Four way tie MA, OH, CA, CT, each with 1 of 25

No Colorado in there.

Another way to look at it is how many College recruits each state produces. By that measure, for 2007 the list would be:
1) NY, with 877
2) MD, with 315
3) NJ, with 261
4) MA, with 245
5) PA, with 220

No Colorado in here either.

[Emerican]

just cause they're getting better and have a lot of kids with good talent doesn't mean they'll SURPASS the places that are just ALWAYS producing good players


they can get to the point where a steady flow of good talent is coming in very soon, i'm not saying that, but all these schools that BREED excellence aren't gonna like, let up, therefore..the status will like remain the same down the line, just the playing field will be a little more fair, so to speak

[laxn]

Virginia is not better than Maryland, it's not even close, in fact in general virginia kids aren't good at lacrosse, its really only the University. Trust me I live in the DC Metro area in maryland, not far from Virginia, Baltimore, DC, Georgtown Prep, and Landon.

My rankings would be:

Maryland
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
California

[Sardo]

new york
maryland
texas
massachusetts
connecticut

[laxersk8erguy8]

How do you get Virginia at number 1? Aside from UVA and some decent D3 teams, what are they bringing in to secure number one? I would say both NY and MD have superior College, and High School teams then Virginia. Between the two states I can come up with:

Syracuse
Maryland
JHU
Towson
Cortland State
Salisbury State
Albany
Navy
UMBC

As well as countless high school programs that I dont feel like listing.

For me:

MD
NY
NJ
VA
MA

Don't forget Cornell and Army

I say NY,MD,CT,CO,NJ

[LaX_MaN_22]

ok you guys are nuts....

i'm from jersey (so you know)

1. ny/md- some of the best programs in the country
3. nj- first high school with lax/ dont look down on us bc we dont have a ton of top college teams.
4.pa- half the state doesn't know what lax is- if your not from the eastern part of the state your a joke. nj has almost as many teams as pa and its about 4 times the size.
5. idk. the west is catching up and so is new england. toss up.

[PeteyLax13]

new york
maryland
texas
massachusetts
connecticut

ehhh... texas is definitely one of the best hotbeds for lax but for all-around?

I'd say texas makes top 10 but here's my list

NY (Mostly LI)
MD
NJ
MA
CA, OH, VA

4th and 5th are mostly a throw-up

[laxattack11]

New York
Maryland
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachussetts

[Gordo5354]

VMI???? are you serious? At 42 years of age, if I was eligible and could make the team, I would have gotten field time against VMI in the UVa @ VMI game. Seriously, UVa and VMI on the same lacrosse field makes as much sense as The Citadel playing away at Clemson in football.

NY as a #1 state is kinda tough, though. The Island programs and those guys from CNY State are completely different styles of play. B'More kids and Island kids play a similar style, that CNY stuff is some serious blue collar lax. If I were to build a team and had to shoose one more guy of three, one representing The Island, one from MD and the other from CNY, I would take the kid from West Genny / Carthage, etc any day over the other two because of simple toughness.

Colorado??? Dude, the Denver area may be up and coming and produced a few guys succesful at Denver but a powerhouse, that's as funny as VMI being a powerhouse.

PA is coming on strong, ;articularly the west side of the state.

Jersey???? What exit?

CNY, LI, MD, MA, CT

[laxer6]

Central New York and Long Island cant be counted as 2 states. But seriously Maryland is your number 1 New York 2 and lets get honest here guys how is New Jersey not 3? Delbarton was the number 1 team in the nation for a huge part of the season and other than New York and Maryland who produces more division 1 talent? Yeah Pa is close behind But i remember Ned Crotty with a hat trick in the final, Austin Winter being patriot league rookie of the year,Tom Duerr scoring a goal in the national title which was a one goal game. Other than the Collegiate School what are the big H.S. theams in VA?

1. Maryland
2. New York
3.New Jersey
4.Penn
5.Mass
I know California and Colorado are on the rise but they're not in the top 5 yet.

[skiahl2811]

1. NY
2. MD
3. NJ
4. CT
5. PA

[Johnny D]

Last I looked, CT was part of NE??

[PCO6]

1. Ontario
2. British Columbia
3. Alberta
4. Manitoba
5. Quebec or Saskatchewan

(sorry - couldn't resist)

[bcannons14]

1.MD
2.NY
3.PA
4.VA
5.NJ

[shamrock2174]

1. NY
2. MD
3. PA
4. CT (Great in Fairfield County, one of the best countys in the country besides that still needs work)
5. VA (Besides university of Virginia practically nothing)

[CO lax kid]

I think that from anywhere west of the eastcoast this is my list,

Colorado, California, Texas, Indiana(cathing on there), and Minnesota

btw Colorado pwns at indoor

[nikewarrior5]

1.MD
2.NY
3.CT
4.MA
5.CO

these listings are weird because it needs to be more specific, what are you exactly debating? highschool, college, recruits, pros(jk)? be more specific
thanks

[playwithpride14]

i visited my cousins in MD and I have to say I wish I lived there becuase lacrosse is so big down there.

1. MD
2. NY
3.NJ
4.MA
5.TX (cousins live there, it is HUGE there)

[ATXlacrosse]

1.MD
2.NY
3.CT
4.MA
5.CO

these listings are weird because it needs to be more specific, what are you exactly debating? highschool, college, recruits, pros(jk)? be more specific
thanks
Dude are you kidding Colorado.

[bpercival]

i dont know where people are getting NJ from? I mean they have game but not like..
1.NY
2.MD
3.CT
4.MA
5.PA

[ATXlacrosse]

Tx
oregon
utah
tennese
nevada

[Eclipse]

VMI???? are you serious? At 42 years of age, if I was eligible and could make the team, I would have gotten field time against VMI in the UVa @ VMI game. Seriously, UVa and VMI on the same lacrosse field makes as much sense as The Citadel playing away at Clemson in football.


Then at 42 years of age, you should have also detected his sarcasm.

[mmhs089]

we've covered the obvious, im kind of curious who people think are the best states in the midwest?

[nikewarrior5]

Tx
oregon
utah
tennese
nevada

you clowned on me for saying colorado, look at your list, wow, smh

[laxer6]

What do you mean where are people getting NJ from? They have 3 nationally ranked highschool teams, Rutgers and Princeton both both finished in the top 20 and we have solid D1 players everywhere. How is Conn possibly better than NJ? TYeah they have game but NJ's top high school programs are much better than Conn's and we have a pro team. Oh I also forgot we have how many national titles?

[DJ Death]

i dont know where people are getting NJ from? I mean they have game but not like..
NJ sends the most kids D1 every year behind new york and maryland. NJ had the very first high school lacrosse team. NJ has delbarton, who was ranked the #1 high school team for a good portion of the '07 season (not to mention other very good teams like montgomery, mountain lakes, and summit). NJ is where guys like matt poskay, ned crotty, and alex hewitt are from.

[LaX_MaN_22]

Quote:
Originally Posted by bpercival
i dont know where people are getting NJ from? I mean they have game but not like..

your kidding? i hope you are. go and look at the rosters of the top 25 d1 teams and tell me what you find. and besides your from florida. the average age down there is 85 and everyone has mullets.

[fenderstrat3578]

i have no idea why anybody would put VA at #1, but at the same time, having Colorado above Virginia is just rediculous, same goes for california

[laxmiddi307]

1.Maryland
2.New York
3.conneticut
4.New Hampshire
5.Colorado

[cali feeder]

Good to see California getting some recognition.

Many many great athletes come out of California (not just lacrosse, most other sports too). Hopefully lacrosse will start drawing the attention of more high-profile athletes.

[laxer6]

New Hampshire?Seriously?

[AlbanyPower25]

New York
Maryland
New Jersey
Virginia
Penn.

[dwyer28]

for the non east coast schools, as in the original hot beds the top would be
1.california
2.texas
3.colorado
4.florida
5. tie b/t OH & TN, tenn. gets no respect but the top teams in the state would barely edge out georgia,arizona,oregon teams i think

[Emerican]

i still say, and this is no offense to the western and central teams...or Virginia for that matter cause i know they all have a lot of good d1 kids coming and stuff, but like honestly...New england, well at least CT and MA, and then like jersey, MD and NEw york, instead of like a few scattered good teams, i mean, almost every team is atleast somewhat competitive, and even the worst teams are sending kids to play at good schools. i mean 2 years ago we went like 1 and 16(2nd year of varsity, although we did better the first year haha) and one of our kids got a full ride to towson(although i don't think he took it)

my friend used to live here, and now lives in louisianna, and plays a lot of colorado and texas teams, and says...they're not bad persay, but it's just not the same in the middle teams.

So yes, higher ranked teams will be on the same level, but state wise, there is more depth

[navylax161]

1. NY
2. MD
3. NJ
4. PA
5. CO

[Guardian]

MD
NY
MASS
NJ
VA
and i would put in d.c. but its not a state that would be my 5th if it where tho

[laxgdawgger010]

1. MD
2. NY.
3. NJ.
4. VA.
5. CONNETICUT

[lax-crazy]

Tx
oregon
utah
tennese
nevada

Last time I check my city typicaly holds 3 out of the top 10 teams on the west side... its called San Diego, and last I check Cali holds 5 or the top 10 teams almost always on this side. And to have Co not on that list is a joke, check your ego at the door. YEA you are from TX GJ, we get that you think that you are the best, but check facts you guys aren't that great.

[Armylax29]

New York teams (D1):
Cornell, Albany, Colgate, Syracuse, Hofstra, Army, Binghamton, Hobart, Stony Brook, St. John's, Siena, Manhattan, Canisius, Marist, Wagner,

Maryland teams (D1):
Hopkins, Navy, Maryland, Loyola, Towson, UMBC, Mount St. Mary's

no question in my mind that its New York...and lets not even get started with high school teams

[lacrosseman192]

i live in NY but ^ thats largely in part because new york is like 4 marylands. for colleges i would have to say that the higher quality level of D1 lax is in maryland and as far as DII and DIII go all i have to say is salisbury (granted that NY has lemoyne)

[MaKiMaKi13]

New York teams (D1):
Cornell, Albany, Colgate, Syracuse, Hofstra, Army, Binghamton, Hobart, Stony Brook, St. John's, Siena, Manhattan, Canisius, Marist, Wagner,

Maryland teams (D1):
Hopkins, Navy, Maryland, Loyola, Towson, UMBC, Mount St. Mary's

no question in my mind that its New York...and lets not even get started with high school teams

yea we've already established that both NY and MD have storied programs and tons of talent its top 5 States for Lacrosse not NY vs MD

[lacrosseman192]

i would take a hopkins, navy, maryland etc any day over albany, cuse, WAGNER, etc

[lax-crazy]

i would take a hopkins, navy, maryland etc any day over albany, cuse, WAGNER, etc

cornell and hofstra are also in NY.

[BIG Laxin]

MD
NY
NJ
PA

[Laxking31]

1.NY
2.MD
3.NJ
4.CT
5.Mass

[duke13]

NY
MD
MA
PA
OH

Whats wrong with Wagner? I think with their new coach they will be much improved, things can only get better for them...every state has its push over teams...and besides dont you go to school get to an education?

[old geezer]

Anyone want to take the time to list in order the number of NCAA programs in the top 5 states. I will go ahead and tell you that NY has the highest, and it isn't even close for 2nd place, for the number of NCAA varsity programs, but the state that is currently tied for 5th might surprise a lot of folks.

So I had a little time on my hand and did the math for all the the state. This is from laxpower for the 2007 season, so a state may have a new program for the 2008 year that isn't in the total.
1. NY- 54 NY leads in total # of D1 and D3 programs, tied w/NC in D2 w/8
2. PA- 36
3. MA- 27
4. MD- 14
5.(T) VA-12
(T) NC-12 Tied with NY for # of D2 teams with 8
7. CT- 11
8. NJ- 9
9.(T) OH- 8
(T) VT- 8
11.(T) ME- 7
(T) NH- 7
13. RI- 5
14.(T) CA- 3
(T) CO- 3
16.(T) DE- 2
(T) SC- 2
(T) DC- 2 {I know that DC isn't a state per se, but didn't know how else to include them and that's why the next number begins with 18 instead of 19}
18-22.(T) with 1 each
FL
IN
KY
MO
WV

227 total teams with NY having almost 1/4 total number.

[Wavelax4]

1.NY
2.MD
3.NJ
4.CT
5.PA

[reisterstownlax]

MD
NY
NJ
VA
CT

[NyLAxplaya]

Long island is the breeding ground for recruiters!

[MNM19]

1. Maryland
2. New York
3. New Jersey
4. Massachusetts
5. Virginia

[laxgod1790]

At high school level in raw numbers we have

NY:339
MD:204
PA:182
CA:173
MA:152
--
NJ: 151
VA:130


that doesn't mean the better HS lax is in CA over NJ. but it is interesting.

Thats means absolutely nothing. Ny and CA are gigantic compared to NJ. i think that maryland and Pa are bigger than us too.

[Woodenstick]

If you compare number of high schools to population, the state with the most teams per capita is a state that NO ONE has mentioned yet:

Delaware has 37 high school teams with well under 1 million population.

Then comes Maryland and New England. NY would be way up there except for NYC.

[cololax]

This thread takes into consideration a number of categories, not just college skill level. If it were, "who's going to win the National Championship, than no CO wouldn't be on the list. People should keep some of these things in mind while considering Colorado:

1. Two pro teams (Mammoth and Outlaws)
2. I believe Colorado is tops in game attendance.
3. CSU and CU, although club level, were number 1 and 2 in nation.
4. Perhaps the most popular tournament in the country (Vail Shootout)
5. Huge growth in the number of youth and high school teams.

Just a hunch, but I'll bet that Colorado's annual number of D-1 recruits heading to college has been on a steady rise for years. With the possibility that CU or CSU becoming D-1 programs, the number of D-1 recruits coming to CO will most definitely increase... I mean, where would you rather live, Colorado or New Jersey?

The back-east states have years and years of history that has created a good foundation, not to mention the state-population pools (like NY's) to pull from.

With that said-
1. NY
2. MD
3. NJ
4. PA
5. CO

[ndlaxin3]

1 MD
2 NY
3 PA
4 VA
5 MASS

[IPlax26]

1. New York
-John Jay,(hudson valley area)
-Hunnington, Islip, Chaminade (all of Long islind
2.Maryland
-Boys Latin
3.New Jersey/Conn (Don Bosco, Greenwich)
4.Ohio
5.California

[Tommer22]

1. MD
2.NY
3.CT(being overlooked, great teams besides Darien and Greenwich)
4. NJ
5.MA

[laxn]

1. New York
-John Jay,(hudson valley area)
-Hunnington, Islip, Chaminade (all of Long islind
2.Maryland
-Boys Latin
3.New Jersey/Conn (Don Bosco, Greenwich)
4.Ohio
5.California
How about Maryland- THE MIAA THE STRONGEST HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE CONFERENCE IN THE WORLD.

I already posted my list, and about how VA is being completely overrated in this thread, and I stand by it.

[blackdouglas]

easily new york .syracuse with 9 national championships plus the one the ncca took away,hobart multiple NC,s,lemoyne dynasty,OCC untouchable in JUCO, west genesee in 20 state championship games since 1977,thats 25upstate new york teams that have in the NYstate championship game since 1977,class B 10 upstate teams in the last 22 years.2 MLL teams,3 NLL teams including the champion Rochester Rattlers.nobody comes close to New York.

[cannon]

Thats means absolutely nothing. Ny and CA are gigantic compared to NJ. i think that maryland and Pa are bigger than us too.

which is why i saw raw data. no one said anything about per capita cheif

[laxer6]

High school teams in Maryland are much stronger than they are in New York. Now don't go flipping out right now just think about it on any day I would pick the best team in Maryland over the best team in New York now matter what and I don't live in either of the two states. Plus the high schools in Maryland send their guys to D1 schools and the guys stay there. West Gennese is one of New Yorks top programs yet they don't have many impact D1 players. And the best states for lacrosse shouldn't be picked by how many teams a state has and forget about those championships from 70's,80's and even early 90's because lacrosse was completely different back than there was no recruiting competition. If Matt Danowski came out in 1985 do you honestly think he would be at Duke? Did they even have a program than? Forget the past were talking now and Maryland produces the most talent hands down.

[thegooch]

wheres michigan???

[Amber Alert]

NY
MD
NJ
MA
PA

[Lacr0sse15]

New York
Maryland
New Jersey
Virginia
Pennsylvania

[chsattack22]

1.Maryland
2.New York
3.conneticut
4.New Hampshire
5.Colorado

there is no way new hampshire is even in the top 10 or 25. im from vermont, the vermont all-state team beat the nh all-state team and vermont is nowhere in the top 10.

1.NY
2.MD
3.Jersey
4.CT
5.MA

[oaktonlax1]

1. NY
2. VA
3. NJ
4. MA
5. MD

[dcblax18]

why are all u guys disin on VA????? we have some great HS programs such as oakton, robinson, langley, woodson and st stephens st agnes who beat GPrep last year. ther are many D1 players from VA. i seriously disagree that UVA is all we have.

[OHSgoalie10]

except almost all of the players that get to D1 that are from VA quit when they get there. there are exceptions, but not many..

[ItalianStallion]

NY ( bias)
MD
PA
MA ( and new england area)
NJ

I agree u need ma and ne

[budman_30]

wheres michigan???
ha ha thats pretty funny im not gonna lie

im from michigan and i find that funny

yeah i do think we are underrated sometimes but all of our good athletes and dont get me wrong we have some of the best athlets in the country it goes like texas, cali, and mi/florida for football and minnesota then mi for hockey thats where all of our good athlets go play either football and hockey. now recently weve put out some good recruits but now where near the good states. Fact is all of the good athletes that play lax go play d1 in something else cause of the $$$$ or lack there of in lax.

My top five.

Maryland
New York
New Jersey
tie for 4th Mass/CT/PA
Ohio

[laxjam16]

MD
NY
VA
NJ
MA

Gotta show Mass. some love

[laxplaya9]

1. New York- Has it all colleges, public and private high schools.
2. Maryland- A very close second and mainly becuase their public schools arent that great.
3t. Pennsylvania/New Jersey- too close to call.
5. Massachusetts- turned out some big time players in recent years, and the sport is still growing there.

[Dub C lacrosse]

1.Maryland.
2. New York.
3. Pennsylvania.
4. New Jersey.
5. Virginia.

[jclax23]

maryland
New York
Penn
NJ
VA

[bigfootprep53]

1t- new york
1t- maryland
3. pennslvania
4. massachuesetts
5. new jersey.


trust me i know florida isnt in the top 5 or even the top 10. but lacrosse is catching one big time in florida now. we have 2 D2 schools and i think 1 more that is forming. then there is FSU which is a college club team that could play in one of the divisons if it wasnt for title 10.

a travel team from florida plays in the hotbeds tournament and finished in third the past two years. i know of 2 kids from florida that r playin D1 rite now and 2 that will be next year. that may not seem like alot but for a sport that has caught on huge in the last 5 years that is pretty good. those r 4 kids that i know. also it would be 3 playin D1 next year if one kid didnt chose to go to a D3 school so he could play rite away.

[DTOWNstatechamp]

id have to go with
MD/NY (hard to decide)
PA
NJ
VA
probably COLARADO

[Stach]

1. New York
2. Maryland
3. Virginia
4. Penn
5. Ohio

[hvlacrosse311]

NY
MD
NJ
PA
OH

[muslax39]

1. MD
2. NY
3. NJ
4. VA
5. PA


Haha. I live in Memphis, Tenessee. You have no idea...

[jsdwyer91]

Ok still confused about virginia but here is my list
NY
MD
MA
NJ
CT

[mdlaxman]

how can you guys even compare states by college programs. the majority of college players aren't from the state that they are playing in. yeah new york has more college teams than maryland but look how much bigger of a state new york is. this is a terrible thread.

if you want to list top 5 states you have to do by highschool programs because too many kids go to college in other states.

highschool

md
ny
nj
pa
oh

[Carolinalax1515]

If i said Ohio could be in the top ten would you all agree or disagree because lacrosse is HUGE in the upper part of ohio and is really getting big in cincinnati and southern ohio. In my opionion ohio is very close to the best in the midwest

[radlacrosseguy]

1. NY
2. MD
3. NJ
4. CO
5. FL

[mdlaxman]

id put ohio top 10. i saw western reserve play a couple years ago and im pretty sure they came and beat a couple miaa teams.

[the (360)]

Just out of curiosity...

What west coast state produces the best players?

Im talking out of California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona etc.

[ItalianStallion]

NY
MD
NJ
PA
maybe MA.

obviously MA they deserve #5

[neuqualax5]

east coast (also overall):
1. NY
2. MD
3. NJ
4. PA/CT
5. MA

excluding the east coast:
1. CO
2. CA
3. TX
4. IL
5. MN

[malax31]

how do you not all have PA in the top-5? Haverford beat latin last year and penn state is tearing it up.

[gripitandripit]

I made this post in another thread but it's also relevant here so I'll re-post and elaborate.

Following you'll find a break down of the top 100 high school lacrosse programs in the country according to laxpower.com. I know not everyone agrees with their ranking completely, but you have to agree that it works reasonably well at giving one a general idea of where teams fall on a national scale. You also need to concede that the number of top 100 high school programs a state has is a reasonably accurate way of determining the amount of talent it produces.

NY 42
CT 10
MD 9
NJ 6
MA 6
PA 5
VA 5
OH 5
CO 4
CA 3
NH 2
TX 1
FL 1
DC 1

So New York seems to be a pretty clear cut winner in the way of total talent by a large margin. Another interesting number is the concentration of talent. I did this by dividing the population of the top five states by the number of top 100 programs they have.

CT- 1 per 350k residents
NY- 1 per 475k
MD- 1 per 622k
MA- 1 per 1.1m
NJ- 1 per 1.4m

The results seem to support what I’ve always thought to be true, that Connecticut, while not having the best lacrosse in the country, has the highest concentration of good lacrosse.

This holds true all the way up through the college ranks. CT has a handful of very respectable D1/3 schools as well as it's very high concentration of quality high school lacrosse. I'm not arguing that CT is the "best" lacrosse state, but there's really no question about it deserving a top 5 spot.

[laxbeachteach]

dude va. is garbage.

1. maryland(baltimore is just straight nasty then arundle county)
2. New york (long island and then the syracuse area)
3. Jersey(mostly north, some legit in the south)
4. PA. (so legit i dont know why anyone would not include them in the list especially eastern pa. western is gettin "better" theyre mostly a football area)
5. ehhh maybe northern Va. there okay. maybe parts of ohio, maybe new england, dont know too much about the new england area never really seen many kids from up there play)
california, michigan, colorado = garbaaaaaaaaage

[maxnreLAXn]

va is not garbage. think about landon and georgetown prep...even though they are technically maryland teams, a lot of their players live in virginia and grew up playing virginia rec and club leagues. you also have roanoke, hampden-sydney, and lynchburg in d3. i think that virginia definitely deserves to be in the top 10...while not as strong as new york, ct, md, or jersey, i think va lax is stronger than pa.

i guess i am biased because i'm from virginia, but i don't understand why everyone is incredulous that va has god lax.

also, what is this florida business? does fl have a d1 lacrosse team? has any fl hs been in the top 50 lacrosse programs? i didn't even know lacrosse was played in florida.

[mdlaxman]

idk but collegiate school from VA was supposed to be the top or one of the top teams from virginia came up and played Calvert Hall under the lights a couple years ago and got smashed. chc played the bench and stomped them by atleast 10 or 15 goals.

[abenaki lax 11]

how could maryland not make #1 on everyones list, it it like the lax nation capitol

[dcblax18]

va is not garbage. think about landon and georgetown prep...even though they are technically maryland teams, a lot of their players live in virginia and grew up playing virginia rec and club leagues. you also have roanoke, hampden-sydney, and lynchburg in d3. i think that virginia definitely deserves to be in the top 10...while not as strong as new york, ct, md, or jersey, i think va lax is stronger than pa.

i guess i am biased because i'm from virginia, but i don't understand why everyone is incredulous that va has god lax.

also, what is this florida business? does fl have a d1 lacrosse team? has any fl hs been in the top 50 lacrosse programs? i didn't even know lacrosse was played in florida.

this man speaks the truth..........

[lifeoflax45]

NY
NJ
MD
PA
CT

[CTWavelax]

MD NY CT NJ rest doesnt matter

[FT6969]

1. Maryland
2. New york
3. Virginia
4. New Jersey
5. Ohio

[thor of the kop]

california... ok ill leave.

[lacrosseballer5]

NY
MD
NJ
CO
VA

[ly-honlaxer23]

NY, MD, NJ, MA, VA

[Greg.]

1. MD
2. NY
3. PA
4. VA
5. NJ

[OwlsLax]

New York
Maryland
Virginia
New Jersey
Massachusetts

[lax-crazy]

If NY is not #1,2 on anyones list you don't know lax.

Last last week-2 weeks ago Syracuse alone held 4 #1 spots in Div1,Div2,NJCAA and Highschool with a 3rd ranked in Div3

they have Syracuse, Hobart, Albany, Cornell, Hofstra, Stony brook, Siena, Canisius, Binghamton, wagner!, Marist, and Manhattan. That is 12 Div 1 teams. Not to mention le moyne, Cortland, Onondaga, and herkimer.

Also in 2006 NY won Div2, Div3, NJCAA and made it to semis in Div1. Not just NY but Syracuse area alone. Maybe this year Syracuse area can win them all. That would be a hell of a year for us.

[TrapDoor]

0. Washington
1. New York
2. Maryland
3. New Jersey
4. Virginia
5. Massachusetts/Connecticut

[Crew_Socks]

While the top 5 look pretty unanimous, where do you guys think states like Minnesota and Utah fall? I really didnt think much of them, but those states have some pretty dominant MCLA programs...

[Dub C lacrosse]

If NY is not #1,2 on anyones list you don't know lax.

Last last week-2 weeks ago Syracuse alone held 4 #1 spots in Div1,Div2,NJCAA and Highschool with a 3rd ranked in Div3

they have Syracuse, Hobart, Albany, Cornell, Hofstra, Stony brook, Siena, Canisius, Binghamton, wagner!, Marist, and Manhattan. That is 12 Div 1 teams. Not to mention le moyne, Cortland, Onondaga, and herkimer.

Also in 2006 NY won Div2, Div3, NJCAA and made it to semis in Div1. Not just NY but Syracuse area alone. Maybe this year Syracuse area can win them all. That would be a hell of a year for us.


1. Your completely correct.
2. Your avatar is freaking me out.