Over the last three-ish weeks, we’ve counted down the Top 100 players in the state of Massachusetts. There’s D1 talent galore, but now we’ve reached the elite of the elite, the Top 10. Monday-Friday this week we’ll be counting down 10-6 before unveiling 5-1 each day starting April 29th. All Top 10 players were asked a few questions about their lacrosse journey for their big day. We kick things off with Middlesex junior attackman, Owen Crann. Crann recently had a five-goal game against Rivers and is a big reason why Middlesex is right in the thick of the race for a top four seed in the ISL post ..read more

The Bedlam Poll is back again. Our second week trying to rank the ISL and MIAA teams together was a tough one with so much chaos in the ISL and some dominant performances in vacation week tournaments for the publics. For write ups of each team, check out the MIAA Top 20 and ISL Top 10. Here’s our second attempt as of April 22nd… 1. St. John’s Prep 2. St. Sebastian’s 3. Belmont Hill 4. Middlesex 5. Noble & Greenough 6. Roxbury Latin 7. Hingham 8. Duxbury 9. Governor’s Academy 10. Acton-Boxborough 11. Andover 12. Winchester 13. Reading 14. Longmeadow 15. BC High 16. Xaverian 17. Billerica 18 ..read more

Aside from (probably) three of the eight ISL playoff spots, things are wide open with the regular season’s final weekend just two weeks away. Here’s where we believe the Top 10 stand heading into games starting on 4/24: 1. St. Sebastian’s (7-3, 5-0) – The Arrows dropped 25 goals in a game against Lawrence Academy and took care of business against Thayer and Milton Academy recently. It’s a 1a, 1b situation for us with Belmont Hill right now. 2. Belmont Hill (8-1, 5-0) – Big one on the road against Roxbury Latin this week after blowouts against St. George’s and Groton. Just sort of quietly going ..read more

Week 4 of our Top 20 is here… 1. St. John’s Prep (5-0) – Still the top dog in Massachusetts. Tough week with SJS, Xaverian and Billerica on deck. 2. Hingham (6-0) – Harbormen are cruising and just won another Coaches Cup. Plymouth North, Silver Lake and Pinkerton ahead. 3. Duxbury (8-1) – Hard to top what the Dragons have done recently.Duxbury won the ultra competitive Players Cup in dominant fashion after getting wins over Longmeadow and Xaverian. Could make the argument they should be No. 2. 4. Acton-Boxborough (6-2) – Big matchup with Andover looming on Saturday. 5. Andover (3-1) – Very di ..read more

DUXBURY – Winning an in-season tournament doesn’t guarantee you’ll have success in the big tourney coming up in about a month, but it sure helps. Duxbury has looked like one of the best teams in the state so far this season and the Dragons made another statement on Saturday, hammering the defending D2 state champs 15-5 in the Players Cup championship. Zach Falls and TJ Pikul each had four goals while Pikul also added an assist. Liam Godwin had a hat trick and Colin Hulett also potted two goals. Jack Sovik and Sam Wein added a goal apiece. Max Mazanec made seven saves. Reading got two goals fro ..read more

CONCORD – It may not feel like it yet, but the ISL postseason is already looming on the horizon. Just three weeks stand between teams and the playoffs. In a year where the league is seemingly as wide open as it’s been in a while, that made Friday’s matchup between Middlesex and Rivers even more important. Middlesex jumped out to a six-goal lead in the first half, held on for dear life when Rivers tied the game in the fourth and ultimately came away with a 13-9 win. With the rest of the league playing Saturday, Middlesex is now 6-1 overall and 4-1 in the league, sitting in a three-way tie for t ..read more

We’re coming down the stretch of the 2024 Top 100 player countdown. Today we have No.’s 11-20. Starting next week (exact day TBD, but most likely Monday) we will begin revealing the Top 10 players with each guy getting his own day. For now, here are the guys rounding out the Top 20… 20. Hunter Molway (Sr. Xaverian, FOGO, committed to Rutgers) – Hunter is an animal at the face off X. An inside linebacker in the fall, he brings an intensity level to the center circle that we have not seen in a long time. He has elite hand speed and is not afraid to get to the cage. 19. Colin Kenney (Jr. Noble ..read more

By Mike Flanagan (@flano0) Coming off a gut-wrenching 8-7 defeat to Rivers on Saturday, Nobles was in big need of a rebound. Beating the team that the Bulldogs defeated in each of the last two ISL championship games; Governor’s Academy, would be the perfect way to go about it and build some confidence. From the start of Wednesday’s tilt between Nobles and Gov’s, the ‘Dawgs played with an edge and gained more and more momentum as the game went on. Brock Geraci (Georgetown) did his best to weather the storm with five goals and an assist, as did Babson committed goalie Andrew Almquist (16 saves ..read more

By Owen Hart BostonLax Correspondent WALTHAM – The annual Billerica/Longmeadow game at Bentley University under the lights was another instant classic on Wednesday. Usually when the two teams meet on the turf field in Waltham, it’s a back-and-forth affair and this game was no different, although it took a little while to turn out that way. In the end, Longmeadow hung on for an 11-10 win. Longmeadow led 8-4 at the half and 10-6 heading into the fourth quarter before a furious Indians’ comeback. In a chaotic final frame that had a multitude of penalties on both teams, there was never a dull mome ..read more

READING – It’s safe to say anyone who thought Reading would drop off dramatically this season with the departure of longtime head coach Charlie Hardy was sorely mistaken. The defending D2 champs stunned perennial D1 state title contender BC High 11-10 in overtime on Tuesday night in a first round matchup in The Players Cup. Reading remained unbeaten (5-0) and will face North Andover Thursday in the semifinals. BC High fell to 3-1. Nate Mulvey scored the game winner on a quick-stick in OT off a great feed from Cullen Granara. Mulvey had a five-goal performance while that duo connected for goals ..read more