This record of our Prime 50 didn’t come into full focus till after some non-alcoholic eggnog, which we reduce down the candy with some common milk. Nevertheless it was a Prime 50 which noticed lots of trials, good checks, and worthy state, league, and sectional champions.
Congratulations go to all the groups, particularly The Hill Faculty, our high staff of 2024. Hill, for me, is perhaps probably the most full high-school staff because the 2002 Voorhees Jap (N.J.) facet which gained the state title. The Blues are a talented staff with knowledgeable demeanor from the beginning of pregame warmups to the ultimate whistle.
Observe the descriptor, nonetheless: the Rams are a full staff, however I’m not so certain how they might fare in opposition to the Cuneo-Spirit-Dixon Jap groups of the early 2010s or the Kolojejchick-Sharkey-Gagliardi Wyoming Seminary groups of the late 2000s. It’s an fascinating thought experiment.
This yr’s Hill staff has a number of all-People and several other youth nationwide staff members. There are eight or 9 offensive threats on the sector at any time; you didn’t know precisely who to game-plan in opposition to as a result of a aim might come from wherever. The staff additionally turned up its recreation when it mattered probably the most: they beat Malvern Villa Maria (Pa.) by 5 targets on the highway, and gained by 4 over Villanova Academy of Notre Dame de Namur (Pa.) within the PAISAA closing.
They have been a enjoyable staff to observe, and are a worthy nationwide No. 1.
1. Pottstown Hill Faculty (Pa.) 22-0
2. Mamaroneck (N.Y.) 22-0
3. Lititz Warwick (Pa.) 25-2
4. Tredyffrin Conestoga (Pa.) 22-3
5. Westport Staples (Conn.) 22-1
6. Malvern Villa Maria (Pa.) 21-2
7. Elliottsburg West Perry (Pa.) 24-2
8. Watertown (Mass.) 22-0
9. North Caldwell West Essex (N.J.) 22-3
10. Andover Phillips Academy (Mass.) 19-0
11. Emmaus (Pa.) 25-2
12. Yorktown Tabb (Va.) 22-0
13. Villanova Academy of Notre Dame de Namur (Pa.) 18-3-1
14. Mullica Hill Clearview (N.J.) 18-4-1
15. La Jolla Bishop’s Faculty (Calif.) 25-1
16. Summit Oak Knoll (N.J.) 17-6-1,
17. Winnetka New Trier (In poor health.) 24-1-1
18. Watertown (Mass.) 22-0
19. Cherry Hill Camden Catholic (N.J.) 18-3-1
20. Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake (N.Y.) 20-0
21. Darien (Conn.) 21-3
22. Walpole (Mass.) 22-0-1
23. West Lengthy Department Shore Regional (N.J.) 24-2
24. La Jolla (Calif.) 15-6
25. Delmar (Del.) 18-1
26. Cary (N.C.) Christian 16-0
27. Somerset-Berkley (Mass.) Regional 22-2
28. Louisville Assumption (Ky.) 20-6-3
29. Newton (N.J.) 19-4
30. Guilderland (N.Y.) 17-5
31. Baltimore Bryn Mawr (Md.) 18-2-1
32. St. Louis Villa Duchesne (Mo.) 23-2
33. Uxbridge (Mass.) 21-2
34. Lewes Cape Henlopen (Del.) 17-2
35. Whitney Level (N.Y.) 19-2
36. Worthington Thomas Worthington (Ohio) 17-5-1
37. Norfolk (Va) Academy 18-3
38. Boiling Springs (Pa.) 18-5
39. Purcellville Loudoun Valley (Va.) 20-2-1
40. Ann Arbor Pioneer (Mich.) 17-1-1
41. Crofton (Md.) 15-3-1
42. Guilford (Conn.) 19-4
43. Arlington Yorktown (Va.) 18-4
44. Crofton (Md.) 15-3-1
45. Portland Cheverus (Maine) 18-0
46. Chelsea (Mich.) 15-3-1
47. San Francisco St. Ignatius (Calif.) 18-4-1
48. Manchester (Md.) Valley 17-0
49. Suffolk Nansemond River (Va.) 20-2
50. Winthrop/Maranacook (Maine) 18-0
And keep in mind: La Verne Bonita (Calif.) 15-6-2, Davis (Calif.) Senior 17-1, Englewood Kent Denver (Colo.) 12-6, Washington Shepaug Valley (Conn.) 15-4-1, Washington Georgetown Visitation (D.C.) 14-2-1, Belfast (Maine) 17-1, Pocomoke (Md.) 13-4, Severna Park (Md.) 14-4, Keene (N.H.) 18-0-1, Summit Kent Place (N.J.) 12-9-1, Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons (N.C.) 17-3, Dillsburg Northern York (Pa.) 20-4, Windfall Moses Brown (R.I.) 15-0, Windsor (Vt.) 12-4-1, South Burlington Rice Memorial (Vt.) 16-0-1, Hartford (Vt.) 14-1-1, Hartland Arrowhead (Wisc.) 12-2-2
