RECRUITING RUNDOWN’S HIGH SCHOOL TOP 25 – WEEK 5, APRIL 19TH


After Top 25 wins over Bullis and St. Ignatius Prep, Landon (Md.) takes over the No. 1 spot from Hill Academy (Ont.), pushing its record to 12-0 just over halfway through the Bears’ season. Elsewhere, little change occurred within the Top 10, besides Victor (N.Y.) sliding in with a week of solid tests against Midwest prep notables coming up.


1. Landon (Md.), 12-0 | Previously: No. 3
Last Week: beat Bullis (Md.) 10-8, DeMatha (Md.) 13-8, St. Ignatius (Calif.) 15-11
This Week: 4/19 vs. Cardinal Gibbons (N.C.), 4/21 vs. St. Albans (D.C.), 4/24 vs. Robinson (Va.)

2. Hill Academy (Ont.), 11-0 | Previously: No. 1
Last Week: Idle
This Week: 4/22 vs. Shaker Heights (Oh.), 4/23 vs. Culver (Ind.)

3. Darien (Conn.), 6-0 | Previously: No. 2
Last Week: Beat Manhasset (N.Y.) 12-8, Fairfield-Warde (Conn.) 18-4
This Week: 4/22 at Wilton (Conn.), 4/25 vs. St. Joseph-Trumbull (Conn.)

4. Culver (Ind.), 10-1 | Previously: No. 4
Last Week: beat Everest Academy (Ont.) 12-11, Kiski Prep (Pa.) 14-3
This Week: 4/22 vs. Detroit Catholic Central (Mich.), 4/23 vs. Hill Academy (Ont.)

5. McDonogh (Md.), 9-1 | Previously: No. 5
Last Week: beat Mt. St. Joseph (Md.) 19-6
This Week: 4/21 at Calvert Hall (Md.), 4/25 at Severn (Md.)

6. Chaminade (N.Y.), 4-1 | Previously: No. 6
Last Week: beat Fairfield Prep (Conn.) 17-7
This Week: 4/20 vs. St. Ignatius (Calif.), 4/22 at Yorktown (N.Y.), 4/25 vs. Kellenberg Memorial (N.Y.)

7. Cold Spring Harbor (N.Y.), 8-0 | Previously: No. 7
Last Week: beat John Jay (N.Y.) 9-7, Huntington (N.Y.) 16-12
This Week: 4/19 vs. Floral Park (N.Y.), 4/22 at North Shore (N.Y.)

8. Avon Old Farms (Conn.), 7-0 | Previously: No. 8
Last Week: beat Berkshire (Mass.) 18-6, Tabor Academy (Mass.) 21-3
This Week: 4/22 at Choate (Conn.), 4/26 at Westminster (Conn.)

9. Brunswick (Conn.), 5-1 | Previously: No. 9
Last Week: beat Taft (Conn.) 14-9, New Canaan (Conn.) 7-5
This Week: 4/19 vs. Lawrenceville (N.J.), 4/22 at Hotchkiss (Conn.)

10. Victor (N.Y.), 5-0 | Previously: No. 11
Last Week: beat Brighton (N.Y.) 15-9
This Week: 4/20 vs. Loyola Academy (Ill.), 4/23 vs. Brother Rice (Mich.)

11. Deerfield (Mass.), 4-1 | Previously: No. 12
Last Week: beat Navy Prep (R.I.) 14-8, Choate (Conn.) 17-4
This Week: 4/19 at Trinity-Pawling (N.Y.), 4/22 at Taft (Conn.)

12. La Salle (Pa.), 7-1 | Previously: No. 13
Last Week: beat Radnor (Pa.) 13-3, Father Judge (Pa.) 19-1
This Week: 4/19 at Conwell Egan (Pa.), 4/20 at Lansdale Catholic (Pa.), 4/25 at St. Joseph’s Prep (Pa.)

13. Delbarton (N.J.), 5-1 | Previously: No. 16
Last Week: lost to Seton Hall Prep (N.J.) 8-7, beat St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) 19-10
This Week: 4/19 vs. Sparta (N.J.), 4/22 vs. Malvern Prep (Pa.)

14. Bullis (Md.), 13-2 | Previously: No. 15
Last Week: lost to Landon (Md.) 10-8, beat West Chester East (Pa.) 15-5, Cardinal Gibbons (N.C.) 10-4
This Week: 4/21 vs. Georgetown Prep (Md.), 4/26 vs. St. John Paul The Great (Va.)

15. St. Anthony’s (N.Y.), 5-2 | Previously: No. 19
Last Week: beat Boys’ Latin (Md.) 12-9, lost to Delbarton (N.J.) 19-10
This Week: 4/20 at Iona Prep (N.Y.), 4/22 vs. Niskayuna (N.Y.)

16. Boys’ Latin (Md.), 7-3 | Previously: No. 14
Last Week: lost to St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) 12-9, beat Severn (Md.) 16-11
This Week: 4/21 at Mt. St. Joe (Md.), 4/25 at St. Mary’s (Md.)

17. St. Paul’s (Md.), 10-1 | Previously: NR
Last Week: beat Loyola Blakefield (Md.) 9-4
This Week: 4/21 at St. Mary’s (Md.), 4/25 at Mt. St. Joe (Md.)

18. IMG Academy (Fla.), 9-1 | Previously: No. 17
Last Week: Idle
This Week: 4/21 vs. McCallie (Tenn.), 4/22 at Centennial (Ga.), 4/25 at Lassiter (Ga.)

19. Salisbury (Conn.), 4-2 | Previously: NR
Last Week: beat Trinity-Pawling (N.Y.) 11-6, Haverford (Pa.) 9-7
This Week: 4/19 at Westminster (Conn.), 4/22 at Loomis Chaffee (Conn.)

20. Haverford (Pa.), 6-4 | Previously: No. 10
Last Week: beat Episcopal Academy (Pa.) 14-11, lost to Salisbury (Conn.) 9-7, lost to Penn Charter (Pa.) 9-7
This Week: 4/20 at Germantown Academy (Pa.), 4/25 vs. Springside Chestnut Hill (Pa.)

21. Malvern Prep (Pa.), 9-2 | Previously: No. 20
Last Week: beat Germantown Academy (Pa.) 17-8, Springside Chestnut Hill (Pa.) 11-6
This Week: 4/21 vs. Penn Charter (Pa.), 4/22 at Delbarton (N.J.), 4/25 at Episcopal Academy (Pa.)

22. St. Ignatius (Calif.), 11-2 | Previously:
Last Week: beat St. Joe’s Prep (Pa.) 10-6, Serra-San Mateo (Calif.) 18-1, lost to Landon (Md.) 15-11
This Week: 4/19 vs. Garden City (N.Y.), 4/20 at Chaminade (N.Y.)

23. Calvert Hall (Md.), 7-2 | Previously: NR
Last Week: beat Gilman (Md.) 12-7
This Week: 4/21 vs. McDonogh (Md.), 4/25 at Spalding (Md.)

24. New Canaan (Conn.), 3-3 | Previously: No. 21
Last Week: lost to Brien McMahon (Conn.) 14-3, lost to Brunswick (Conn.) 7-5, beat Norwalk (Conn.)
This Week: 4/20 vs. St. Joseph-Trumbull (Conn.), 4/22 at Fairfield Prep (Conn.), 4/25 at Staples (Conn.)

25. Manhasset (N.Y.), 4-2 | Previously: No. 24
Last Week: lost to Darien (Conn.) 12-8, beat Long Beach (N.Y.) 15-4
This Week: 4/22 vs. Wantagh (N.Y.)