Lacrosse: Boys and girls rankings released

By Score Atlanta

The lacrosse season is off to a hot start and several teams are out of the gates early with impressive victories. Boys Class AAAAAA No. 1 Milton raced out to a 5-0 start while Centennial checks in at No. 2 with a 5-0 start. No. 3 Mill Creek went unbeaten at the recent Peachfest Invitational, knocking off a pair of Tennessee schools at the Buford event. The Mill Creek girls check in a No. 5 in the AAAAAA poll after also securing a pair of wins at the Peachfest Invitational. Three-time defending champion Milton tops the girls AAAAAA poll after a 3-0 start. Centennial is right behind Milton with Roswell, Chattahoochee and Mill Creek rounding out the top five. In girls Class A-AAAAA, newcomer Cambridge leads the first poll thanks to a 5-0 start to the season. Starr’s Mill is No. 2 while three-time defending champion Westminster is No. 4 after a 4-2 start including a nice win over Providence Day in a tournament in North Carolina. Westminster is averaging 19 goals in each of its four victories this season while scoring just eight in its two losses, both over the weekend to North Carolina schools.

Boys

Class AAAAAA

1. Milton

2. Centennial

3. Mill Creek

4. Lassiter

5. Lambert

6. Roswell

7. Walton

8. Hillgrove

9. North Gwinnett

10. North Forsyth

Class A-AAAAA

1. Greater Atlanta Christian

2. Northview

3. Westminster

4. Allatoona

5. Holy Innocents’

6. Decatur

7. Lovett

8. Fellowship Christian

9. McIntosh

10. Kell

Girls

Class AAAAAA

1. Milton

2. Centennial

3. Roswell

4. Chattahoochee

5. Mill Creek

6. West Forsyth

7. Lassiter

8. Etowah

9. Hillgrove

10. Walton

Class A-AAAAA

1. Cambridge

2. Starr’s Mill

3. Northview

4. Westminster

5. Columbus

6. Kell

7. Whitewater

8. Lakeside-Evans

9. Woodward Academy

10. St. Pius