Minnesota Lacrosse MSHSL Preseason Rankings

Quite a bit of information can be found on the Inside Lacrosse forums regarding Minnesota High School lacrosse. The folks posting in that forum are very knowledgeable lacrosse fans who watch a lot of lacrosse in the Twin Cities and have good opinions regarding the top high school lacrosse teams in Minnesota. The forum is "Twin Cities-centric" and the majority of the top teams are found in the Twin Cities metro area. Our 2011 Minnesota High School Lacrosse Preseason rankings are based on a compilation of rankings found in the Minnesota High School forum on Inside Lacrosse. Teams that were ranked first by forum readers received 20 points, second, 19 points and so on. Teams that were mentioned as potential top teams also received 1 point to round out the Top 20. Based on those forum rankings by avid Minnesota lacrosse fans here is the 2011 MSHSL Preseason Top 20:

1.   Eden Prairie  289 points
2.   Benilde-St. Margaret's  287
3.   Blake  251
4.   Minnetonka  209
5.   Wayzata  163
6.   Burnsville  75
7.   Stillwater  62
8.   Eastview  56
9.   Centennial  16
10. Blaine  13
11. Totino Grace  13
12. Eagan  12
13. Woodbury  12
14. Edina  11
15. Maple Grove  10
16. Rosemount  8
17. Mahtomedi  1
18. Apple Valley  1
19. Prior Lake  1
20. Chaska  1

This is the WestsideLAX.com pre-season top 10:

1.  Benilde-St. Margaret's
2.  Eden Prairie
3.  Eagan
4.  Blake
5.  Eastview
6.  Edina
7.  Stillwater
8.  Wayzata
9.  Minnetonka
10. Blaine

In a couple of days we'll release our MBSLA pre-season Top 10 and see where the Northern Minnesota teams might stack up.  Let the season begin, and the rankings shake out!