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2016 SoCal High School Lacrosse Preview

2016 is going to prove to be a pretty interesting year in high school lacrosse for the greater Los Angeles and Orange County area. As with any competitive sport some schools graduated impact players, others gained new ones, and still other programs simply reloaded. High School lacrosse in Los angeles and Orange County has increased in popularity significantly in the last 6 years and has become a recruiting hot bed for major and mid-major division 1 college prorams. So we poked around and got the scoop on the high school lacrosse scene and came up with this pre-season preview for you.

5 players to watch

jarrett jones

LSM/defense

palos verdes

committed to georgetown

rider mora

midfield

loyola - los angeles

committed to maryland

preston facher

Attack

redondo beach union

committed to maryland

shayne sharp

Defense

palos verdes

committed to layfette

Jonathan Partamian

Midfield

Loyola -los Angeles

committed to Syracuse

2016 Preseason Coaches Poll

by maxlaxla

Here are the Top 20 teams in the LA/Ventura area as we enter the 2016 season, according to a vote of area coaches:

RANK TEAM 2015 RECORD

1. Palos Verdes 17-6

2. Loyola 15-4

3. Westlake 16-2

4. Thousand Oaks 14-5

5. Harvard Westlake 11-8

6. Mira Costa 9-7

7. Peninsula 16-3

8. Crespi 13-7

9. Newbury Park 14-5

10. Agoura 6-10

11. Oak Park 9-8

12. Chaminade 9-10

13. Oaks Christian 4-11

14. Redondo Union 6-11

15. Sierra Canyone 13-4

16. Palisades 17-5

17. Cate 14-1

18. El Segundo 13-5

19. West Ranch 11-8

20. Brentwood 8-7

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