A later start than usual meant several prep school programs headed into the spring season with a compressed, but stacked, schedule.
The result of that has been a wild ride so far, with hotly contested games every week to this point and, hopefully, beyond. While some leagues -- like the Independent School League -- are playing a Friday/Saturday schedule, other programs have crafted some big midweek showdowns, like when Brunswick and Taft squared off Wednesday.
These are the first New England Lacrosse Journal prep rankings of the season and the action, unsurprisingly, is the juice.
Here’s how our first top 10 shakes out.