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Boys' National Online Lacrosse Tournament: Opening Brackets

LaxPower is proud to introduce the National Online Lacrosse Tournament, the first-ever virtual national high school lacrosse championship. Sixty-four teams qualified for the 2009 NOLT, with the following schools receiving berths:

  • The top-ranked team in each state* and the top team in the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council, according to LaxPower's final Power Rankings (PR) for the 2009 season.


  • The 24 highest-rated teams remaining in the country based on their final Power Rankings for the 2009 season, with any ties broken based on strength of schedule.

Teams were seeded by Power Rating on an S-curve to create tournament brackets, and winners will be determined based on votes from a panel of LaxPower experts and LaxPower's computer Power Rankings.

Links to the opening brackets for the tournament can be found below.


LaxPower's Panel

Brett Manney - 2008 captain at the University of Delaware; played professionally for the San Jose Stealth and Washington Bayhawks this past year.

Ryan Rohde - All-American on three national championship teams at Salisbury University.

George Baldassare - Director of High School Boys' Lacrosse for LaxPower since 1998; assistant high school coach who served on the staff of the USA U-19 teams in 2003 and 2008.

Eric S. Smith - Has covered southeastern Pennsylvania lacrosse before joining LaxPower to cover the Midwest, Maryland, and the Northeast regions.



Tournament Schedule

Results of the NOLT will be posted according to the following schedule:

Round 1: Tuesday, July 14
Round 2: Thursday, July 16
Round 3: Monday, July 20
Round 4: Wednesday, July 22
Round 5: Monday, July 27
Round 6: Wednesday, July 29


This page (and its title) will be updated as the new results are posted. If you want to discuss the results or the teams, please visit the NOLT thread on the LaxPower Forum.


Brackets: Tournament Opening

HTML (4 groups, 16 teams each):  Group 1   Group 2   Group 3   Group 4

PDF (all 64 teams with PRs):  Full Bracket



* New Mexico did not receive a bid because only four teams play a very limited number of games and there is no state championship.

2009-07-11



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