April 10, 2025 — Skimming the foam off the top of the latte The governing body of high-school sports in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the MIAA, is considering another major revision in how champions are chosen in scholastic sports. Recently, the commonwealth went from a four-region format to a statewide format for its athletic competitions, with multiple divisions based on enrollment size. But now, the MIAA is considering […] https://topofthecircle.wordpre....ss.com/2025/04/10/ap
April 11, 2025 — Friday Statwatch for games played through April 9 Good day, everyone, and welcome to Statwatch, our weekly aggregation of girls’ lacrosse statistics. Like last week, we’re still seeing the warm-weather schools dominating the proceedings, but that domination will end in a few weeks because a number of scholastic seasons in places like Florida, California, South Carolina, and Georgia. While we’re seeing more and […] https://topofthecircle.wordpre....ss.com/2025/04/11/ap
April 12, 2025 — PREVIEW: The 32nd Annual Spring Fling For the better part of three decades, Alexandria St. Stephen’s/St. Agnes (Va.) has been home to a spring lacrosse playday which has morphed into a highly competitive girls’ lacrosse tournament. The tournament has featured a number of superb sides over the last few years, including the English national team and elite teams which have featured […] https://topofthecircle.wordpre....ss.com/2025/04/12/ap
April 9, 2025 — Towards the “multiplex” concept This afternoon, in Greenville, Del., the Odyssey Charter School formally opened its athletic field complex, one which borrows from a number of schools which have invested heavily into their athletic physical plant over the last couple of decades. The artificial surface is designed to support baseball, softball, and certain field-invasion sports such as soccer, lacrosse, […] https://topofthecircle.wordpre....ss.com/2025/04/09/ap