Field Hockey: Eastern finishes #1 in the nation

by Jeff Fisher

Host, NHSCA Sports Hour

For the fifth time in the seven year history of New Jersey's Tournament of Champions in field hockey, Eastern High School was the best that the Garden State had to offer in the sport.  That fact was just one of many that led to Top of the Circle naming the Voorhees, New Jersey school as the top team in the nation in its final national poll.  Eastern finished the season 26-0-1.  Watertown (Massachusetts) finished #2

1. Voorhees Eastern (N.J.) 26-0-1
2. Watertown (Mass.) 23-0
3. Hummelstown Lower Dauphin (Pa.) 25-1
4. Villanova Academy of Notre Dame de Namur (Pa.) 22-1
5. Shrub Oak Lakeland (N.Y.) 20-0
6. Emmaus (Pa.) 26-1
7. Summit Oak Knoll (N.J.) 24-2
8. North Caldwell West Essex (N.J.) 23-2
9. Darien (Conn.) 19-1-1
10. Fredericksburg Chancellor (Va.) 22-1
11. Lake Forest (Ill.) 27-1-1
12. Newtown Square Episcopal Academy (Pa.) 22-1-1
13. West Chester (Pa.) Henderson 24-1
14. Walpole (Mass.) 23-0-1
15. St. Louis Mary Institute-Country Day School (Mo.) 22-0-2
16. Louisville Assumption (Ky.)
17. Millersville Penn Manor (Pa.) 23-4-1
18. Chantilly Westfield (Va.) 22-2
19. Clifton Park Shenendehowa (N.Y.) 20-2
20. Gloucester (Va.) 24-1
21. Wilton (Conn.) 19-0-1
22. Virginia Beach First Colonial (Va.) 21-2
23. Farmville Sachem East (N.Y.) 21-1
24. Milford Lauralton Hall (Conn.) 18-1-1
25. Kingston Wyoming Seminary (Pa.) 19-6-1
26. West Long Branch Shore Regional (N.J.) 24-1-1
27. Lakeville Hotchkiss School (Conn.) 17-0
28. Greenwich (Conn.) Academy 19-2
29. Mountain Top Crestwood (Pa.) 24-1
30. Gahanna Columbus Academy (Ohio) 18-2-1
31. Louisville Sacred Heart (Ky.)
32. San Diego Canyon Crest Academy (Calif.) 23-4
33. Lewes Cape Henlopen (Del.) 18-0-1
34. Stafford Mountain View (Va.) 21-1
35. Skowhegan (Maine) Area 18-0
36. San Diego Scripps Ranch (Calif.) 18-4
37. Dover Foxcroft Academy (Maine) 17-0-1
38. Severna Park (Md.) 13-3-1
39. Providence Moses Brown School (R.I.) 16-0-3
40. Bel Air C. Milton Wright (Md.) 18-1
41. Los Gatos (Calif.) 18-0
42. East Chapel Hill (N.C.) 18-3
43. Carrboro (N.C.) 14-8
44. Stonington (Conn.) 18-2
45. Newport Nokomis Regional (Maine) 18-0
46. Denver Colorado Academy (Colo.) 17-0
47. Charlotte (N.C.) Country Day School 14-3-1
48. Richmond Collegiate (Va.) 17-5
49. Ocean City (N.J.) 19-6
50. Windham (N.H.) 16-1

And bear in mind:  Los Angeles Harvard-Westlake (Calif.) 14-1-1, Oklahoma City Casady School (Okla.) 11-1-1, Severn Archbishop Spalding (Md.) 21-1, Catonsville Mount de Sales (Md.) 19-1, Sykesville Century (Md.) 14-4, Hampstead North Carroll (Md.) 14-3, Exeter (N.H.) 14-3, Berlin (N.H.) 16-1, Hightstown Peddie School (N.J.) 12-4-2, Sag Harbor Pierson-Bridgehampton (N.Y.) 16-4, Smithfield (R.I.) 12-3-1, Stowe (Vt.) 14-3, Essex (Vt.) 13-1-3, Bristol Mount Abraham Union (Vt.) 10-3-3, Harland Arrowhead (Wisc.) 14-3