DONS HAVE DONE IT: The Loyola Dons (above) avenged an earlier loss by winning, 12-11, in Tuesday's Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference championship game victory over previously unbeaten Gilman. The title was the second straight for the Dons, who ended the year as DigitalSports' top-ranked team.
LIONS LAST: Dulaney avenged an earlier, 8-7 loss by the same score when the Lions defeated Urbana for their eighth Class 4A-3A state title.
DigitalSports boys' lacrosse Top 20
Dulaney of Baltimore County avenged an earlier, 8-7, loss by the same score over Urbana of Frederick County, winning the Maryland Class 4A-3A, state title on a goal by Brad Ruzicka with 1:29 left to play.
Baltimore County's Hereford routed Walkersville of Frederick County, 17-5, for the Maryland Class 3A-2A state title.
And Glenelg of Howard County, last year's Class 3A-2A champ, completed an unbeaten season at 18-0 with a 7-4, Maryland Class 2A-1A state title-winning effort over Southern of Anne Arundel County.
In the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association finals, Loyola and Archbishop Curley won their second straight titles in the A and B Conferences, respectively, over previously unbeaten Gilman and John Carroll.
In the MIAA C Conference, Cardinal Gibbons avenged two earlier losses by defeating St. John's Catholic Prep for the title.
This week, DigitalSports is posting its final Top 20 of the season.
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Here, now, is the final DigitalSports Top 20 boys lacrosse poll for the spring of 2008:
1) Loyola (13-4, No. 2)-- over Gilman, 12-11 (season completed)
2) Gilman (18-1, Last week: No. 1) -- lost to Loyola, 12-11 (season competed)
3) Calvert Hall (17-3, No. 3) (season completed)
4) McDonogh (16-6, No. 4) (season completed)
5) St. Mary's (13-6, No. 5) (season completed)
6) Landon (18-4, No. 6) (season completed)
7) Georgetown Prep (17-3, No. 7) (season completed)
8) DeMatha (14-5, No. 8) (season complete)
9) Archbishop Spalding (9-8, No. 9) (season completed)
10) Glenelg (18-0, No. 10)-- over Southern-Anne Arundel, 7-4 (season completed)
11) St. Paul's (9-10, No. 11) (season completed)
12) Boys' Latin (13-7, No. 12) (season completed)
13) Severn (11-10, No. 13) (season completed)
14) Dulaney (18-2, No. 15)-- over Urbana, 8-7 (season completed)
15) Urbana (16-2, No. 14) --lost to Dulaney, 8-7 (season completed)
16) Archbishop Curley (15-1, No. 16)-- over John Carroll, 8-5 (season completed)
17) Mount St. Joseph (8-10, No. 17)-- (season completed)
18) Catonsville (12-5, No. 18)-- (season completed)
19) Hereford (15-2, No. 20) -- over Walkersville, 17-5 (season completed)
20) Severna Park (16-3, No. 19)-- (season completed)
Others: Leonardtown (15-1); Kent Island (14-2); Wootton (16-2); Stephen Decatur (12-2);
Walkersville (16-3); Good Counsel (16-5).