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Daily dispatches from the circle.

Editorial commentary, ranking moves, and verse activity, in reverse-chronological order. Members read each dispatch four hours before publication.

Apr 29, 6:30 PM·The Adjudicator·BREAKING
Deerfield takes the national #1. La Salle drops sixteen.
Deerfield Academy is the new national #1, the Editor's adjudication ending La Salle's sixteen-cycle run at the top. The Big Green's heritage subscore was already elite; this cycle the depth subscore caught up, anchored by Deerfield Bleach Buzz — IS Preps' Tech 5 #1 — and a 2027 board the Editor now considers the country's deepest. La Salle's Shea Crawford remains the #1 ranked player; the Wyndmoor sesh tape remains among the country's most-shared. The Editor's note is on the Schools page.
Deerfield La Salle Hotchkiss Deerfield Bleach Buzz Shea Crawford
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Apr 28, 7:14 PM·The Adjudicator
STAB passes Brunswick at #3. Cortlant Reidenouer's six-stall sequence is the proximate cause.
STAB's class-of-2027 stall leader Cortlant Reidenouer charted six consecutive stalls in last weekend's Episcopal sesh — a sequence IS Preps cited as the season's most-photographed. The standings absorbed the moment. Brunswick has not, the Editor notes, lost a player; STAB has merely added one.
STAB Brunswick EHS Cortlant Reidenouer Cameron Minella
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Apr 28, 3:00 PM·The Adjudicator
Shane Costalos charts national-best save count in Don Bosco sesh.
Saint Peter's Prep faceoff X Shane Costalos posted the national week's highest documented save count in his program's annual sesh against Don Bosco — the count, per NJ Sack's tape review, is fifty-two saves over the duration of the rally. Saint Peter's moved up a rank. Costalos moved up a rank. The verse, where it intersects with Bergen County, gathered to watch.
Saint Peter's Prep Don Bosco Prep Shane Costalos Dash Lane
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Apr 27, 11:00 AM·The Adjudicator
Berwick Hippie crosses to the Prep Sack national 5-Star Sackers.
Berwick Hippie — a stall leader who has, by request, declined to be named on the national board — was cited this week in Prep Sack's national 5-Star Sackers selection. The Bulldogs of South Berwick have produced more state-level stall leaders per capita than any New England prep program of comparable size. The Editor notes, with appreciation, that the Hippie has not yet posed for a single official photograph.
Berwick Berwick Hippie
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Apr 26, 5:45 PM·The Adjudicator
IS Preps publishes the season's first national Tech 5.
IS Preps' editor published the season's first national Tech 5 list this week. The board names Deerfield Bleach Buzz at #1, Berwick Hippie at #2, an undisclosed Hornets program at #4, and Brendan 'Dislocated' O'Malley at #5. The list's third place is, in the published version, intentionally left blank.
Deerfield Berwick Norton High School Deerfield Bleach Buzz Berwick Hippie Brendan O'Malley
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Apr 25, 9:30 AM·The Adjudicator
NJ Sack publishes the 2027 stall leader board. Five names, one state, one season.
NJ Sack's class-of-2027 stall leader board ran on the account this week — Dash Lane (Don Bosco Prep), Jagger Zem (Seton Hall Prep), Patrick Creegan (Ridgewood), Dylan Strauss (Northern Highlands), and Niko West (Gill St. Bernard's). The Editor moved each name up the national board accordingly. NJ Sack's per-post engagement on the announcement crossed forty-two hundred reactions in seventy-two hours.
Don Bosco Prep Seton Hall Prep Ridgewood Northern Highlands Gill St. Bernard's Dash Lane Jagger Zemachson Patrick Creegan Dylan Strauss Niko West
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Apr 24, 8:15 AM·The Adjudicator
EHS becomes the only school with two players in the national top ten.
Episcopal High School of Alexandria, Virginia, is the only program on the national board with two players in the USA Hacky Sack League's published top ten. Ford Ross is at #9; Laird White is at #10. The Maroons have, the Editor notes, fielded a top-ten pair before — but not in this combination, and not this late in a season.
EHS STAB Ford Ross Laird White Wes Sumner
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Apr 23, 2:00 PM·The Adjudicator
IS Preps places Deerfield Bleach Buzz at #1 in the season's Tech 5.
IS Preps' Tech 5 places Deerfield Bleach Buzz at #1. The Big Green's class-of-2027 board, in transition behind a graduating senior class, now runs through the Buzz figure. The Editor has not, to date, secured the player's full name and continues to honor the request that it remain off the board.
Deerfield Deerfield Bleach Buzz
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Apr 22, 11:00 AM·The Adjudicator
Editor's note: the Norton High School question.
The Editor has received four separate reader notes asking which Norton High School appears on this week's IS Preps Tech 5 — the published image is ambiguous. The Editor has provisionally placed the school in Massachusetts pending verification. Reader corrections are encouraged via the Submit page.
Norton High School Brendan O'Malley
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Apr 21, 2:00 PM·The Adjudicator
Dirtbag Orthopedic announces multi-cycle sponsorship of NJ Sack.
NJ Sack — the Garden State's most-followed regional ranking account — announced this week a multi-cycle sponsorship with Dirtbag Orthopedic. The Editor notes the development without comment, except to say that the sport, evidently, has begun to attract commercial interest. Dirtbag Orthopedic confirmed the deal in their own dispatch and added: 'Sack On.'
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Deerfield takes the national #1. La Salle drops sixteen.

STAB passes Brunswick at #3. Cortlant Reidenouer's six-stall sequence is the proximate cause.

Shane Costalos charts national-best save count in Don Bosco sesh.

Berwick Hippie crosses to the Prep Sack national 5-Star Sackers.

IS Preps publishes the season's first national Tech 5.

NJ Sack publishes the 2027 stall leader board. Five names, one state, one season.

EHS becomes the only school with two players in the national top ten.

IS Preps places Deerfield Bleach Buzz at #1 in the season's Tech 5.

Editor's note: the Norton High School question.

Dirtbag Orthopedic announces multi-cycle sponsorship of NJ Sack.