VHSL Girls Lacrosse Spring 2024

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Anonymous wrote:This is a public school lax forum. With the exodus of talent to privates, any public school with 5 D1 commits on the roster is a rarity nowadays and should be recognized. If you don’t like it, go find another forum.

Thank you for standing up for those players! Any athlete whether D1, D2, and D3 will get a once in a life time opportunity to play on the collegiate level and will be molded into hard working young adults when they graduate college. I’d rather my kid play a sport in college then be in a sorority or frat. Athletics isn’t for everyone but I can attest they make the best employees for their competitive work ethic.

You must have limited hiring and employment experience. I bet more than half of the players who go on to play lax in college hate it after their 2nd year. They will never admit that to their parents. They probably keep playing for other reasons. My daughter was recruited to play D3 in college but was accepted to much better schools so decided not to play in college and go for the better academic school. She's now 4th year pre-med at Duke, has been accepted to medical school, and has absolutely no regrets dropping lax. But this is just one data point. These kids should follow their passion and not get caught up in all the hoopla.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a public school lax forum. With the exodus of talent to privates, any public school with 5 D1 commits on the roster is a rarity nowadays and should be recognized. If you don’t like it, go find another forum.

Thank you for standing up for those players! Any athlete whether D1, D2, and D3 will get a once in a life time opportunity to play on the collegiate level and will be molded into hard working young adults when they graduate college. I’d rather my kid play a sport in college then be in a sorority or frat. Athletics isn’t for everyone but I can attest they make the best employees for their competitive work ethic.

You must have limited hiring and employment experience. I bet more than half of the players who go on to play lax in college hate it after their 2nd year. They will never admit that to their parents. They probably keep playing for other reasons. My daughter was recruited to play D3 in college but was accepted to much better schools so decided not to play in college and go for the better academic school. She's now 4th year pre-med at Duke, has been accepted to medical school, and has absolutely no regrets dropping lax. But this is just one data point. These kids should follow their passion and not get caught up in all the hoopla.

I don’t know the exact stat, but you probably are not far off when say more than half of players quit the sport after several years. I thought I read somewhere at one point about 1 in 4 will play all four years. When you factor in most commits will see little to no playing time, the daily grind, and no financial future in lacrosse after college these numbers are not surprising.

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I wish the games would start back up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is a public school lax forum. With the exodus of talent to privates, any public school with 5 D1 commits on the roster is a rarity nowadays and should be recognized. If you don’t like it, go find another forum.

Thank you for standing up for those players! Any athlete whether D1, D2, and D3 will get a once in a life time opportunity to play on the collegiate level and will be molded into hard working young adults when they graduate college. I’d rather my kid play a sport in college then be in a sorority or frat. Athletics isn’t for everyone but I can attest they make the best employees for their competitive work ethic.

You must have limited hiring and employment experience. I bet more than half of the players who go on to play lax in college hate it after their 2nd year. They will never admit that to their parents. They probably keep playing for other reasons. My daughter was recruited to play D3 in college but was accepted to much better schools so decided not to play in college and go for the better academic school. She's now 4th year pre-med at Duke, has been accepted to medical school, and has absolutely no regrets dropping lax. But this is just one data point. These kids should follow their passion and not get caught up in all the hoopla.

Sorry your daughter sucked at lax, but glad she was adopted and got some brains though. She should make something more other life than her parents posting on an anonymous message board.

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Anonymous wrote:Langley too high.

No respect for that program, coach or parents after watching the videos of the centreville and battlefield games. They could win the state championship and I’d turn my back to them.

Add in average at best players. especially weak in the defensive and goaltending end.

That’s why they have more D1 commits in those two areas than anyone else in the area? Uh huh. Sure. Beginning to think that the CVille players took dives if y’all going to be that crazy. You can hate the coach, but the facts say the players are strong.

Ok Langley goalie Dad. Remember there’s no hiding…

I like Langley goalie Dad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a public school lax forum. With the exodus of talent to privates, any public school with 5 D1 commits on the roster is a rarity nowadays and should be recognized. If you don’t like it, go find another forum.

Thank you for standing up for those players! Any athlete whether D1, D2, and D3 will get a once in a life time opportunity to play on the collegiate level and will be molded into hard working young adults when they graduate college. I’d rather my kid play a sport in college then be in a sorority or frat. Athletics isn’t for everyone but I can attest they make the best employees for their competitive work ethic.

You must have limited hiring and employment experience. I bet more than half of the players who go on to play lax in college hate it after their 2nd year. They will never admit that to their parents. They probably keep playing for other reasons. My daughter was recruited to play D3 in college but was accepted to much better schools so decided not to play in college and go for the better academic school. She's now 4th year pre-med at Duke, has been accepted to medical school, and has absolutely no regrets dropping lax. But this is just one data point. These kids should follow their passion and not get caught up in all the hoopla.

There are lots of girls who get to play lacrosse at high academic institutions. Sorry it wasn't an option for your daughter. Maybe if you'd tried harder for her. Also I think lots of parents with kids playing club lax likely understand 'hiring and employment experience'. This does not make you unique.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with PP. More often than not, the allure of playing in college is fools gold. I suspect very few have the experience envisioned when sitting at that HS table posing for the ‘letter of intent’ picture.

Club/travel/select organizations fleece parents with the idea of college coach exposure for the very rare athletic scholarship. Then there’s buying the kit, paying team fees, separate tournament fees, and travel expenses (hotels, gas, dining out). Follow that with the expectation for the nearly year-long commitment (sport dependent).

Let them be a well-rounded athlete, go to college and get an education and then earn a living. The parents’ scholarship obsession is destroying youth sports.

I don’t think it’s the scholarship obsession. Parents who do any research know there isn’t much money there and the ROI sucks. I think it’s the trend of using sports recruiting to get into a better school than they would have otherwise. And to truly have the best choices in schools you have to play on the top teams or play in niche sports. Just look at the number of girls from the too Capitals lax team who went to Ivy schools last year. With one or two exceptions, Ivy schools don’t have the top college lax teams but when you graduate I’d rather have Princeton on my diploma than University of Maryland. Just sayin.

Ouch.

I don't disagree with your overall point, but FWIW, Ivy has 5 in the top 25 of the IL/ESPN/Coaches poll, including the one who just knocked off #1 MD in College Park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish the games would start back up.

Looks like Yorktown is now playing Justice next week as opposed to TJ on Tuesday

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Just going off Lax Number results looks like Madison took one on the chin by Broadneck out of Mc. 20-7

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Broadneck was public state champs in Maryland last year.

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Anonymous wrote:Just going off Lax Number results looks like Madison took one on the chin by Broadneck out of Mc. 20-7

Yep; and they with play SSAS and Potomac later. Good prep for playoffs to play tougher teams. Not just the talent pool that keeps Madison tough, it's coaching, development, and playing top competition.

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Anonymous wrote:Just going off Lax Number results looks like Madison took one on the chin by Broadneck out of Mc. 20-7

Yep; and they with play SSAS and Potomac later. Good prep for playoffs to play tougher teams. Not just the talent pool that keeps Madison tough, it's coaching, development, and playing top competition.

What about the choking in the playoffs?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just going off Lax Number results looks like Madison took one on the chin by Broadneck out of Mc. 20-7

Yep; and they with play SSAS and Potomac later. Good prep for playoffs to play tougher teams. Not just the talent pool that keeps Madison tough, it's coaching, development, and playing top competition.

What about the choking in the playoffs?

What about choking in the District and Regional finals, when you clearly had the best team, Oakton dad?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just going off Lax Number results looks like Madison took one on the chin by Broadneck out of Mc. 20-7

Yep; and they with play SSAS and Potomac later. Good prep for playoffs to play tougher teams. Not just the talent pool that keeps Madison tough, it's coaching, development, and playing top competition.

What about the choking in the playoffs?

What about choking in the District and Regional finals, when you clearly had the best team, Oakton dad?

State champs is the only thing that matters!!

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Any updates from c’ville? I’m hopeful some of the players injured earlier in the season were able to make it back. I see they are playing in FL. I know they were all seniors so hoping not all season ending injuries.