They were down at least 4 freshman starters. The last few games don’t represent their actual ability as a team. |
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Hot take: After a season of quiet confidense, SSSAS parents will return to their irrational form, making claims like "our team will be just as good as we were in 26" despite the fact they will put 10 players on the field who have never played a meaningful minute in an ISL game before.
Ooops, too late! |
So the Freshmen broke down after their first ISL season? |
The parents weren’t playing the game. It was bad but they at least had possession majority of the second half because of their goalie. |
Goalie dad just cant help himself. |
And I’m here for all of it. News flash- lots of schools have lots of injuries. How your perform on the day is how strong your team is. |
Nothing is quite as scary as "freshman starters". That must have been it. Maybe it would have been 17-3 at half. |
| Pretty lame to see old SSSAS, pre-shot clock, stall ball tactics come back in the VISAA final. Come on, you have the better team, up 4 goals, just play. VISAA needs a shot clock. |
Agreed it is time for KJ to go. |
That’s really amazing! I’m just shocked the PVI parents didn’t recognize the Saints girls. I thought every lacrosse parent in Northern Virginia had the full travel-team family tree memorized by sixth grade. There must be a lot of kids that don't play travel in those years. |
| What is line on SJC/Visitation? |
| Saints are coming in full force next year! Haters gone hate! They have depth, speed and many players that can handle the top players at SR, visi or PHs! |
This poster clearly has an axe to grind against SSSAS/KJ, even when the facts show their team was just really good this year and played exceptionally good team lacrosse. It’s always something: they can’t win the big one and will wilt at the end of the year, they can’t win in the shot clock era, they will choke because they can’t handle the pressure of expectations, they don’t play good competition, all the usual unsupported dribble. All false. The objective facts show they went 25-1, won two championships, played 10 games against teams ranked/receiving votes in national polls, got stronger as the year went on, dominated a good Stone Ridge team in the finals with a shot clock, and dominated a good STAB team in the finals without a shot clock. They have good talent on the team coming back, and no one is claiming anything next year other than they will compete. All not good enough for the haters. I hope next year we can enjoy multiple quality teams in the area, and that the newer teams and established teams keep producing quality players we can root for in college as representing our region with pride. So many of these high school girls are close friends from travel/the circuit, and much closer than many of the vitriolic posters on this board who tear down these impressive young women instead of celebrating them. And for those who wanted a summary of the actual game, here’s the posted summary from the VISAA thread. — 10-5 SSSAS wins. A lot of talented players on both sides, SSSAS just much better team overall that played well together. SSSAS went out to 5-0 lead, it was 6-1 at half, 7-3 well into 4th Q, and was never close. A shot clock wouldn’t have made a difference. Congrats to two talented teams on impressive years, with STAB getting a signature win over an excellent Good Counsel team and SSSAS winning two banners. A bunch of great players showing lax talent abundant in the region. |
i don't have the words |
Tough one to predict. Regular season game went to overtime, and the two teams have nearly identical records against common competition. Pretty evenly matched. Both team's have star senior middies playing in their last high school games. Will come down to which team wants it more. Visitation -2 |