'21-22' DMV LACROSSE OUTLOOK
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Anonymous
| Who has pvi beat and who has Gonzaga beat? |
Anonymous
Bullis is way too high, as is PVI. Real rankings should be if you include strength of opponents, and three legit top 25 national teams: 1. SJC (area and national #1) 2. SSSAS (SSSAS beat GZ albeit in a scrimmage but both sides kept their starters in the whole time. Depth could be their Achilles Heel.) 3. GZ (Two huge wins over top MIAA schools, and only the Calvert Hall scrimmage blow-out keeps them at 3. Also, Eye St. has to be worried about their injuries.) 4. PVI (Wins are wins but the caliber of play isn't really there yet) 5. Bullis (Narrowly escaped an embarrassing early loss to DeMatha but a win is a win. Its a very young team.) 6. Prep (Team just needs to gel, but look for this team to be better in a few weeks.) 7. St A (Reality will set in with this weeks matches) 8. Episcopal (Nowhere to go but up) 9. DeMatha (Not a strong program, but Dave is gonna surprise one of these teams this season and almost got Bullis.) 10. Landon (Clearly well into a full rebuild at this stage at all positions.) |
Anonymous
| If real rankings include strength of opponents than I would argue that GZ's first 2 wins (McDonogh #2 in US, LB #19 in US) are more impressive than any other team in the US except for SJC (Prep, BL, CH), and should get them ranked in top 10 (at least, maybe even top 5) in next week's IL rankings. Remember, you are not looking at 2021 results....just this season's games. And scrimmages are just that...so not sure you why you even reference the SSSAS scrimmage. |
Anonymous
| SJC and Gonzaga simply decimated the cream of the MIAA in a way that I cannot remember over the last 20 years--there is no doubt that this year the WCAC is the better conference (maybe not deeper, but better at the top). Gonzaga had been 1-13 against McDonogh before Friday's win. |
Anonymous
| Gonzaga is the number one ranked team in the world of Zaga parents and DCUM. There are you happy now? Don’t worry all will be settled on the field and you will always use you we beat the number 2 team claim when you argue that you are better than teams you will loose to later in the season |
Anonymous
Down year for McDonough and Loyola |
Anonymous
But ranking where from last and IL is clueless about. |
Anonymous
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SJC and GZ have made statements so far and deserve to have solidified their number one rank (SJC) and to have moved up (GZ). Regardless of how good STM is, Prep and Landon both looked disappointing in their bad losses and deserve to be knocked down a peg or two. Reactions to Bullis, SSSA, PVI, and STA are premature given weak opponents. Sorry, but Dematha is not a valid benchmark and scrimmages are nonsense.
WCAC is still all SJC. They are not losing any sleep over the early run here by GZ. IAC is wide open. Will be some great games between Bullis, Prep, Landon, and SSSA. Look for home teams to be favored by 2-3 goals in relatively even matchups. |
Anonymous
| Gonzaga is becoming the Yorktown of the WCAC |
Anonymous
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As predicted it was a crazy start to the season with a lot of surprises. More to come - it's long season with a lot of games to play.
Here is the schedule for the week ahead- Away vs Home Tuesday, March 15 2022 Paul VI vs St Stephen/St Agnes Good Counsel vs Annapolis Area Christian Landon vs Gonzaga Sidwell vs St Albans St Johns vs DeMatha Maret vs Heights St Andrews vs St Marys Ryken Wednesday, March 16 2022 Archbishop Spalding vs Bullis Georgetown Prep vs Loyola Blakefield Thursday, March 17 2022 Annapolis Area Christian vs Maret Friday, March 18 2022 Episcopal vs St Johns St Stephen/St Agnes vs St Christopher's VA Mount St. Joseph vs Good Counsel DeMatha vs Christ The King NC McNamara vs Ireton St Marys Ryken vs St Johns Paul VI vs Heights O'Connell vs Gonzaga Saturday, March 19 2022 Haverford School PA vs Bullis Episcopal Academy PA vs St Stephen/St Agnes Maret vs Thomas Jefferson VA Germantown Academy PA vs Episcopal Malvern Prep PA vs Georgetown Prep Penn Charter PA vs Landon St Albans vs Springside Chestnut DeMatha vs Bishop McGuinness |
Anonymous
Maybe they can aspire to be the Dulles South |
Anonymous
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Tuesday, March 15 2022 Paul VI vs St Stephen/St Agnes : SSSAS Good Counsel vs Annapolis Area Christian : GC Landon vs Gonzaga : Best game of the day. I’ll go with GZ at home. Sidwell vs St Albans : STA St Johns vs DeMatha : SJC Maret vs Heights : Heights St Andrews vs St Marys Ryken : St Andrews |
Anonymous
Love the schedule each week. Are these "real" games starting this week - i.e., when does season officially start (vs scrimmages)? |
Anonymous
- DeMatha |
Anonymous
| Real games started last week - as if the teams weren't already counting and keeping track |