Wondering about JV cheer and golf at Langley

[Anonymous]

Oldest graduated Langley recently. Consider track, chorus or crew.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Its MUCH easier to make sports teams at Langley compared to many other FCPS HS! Count your blessings!

I don’t believe this to be true. The enrollment may be lower than at most FCPS high schools, at least for now, but at other schools there are more kids who are unfamiliar with the various VHSL sports or who have to work after-school jobs or watch younger siblings. Langley kids are less likely to have such obligations, so it’s easier for them to make time for sports.

Its 100% true. Doesn't Langley have less than 2000 students?

No. It has 2175 and that number will go up with the boundary changes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its MUCH easier to make sports teams at Langley compared to many other FCPS HS! Count your blessings!

I don’t believe this to be true. The enrollment may be lower than at most FCPS high schools, at least for now, but at other schools there are more kids who are unfamiliar with the various VHSL sports or who have to work after-school jobs or watch younger siblings. Langley kids are less likely to have such obligations, so it’s easier for them to make time for sports.

Its 100% true. Doesn't Langley have less than 2000 students?

No. It has 2175 and that number will go up with the boundary changes.

Still small for FCPS HS.
Mathematically much easier to make teams as there are fewer kids to compete against.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its MUCH easier to make sports teams at Langley compared to many other FCPS HS! Count your blessings!

I don’t believe this to be true. The enrollment may be lower than at most FCPS high schools, at least for now, but at other schools there are more kids who are unfamiliar with the various VHSL sports or who have to work after-school jobs or watch younger siblings. Langley kids are less likely to have such obligations, so it’s easier for them to make time for sports.

Its 100% true. Doesn't Langley have less than 2000 students?

No. It has 2175 and that number will go up with the boundary changes.

Still small for FCPS HS.
Mathematically much easier to make teams as there are fewer kids to compete against.

False, because you have to adjust for the likelihood of kids trying out.

For example, Madison is smaller than Langley but it’s harder to make a team because it’s a very sports-oriented community. Justice is bigger than Langley but it’s easier to make a team because more kids are working after school or have other responsibilities.

Langley may have a smaller enrollment than most schools but the kids are more likely to have done travel sports and less likely to have other responsibilities outside of school.

[Anonymous]

Look into cross country but be aware that it isn't a "community" in the traditional sense you get on a team sport or with cheer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No harm in trying out for Golf at all--but do heavily invest in practice time, i.e., take the sport seriously. The team has routinely won states (for decades), but district rival W-L knocked Langley off the district / region podiums most recently. So Langley is not infallible.

Of course, it isn't infallible (although I believe a more fitting term would be "invincible" it's a school not god lol.

Congratulations to W-L, I know they celebrated that victory hard!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its MUCH easier to make sports teams at Langley compared to many other FCPS HS! Count your blessings!

I don’t believe this to be true. The enrollment may be lower than at most FCPS high schools, at least for now, but at other schools there are more kids who are unfamiliar with the various VHSL sports or who have to work after-school jobs or watch younger siblings. Langley kids are less likely to have such obligations, so it’s easier for them to make time for sports.

Its 100% true. Doesn't Langley have less than 2000 students?

No. It has 2175 and that number will go up with the boundary changes.

Still small for FCPS HS.
Mathematically much easier to make teams as there are fewer kids to compete against.

False, because you have to adjust for the likelihood of kids trying out.

For example, Madison is smaller than Langley but it’s harder to make a team because it’s a very sports-oriented community. Justice is bigger than Langley but it’s easier to make a team because more kids are working after school or have other responsibilities.

Langley may have a smaller enrollment than most schools but the kids are more likely to have done travel sports and less likely to have other responsibilities outside of school.

Guarantee its much harder to make the justice boys soccer team then the langley team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its MUCH easier to make sports teams at Langley compared to many other FCPS HS! Count your blessings!

I don’t believe this to be true. The enrollment may be lower than at most FCPS high schools, at least for now, but at other schools there are more kids who are unfamiliar with the various VHSL sports or who have to work after-school jobs or watch younger siblings. Langley kids are less likely to have such obligations, so it’s easier for them to make time for sports.

Its 100% true. Doesn't Langley have less than 2000 students?

No. It has 2175 and that number will go up with the boundary changes.

Still small for FCPS HS.
Mathematically much easier to make teams as there are fewer kids to compete against.

False, because you have to adjust for the likelihood of kids trying out.

For example, Madison is smaller than Langley but it’s harder to make a team because it’s a very sports-oriented community. Justice is bigger than Langley but it’s easier to make a team because more kids are working after school or have other responsibilities.

Langley may have a smaller enrollment than most schools but the kids are more likely to have done travel sports and less likely to have other responsibilities outside of school.

Guarantee its much harder to make the justice boys soccer team then the langley team.

We don't know unless you count the number who try out and how many of those who try out play travel. Soccer is a wildly popular sport at just about any FCPS high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its MUCH easier to make sports teams at Langley compared to many other FCPS HS! Count your blessings!

I don’t believe this to be true. The enrollment may be lower than at most FCPS high schools, at least for now, but at other schools there are more kids who are unfamiliar with the various VHSL sports or who have to work after-school jobs or watch younger siblings. Langley kids are less likely to have such obligations, so it’s easier for them to make time for sports.

Its 100% true. Doesn't Langley have less than 2000 students?

No. It has 2175 and that number will go up with the boundary changes.

Still small for FCPS HS.
Mathematically much easier to make teams as there are fewer kids to compete against.

False, because you have to adjust for the likelihood of kids trying out.

For example, Madison is smaller than Langley but it’s harder to make a team because it’s a very sports-oriented community. Justice is bigger than Langley but it’s easier to make a team because more kids are working after school or have other responsibilities.

Langley may have a smaller enrollment than most schools but the kids are more likely to have done travel sports and less likely to have other responsibilities outside of school.

Guarantee its much harder to make the justice boys soccer team then the langley team.

It’s obvious why you’d make that claim but it’s not necessarily true. Lots of McLean and Great Falls parents prefer their sons play soccer rather than football. A lot of those boys end up on local travel teams.

And within a few years the enrollment at Langley will be higher than at Justice, as they keep moving McLean kids to Langley and are now moving Justice kids to Falls Church.