VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season

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Anonymous wrote:SP - 6
Robo - 2

FINAL

A whole 2 points lol

The offense realizes it’s lacrosse and not soccer?

They did play one of the top public schools in MD.

Who’s going to tell the Robo offense it was not a soccer game!? What the heck was going on!? I imagine they should know these things before the game begins.

They couldn’t get the ball inside the defense for the entire first half. Middies couldn’t dodge, attack was anemic.

Can't run with wolves when you play with puppies all season. Most of these upper tier public teams aren't really tested until late May or beyond. Teams that actually learn the hard lessons from higher levels of competition are gonna be a whole lot better for the experience. Robo, Madison, and any other team that got themselves good and frustrated against quality opponents learned a lot this week.

It’s a little different between playing a “top Maryland public school” and playing a top private school nationally that went to OT with also nationally ranked PVI, your acting as if STAB is about the same level as said Maryland public school. Pitted against a top private school that can recruit, it appears from the score that Madison held themselves together very well. They scored more goals then Gonzaga and had a closer game then Episcopal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SP - 6
Robo - 2

FINAL

A whole 2 points lol

The offense realizes it’s lacrosse and not soccer?

They did play one of the top public schools in MD.

Who’s going to tell the Robo offense it was not a soccer game!? What the heck was going on!? I imagine they should know these things before the game begins.

They couldn’t get the ball inside the defense for the entire first half. Middies couldn’t dodge, attack was anemic.

Can't run with wolves when you play with puppies all season. Most of these upper tier public teams aren't really tested until late May or beyond. Teams that actually learn the hard lessons from higher levels of competition are gonna be a whole lot better for the experience. Robo, Madison, and any other team that got themselves good and frustrated against quality opponents learned a lot this week.

It’s a little different between playing a “top Maryland public school” and playing a top private school nationally that went to OT with also nationally ranked PVI, your acting as if STAB is about the same level as said Maryland public school. Pitted against a top private school that can recruit, it appears from the score that Madison held themselves together very well. They scored more goals then Gonzaga and had a closer game then Episcopal.

Settle down. No need at all to compare who had the better loss yesterday between Robo and Madison. The previous poster was 100% spot on, “ Robo, Madison, and any other team that got themselves good and frustrated against quality opponents learned a lot this week “

Wins and Lessons

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Severna Park could totally hang with STAB or PVI. STAB isn't St. Anthony's, Culver, Malvern and the like in the top tier of national private rankings (yet). Very Good...yes. But SP could totally hang. STAB is still a year away from being at the level they will eventually get to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Severna Park could totally hang with STAB or PVI. STAB isn't St. Anthony's, Culver, Malvern and the like in the top tier of national private rankings (yet). Very Good...yes. But SP could totally hang. STAB is still a year away from being at the level they will eventually get to.

I get you’re trying to belittle Madison with this but STAB pulled their starters after a quarter and a half. They had a fourth stringer with a cannon step down from 20 feet out at the end of the game. Don’t kid yourself. Compared with any VA public they’re on Mars.

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But Indy played Mars already I thought?

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Anonymous wrote:But Indy played Mars already I thought?

No way Loudoun County Public Schools have spaceships. That's pretty legit if they do.

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Indy 13
Mars 6

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Anonymous wrote:Severna Park could totally hang with STAB or PVI. STAB isn't St. Anthony's, Culver, Malvern and the like in the top tier of national private rankings (yet). Very Good...yes. But SP could totally hang. STAB is still a year away from being at the level they will eventually get to.

I am completely uninterested in hypothetical matchups, but STAB was excellent. They are an extremely disciplined, well coached team that plays fast, clean lacrosse, and they capitalize on every mistake and lapse. Their starting FOGO is as good as I’ve seen, and their 10 man ride is smothering. Their parents were also welcoming and friendly, in stark contrast to some of the behavior you see in VHSL.

Great experience for the Madison guys and I hope it highlights what they need to work on.

[Anonymous]

They are a class act. No doubt there. Kudos to Madison for scheduling them.

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Anonymous wrote:SP 2 Robo 0 half

That's an unfortunate score. VHSL needs to implement shot clocks. The cost has come way down and other states are using them. Makes the game more fun for the kids, increases possessions and grows the sport, and better prepares HS players for speed of college game.

Shot clocks would be great and a tremendous boost to the game here in Virginia. That said, score might have been the same anyway. No one was stalling both teams were playing stout defense.

Sure, it would be great, but who is going to run the shot clocks? Parent volunteers? Those parent volunteers who already run the scoreboard struggle at times with understanding when to start/stop the game clock. Imagine a parent trying to do the shot clock after every turnover/change of possession. The only viable way it could work smoothly is if there is a 4th official paid to do it, and now, we are asking for additional money and we all know how that goes. They still don't have 3 officials for JV games because of cost.

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Anonymous wrote:SP 2 Robo 0 half

That's an unfortunate score. VHSL needs to implement shot clocks. The cost has come way down and other states are using them. Makes the game more fun for the kids, increases possessions and grows the sport, and better prepares HS players for speed of college game.

Shot clocks would be great and a tremendous boost to the game here in Virginia. That said, score might have been the same anyway. No one was stalling both teams were playing stout defense.

Sure, it would be great, but who is going to run the shot clocks? Parent volunteers? Those parent volunteers who already run the scoreboard struggle at times with understanding when to start/stop the game clock. Imagine a parent trying to do the shot clock after every turnover/change of possession. The only viable way it could work smoothly is if there is a 4th official paid to do it, and now, we are asking for additional money and we all know how that goes. They still don't have 3 officials for JV games because of cost.

PVI uses parent for the shots clock and a signal from the ref. Do they screw up sometimes? Yes but it works fine. They don't use four refs per game. Plus it is not just the clock they need to play by all NCAA rules like privates do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Severna Park could totally hang with STAB or PVI. STAB isn't St. Anthony's, Culver, Malvern and the like in the top tier of national private rankings (yet). Very Good...yes. But SP could totally hang. STAB is still a year away from being at the level they will eventually get to.

Worst take ever?

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Do you think there’s a ref at the shot clock at the college level?

[Anonymous]

The person that does the scoreboard also does the shot clock, it’s not hard. Push a few buttons and pay attention to the ref when he twirls his finger in the air.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:SP - 6
Robo - 2

FINAL

A whole 2 points lol

The offense realizes it’s lacrosse and not soccer?

They did play one of the top public schools in MD.

Who’s going to tell the Robo offense it was not a soccer game!? What the heck was going on!? I imagine they should know these things before the game begins.

They couldn’t get the ball inside the defense for the entire first half. Middies couldn’t dodge, attack was anemic.

Can't run with wolves when you play with puppies all season. Most of these upper tier public teams aren't really tested until late May or beyond. Teams that actually learn the hard lessons from higher levels of competition are gonna be a whole lot better for the experience. Robo, Madison, and any other team that got themselves good and frustrated against quality opponents learned a lot this week.

It’s a little different between playing a “top Maryland public school” and playing a top private school nationally that went to OT with also nationally ranked PVI, your acting as if STAB is about the same level as said Maryland public school. Pitted against a top private school that can recruit, it appears from the score that Madison held themselves together very well. They scored more goals then Gonzaga and had a closer game then Episcopal.

"scored more goals than Gonzaga" shows how little public parents know. An 11 goal game is a 1000 times different than a 6 goal game. STAB emptied the bench early to let their sophomores get some experience.