St. Albans lax

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Anonymous wrote:St. Albans is now actively recruiting for lacrosse. It’s happening.

It is happening. But more often than not st albans will lose the fight over talented kids who are also looking at Prep/Landon/Gonzaga. I suggest that st albans recruitment focus on talent present at Maret, Sidwell and GDS. Before I get laughed out of the forum, there are at least 2 kids in each of these programs that are excellent lacrosse players and could likely start now on st albans. The star FOGO from the last few years came through this route. Soccer has also done this with some measurable success.

Time to go do your homeworK kid. People attend schools like St. Albans to get a great education and be successful in their life. What percentage of students do you think actually are looking to play lacrosse as a career?! None! STA is much more diverse now which means the students have more diverse interests and I’m sorry lacrosse and football might not be the first priority for all students. They only have 80-85 kids in the grade and they need to have a variety of students for all sports. Sorry !

Oh yes, no one else in private school (or public for that matter) in the DMV is going to school “to get a great education and be successful in their life”, only STA boys do. Did you all hear that people? Seriously? That statement is ignorant, uneducated, and embarrassing for the STA community to be associated with. It is the very reason so many people have a problem with the narcissistic and self proclaimed elitism that comes out of STA. Go take a cold shower and get over yourself. When your done we can have a real talk about how smart, academically successful and highly motivated boys (and girls) can play sports and be super star athletes also. Many kids can successfully multitask (and even play helmet sports), sorry if yours can’t. But please do the world (and STA) a favor and get over yourself.

Simmer down and work on your reading comprehension. Never said STA was better than others. Said many students are going to STA for the education and are not obsessed with lax as some parents on here are.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'll admit I'm a Dematha Homer. But I was surprised that after it became clear that our FOGO owned the other guy I was surprised that the opposition did not make any modifications. The saint albans defense had some fast athletes but athleticism did not make up for a gap in communication between each of the defenders. A pretty easy coaching fix. As for the offense it was pretty clear there was one supposed stud attackman and one supposed attack middle and they tried to do it all despite the fact that the Stags had a clear bead on both of them. Certainly understand the frustration of the players in trying to do this. Again yet another thing the coaches could/should have addressed.

I don't mean to attack the coach. He's a new HC and I know has a good reputation in the club scene. I also am not saying that a more experienced coach could have changed the result. The Stags were just the better team. Period. My point is that even a good new coach can't turn things around immediately. He has a learning curve as well. The prior posters who saw this new coach as a savior will have to wait for awhile longer.

This is what happens when your team is made up of ego-centric 14 year olds with no experience in varsity lacrosse. Maybe they will get it together by the time they're juniors, but by then, the whole program will probably be so demoralized that they will move on to yet another coach.

Has this been resolved? How do you know they were lobbying?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm an STA parent and I also agree those non-lacrosse STA parents sound terrible. I am not sure why they are even following this thread if their kid doesn't play since this is a forum for lacrosse supporters. Of course our family knows that bright, athletic boys can get a great education at many other schools that also happen to excel in lacrosse. Our multi-sport kid is at STA for many reasons, none of which include us choosing it because we think it's an "elite" education that's better than any other school. It's encouraging to us to hear that STA is interested in improving its lacrosse program since our son really likes the sport. I have no reason to think that this program growing (if it does) would or should negatively affect the other boys at the school or the school's diversity of students and programming. STA is FULL of different opportunities. There is an outlet for every type of student there. And overall the parents and families are really nice and normal, even though that doesn't always come across here on this anonymous, snarky forum.

What makes you think poster is not a lax parent? You can be a lax parent and not expect STA to devote their admissions to recruiting lax players.

I was making an inference with regard to the prior poster. Also don't think STA would ever "devote their admissions" to recruiting any type of student.

[Anonymous]

Did today's game against IMG get cancelled?

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Yes.

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Because IMG didn't fly up or because STA cancelled school for Coronavirus?

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probably both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The boys love the no-longer new HC. The assistant who is affiliated with NL is also well-liked, and is deftly using the NL connection to build up both STA and NL. The boys love the sport and the opportunity to play against some of the best competition in the nation. Yes, losing more than winning is not easy. But as they say, that builds character. My son has graduated. He had many great experiences at the school. But bar none, memories of his lacrosse seasons and the bonds he forged with his teammates and coaches are some of his best HS memories.

By that measure the future of the program is good.

Since this post, the assistant moved up to be HC. He's doing great with the boys. I don't know how aggressively he is "recruiting" NL players, but there does seem to be more on the roster than in recent years where it was Madlax or VLC that had numbers. Also since this post there is a new AD. He understands that the most vocal critics of STA sports come from families whose boys are involved in the helmet sports. You bet he's going to focus his efforts on developing those programs. Make no mistake, STA will not be winning any IAC titles in lax or football anytime soon, but there will be marked improvement even within the next few years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The boys love the no-longer new HC. The assistant who is affiliated with NL is also well-liked, and is deftly using the NL connection to build up both STA and NL. The boys love the sport and the opportunity to play against some of the best competition in the nation. Yes, losing more than winning is not easy. But as they say, that builds character. My son has graduated. He had many great experiences at the school. But bar none, memories of his lacrosse seasons and the bonds he forged with his teammates and coaches are some of his best HS memories.

By that measure the future of the program is good.

Since this post, the assistant moved up to be HC. He's doing great with the boys. I don't know how aggressively he is "recruiting" NL players, but there does seem to be more on the roster than in recent years where it was Madlax or VLC that had numbers. Also since this post there is a new AD. He understands that the most vocal critics of STA sports come from families whose boys are involved in the helmet sports. You bet he's going to focus his efforts on developing those programs. Make no mistake, STA will not be winning any IAC titles in lax or football anytime soon, but there will be marked improvement even within the next few years.

Is Bullis considered the best Lax school right know? Am asking cause I don’t know but the STA 8th graders - while lacking a few of their best players - just dropped one 7-6 to them. I think the current STA sophomores and the best players on the 8th grade will be very competitive in high school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The boys love the no-longer new HC. The assistant who is affiliated with NL is also well-liked, and is deftly using the NL connection to build up both STA and NL. The boys love the sport and the opportunity to play against some of the best competition in the nation. Yes, losing more than winning is not easy. But as they say, that builds character. My son has graduated. He had many great experiences at the school. But bar none, memories of his lacrosse seasons and the bonds he forged with his teammates and coaches are some of his best HS memories.

By that measure the future of the program is good.

Since this post, the assistant moved up to be HC. He's doing great with the boys. I don't know how aggressively he is "recruiting" NL players, but there does seem to be more on the roster than in recent years where it was Madlax or VLC that had numbers. Also since this post there is a new AD. He understands that the most vocal critics of STA sports come from families whose boys are involved in the helmet sports. You bet he's going to focus his efforts on developing those programs. Make no mistake, STA will not be winning any IAC titles in lax or football anytime soon, but there will be marked improvement even within the next few years.

Is Bullis considered the best Lax school right know? Am asking cause I don’t know but the STA 8th graders - while lacking a few of their best players - just dropped one 7-6 to them. I think the current STA sophomores and the best players on the 8th grade will be very competitive in high school.

Hate to burst your bubble, but every year starry eyed STA parents hope that things will have turned the corner. And every year, the buzz saw that is the IAC slices and dices those hopes and dreams. Look, STA has a solid program, with solid players who play with heart. But they are in the IAC, with the likes of Bullis, yes the best lax school right now, but with other nationally ranked programs. To top that off, they also play schools like Zaga and SJC and Dematha which just adds salt to the wounds.

All that being said I will say that even with losing, the boys on the lacrosse team are year in and year out incredibly tight and seemingly happy despite their miserable lot in the IAC lax world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The boys love the no-longer new HC. The assistant who is affiliated with NL is also well-liked, and is deftly using the NL connection to build up both STA and NL. The boys love the sport and the opportunity to play against some of the best competition in the nation. Yes, losing more than winning is not easy. But as they say, that builds character. My son has graduated. He had many great experiences at the school. But bar none, memories of his lacrosse seasons and the bonds he forged with his teammates and coaches are some of his best HS memories.

By that measure the future of the program is good.

Since this post, the assistant moved up to be HC. He's doing great with the boys. I don't know how aggressively he is "recruiting" NL players, but there does seem to be more on the roster than in recent years where it was Madlax or VLC that had numbers. Also since this post there is a new AD. He understands that the most vocal critics of STA sports come from families whose boys are involved in the helmet sports. You bet he's going to focus his efforts on developing those programs. Make no mistake, STA will not be winning any IAC titles in lax or football anytime soon, but there will be marked improvement even within the next few years.

Is Bullis considered the best Lax school right know? Am asking cause I don’t know but the STA 8th graders - while lacking a few of their best players - just dropped one 7-6 to them. I think the current STA sophomores and the best players on the 8th grade will be very competitive in high school.

Hate to burst your bubble, but every year starry eyed STA parents hope that things will have turned the corner. And every year, the buzz saw that is the IAC slices and dices those hopes and dreams. Look, STA has a solid program, with solid players who play with heart. But they are in the IAC, with the likes of Bullis, yes the best lax school right now, but with other nationally ranked programs. To top that off, they also play schools like Zaga and SJC and Dematha which just adds salt to the wounds.

All that being said I will say that even with losing, the boys on the lacrosse team are year in and year out incredibly tight and seemingly happy despite their miserable lot in the IAC lax world.

Perhaps. But two things: the 2019 soccer team certainly showed that STA can compete. Secondly, this 8th grade team has beaten everyone else - Landon, Mater Dei, etc pretty easily in basketball and lacrosse already. Lots of sons of D-1 and even former professional athletes in the class. While there is not perfect crossover, I have been told that previous classes never beat those other schools, let alone win games going away like that class does. With only 80 or so in a class, the margin for error is certainly small so it may not come together but they are starting from a better place than usual for STA. Add the kids in the 2023 class who are seen as some of the best LAX players in the area and there is hope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The boys love the no-longer new HC. The assistant who is affiliated with NL is also well-liked, and is deftly using the NL connection to build up both STA and NL. The boys love the sport and the opportunity to play against some of the best competition in the nation. Yes, losing more than winning is not easy. But as they say, that builds character. My son has graduated. He had many great experiences at the school. But bar none, memories of his lacrosse seasons and the bonds he forged with his teammates and coaches are some of his best HS memories.

By that measure the future of the program is good.

Since this post, the assistant moved up to be HC. He's doing great with the boys. I don't know how aggressively he is "recruiting" NL players, but there does seem to be more on the roster than in recent years where it was Madlax or VLC that had numbers. Also since this post there is a new AD. He understands that the most vocal critics of STA sports come from families whose boys are involved in the helmet sports. You bet he's going to focus his efforts on developing those programs. Make no mistake, STA will not be winning any IAC titles in lax or football anytime soon, but there will be marked improvement even within the next few years.

Is Bullis considered the best Lax school right know? Am asking cause I don’t know but the STA 8th graders - while lacking a few of their best players - just dropped one 7-6 to them. I think the current STA sophomores and the best players on the 8th grade will be very competitive in high school.

Hate to burst your bubble, but every year starry eyed STA parents hope that things will have turned the corner. And every year, the buzz saw that is the IAC slices and dices those hopes and dreams. Look, STA has a solid program, with solid players who play with heart. But they are in the IAC, with the likes of Bullis, yes the best lax school right now, but with other nationally ranked programs. To top that off, they also play schools like Zaga and SJC and Dematha which just adds salt to the wounds.

All that being said I will say that even with losing, the boys on the lacrosse team are year in and year out incredibly tight and seemingly happy despite their miserable lot in the IAC lax world.

And if Bullis is the best, a short manned STA squad should not be in the game with them. Should not be close. Considering the quality of the kids who didn’t play for STA, and assuming Bullis was also not missing players, I would suggest, best on best, STA wins.

[Anonymous]

There is a reason the new HEAD varsity coach has decided to coach the 8th grade boys too.

[Anonymous]

The expectation shouldn’t be IAC championships. By that measure, STA parents will likely be disappointed. Just don’t see it happening.

But, with added focus and some key recruiting, STA could be competitive, removing themselves from the IAC cellar and occasionally taking down the top programs here or there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The expectation shouldn’t be IAC championships. By that measure, STA parents will likely be disappointed. Just don’t see it happening.

But, with added focus and some key recruiting, STA could be competitive, removing themselves from the IAC cellar and occasionally taking down the top programs here or there.

Can’t be there in every sport but the 1 loss soccer team can be recreated selectively.