Private School Lacrosse Thread

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Anonymous wrote:what are those other clubs doing that make them so good?

The only teams that routinely beat Stars are Baltimore area teams and LI/NY teams. Both areas have much longer, richer lacrosse hsitory with many parents who played themselves and deeper talent pool of coaches and programs. It makes a adifference.

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Anonymous wrote:Last 2 posts have good insights.

Don't underestimate St Stephens. Yes, they lost a great coach. But they have some strong juniors in place, including a D1 recruited from a public school. He plays for VLC, and will be joining a number of other fantastic VLC players at St Stephens.

On a side note, it is interesting how VLC is so well represented in the IAC. I think Madlax still has the biggest representation and influence, but by my count every IAC team has players from VLC and with the slow decline of Blackwolf, VLC is likely to expand its reach.

DC Express will change this. Their 2021 team is amazing. Kids who in the past would have gone to Madlax and VLC and Blackwolf when entering high school are staying together. Lots of future IAC players on that team. DC Express is also closely aligned with Bullis. In 5 years, DC Express will be the only name in town with a national reputation.

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Pride is a B level lacrosse program and always have been.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How are tryouts going for club teams?

Huge tryouts for Pride. They will give Stars a run for the money for best girls' club in Nova. DD tried out for both and has played for both.

Same poster. My post did exactly what I'd hoped - get a discussion about girls lax for a change!

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I think there is plenty of room on this thread for parents to support and discuss girls and boys lacrosse.

[Anonymous]

DC Express will change this. Their 2021 team is amazing. Kids who in the past would have gone to Madlax and VLC and Blackwolf when entering high school are staying together. Lots of future IAC players on that team. DC Express is also closely aligned with Bullis. In 5 years, DC Express will be the only name in town with a national reputation.

There 2021 Team has yet to enter HS. It will be interesting to see which of those kids pan out in. Remember, just because you were the MS sensation, doesn't always equate do success at the HS level. I believe several on the team are current freshman at Landon, mixed in with a few kids from Bullis and Gonzaga.

As the sport continues to grow out West and down in the South, and with the limited number of D1 schools, you will continue to see less and less kids from the greater DC area play in the college ranks.

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2. Some years, Pride has had teams just as good as Stars. Their 2018 team, for example, was just as good and most of those girls now play for Capital, moreso than came from Stars

This is completely false. When the 2018s were in middle school, the Stars Blue team beat the Pride Red team every single time, by alot. When they entered high school and tried out for Capital, alot of Pride girls made it, but both Capital teams were still mainly Stars girls.

Wrong. Look at the rosters. More pride girls on those Capital 2018 teams than stars.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughters Pride team plays all A level at tournaments and has for as long as I can remember.

That may well be tvrue but its the tournaments they are playing. My DD palys for Stars blue (the A team). She has many friends who play for Pride red (their A team). They have never played in the same tier at any tournament. Pride red is always a step below IF they even play at the same touraments. Part of the problem is that Pride rarely plays at the top tournaments. They may play in the top tier of tounrmanets but not a the top tier tournaments. Pride is a great organization but it just donesnt care about being one of the very top teams that pushes its players to play at the most competitive level. That isnt the mission of Pride and the make no secert of that.

Another dumb mom who knows nothing. Stars is a better club than Pride top to bottom, although Pride has narrowed the gap. It is not that Pride doesn't "care" (as you say). They simply don't have the talent to compete at that level. Stars does have the talent to compete at that level, although they don't have the talent to WIN against the best teams.

Top tier girls lacrosse in NY and MD is so far and above what we have in DC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last 2 posts have good insights.

Don't underestimate St Stephens. Yes, they lost a great coach. But they have some strong juniors in place, including a D1 recruited from a public school. He plays for VLC, and will be joining a number of other fantastic VLC players at St Stephens.

On a side note, it is interesting how VLC is so well represented in the IAC. I think Madlax still has the biggest representation and influence, but by my count every IAC team has players from VLC and with the slow decline of Blackwolf, VLC is likely to expand its reach.

DC Express will change this. Their 2021 team is amazing. Kids who in the past would have gone to Madlax and VLC and Blackwolf when entering high school are staying together. Lots of future IAC players on that team. DC Express is also closely aligned with Bullis. In 5 years, DC Express will be the only name in town with a national reputation.

Bold words for a program that has one excellent team (2021). Performance was a joke from the outset and could only get Montgomery County public school kids. Partnering with Bethesda/Express was a good idea, but they have yet to field any good teams besides the 2021 team.

Both Madlax, BW and VLC have much better track records for college placement. DCE 2021 will do very well (assuming they stay together), but saying that DCE will be the only nationally known program in a few years shows how idiotic you are.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughters Pride team plays all A level at tournaments and has for as long as I can remember.

That may well be tvrue but its the tournaments they are playing. My DD palys for Stars blue (the A team). She has many friends who play for Pride red (their A team). They have never played in the same tier at any tournament. Pride red is always a step below IF they even play at the same touraments. Part of the problem is that Pride rarely plays at the top tournaments. They may play in the top tier of tounrmanets but not a the top tier tournaments. Pride is a great organization but it just donesnt care about being one of the very top teams that pushes its players to play at the most competitive level. That isnt the mission of Pride and the make no secert of that.

Another dumb mom who knows nothing. Stars is a better club than Pride top to bottom, although Pride has narrowed the gap. It is not that Pride doesn't "care" (as you say). They simply don't have the talent to compete at that level. Stars does have the talent to compete at that level, although they don't have the talent to WIN against the best teams.

Top tier girls lacrosse in NY and MD is so far and above what we have in DC.

The only dummy I see here is the last poster. You are the one who has zero idea what you are talking about. Stars girls can abslutely compete with the best int he country The ultimate test for 8th graders is UA and several Stars girls made it last year. They competed against and ARE the best in the country.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

2. Some years, Pride has had teams just as good as Stars. Their 2018 team, for example, was just as good and most of those girls now play for Capital, moreso than came from Stars

This is completely false. When the 2018s were in middle school, the Stars Blue team beat the Pride Red team every single time, by alot. When they entered high school and tried out for Capital, alot of Pride girls made it, but both Capital teams were still mainly Stars girls.

Wrong. Look at the rosters. More pride girls on those Capital 2018 teams than stars.

Blue team had 5 Pride girls out of 22, Stars had 14. Orange team had 6 girls out of 20, Stars had 9. Pride did not have more than Stars, not in that class nor any other class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is has the turnout been at the tryouts for Madlax, VLC, Express, NL and 3D? Saw huge numbers at Express.

VLC had big numbers at their tryouts. We were at Express as well - they had a lot of kids, but half or more of the kids were pure rec kids who are not good enough for club. Also a joke that they charge $95 which is 2x more than anyone else.

A buddy had his kid go to the 1st day of 3d tryouts. Said the turnout was pitiful and they didn't go back.

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Anonymous wrote:How is has the turnout been at the tryouts for Madlax, VLC, Express, NL and 3D? Saw huge numbers at Express.

VLC had big numbers at their tryouts. We were at Express as well - they had a lot of kids, but half or more of the kids were pure rec kids who are not good enough for club. Also a joke that they charge $95 which is 2x more than anyone else.

A buddy had his kid go to the 1st day of 3d tryouts. Said the turnout was pitiful and they didn't go back.

The clubs are really money makers for the club owners. If your high school has a top lacrosse program, don't need the clubs. Kids just need to stay in condition for spring tryouts. Save your money or throw it away...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is has the turnout been at the tryouts for Madlax, VLC, Express, NL and 3D? Saw huge numbers at Express.

VLC had big numbers at their tryouts. We were at Express as well - they had a lot of kids, but half or more of the kids were pure rec kids who are not good enough for club. Also a joke that they charge $95 which is 2x more than anyone else.

A buddy had his kid go to the 1st day of 3d tryouts. Said the turnout was pitiful and they didn't go back.

The clubs are really money makers for the club owners. If your high school has a top lacrosse program, don't need the clubs. Kids just need to stay in condition for spring tryouts. Save your money or throw it away...

OMG this is the worst advice on this thread. Kid who want to play in college, and by middle school most serious players do, have to play club. It is how you get recruited. High school coaches have input and help but if you dont play club on a top team you wont get ntoiced nd no college coaches will guess you are a serious player.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is has the turnout been at the tryouts for Madlax, VLC, Express, NL and 3D? Saw huge numbers at Express.

VLC had big numbers at their tryouts. We were at Express as well - they had a lot of kids, but half or more of the kids were pure rec kids who are not good enough for club. Also a joke that they charge $95 which is 2x more than anyone else.

A buddy had his kid go to the 1st day of 3d tryouts. Said the turnout was pitiful and they didn't go back.

The clubs are really money makers for the club owners. If your high school has a top lacrosse program, don't need the clubs. Kids just need to stay in condition for spring tryouts. Save your money or throw it away...

Sometimes that's true. But most kids need to be seen a mixture of club and individual recruiting events. Few go to schools where there coach has a solid pipeline college coaches. Really funny how all the Georgetown Prep families keep repeating this party line. It usually is very bad advice.