2026 Private School Boys Lacrosse Commentary, Scores, and Updates

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Top Ten

1. Paul VI. Will take a massive upset in the next 4 to slip

2. Bullis. Solid #2

3. Georgetown Prep. Never really in doubt

4. Landon. Pretender or Contender on Friday

5. St. John’s. Tried very hard to lose

6. Good Counsel. Thumped in the 2nd half

7. Gonzaga - Comeback falls short, stays where they are until GC

8. St. Albans - Needs the win vs Ep on Friday

9. Urbana - Blows out another public

10. Heights - Squeezes past STMR by one

If Bullis ends up #1 make Urbana #2. SOS doesn't matter. Only loss was vs Bullis where backups got to play. Plus, they really gave it to #1,373 Oakdale. Nobody can compare to Urbana, literally, because nobody else plays that weak a schedule.
Why not add STAB since they actually played multiple teams on this list. They'd slot in at 3. Prep bumps down to 6 and Urbana never belonged near top 10 anyway.

I’d be fine with adding STAB for the reason cited (they regularly play a lot of DMV teams) but you’d also have to at least consider some of the Baltimore metro teams that do the same and if you do that you’d likely have only 5 dmv teams in the top ten. This year anyway.

St. Chris' plays too, is Richmond part of DC? It's dcum.com, not midatlanticum.com. Those teams are regularly used as comparison games to rank teams in an anonymous and overly snarky forum.

Not OP but it’s just as arbitrary to scrounge up 10 teams worthy of a top 10 as it is to draw hard mileage lines for it. There are usually only 5-6 teams each year that are actually good enough to not get shellacked when playing a high quality opponent. The scrap should be over that, not who bottom feeds or nepos their way to some Madlax marketing list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Top Ten

1. Paul VI. Will take a massive upset in the next 4 to slip

2. Bullis. Solid #2

3. Georgetown Prep. Never really in doubt

4. Landon. Pretender or Contender on Friday

5. St. John’s. Tried very hard to lose

6. Good Counsel. Thumped in the 2nd half

7. Gonzaga - Comeback falls short, stays where they are until GC

8. St. Albans - Needs the win vs Ep on Friday

9. Urbana - Blows out another public

10. Heights - Squeezes past STMR by one

If Bullis ends up #1 make Urbana #2. SOS doesn't matter. Only loss was vs Bullis where backups got to play. Plus, they really gave it to #1,373 Oakdale. Nobody can compare to Urbana, literally, because nobody else plays that weak a schedule.
Why not add STAB since they actually played multiple teams on this list. They'd slot in at 3. Prep bumps down to 6 and Urbana never belonged near top 10 anyway.

I’d be fine with adding STAB for the reason cited (they regularly play a lot of DMV teams) but you’d also have to at least consider some of the Baltimore metro teams that do the same and if you do that you’d likely have only 5 dmv teams in the top ten. This year anyway.

St. Chris' plays too, is Richmond part of DC? It's dcum.com, not midatlanticum.com. Those teams are regularly used as comparison games to rank teams in an anonymous and overly snarky forum.

Not OP but it’s just as arbitrary to scrounge up 10 teams worthy of a top 10 as it is to draw hard mileage lines for it. There are usually only 5-6 teams each year that are actually good enough to not get shellacked when playing a high quality opponent. The scrap should be over that, not who bottom feeds or nepos their way to some Madlax marketing list.

Besides, that not-so-clever St Chris reference is a red herring. They lost to one of said bottom feeders so no one with an ounce of objectivity would use them as a benchmark for anything except maybe bench/freshmen strength.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a complete list of players from the WCAC/IAC that have played professional lacrosse? I asked Chat but it's not close to be accurate.

Romar Dennis from Ryken still plays in the PLL.

Luke Rhoa from St. John's was just drafted to the PLL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Given the crazy amount of D1 talent SJC has (likely ~25 from class of 2026-2028) and its below expectation results, it shows 1) the coach is good at recruiting kids 2) he cannot coach a talented team 3) college recruiting is mostly club (underperforming HS team doesn't help you recruit).

Half of the D1 commits don’t pan out in college.

Take it from me, our kids, one played all 4 years in college, saw some action his junior and senior years and one hung it up after his sophomore year when he realized he was never going to see the field and was burnt out.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Given the crazy amount of D1 talent SJC has (likely ~25 from class of 2026-2028) and its below expectation results, it shows 1) the coach is good at recruiting kids 2) he cannot coach a talented team 3) college recruiting is mostly club (underperforming HS team doesn't help you recruit).

Half of the D1 commits don’t pan out in college.

Take it from me, our kids, one played all 4 years in college, saw some action his junior and senior years and one hung it up after his sophomore year when he realized he was never going to see the field and was burnt out.

If it's as high as half, that's about average across all sports, considering roster size and available slots for game minutes. For football - with their massive rosters of up to 125 players - it's at most 30-35% per year, if "pan out" means significant playing time and not just end of game minutes for senior day or to develop underclassmen. The portal has really changed things up, but what it can't change is how many people can see the field in a set amount of games.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a complete list of players from the WCAC/IAC that have played professional lacrosse? I asked Chat but it's not close to be accurate.

Romar Dennis from Ryken still plays in the PLL.

Luke Rhoa from St. John's was just drafted to the PLL.

Cullen Brown from Landon was also drafted in the 2nd round.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:SJC is clearly superior, and should have won by more. Reffing was an issue.

They will next time.

Neutral party, attended game. SJC was not clearly superior, except for stretch in the 3rd. GZ looked plenty capable, though the offense needs to step up. Maybe they'd benefit from fewer set plays and just working the 2-man or simply pushing the ball in unsettled situations. SJC got the calls against them they deserved so blaming a close one on the ref is nonsense.
SJC practically disintegrated in the last couple of minutes while GZ had momentum (man up or not). Ultimately, GZ made a bad shooting decision in the last seconds of the game.

This was close throughout (again, except for a few min in the 3rd). In a rematch, this is a coin flip.

GZ dad here so biased, but IMO good take. Player-for-player SJC has more talent but it seemed like they actually wanted GZ to win in the fourth with the way they played. If there's a playoff rematch between these two my money's on the home team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Top Ten

1. Paul VI. Will take a massive upset in the next 4 to slip

2. Bullis. Solid #2

3. Georgetown Prep. Never really in doubt

4. Landon. Pretender or Contender on Friday

5. St. John’s. Tried very hard to lose

6. Good Counsel. Thumped in the 2nd half

7. Gonzaga - Comeback falls short, stays where they are until GC

8. St. Albans - Needs the win vs Ep on Friday

9. Urbana - Blows out another public

10. Heights - Squeezes past STMR by one

If Bullis ends up #1 make Urbana #2. SOS doesn't matter. Only loss was vs Bullis where backups got to play. Plus, they really gave it to #1,373 Oakdale. Nobody can compare to Urbana, literally, because nobody else plays that weak a schedule.
Why not add STAB since they actually played multiple teams on this list. They'd slot in at 3. Prep bumps down to 6 and Urbana never belonged near top 10 anyway.

I’d be fine with adding STAB for the reason cited (they regularly play a lot of DMV teams) but you’d also have to at least consider some of the Baltimore metro teams that do the same and if you do that you’d likely have only 5 dmv teams in the top ten. This year anyway.

St. Chris' plays too, is Richmond part of DC? It's dcum.com, not midatlanticum.com. Those teams are regularly used as comparison games to rank teams in an anonymous and overly snarky forum.

Not OP but it’s just as arbitrary to scrounge up 10 teams worthy of a top 10 as it is to draw hard mileage lines for it. There are usually only 5-6 teams each year that are actually good enough to not get shellacked when playing a high quality opponent. The scrap should be over that, not who bottom feeds or nepos their way to some Madlax marketing list.

For what it is worth, the rankings below are from LaxNumbers, its compiled a top 10 from teams from the IAC, WCAC and MIAA.
As the season carries on, I do think these computer rankings do make more sense as more data is ran through its calculations. Not sure if there is any subjective factor in these rankings.

1 Georgetown Prep 9-3-0 94.39 2.50 91.89
Team Website
2 McDonogh 7-3-0 94.29 4.10 90.19
Team Website Team Instagram
3 Bullis 12-2-0 93.71 5.42 88.28
Team Website
4 Calvert Hall 6-3-0 93.42 2.66 90.76
Team Website
5 Landon 7-3-0 93.20 2.40 90.80
Team Website Team Instagram
6 St Johns College HS 7-4-0 93.13 2.18 90.95
Team Website
7 Loyola-Blakefield 5-5-0 93.07 -0.70 93.77
Team Website
8 Boys Latin 5-6-0 92.75 0.36 92.39
Team Website
9 Severn School 8-2-0 92.25 2.50 89.75
Team Website
10 St Marys Annapolis 6-4-0 92.25 0.70 91.55
11 Gilman 7-5-0 92.15 3.50 88.65
Team Website
12 Archbishop Spalding 5-5-0 91.73 0.20 91.53
Team Website
13 Gonzaga 5-7-0 91.21 0.41 90.79
Team Website
14 Good Counsel 8-5-0 91.09 4.00 87.09
Team Website
15 St Pauls 3-5-0 90.36 -0.50 90.86

And to be very clear, I'm far from considering myself a GP fan, but you can't deny their SOS this Spring. McDonogh, with its first-year head coach, is flying under the radar and is putting together a sneaky good season as well. Severn has also surprised me this Spring as they are a fairly young squad and might sneak into the MIAA playoffs this year.

The next 4 weeks will bring clarity to who the top dogs are in the region.

Good luck to the players, coaches and the seniors!

Neutral!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SJC is clearly superior, and should have won by more. Reffing was an issue.

They will next time.

Neutral party, attended game. SJC was not clearly superior, except for stretch in the 3rd. GZ looked plenty capable, though the offense needs to step up. Maybe they'd benefit from fewer set plays and just working the 2-man or simply pushing the ball in unsettled situations. SJC got the calls against them they deserved so blaming a close one on the ref is nonsense.
SJC practically disintegrated in the last couple of minutes while GZ had momentum (man up or not). Ultimately, GZ made a bad shooting decision in the last seconds of the game.

This was close throughout (again, except for a few min in the 3rd). In a rematch, this is a coin flip.

GZ dad here so biased, but IMO good take. Player-for-player SJC has more talent but it seemed like they actually wanted GZ to win in the fourth with the way they played. If there's a playoff rematch between these two my money's on the home team.

I agree generally with this and that between top 3 in IAC and top 3 in WCAC any team can win depending on the day. Nobody has stood out above that. PVI or Bullis may have the best resume but it’s all razor thin. SJC is probably the only one who has only lost to teams ranked in national top 25, but they don’t have a signature win.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Top Ten

1. Paul VI. Will take a massive upset in the next 4 to slip

2. Bullis. Solid #2

3. Georgetown Prep. Never really in doubt

4. Landon. Pretender or Contender on Friday

5. St. John’s. Tried very hard to lose

6. Good Counsel. Thumped in the 2nd half

7. Gonzaga - Comeback falls short, stays where they are until GC

8. St. Albans - Needs the win vs Ep on Friday

9. Urbana - Blows out another public

10. Heights - Squeezes past STMR by one

If Bullis ends up #1 make Urbana #2. SOS doesn't matter. Only loss was vs Bullis where backups got to play. Plus, they really gave it to #1,373 Oakdale. Nobody can compare to Urbana, literally, because nobody else plays that weak a schedule.
Why not add STAB since they actually played multiple teams on this list. They'd slot in at 3. Prep bumps down to 6 and Urbana never belonged near top 10 anyway.

I’d be fine with adding STAB for the reason cited (they regularly play a lot of DMV teams) but you’d also have to at least consider some of the Baltimore metro teams that do the same and if you do that you’d likely have only 5 dmv teams in the top ten. This year anyway.

St. Chris' plays too, is Richmond part of DC? It's dcum.com, not midatlanticum.com. Those teams are regularly used as comparison games to rank teams in an anonymous and overly snarky forum.

Not OP but it’s just as arbitrary to scrounge up 10 teams worthy of a top 10 as it is to draw hard mileage lines for it. There are usually only 5-6 teams each year that are actually good enough to not get shellacked when playing a high quality opponent. The scrap should be over that, not who bottom feeds or nepos their way to some Madlax marketing list.

For what it is worth, the rankings below are from LaxNumbers, its compiled a top 10 from teams from the IAC, WCAC and MIAA.
As the season carries on, I do think these computer rankings do make more sense as more data is ran through its calculations. Not sure if there is any subjective factor in these rankings.

1 Georgetown Prep 9-3-0 94.39 2.50 91.89
Team Website
2 McDonogh 7-3-0 94.29 4.10 90.19
Team Website Team Instagram
3 Bullis 12-2-0 93.71 5.42 88.28
Team Website
4 Calvert Hall 6-3-0 93.42 2.66 90.76
Team Website
5 Landon 7-3-0 93.20 2.40 90.80
Team Website Team Instagram
6 St Johns College HS 7-4-0 93.13 2.18 90.95
Team Website
7 Loyola-Blakefield 5-5-0 93.07 -0.70 93.77
Team Website
8 Boys Latin 5-6-0 92.75 0.36 92.39
Team Website
9 Severn School 8-2-0 92.25 2.50 89.75
Team Website
10 St Marys Annapolis 6-4-0 92.25 0.70 91.55
11 Gilman 7-5-0 92.15 3.50 88.65
Team Website
12 Archbishop Spalding 5-5-0 91.73 0.20 91.53
Team Website
13 Gonzaga 5-7-0 91.21 0.41 90.79
Team Website
14 Good Counsel 8-5-0 91.09 4.00 87.09
Team Website
15 St Pauls 3-5-0 90.36 -0.50 90.86

And to be very clear, I'm far from considering myself a GP fan, but you can't deny their SOS this Spring. McDonogh, with its first-year head coach, is flying under the radar and is putting together a sneaky good season as well. Severn has also surprised me this Spring as they are a fairly young squad and might sneak into the MIAA playoffs this year.

The next 4 weeks will bring clarity to who the top dogs are in the region.

Good luck to the players, coaches and the seniors!

Neutral!

Thanks for sharing this! I think it does make sense GP SOS is definitely helping their case and not much denying that.

Bullis/Landon is going to be the biggest/most important game this spring however. I've only watched a couple of their games but I think Bullis will be clear #1 in the DMV after this. Its a big game for both teams and both will be ready but skill and positional player at Bullis should win this game by 4+ if they can keep their heads and not bow to the pressure. Will be fun to watch! They really want Landon bad after losing last few to the Bears! Including IAC last year.

[Anonymous]

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If Bullis ends up #1 make Urbana #2. SOS doesn't matter. Only loss was vs Bullis where backups got to play. Plus, they really gave it to #1,373 Oakdale. Nobody can compare to Urbana, literally, because nobody else plays that weak a schedule.
Why not add STAB since they actually played multiple teams on this list. They'd slot in at 3. Prep bumps down to 6 and Urbana never belonged near top 10 anyway.

Why does Urbana keep coming up? They're good for a public, but they'd get dog walked by 20 privates in MD. They're having a good season, have some talented guys, well coached... but they remotely belong in the top 10 convo. Has to be trolling...

[Anonymous]

Score predictions for Landon vs Bullis?

[Anonymous]

I think Bullis is the favorite on Friday, the Bulldogs should win by 2 - 3.

That said, Bullis has not knocked off Landon since 2022 so Bears might have a mental edge factor.

Expect a hard-fought game on Friday at Landon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
If Bullis ends up #1 make Urbana #2. SOS doesn't matter. Only loss was vs Bullis where backups got to play. Plus, they really gave it to #1,373 Oakdale. Nobody can compare to Urbana, literally, because nobody else plays that weak a schedule.
Why not add STAB since they actually played multiple teams on this list. They'd slot in at 3. Prep bumps down to 6 and Urbana never belonged near top 10 anyway.

Why does Urbana keep coming up? They're good for a public, but they'd get dog walked by 20 privates in MD. They're having a good season, have some talented guys, well coached... but they remotely belong in the top 10 convo. Has to be trolling...

Well yeah, he was being sarcastic because he's likely miffed that a rando didn't have his mid private in his top 10. That some rural rednecks might be in the neighborhood of schools that he has to shell out dinero for. Much like you're doing here by exaggerating the number of Maryland privates that are that good, and local privates that would extend past 10. They don't exist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Score predictions for Landon vs Bullis?

11 - 6 Bullis