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Anonymous
Haha…woke |
Anonymous
There’s a cadre of prep school upper management that has just shifted around from spot to spot and rolled out some very woke-y policies that have not aged well. The former guy at STAB did that and gutted the athletics program and scooted off to NY, where he did the same and got canned last year bc it’s not 2020 anymore. Just one example of many. Like it or not, high priced boarding schools that are losing fat wallets from Asia for geopolitical reasons are going back to alumni for more money and hearing that the changes made were not to their liking and give accordingly. Same thing at the ivies. The foreign gravy train has dried up, the diversity offices are now cost centers, not marketing material. |
Anonymous
Langley looks a lot more like what people think an exclusive private school is than what you might think. They tout they are 46% minority but 30% of the school is asian leaving hispanic, black and native american far below the national averages. Also, Asian americans are the highest earning "minority" of all ethnic groups. Langley belongs in the top 10 in the DMV until they either lose or play a really close game today with Robinson. The common opponent is Yorktown and both Langley (+7) and Heights (+11) beat them comfortably. Robinson got stomped by Severna Park who in turn got stomped by #1 Landon. Anything less than a 5 goal win moves Langley out someone else like the Heights back in. |
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The Episcopal defense played well. Their poles are solid but weak at goalie and SSDM. They just couldn’t clear after getting a stop/takeaway. Landon won 80% of face offs. Episcopal didn’t push when they had the fast break. Landon looked much bigger physically. EHS is small except for two close poles and a couple of middies. Landon has excellent ball movement. Landon’s depth took over in second half.
EHS offense has really struggled with only one true scorer. A couple of their D1 commits haven’t really lived up to their expectations. The Maroon have played some good 2-3 quarter stretches but really only one complete game against PVI. Despite all that, they could still turn it around and surprise someone in the playoffs. They lack the depth from 22-23 year and offensive firepower. I can’t comment on drop in recruiting, but the team has dipped. They lose some key seniors this year, too. VISAA could be any of the top six teams to win. I expect EHS to beat Albans in rematch in first round but don’t see them getting any deeper than that. It’s been a disappointing year for the High school, but it isn’t over yet. |
Anonymous
The private schools here face this same issue - this coupled with some of them consciously de emphasizing sports (STA) while others actively upped their emphasis on them (Prep) makes for a wide disparity across the IAC for lacrosse and football particularly. Landon is at a crossroads and the new Headmaster will be pivotal in either maintaining and improving the athletic culture (that is currently still down from the 90s and 2000s after some very non athletically focused admissions years) or destroying it as happened at STA and other schools too it sounds like. |
Anonymous
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Some interesting commentary here on EHS
Five EHS starters are from GA, NC, AL. North Carolina and Texas are the hottest southern lacrosse states at this point. GA was but has taken a little step back. The larger North Atlanta suburban schools now dominate GA HS lacrosse rather than intown privates. It’s a hard sell for $80k boarding school but the competition and level of lacrosse in DMV area is way higher than South. Much better athletes overall down there, but ball movement and skill level in lacrosse is JV level compared to DMV. Football in DMV is the opposite. Episcopal has almost always played above its weight class, largely due to Conklin’s coaching. They had three new southern players this year that have helped, primarily on defense. It’s the offense that can’t really compete. EHS time of possession stats would be telling if available. It’s a great school and great overall program. Huge capital campaign underway. The High School is going to be fine. |
Anonymous
This is a great point to remind everyone of….these IAC schools are kicking the crap out of schools way out of their weight class when it comes to student enrollment. Most of the WCAC schools more than double and even triple some of the IACs lol! |
Anonymous
Please leave. |
Anonymous
Good points, all. And maybe boarders have a leg up, at least in the short term. The DC area is bleeding money and will continue to do so for the next few years at least, if not longer. That's gonna hurt local participation in any sport with high out of pocket costs. So, the local pools might dry up and an import might happen. Agree re lax skills vs athleticism. The south just has a lot more good athletes, not better necessarily, just a lot more of them. If they get into lax, and early enough to throw and catch before middle school, the split you describe in't gonna stick around much longer. |
Anonymous
Yeah! If we clench hard enough it'll be 2020 again! Go away! |
Anonymous
Unless non-revenue sports find some path forward into full scholarship (don't count on The House Settlement) or post college pro level real income, don't count on the warm weather athletes looking to jump into lacrosse. All those big dog GA athletes playing 2 age groups down quickly drop lax once they hit high school to concentrate on hoops, football, baseball or, god forbid, soccer. |
Anonymous
Moronic argument. Ten guys on the field at a time, brainiac. If it was all about class size, VA publics would be DMV champs every year. |
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Lacrosse had a big surge in South when all of the debate over concussions in football was all over the news and NFL. Lots of kids stopped playing football and moved to lacrosse. That was 2018-2023 range. There are plenty of concussions in lacrosse but football was getting the bad press. Georgia winning and the popularity of SEC has once again taken over. Lacrosse numbers are down in Georgia. Alabama still doesn’t have real high school sanctioned lacrosse. McCallie (TN), Christ School (NC), and Rabun Gap (GA) are boarding schools that have really focused on athletics. They are getting some of the better AL, GA, and NC lacrosse players. Closer to home and less expensive than Episcopal.
Interestingly, Woodberry Forrest lacrosse has dropped significantly in last few years as well. If EHS could recruit more Team 91 South, Team 91 Carolina, and Thunder Blue players they would do well. However, not sure how many could pay the tuition without some help. |
Anonymous
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When has EHS “High School” ever been good at lacrosse?
SSSA had a very good run, STA was very good a long time ago. But this is the product at EHS just about every year. |