2025 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You are delusional if you think this is a top 10 or top 5 National Landon team.

Come play in the MIAA, they’d prob have at least 2 - 3 losses on their record

Bingo. The Bears are the best in DC, but they might not get even one win vs Spalding, Calvert Hall, McDonogh, Loyola Blakefield or Boys Latin.

The Bears squeaked by 10th place Gilman in OT and beat the 7th and 8th place MIAA teams by 2 and 1 goals.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think Landon would do better than .660 in MIAA-A, but (1) they are by far the closest to that style of play - fluid, settled offenses, zippy passing, almost as many assists as goals, good clears and reliable at the dot etc - than any of the DMV teams this year and (2) nobody needs to travel if they are achieving whatever it they want to achieve with the sport, and Landon kids get recruited to top D1 programs, so I don’t blame them at all for not chasing some mythical national championship. What they have done most successfully and forcefully this season is show how much coaching makes a difference. Hats off to that staff. Finally, if you think the DMV schools don’t reclassify, you literally do not live in reality and haven’t it seems for a couple decades, so the “reclass academy” noise is just self-soothing for allowing club-style coaching to ruin your favorite squad.

[Anonymous]

Alright, WCAC playoff picture mark 2:

I'm assuming spots 8-10 are Ireton (8), O'Connell (9) and (10) McNamara. BI and O'Connell play tomorrow so we'll see.

Seedings if SJC beats GZ on Fri:

(1) DM (8-1), (2) SJC (8-1), (3) GC (7-2), (4) GZ (6-3), (5) PVI (5-4), (6) Heights (4-5), (7) SMR (4-5), then BI/BOC/BM in the last three spots.

Playoffs game 1 would be (assuming BI comes out of the play-in):

BI (8) @ DM (1) - DM win
SMR (7) @ SJC (2) - SJC win
Heights (6) @ GC (3) - leaning GC win but Heights gave them a scare
PVI (5) @ GZ (4) - leaning GZ but reg season game was close

Semifinals would be GZ (4) @ DM (1) and GC (3) @ SJC (2), if above results hold.

If GZ beats SJC Friday, then GC, SJC and GZ all finish with a conference record of 7-2. GC beat GZ and lost to SJC. SJC will have beaten GC but lost to GZ. No idea what the tiebreaker would be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think Landon would do better than .660 in MIAA-A, but (1) they are by far the closest to that style of play - fluid, settled offenses, zippy passing, almost as many assists as goals, good clears and reliable at the dot etc - than any of the DMV teams this year and (2) nobody needs to travel if they are achieving whatever it they want to achieve with the sport, and Landon kids get recruited to top D1 programs, so I don’t blame them at all for not chasing some mythical national championship. What they have done most successfully and forcefully this season is show how much coaching makes a difference. Hats off to that staff. Finally, if you think the DMV schools don’t reclassify, you literally do not live in reality and haven’t it seems for a couple decades, so the “reclass academy” noise is just self-soothing for allowing club-style coaching to ruin your favorite squad.

I think it's less reclassing and more so the higher quantity of PGs that people take an issue with.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wasn't comparing schedule to SJC. Was simply observing that Landon's schedule isn't on par with Landon's talent or coaching and only has one team from DCs other strong conference.

I believe they are clearly the best and best coached team in the area and think they could be a top 10 or top 5 national team if their schedule afforded the chance.

Assuming you mean they should travel to play highly ranked teams out of town? That’s what these teams all do for spring break which when they - players, families, coaches - can do that. And even then it’s definitely a sacrifice for some. These kids are in school and in theory that is the first priority. Not traveling all over in search of ‘better’ teams to play lacrosse against.

Yeah, c'mon. Landon can only drive 1 hour to play the bad MIAA teams. But they couldn't possibly drive 1 hour to play top tier MIAA teams. Look, Landon AD and coaches knows what they are doing. They're the Boise State of lacrosse. If they actually played top teams they'd lose badly and be out of the conversation. Instead, you're still talking about them. Only Bullis has a chance to end Landon's run. If they don't, congrats to the Bears for being repeat DMV champs!

I am not sure what the rules are but if some of these games were played on the weekends, maybe there would be more Baltimore games scheduled. It’s a grind for whoever has to travel - and their parents and coaches obviously - to drive an hour + after school and work to do this. I don’t blame anyone for just not feeling like doing that. Not sure if those Baltimore schools have said to any IAC schools that they would come here but don’t see an upside for IAC schools to seek those games out to go there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think Landon would do better than .660 in MIAA-A, but (1) they are by far the closest to that style of play - fluid, settled offenses, zippy passing, almost as many assists as goals, good clears and reliable at the dot etc - than any of the DMV teams this year and (2) nobody needs to travel if they are achieving whatever it they want to achieve with the sport, and Landon kids get recruited to top D1 programs, so I don’t blame them at all for not chasing some mythical national championship. What they have done most successfully and forcefully this season is show how much coaching makes a difference. Hats off to that staff. Finally, if you think the DMV schools don’t reclassify, you literally do not live in reality and haven’t it seems for a couple decades, so the “reclass academy” noise is just self-soothing for allowing club-style coaching to ruin your favorite squad.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but the dmv teams don’t have 1 team with pg 19 and 20 year olds and another with 16 - 18 year olds playing a local schedule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think Landon would do better than .660 in MIAA-A, but (1) they are by far the closest to that style of play - fluid, settled offenses, zippy passing, almost as many assists as goals, good clears and reliable at the dot etc - than any of the DMV teams this year and (2) nobody needs to travel if they are achieving whatever it they want to achieve with the sport, and Landon kids get recruited to top D1 programs, so I don’t blame them at all for not chasing some mythical national championship. What they have done most successfully and forcefully this season is show how much coaching makes a difference. Hats off to that staff. Finally, if you think the DMV schools don’t reclassify, you literally do not live in reality and haven’t it seems for a couple decades, so the “reclass academy” noise is just self-soothing for allowing club-style coaching to ruin your favorite squad.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but the dmv teams don’t have 1 team with pg 19 and 20 year olds and another with 16 - 18 year olds playing a local schedule.

Not OP but dunno about PG options. Do know of plenty of 19 yr old seniors, or freshmen with drivers licenses in the DMV teams. Like, a lot of them. If not most starters.

[Anonymous]

Scheduling is harder than you think. You have no idea how good a team will actually be, and can only go off of history. Landon specifically has many long standing traditional games, and a full IAC schedule so there isn't that much room to maneuver. On top of that you are trying to do things that will be productive and fun for kids who are not going to be playing professional sports in the future. This is why a trip to Florida is perfect. Playing winnable games is also very helpful in player development. Everyone on the team gets to play. Older players get film, and younger players get experience.

Landon plays Severn every year. They have a long history of playing Gilman, though they haven't recently. Gilman was 12-7 last year, not amazing but not a particularly bad record. Who knew they would be 3-9 this year.

St James doesn't make a ton of sense, but Riverside was 18-2 last year. Landon has a long history of playing VA publics, think back to the years of playing Robinson, Oakton, Westfields etc.

Landon coaches also probably don't want to overdo it. They were probably expecting Prep to be really tough this year, as well as Bullis. In addition to the usual SSSA or Episcopal sneaky good team that crops up every other year.

I am a Landon alum and dad so I am biased, but there is a clear teaching philosophy and I am sorry it doesn't fit your agenda. They are trying to maintain a quality lacrosse program while exposing young scholar athletes to different communities and programs.

I played for Bordley a long time ago, and we played a very similar schedule

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Scheduling is harder than you think. You have no idea how good a team will actually be, and can only go off of history. Landon specifically has many long standing traditional games, and a full IAC schedule so there isn't that much room to maneuver. On top of that you are trying to do things that will be productive and fun for kids who are not going to be playing professional sports in the future. This is why a trip to Florida is perfect. Playing winnable games is also very helpful in player development. Everyone on the team gets to play. Older players get film, and younger players get experience.

Landon plays Severn every year. They have a long history of playing Gilman, though they haven't recently. Gilman was 12-7 last year, not amazing but not a particularly bad record. Who knew they would be 3-9 this year.

St James doesn't make a ton of sense, but Riverside was 18-2 last year. Landon has a long history of playing VA publics, think back to the years of playing Robinson, Oakton, Westfields etc.

Landon coaches also probably don't want to overdo it. They were probably expecting Prep to be really tough this year, as well as Bullis. In addition to the usual SSSA or Episcopal sneaky good team that crops up every other year.

I am a Landon alum and dad so I am biased, but there is a clear teaching philosophy and I am sorry it doesn't fit your agenda. They are trying to maintain a quality lacrosse program while exposing young scholar athletes to different communities and programs.

I played for Bordley a long time ago, and we played a very similar schedule

Landon used to play. St. Johns every year. What happened?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Scheduling is harder than you think. You have no idea how good a team will actually be, and can only go off of history. Landon specifically has many long standing traditional games, and a full IAC schedule so there isn't that much room to maneuver. On top of that you are trying to do things that will be productive and fun for kids who are not going to be playing professional sports in the future. This is why a trip to Florida is perfect. Playing winnable games is also very helpful in player development. Everyone on the team gets to play. Older players get film, and younger players get experience.

Landon plays Severn every year. They have a long history of playing Gilman, though they haven't recently. Gilman was 12-7 last year, not amazing but not a particularly bad record. Who knew they would be 3-9 this year.

St James doesn't make a ton of sense, but Riverside was 18-2 last year. Landon has a long history of playing VA publics, think back to the years of playing Robinson, Oakton, Westfields etc.

Landon coaches also probably don't want to overdo it. They were probably expecting Prep to be really tough this year, as well as Bullis. In addition to the usual SSSA or Episcopal sneaky good team that crops up every other year.

I am a Landon alum and dad so I am biased, but there is a clear teaching philosophy and I am sorry it doesn't fit your agenda. They are trying to maintain a quality lacrosse program while exposing young scholar athletes to different communities and programs.

I played for Bordley a long time ago, and we played a very similar schedule

Now this is a well framed and common sense rationale that puts school and well-being first. You lost or somethin?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Scheduling is harder than you think. You have no idea how good a team will actually be, and can only go off of history. Landon specifically has many long standing traditional games, and a full IAC schedule so there isn't that much room to maneuver. On top of that you are trying to do things that will be productive and fun for kids who are not going to be playing professional sports in the future. This is why a trip to Florida is perfect. Playing winnable games is also very helpful in player development. Everyone on the team gets to play. Older players get film, and younger players get experience.

Landon plays Severn every year. They have a long history of playing Gilman, though they haven't recently. Gilman was 12-7 last year, not amazing but not a particularly bad record. Who knew they would be 3-9 this year.

St James doesn't make a ton of sense, but Riverside was 18-2 last year. Landon has a long history of playing VA publics, think back to the years of playing Robinson, Oakton, Westfields etc.

Landon coaches also probably don't want to overdo it. They were probably expecting Prep to be really tough this year, as well as Bullis. In addition to the usual SSSA or Episcopal sneaky good team that crops up every other year.

I am a Landon alum and dad so I am biased, but there is a clear teaching philosophy and I am sorry it doesn't fit your agenda. They are trying to maintain a quality lacrosse program while exposing young scholar athletes to different communities and programs.

I played for Bordley a long time ago, and we played a very similar schedule

Now this is a well framed and common sense rationale that puts school and well-being first. You lost or somethin?

Yeah, this is way too reasonable. Points are strong and mesh with what Landon is and has been.

That being said, not sure anyone really has an "agenda" wanting to see Landon play more of the strong area teams.

They have played DeMatha and SJC in the recent past. I think we would all like to see Landon play more than 1 of the WCAC's best four.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Scheduling is harder than you think. You have no idea how good a team will actually be, and can only go off of history. Landon specifically has many long standing traditional games, and a full IAC schedule so there isn't that much room to maneuver. On top of that you are trying to do things that will be productive and fun for kids who are not going to be playing professional sports in the future. This is why a trip to Florida is perfect. Playing winnable games is also very helpful in player development. Everyone on the team gets to play. Older players get film, and younger players get experience.

Landon plays Severn every year. They have a long history of playing Gilman, though they haven't recently. Gilman was 12-7 last year, not amazing but not a particularly bad record. Who knew they would be 3-9 this year.

St James doesn't make a ton of sense, but Riverside was 18-2 last year. Landon has a long history of playing VA publics, think back to the years of playing Robinson, Oakton, Westfields etc.

Landon coaches also probably don't want to overdo it. They were probably expecting Prep to be really tough this year, as well as Bullis. In addition to the usual SSSA or Episcopal sneaky good team that crops up every other year.

I am a Landon alum and dad so I am biased, but there is a clear teaching philosophy and I am sorry it doesn't fit your agenda. They are trying to maintain a quality lacrosse program while exposing young scholar athletes to different communities and programs.

I played for Bordley a long time ago, and we played a very similar schedule

Landon used to play. St. Johns every year. What happened?

They ducked SJC once SJC started beating them.

Landon used to play Culver and Hill as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Scheduling is harder than you think. You have no idea how good a team will actually be, and can only go off of history. Landon specifically has many long standing traditional games, and a full IAC schedule so there isn't that much room to maneuver. On top of that you are trying to do things that will be productive and fun for kids who are not going to be playing professional sports in the future. This is why a trip to Florida is perfect. Playing winnable games is also very helpful in player development. Everyone on the team gets to play. Older players get film, and younger players get experience.

Landon plays Severn every year. They have a long history of playing Gilman, though they haven't recently. Gilman was 12-7 last year, not amazing but not a particularly bad record. Who knew they would be 3-9 this year.

St James doesn't make a ton of sense, but Riverside was 18-2 last year. Landon has a long history of playing VA publics, think back to the years of playing Robinson, Oakton, Westfields etc.

Landon coaches also probably don't want to overdo it. They were probably expecting Prep to be really tough this year, as well as Bullis. In addition to the usual SSSA or Episcopal sneaky good team that crops up every other year.

I am a Landon alum and dad so I am biased, but there is a clear teaching philosophy and I am sorry it doesn't fit your agenda. They are trying to maintain a quality lacrosse program while exposing young scholar athletes to different communities and programs.

I played for Bordley a long time ago, and we played a very similar schedule

Landon used to play. St. Johns every year. What happened?

They ducked SJC once SJC started beating them.

Landon used to play Culver and Hill as well.

There's the tone we know and loathe! Couldn't remain adults for more than a couple exchanges could we.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Scheduling is harder than you think. You have no idea how good a team will actually be, and can only go off of history. Landon specifically has many long standing traditional games, and a full IAC schedule so there isn't that much room to maneuver. On top of that you are trying to do things that will be productive and fun for kids who are not going to be playing professional sports in the future. This is why a trip to Florida is perfect. Playing winnable games is also very helpful in player development. Everyone on the team gets to play. Older players get film, and younger players get experience.

Landon plays Severn every year. They have a long history of playing Gilman, though they haven't recently. Gilman was 12-7 last year, not amazing but not a particularly bad record. Who knew they would be 3-9 this year.

St James doesn't make a ton of sense, but Riverside was 18-2 last year. Landon has a long history of playing VA publics, think back to the years of playing Robinson, Oakton, Westfields etc.

Landon coaches also probably don't want to overdo it. They were probably expecting Prep to be really tough this year, as well as Bullis. In addition to the usual SSSA or Episcopal sneaky good team that crops up every other year.

I am a Landon alum and dad so I am biased, but there is a clear teaching philosophy and I am sorry it doesn't fit your agenda. They are trying to maintain a quality lacrosse program while exposing young scholar athletes to different communities and programs.

I played for Bordley a long time ago, and we played a very similar schedule

Landon used to play. St. Johns every year. What happened?

They ducked SJC once SJC started beating them.

Landon used to play Culver and Hill as well.

How'd that work out for SJC, GZ and GC? Moral. You are correct on playing the academies. Landon made a common sense decision not to play against a full team of 19 and 20 year olds. If they win out, they are the undisputed #1. Guess who else didn't play a reclass factory - Bullis. If they win out, they are #1. Guess who else didn't play a team of 19 and 20 year olds - Dematha. If they win out and by some weird circumstance the others don't, they are #1.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did Dematha ply anyone other than Bullis from the IAC this spring?

Historically Landon, GP, and STA have played the Stags on a routine basis.

Lastly, GZ is getting healthy at the right time. I fully expect them to take it to SJC on Friday night.

At this point I’d expect anyone to crush SJC….

SJC hasn't been crushed all season...

Pick up the phone Wes!

Never seen a program that continues to ride the coattails from a team that played 3 years ago.

You can't get 2022 out of your head. All I said was SJC has been crushed this season.

Crushed? sjc has one goal losses to Dematha-, and Top 25 nationally ranked BL and StPauls. SJC had leads in every one of those games. ( and should have won all 3).

Other losses were to St Anthony's which SJc led at half time ON Long Island.

And they lost a good scrap to Culver at a neutral site.

I think the narrative would def be different if the Cadets were 13-2 and not 10-5. They'd be nationally ranked also. Kind of a shame because they SHOULD have won all of those games. That's on Speaks and coaching, 100%.