2025 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary

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Anonymous wrote:I want to see wealthy DMV parents lean into NIL money for high school lacrosse players.

Let's really unleash some chaos.

WCAC does it for football and hoops.

Cancel country club memberships. Pay they players!

[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.

Didn’t McDonogh lose to Benjamin from Florida by a couple, a team that landon beat by 10 plus.

If we are really going to act like children, do you homework and report out on facts.BL beat MSJ by one goal, same margin as the Bears. BL struggled to beat Saint Andrew’s from FL, a team that Landon tossed around in the same weeks

Loyola lost to Haveford from Philly by 3 a team Landon lost to in OT.

I’m not an advocate of comparing like scores, as some teams match up better than others but your delusional and have a clear bias against Landon if you don’t think the Bears would compete with the MIAA this year (minus Spalding)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Didn’t McDonogh lose to Benjamin from Florida by a couple, a team that landon beat by 10 plus.

If we are really going to act like children, do you homework and report out on facts.BL beat MSJ by one goal, same margin as the Bears. BL struggled to beat Saint Andrew’s from FL, a team that Landon tossed around in the same weeks

Loyola lost to Haveford from Philly by 3 a team Landon lost to in OT.

I’m not an advocate of comparing like scores, as some teams match up better than others but your delusional and have a clear bias against Landon if you don’t think the Bears would compete with the MIAA this year (minus Spalding)

... said while comparing scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

3 way tie breaker in WCAC is picking names from a hat. Happened last year with BI, Heights and Ryken for 6-8.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As long as Speaks is the HC at St John’s, I don’t foresee the Bears and Cadets playing one another.

Below is the back story.

During the 2022 season, emails were sent by Speaks and assistant coach Garrett Ince to Landon JV players promising them playing time if they transferred to SJC for and even questioned the Landon varsity coaches for putting these kids on Landon’s JV that spring.

The spring of 2022, was McGettigans first year as Landon’s HC and the program had its worst season in 30 year, surely this only added more ammo to Speaks sales pitch.

Long story short, the families Speaks / Garrett targeted are members of Landons 2025 class. All of them are still seniors at Landon except for one - who transferred to SJC (the Boston U signee) after being the MVP on Landon’s JV team that Spring.

I’m all for HS recruiting but Speaks and Ince crossed the line with some of their aggressive antics. Speaks showed his emotional immaturity and lack of judgement, when questioning the caliber of coaches at Landon.

My honest take is Speaks is digging his own grave with area coaches. SJC is still a great program but I don’t see him staying there much longer.

Where are the emails? Bogus

[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.

Comical…MIAA this season is only good because the media is always up their butts. Boys Latin, McDonough and Loyola are soft this year. You know it and everyone around knows it. The MIAA is not what it was in the past, hence all of the recruiting from down south and the boarding just to stay relevant for some. Spalding I agree with and they wreck Landon…but that’s too expected when you’re the number one team in the country in some polls.

[Anonymous]

MIAA is all privates from Baltimore, including Catholics. If you combined the IAC and WCAC in an A conference, it would be highly impressive too.

Landon Bullis Prep DeMatha SJC Gonzaga Good Counsel. Start with those.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Didn’t McDonogh lose to Benjamin from Florida by a couple, a team that landon beat by 10 plus.

If we are really going to act like children, do you homework and report out on facts.BL beat MSJ by one goal, same margin as the Bears. BL struggled to beat Saint Andrew’s from FL, a team that Landon tossed around in the same weeks

Loyola lost to Haveford from Philly by 3 a team Landon lost to in OT.

I’m not an advocate of comparing like scores, as some teams match up better than others but your delusional and have a clear bias against Landon if you don’t think the Bears would compete with the MIAA this year (minus Spalding)

Don't tell others to do their homework if you didn't do yours. No, Benjamin didn't beat McDonogh "by a couple" (8-7) and no, Landon didn't beat Benjamin "by 10 plus" (15-7). No, BL never "struggled to beat St. Andrews" (12-9) and if Landon "tossed them around" kinda funny that Landon allowed more goals to St. Andrews's (16-11). And how do you square silly claim that "Loyola lost to Haveford from Philly by 3 a team Landon lost to in OT" with fact that McDonogh beat Haverford by 5 (11-6)?

Earlier Landon dad is right: Landon is not trying to be the best; it's trying to be Landon. They choose to play MIAA bottom feeders and avoid top MIAA teams because it gives entire roster a chance to play and ensures a winning record.

It's not a question of 'could Landon compete with top MIAA teams?' It is a fact that they do not - by choice and for good reason. Play the hypothetical games in your head, but don't spout phony scores. Landon has a chance to beat Bullis twice and that should be enough for you because it's the highest Landon is willing to aim.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Didn’t McDonogh lose to Benjamin from Florida by a couple, a team that landon beat by 10 plus.

If we are really going to act like children, do you homework and report out on facts.BL beat MSJ by one goal, same margin as the Bears. BL struggled to beat Saint Andrew’s from FL, a team that Landon tossed around in the same weeks

Loyola lost to Haveford from Philly by 3 a team Landon lost to in OT.

I’m not an advocate of comparing like scores, as some teams match up better than others but your delusional and have a clear bias against Landon if you don’t think the Bears would compete with the MIAA this year (minus Spalding)

Moral

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MIAA is all privates from Baltimore, including Catholics. If you combined the IAC and WCAC in an A conference, it would be highly impressive too.

Landon Bullis Prep DeMatha SJC Gonzaga Good Counsel. Start with those.

Historically it would not be GC

[Anonymous]

The DC/MIAA comparisons are super interesting and worthy of it's own thread for a deep dive without the distractions of intermittent 2025 Boys DC Private School Results.

Please make another one and we'll meet you over there!

[Anonymous]

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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.

DeMatha can win an IAC title. But they have no path to being crowned #1 in DMV. That will go to either Landon or Bullis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

DeMatha can win a WCAC title. But they have no path to being crowned #1 in DMV. That will go to either Landon or Bullis.

[Anonymous]

Any predictions on the SJC vs Gonzaga game tmr, should be an ass whoopin on eye street

[Anonymous]

GZ over SJC tomorrow night .

Better team, better coached.