2025 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary

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

I expect a close, relatively low scoring affair.

9-7. Not sure who wins.

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Anonymous wrote: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!

Aww cmon mom!

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

The "pigs fly" scenario for the WCAC to be #1 is for St. Albans or Episcopal to magically beat Landon and Bullis/GP in the IAC and for DeMatha or St. John's to win the WCAC.

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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.

I love that it went from reclass factory to whole team of 19/20 yr olds (twice!). So if it’s only the starters who are 19, that’s kosher but if the whole team is 19 it’s not. That’s some sweet cope-y math right there.

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

The "pigs fly" scenario for the WCAC to be #1 is for St. Albans or Episcopal to magically beat Landon and Bullis/GP in the IAC and for DeMatha or St. John's to win the WCAC.

Unlikely, but agree.

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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.

Wouldn’t be surprised by a major conference realignment in the next decade. SSSAS is already ducking the IAC for football beginning next year and I imagine that will just be the beginning. There is no point in the top WCAC schools playing the bottom ones in almost any sport.

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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.

Wouldn’t be surprised by a major conference realignment in the next decade. SSSAS is already ducking the IAC for football beginning next year and I imagine that will just be the beginning. There is no point in the top WCAC schools playing the bottom ones in almost any sport.

I agree that realignment should at least be on the table or, as you note, it’ll happen by members just dropping off sport by sport. Clearly it’s a tricky and fraught process. And that’s leaving aside scheduling and cost sharing etc. But many donors donate for sports and private schools will respond to that above any other consideration.

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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.

I love that it went from reclass factory to whole team of 19/20 yr olds (twice!). So if it’s only the starters who are 19, that’s kosher but if the whole team is 19 it’s not. That’s some sweet cope-y math right there.

Good ol dcum to be this myopic. Landon's starters are fogo - senior; goalie - no club senior; lsm - sophomore; poles - senior, senior, junior; midfield - senior, senior, junior; attack - sophomore, senior, senior. None repeated in high school like they do at the reclass academies. I would imagine this lineup mirrors the rest of the dmv. Yes, the reclass factories are a large majority repeat high schoolers and the majority of the team is 19-20 year olds. To illustrate this point even further, the Landon fogo is reclassing to a factory next year. So, the best fogo in the dmv is going to reclass, be 19 or 20 and continue to play against majority 16-18 year olds. Lacrosse is more like hockey than people realize.

The point: it does no regular high school team in the dmv to pretend to play against the reclass academies.

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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.

I love that it went from reclass factory to whole team of 19/20 yr olds (twice!). So if it’s only the starters who are 19, that’s kosher but if the whole team is 19 it’s not. That’s some sweet cope-y math right there.

Good ol dcum to be this myopic. Landon's starters are fogo - senior; goalie - no club senior; lsm - sophomore; poles - senior, senior, junior; midfield - senior, senior, junior; attack - sophomore, senior, senior. None repeated in high school like they do at the reclass academies. I would imagine this lineup mirrors the rest of the dmv. Yes, the reclass factories are a large majority repeat high schoolers and the majority of the team is 19-20 year olds. To illustrate this point even further, the Landon fogo is reclassing to a factory next year. So, the best fogo in the dmv is going to reclass, be 19 or 20 and continue to play against majority 16-18 year olds. Lacrosse is more like hockey than people realize.

The point: it does no regular high school team in the dmv to pretend to play against the reclass academies.

Besides racking up wins, why does it not make sense for a regular high school to play against these factories or reclass academies?

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How many of those Landon kids reclassed at 4th or 6th grade though

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

Not affiliated with either school but from what I have seen GZ will own the faceoffs (expect 95%) and has a much better goalie. GZ’s keeper is top 3 in the WCAC (after DM and Heights). GZ kid stays calm and steady all game while SJC kid has repeatedly let one player from opposing team have a career day while giving up a game losing goal at the end.

Field players close to equal with edge to SHC but SJC has one junior defender prone to really bad penalties

Coaching edge to GZ

Intangibles fall against SJC - not as mentally prepared as previous years. Extra possessions from FO, saves and penalties make the difference for GZ

GZ 9, SJC 8 on a last minute soul crushing shot to high off stick side.

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Anonymous wrote:How many of those Landon kids reclassed at 4th or 6th grade though

Careful now. You might pierce this iron wall of delusion with questions like that.

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Anonymous wrote:How many of those Landon kids reclassed at 4th or 6th grade though

Careful now. You might pierce this iron wall of delusion with questions like that.

“How many of those [insert any top 5 DMV team] kids reclassed at 4th or 6th grade though.” Frothing denials in 3 … 2 … 1 …

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Landon Scrimmages BL and McD every year. I think that was from the Bordley era, and it seems coaches on both staffs like that arrangement as it has been going on for decades. Landon has played St. Mary's and St. Paul's for a long time, but recently those games haven't happened - not sure why. Landon has also played Spaulding in the past, but never on the regular. I haven't had to make a schedule in decade, but having made a few in the past, go easy on the criticism until you have had to work through a couple of schedules with mandated league games, finding the right mix of reach, 50/50 and lay-up games, travel, home and away, spring breaks, etc,. Some years you over-schedule, some years you under-schedule, some years you get it just right. Just like the three bears. How appropriate.

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Anonymous wrote:GZ over SJC tomorrow night .

Better team, better coached.

😂 Comedy.