2025 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary

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Anonymous wrote:Landon STA update?

Stream?

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Anonymous wrote:As long as Danny Paro remains the AD at Prep, expect nothing to change with who the head lacrosse coach is.

Prep alumni on a few occasions have tried to bring back Giblin and its fallen on deaf ears.

Correct. Also, the decision to start the freshman goalie over the senior was done with the backing of both the AD and the President. There's no chance that happened without their blessing. The GP alumni think they have some pull, they have none.

1. Goalie play is not the reason GP is having its worst season in over a decade. I'm not buying for a second the President of the school is involved with player personnel decisions on who starts vs who sits. The President of the school has much larger priorities to deal with then strategize for a lacrosse team.

2. GP alumni for the most part live under a rock. Not all but most of them I come across come off as arrogant and don't have much perspective on how the sport is evolving and growing. This is not the 1990's anymore and the legacy of the program is not going to attract talent to the school like it once did.

Prep has plenty of talent on its roster they just don't play well together as a team. Too much club / hero ball is on display at Prep. Several of their starters could start for Landon or Bullis or their peer schools from the WCAC (GZ or SJC or GC).

1. Starting a freshman goalie at a school like GP with the competition it plays sends a message to the rest of the team. The upperclassmen don't like it and they play differently when one of their guys is sat down. In addition, the senior was sat down in a game they were winning and hasn't seen the field since even over 6 straight losses. At any of the higher end tuition schools, you better believe the president knows exactly who is in the class and what kind of standing that family presents. The president at GP is very sharp and keenly aware of what is going on.

2. The only alumni GP and other high end schools care about are those who write a large check. You are correct in this is not the 1990's. The makeup of the school both in person and physical appearance resembles nothing of the 90's. GP just had a big fundraiser and almost every single donor was a parent and not an alum.

GP will continue to move farther away from MD as their senior leadership have all retired and relationships have aged out. Look for GP to grow more and more into a school more resembling Deerfield than GP circa 1990.

Prep is at a crossroads. Don’t see how they could mimic Deerfield who has a $500 endowment and is known internationally.

Prep has outgrown the IAC in terms of enrollment. They generally dominate the league across all sports because the school is 2x and even 3x the size of its IAC counterparts. Prep in the last 10 years has really started utilizing its boarding component for recruited athletes. Don’t believe me the #3 football recruit in the country is a boarder at Prep and they brought in a foot Chinese basketball player last summer - and don’t tell me these families are seeking a “Jesuit” school.

Academically, Prep is a phenomenal school. Academics rival STA (the top students at prep would do just fine there). College matriculation is very strong.

It still gets a good amount of its students from local parish schools (vs kids coming from public or independents) but this percentage is definitely dropping. To your point, the makeup of prep looks vastly different to what it was just 15 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Final
DM 15
Ireton 7

[Anonymous]

Landon cruising through St Albans 6-1 at half. Not even remotely close.

[Anonymous]

Disagree .

Landon - STA gsme is closer than score shows.

STA is playing Landon better than Prep did a week ago

[Anonymous]

lol…you’re crazy. I had to turn it off. 99% any offensive player on Landon could run through the entire defense of STA. St Albans just doesn’t have the athletes To even run with Landon much less play lax. Can’t imagine STA can withstand playing in the IAC much longer

[Anonymous]

8-1 Landon now. This could be a 15-20 goal win for Landon if they keep the starters in. Of course last year it was an 11 goal game too

[Anonymous]

9-1 Landon and climbing fast…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Disagree .

Landon - STA gsme is closer than score shows.

STA is playing Landon better than Prep did a week ago

Just stop.

9-1

Bears up.

3 mins left in the 3rd

[Anonymous]

Prep up 3-1 end of first

[Anonymous]

10-1 Landon still in the 3rd…really close game St Albans parent lol

[Anonymous]

Not even worth reporting the score in the Landon game any longer. Tune in to Prep and Bullis, much much better game

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Disagree .

Landon - STA gsme is closer than score shows.

STA is playing Landon better than Prep did a week ago

Closer than the score shows? This game isn't remotely competitive.

Landon completely dominating time of possession, playing very little defense on account of faceoffs and ride.

If Landon didn't take some needless penalties, they'd be protecting a shutout.

After 3:
Landon 10
StA 1

Meanwhile on Falls Rd.: Prep up 3-1 after 1

[Anonymous]

Bears 11
STA 1

End of the 3rd

Turning my attention to Bullis - Prep game

Then GZ - PVI

Then the Caps!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bears 11
STA 1

End of the 3rd

Turning my attention to Bullis - Prep game

Then GZ - PVI

Then the Caps!

This is the way.