VHSL Girls Lacrosse Spring 2023

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very early in the season to make predictions for rankings and playoffs. Lots of things can happen over the next couple weeks

It will be ok, Robinson won’t drop too far in the rankings. Better luck next game

When are the new rankings released? I assume Oakton, Battlefield and Madison will be near the top unless they lose tonight?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very early in the season to make predictions for rankings and playoffs. Lots of things can happen over the next couple weeks

It will be ok, Robinson won’t drop too far in the rankings. Better luck next game

When are the new rankings released? I assume Oakton, Battlefield and Madison will be near the top unless they lose tonight?

Given that most teams have only played one real game, if that, I suspect next week after we get a full week of action and the weekend tournaments to see how everyone does and get some comparison.

[Anonymous]

Some 3/15 results:

Brentsville Dist 12 - Woodbridge 7
Gainesville 18 - Wakefield 3
Patriot 9 - Riverside 8
Stone Bridge 14 - Lightridge 7

Anyone know the score of Briar Woods @ Champe

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some 3/15 results:

Brentsville Dist 12 - Woodbridge 7
Gainesville 18 - Wakefield 3
Patriot 9 - Riverside 8
Stone Bridge 14 - Lightridge 7

Anyone know the score of Briar Woods @ Champe

Riverside must have really lost a lot and doesn't look like the power they once were.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some 3/15 results:

Brentsville Dist 12 - Woodbridge 7
Gainesville 18 - Wakefield 3
Patriot 9 - Riverside 8
Stone Bridge 14 - Lightridge 7

Anyone know the score of Briar Woods @ Champe

Riverside must have really lost a lot and doesn't look like the power they once were.

They did. I think they also have some injuries and their numbers are down, which likely compounds it. We will see if they get healthy how they do, but the door is open for others in 5A from the northern region.

[Anonymous]

Riverside was good because it was allowed to recruit players from outside its zone/area for three years after the school first opened its doors in 2016. That should mean that 2019 was their last batch of recruits, and those would have graduated in 2022. This is the first year that Riverside is totally depending on players within its Loudon County zone/area. This explains the big drop off in talent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Riverside was good because it was allowed to recruit players from outside its zone/area for three years after the school first opened its doors in 2015. That should mean that 2019 was their last batch of recruits, and those would have graduated in 2022. This is the first year that Riverside is totally depending on players within its Loudon County zone/area. This explains the big drop off in talent.

To suggest Riverside had an influx of recruits would not be completely accurate. I believe the school opened in 2016, so anyone who came to the school when it was not at capacity would have graduated in 2019 or 2020. The reality is in Loudoun, as long as a school is not at capacity, students can apply to attend and play for any Loudoun high school. If you are a rising freshman you don’t have to sit out to transfer schools. A current student transferring from one Loudoun school to another would have to sit out of sports for a year. And the highway runs both ways. Players who would have attended Riverside opted to attend private schools. So Riverside has had no advantage over other schools for the past several years. Independence is the most recent Loudoun school that has had the advantage of kids coming to the school as it fills it hallways.

The issue is Loudoun wide. There simply are not enough girls playing the sport. The boys side seems much stronger. Schools are barely able to field varsity girls lacrosse teams. And when they do often they have to pull in kids who have not played the sport. JV teams are falling off every year, which only compounds the problem of fielding varsity teams. In Loudoun the power of school programs tends to shift every several years. The next program to take a step back will be Dominion. Great program but they simply will not have the numbers to support the great run they have had over the last few years.

These are public schools. They are not privates who can easily recruit students like PVI. PVI has also impacted the sport on the public level since it’s move to Loudoun. So it’s not really a Riverside thing. They had one or two years in 2015 and 2016 where they were looking to fill the school; thus, students could transfer into the school. These students graduated by 2020. I’m sure a student or two may have gone through the normal Loudoun channels to transfer but again they would have to sit out a year if not a rising freshman. Independence opened in 2019 so they still have students in their program they could have recruited to fill their school. These students will graduate this year or next.

[Anonymous]

Oakton over Bullis today…

[Anonymous]

That is an impressive win for Oakton. Bullis has at least three D1 commits, Maryland, John’s Hopkins, and Costal Carolina.

[Anonymous]

Oakton will get bounced in regionals, over hyped

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Riverside was good because it was allowed to recruit players from outside its zone/area for three years after the school first opened its doors in 2015. That should mean that 2019 was their last batch of recruits, and those would have graduated in 2022. This is the first year that Riverside is totally depending on players within its Loudon County zone/area. This explains the big drop off in talent.

To suggest Riverside had an influx of recruits would not be completely accurate. I believe the school opened in 2016, so anyone who came to the school when it was not at capacity would have graduated in 2019 or 2020. The reality is in Loudoun, as long as a school is not at capacity, students can apply to attend and play for any Loudoun high school. If you are a rising freshman you don’t have to sit out to transfer schools. A current student transferring from one Loudoun school to another would have to sit out of sports for a year. And the highway runs both ways. Players who would have attended Riverside opted to attend private schools. So Riverside has had no advantage over other schools for the past several years. Independence is the most recent Loudoun school that has had the advantage of kids coming to the school as it fills it hallways.

The issue is Loudoun wide. There simply are not enough girls playing the sport. The boys side seems much stronger. Schools are barely able to field varsity girls lacrosse teams. And when they do often they have to pull in kids who have not played the sport. JV teams are falling off every year, which only compounds the problem of fielding varsity teams. In Loudoun the power of school programs tends to shift every several years. The next program to take a step back will be Dominion. Great program but they simply will not have the numbers to support the great run they have had over the last few years.

These are public schools. They are not privates who can easily recruit students like PVI. PVI has also impacted the sport on the public level since it’s move to Loudoun. So it’s not really a Riverside thing. They had one or two years in 2015 and 2016 where they were looking to fill the school; thus, students could transfer into the school. These students graduated by 2020. I’m sure a student or two may have gone through the normal Loudoun channels to transfer but again they would have to sit out a year if not a rising freshman. Independence opened in 2019 so they still have students in their program they could have recruited to fill their school. These students will graduate this year or next.

Loudoun has started playing Jv games at 7v7 which is actually great for that level, more touches to ball. Pvi does impact many of the more local schools like Lightridge and Champe from players that could impact the teams. The youth leagues have some great amount of talent feeding into Indy and Lightridge the next two years. Unfortunately, the further west you get it’s not as much of a pool to draw from in terms of numbers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oakton will get bounced in regionals, over hyped

Haters gonna hate. Can’t help if u b jealous…

[Anonymous]

Oakton will choke as usually ha

[Anonymous]

You would know about chokin’…

[Anonymous]

A bit childish are we? How about sticking to informed discussion?