Private School Lacrosse Thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also Landon is a small school and athletic students typically play at least 2 varsity sports. For example, a number of football standouts on the conference winning football team at Landon are also standouts on the varsity lacrosse team. This dynamic has been encouraged by school staff--more well rounded athletes and minimizes the types of injuries you see with over-training/specialization.

Every private school encourages this, dummy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surprising that the website hasn't been updated. The crabs love to crow about the number of their recruits. Also I noticed a big jump in organization this past year with VLC organization and communication. Think they hired a new admin guy. They will probably focus on the website nearer to spring.

Has anyone heard how Blackwolf 2019 is doing with college recruiting so far?

BW has been declining ever since he stopped coaching at SSSA. There was some news publicized that may also be a deterrent for some.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.crabslax.com/AlumniVLC.aspx

VLC commit list for 2019 is anemic. What's happening to VLC?

That is list is out of date. They have 3 commits: Colgate Bucknell and Marquette.

VLC had 20 commits in their 2017 Team and 18 on their 18 Team. Their 2019 started slow but should have 10+ when it's all said. The club is in better shape now than evee.

2017 kids are in college bro, and 2018 will be on their way this year. Definitely trending downwards. Dem the facts. VLC is terrible, and their parents are the worst.

You must be psyched for recess and playing for Sadlax. You clearly don't have a grip on the current state of club lax here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also Landon is a small school and athletic students typically play at least 2 varsity sports. For example, a number of football standouts on the conference winning football team at Landon are also standouts on the varsity lacrosse team. This dynamic has been encouraged by school staff--more well rounded athletes and minimizes the types of injuries you see with over-training/specialization.

Every private school encourages this, dummy.

Not the "dummy" poster, but yeah, I'm pretty sure at least in the IAC this is pretty common. Off the top of my head, I can think of football and soccer players for EHS, St Albans, Prep, Bullis and SSSA who are starters in these fall sports, whose "main" sport is lacrosse. Not sure about the winter sports, but I'd guess there must be a few wrestlers and maybe a basketball player or two who play lax in the spring.

[Anonymous]

Every private school encourages this, dummy.

Not true at all!

Look at Gonzaga and the number of year round laxers they have on its roster in comparison to smaller IAC schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree VLC 2017 and 2018 racked up an impressive number of commits to a great range of quality D1 and D3 schools. Also agree that the coaches are a great group of guys who help salvage the overall reputation of club lax in the DMV.

3 observations cause me some concern that VLC may be losing a little bit of luster. First, even if it is true that 2019 has 3 commits to great schools, none are lax powerhouses like Hop or UVA, and the numbers are low even keeping in mind the new recruitment rules.

Second, they lost Langley. One of main builders of program, Phenomenal coach and great advocate during recruitment.

Third, the rosters seem less filled with private school kids. I think this is great for he development of lacrosse in the region. But the fact remains that for the foreseeable future the center of high school lacrosse - where the best players gravitate and largest pool of future recruits - are in the privates. The rise of DCExpress and Next Level across the river may account for this.

My son knows a lot of kids on that 2019 team and though they lack superstars, they are solid. But agreed not a high profile team like Madlax 2019. Losing Langley is a loss, but the two guys running it have been there from the beginning and I'm told they are doing a great job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.crabslax.com/AlumniVLC.aspx

VLC commit list for 2019 is anemic. What's happening to VLC?

That is list is out of date. They have 3 commits: Colgate Bucknell and Marquette.

VLC had 20 commits in their 2017 Team and 18 on their 18 Team. Their 2019 started slow but should have 10+ when it's all said. The club is in better shape now than evee.

2017 kids are in college bro, and 2018 will be on their way this year. Definitely trending downwards. Dem the facts. VLC is terrible, and their parents are the worst.

You must be psyched for recess and playing for Sadlax. You clearly don't have a grip on the current state of club lax here.

Dumb joke. What else would you call 20 in 2017, 18 in 2018, and 10ish in 2019 but trending downwards?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.crabslax.com/AlumniVLC.aspx

VLC commit list for 2019 is anemic. What's happening to VLC?

That is list is out of date. They have 3 commits: Colgate Bucknell and Marquette.

VLC had 20 commits in their 2017 Team and 18 on their 18 Team. Their 2019 started slow but should have 10+ when it's all said. The club is in better shape now than evee.

2017 kids are in college bro, and 2018 will be on their way this year. Definitely trending downwards. Dem the facts. VLC is terrible, and their parents are the worst.

You must be psyched for recess and playing for Sadlax. You clearly don't have a grip on the current state of club lax here.

Dumb joke. What else would you call 20 in 2017, 18 in 2018, and 10ish in 2019 but trending downwards?

I have no idea whether "10-ish" recruits for VLC 2019 is an accurate prediction. But assuming it is, and recognizing the obvious that 10 is half of 20, would not that number still be pretty damn impressive? Maybe we are jaded being in the DMV, but how many clubs outside of our area can boast of such numbers?

[Anonymous]

I suspect that maybe some 2019 kids — in all clubs — will play D 3 and those kids wouldn’t have committed yet. 2018 on vlc has a number (5 that I know of) of kids going to NESCAC and ODAC schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I suspect that maybe some 2019 kids — in all clubs — will play D 3 and those kids wouldn’t have committed yet. 2018 on vlc has a number (5 that I know of) of kids going to NESCAC and ODAC schools.

ODAC?

[Anonymous]

My guess is that over time DCE and NL getting stronger will reduce the number of players from the area playing for Crabs and FCA. Also will hurt Madlax a little since they are no longer the only game in town. Not sure DCE and NL affects VLC as much because they draw from a different pool. But there are enough good players in the area to have four or five good teams especially if people stop driving to Baltimore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suspect that maybe some 2019 kids — in all clubs — will play D 3 and those kids wouldn’t have committed yet. 2018 on vlc has a number (5 that I know of) of kids going to NESCAC and ODAC schools.

ODAC?

Old Dominion Athletic Conference (Lynchburg, Washington and Lee, Randolph-Macon).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My guess is that over time DCE and NL getting stronger will reduce the number of players from the area playing for Crabs and FCA. Also will hurt Madlax a little since they are no longer the only game in town. Not sure DCE and NL affects VLC as much because they draw from a different pool. But there are enough good players in the area to have four or five good teams especially if people stop driving to Baltimore.

Crabs are trending down

[Anonymous]

So, I have a serious question, Why do the top boy's clubs have a hard time getting their entire A teams committed to play in college (and to top colleges at that) when the girls teams (Capital, M&D, Skywalkers) are able to get 100% of their A teams, and most of their B teams committed to top colleges? Why the huge discrepancy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, I have a serious question, Why do the top boy's clubs have a hard time getting their entire A teams committed to play in college (and to top colleges at that) when the girls teams (Capital, M&D, Skywalkers) are able to get 100% of their A teams, and most of their B teams committed to top colleges? Why the huge discrepancy?

A lot more boys play nationwide so there’s a bigger talent pool to draw from. For girls lax, the hotbeds are relatively more dominant since there aren’t as many strong programs for girls outside here, Baltimore, LI, and CNY. Also a lot more D1 programs for girls because many colleges can’t field boys teams due to Title 9 issues.