Lacrosse Culture at St Albans?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are you talking about? They won the regular IAC by going undefeated. They may have lost in the first round of championship tournament, but they won the regular IAC by beating all the teams. That’s far better than STA has done. Not to mention their kids and program are so good that have 11 grads recruited for lax to excellent colleges.

Nobody cares about the regular season title (which isn't a title). Every year, Prep dads on this forum remind us it is Prep's year. Every year they are wrong.

[Anonymous]

OK, great, not a Prep dad.

[Anonymous]

Yes, but it’s never been STA’s year...ever. And this year they talked a big game themselves when they were undefeated in preseason play. That quickly got squashed once they played their first IAC game. Sorry. At least Prep went undefeated in regular IAC play, STA would give anything to be able to do that.

[Anonymous]

STA should really just drop down to the MAC.

It’s college placement for athletics is no better than any of other IAC schools, some could argue its worst.

Other than baseball and crew, why would a young and promising soccer, lacrosse basketball, or even wrestler consider looking at the school

The athletic placement of recruits across the league is far superior to STA across several sports. GP placed several of its lacrosse players into Ivy League schools, Landon sent few of their football players into the Ivy League, bullis did the same on lax and football.

I really don’t understand the draw to STA anymore for any prospective family whose son is also a star in their sport and can get it done in the classroom.

[Anonymous]

Because STA has an alumni network that paves the way for success. Really only Prep and Zaga can claim that.

[Anonymous]

The lacrosse network trumps any other network i know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because STA has an alumni network that paves the way for success. Really only Prep and Zaga can claim that.

Then you can choose Prep and Zaga over STA.

[Anonymous]

Relying on a high school alumni network, really?

[Anonymous]

I thought STA parents and alums were above having to fall back on their alumni network.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Relying on a high school alumni network, really?

Really.

If you have lived in this area for some time, it becomes clear how the network of private high schools especially the all boys schools like Landon and Gonzaga really do look in an almost obsessive way to help out their fellow alums.

[Anonymous]

Not true. But you do you.

[Anonymous]

Given all this info, I would choose Prep for their academics, athletics, recruiting history, and alumni network.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Relying on a high school alumni network, really?

Really.

If you have lived in this area for some time, it becomes clear how the network of private high schools especially the all boys schools like Landon and Gonzaga really do look in an almost obsessive way to help out their fellow alums.

Not the PP and I have lived in the area for 50 years. This is an area where people come and go and alumni networks are important. I have never once heard of someone getting a job based on a HS alumni network. This is a lacrosse forum so it is same to assume that these are kids that will likely look to play college lacrosse. Schools like W&L, UVA, Ivies, Tufts, ect.. do have very strong alumni networks. I know of companies in finance and commercial real estate that do like to hire lacrosse players. At what point to you bypass the college alumni network to rely on the HS one??

[Anonymous]

Good luck with that.

[Anonymous]

I think prior posters are conflating two networks. There is the straight out high school network enjoyed by the Landon, Gonzaga, StA and Preps of the region (dematha might still be part of the is group). Commercial real estate anyone? That’s separate from the lax network which is more of a college thing.