2024 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with the above post. If Landon plays their game and the coach keeps it tight on the middie lines, this is Landon’s game to lose. Just too many studs on both sides of the ball. Gonzaga’s defense is going to struggle with Landon’s starting 6. Wouldn’t put it past Zaga to run a lot of zone d.

See that's the problem with the zone. It works against their attack but not their midfield which is also elite and is very good at dodging. I think they'll probably start with zone and end up going to a backer of some sort to screen the GZ goalie and prevent as many feeding passes as possible but the movement of their offense is going to be very hard to handle.

[Anonymous]

The problem with zaga going to a zone is that Landon’s first line middies are great outside shooters. I expect a lot of 10 man rides out of zaga as usual trying to cause chaos in the middle of the field. It might work or it could severely expose them too.

[Anonymous]

Too many to respond to individually but there are a lot of clown Landon parents angry about what I said. If you think Landon is going to win you haven’t watched much lacrosse this year. Just wait until Wednesday and you’ll stay humbled, Eagles are superior in all parts of the game.
#godispurple

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too many to respond to individually but there are a lot of clown Landon parents angry about what I said. If you think Landon is going to win you haven’t watched much lacrosse this year. Just wait until Wednesday and you’ll stay humbled, Eagles are superior in all parts of the game.
#godispurple

You lost to Saint Mary’s by 4 and they suck this year.

Go take your shirt off and pound your chest a little louder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ll take Da Bears 14-8 over Gonzaga. Gonzaga’s d won’t be able to stop Landon’s offense. If the zaga goalie doesn’t show up it could get UGLY

Landon just needs to shoot bouncers or shoot low on GZ goalie

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Anonymous wrote:Wow…..

Would really like to know what’s going on at SSSA. Biggest drop off I may have ever seen.

SSSAS had been buoyed by strong rec programs in the area, specifically Alexandria Lacrosse Club (ALC), and to a lesser extent Fort Hunt. They were always able to attract/ recruit a few top players from NOVA to supplement the roster. As rec lacrosse has died out, kids from Alexandria have largely shifted from playing lacrosse to playing soccer, and the school’s natural attrition well is pretty dry. Blackwolf falling off a cliff has also hurt their recruiting efforts.

If Alexandria county/city rec isn't supporting the sport, it's incumbent upon schools to pick up the slack, but pretty sure they won't. Madlax is so mad at Landon for their pricing, they are moving the rest of their operations into Virginia.

Lacrosse as a whole is getting worse and worse in the dc region. Nova rec is slowly dying because the board clutches their roles; Montgomery County and DC rec are essentially non-existent. The local governments are looking at their fields as profit centers instead of trying to grow all sports. People think lacrosse is expensive but it's the soccer clubs driving the market up. The level of lacrosse can be seen in the results. The DMV is substantially lower than the rest of the NE corridor.

The real problem is every parent drinking the kool aid and believing their kid belongs in club. There is no reason anyone should be paying thousands of dollars for a terrible club team that plays HOCO B. There should be two HOCO divisions, three max, and every other team should be a local rec club that plays in MYLA, NVYLL, SMYLA, ETC. These greedy clubs are the ones killing the sport by pricing out a large number of kids. When my DS was playing rec they had two or three teams at every age, now they are lucky to form one team. His best lacrosse memories are from playing local rec with his neighborhood buddies.

There is less and less rec and what remains is really bad for a number of reasons. If you are refuting pp, you are wrong.

You are correct that there is less rec and it’s bad. Shitty club teams are responsible for the decline of rec because many believe that a HOCO B team is better than rec. Many are paying way more for the same or worse coaching than the rec teams of years back just to say my kid plays club in the HOCO league. Those kids end up riding the bench on JV teams. We need to keep lacrosse accessible and fun.

HOCO has 5 divisions at ‘28-‘30 and 4 divisions at ‘31-‘32. Keep HOCO at 2 divisions and you have over 100 teams or roughly 2000 kids playing rec where they should be.

The bottom 3 divisions are rec. The counties have given up trying in the dmv. The overall level is in decline not bc clubs exist but bc other options phased out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll take Da Bears 14-8 over Gonzaga. Gonzaga’s d won’t be able to stop Landon’s offense. If the zaga goalie doesn’t show up it could get UGLY

Landon just needs to shoot bouncers or shoot low on GZ goalie

Wait GZ goalie is the one at question, not Landon's??? One is a high-level goalie receiving d1 offers and one is a senior who tried and failed to get recruited.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll take Da Bears 14-8 over Gonzaga. Gonzaga’s d won’t be able to stop Landon’s offense. If the zaga goalie doesn’t show up it could get UGLY

Landon just needs to shoot bouncers or shoot low on GZ goalie

Wait GZ goalie is the one at question, not Landon's??? One is a high-level goalie receiving d1 offers and one is a senior who tried and failed to get recruited.

Lol there are very few good D1 programs still recruiting a 25 goalie

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You mean the goalie at the top ranked DC team that does not play club and did not want to play in college...who did in fact have d1 offers... yes that one.

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Anonymous wrote:Any commentary on the Gonzaga - DeMatha game?

Saw the final score …. Was it competitive?

DeMatha’s 1’s are very good however they lack depth compared to programs such as Gonzaga or Landon. They held La Salle, who is a top 25 team to 6 goals however their defense did not play well in their last two losses to Gonzaga or Landon. With Mitchell back as OC the offense has been night and day with production and goal scoring. Big one on Tuesday against PVI. Somewhat of a make or break game for the Stags.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any commentary on the Gonzaga - DeMatha game?

Saw the final score …. Was it competitive?

DeMatha’s 1’s are very good however they lack depth compared to programs such as Gonzaga or Landon. They held La Salle, who is a top 25 team to 6 goals however their defense did not play well in their last two losses to Gonzaga or Landon. With Mitchell back as OC the offense has been night and day with production and goal scoring. Big one on Tuesday against PVI. Somewhat of a make or break game for the Stags.

They beat PVI last season

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DeMatha definitely has some talent. Historical lacrosse program would be nice to see them back a contender.

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Anonymous wrote:Any commentary on the Gonzaga - DeMatha game?

Saw the final score …. Was it competitive?

DeMatha’s 1’s are very good however they lack depth compared to programs such as Gonzaga or Landon. They held La Salle, who is a top 25 team to 6 goals however their defense did not play well in their last two losses to Gonzaga or Landon. With Mitchell back as OC the offense has been night and day with production and goal scoring. Big one on Tuesday against PVI. Somewhat of a make or break game for the Stags.

They beat PVI last season

Man… Get out of here. Dematha is TURRIBLE. PVi gonna smoke them. No chance.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll take Da Bears 14-8 over Gonzaga. Gonzaga’s d won’t be able to stop Landon’s offense. If the zaga goalie doesn’t show up it could get UGLY

Landon just needs to shoot bouncers or shoot low on GZ goalie

Wait GZ goalie is the one at question, not Landon's??? One is a high-level goalie receiving d1 offers and one is a senior who tried and failed to get recruited.

Lol there are very few good D1 programs still recruiting a 25 goalie

They are being sent letters but any player making an announcement at this time of year is flipping their commit or will be buried on the depth chart.
I think the Landon goalie is pretty happy with his college acceptance.

[Anonymous]

Dematha v PVI game will be close the first 2 qtrs, PVI pulls away in second half and wins by 4.