Private School Lacrosse Thread

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Anonymous wrote:What's an illegal stick?

It means the pocket is deeper than regulation, and not allowed in girls lacrosse because it gives an unfair advantage. A deeper pocket means it’s much easier to keep in your stick,for one thing. Sticks are checked at the beginning of the game so if 4 girls had illegal pockets in one short half it was intentionally done most likely - you can rig it to appear legal for the ref check and then punch it back to be illegal again.

You clearly don’t understand how stuck checks for girls work. The refs actually put a ball in the pocket for a stick check. A pocket that is legal at the beginning of a game can, especially in rain, become stretched out and no longer be legal later in the game. It’s nit that unusual nor is it that big of a deal. Plus you are talking about a tiny difference. The pockets weren’t egregious just slightly too deep. I have no connection to Visi by the way.

And girls don’t “punch” their strings either - at least not girls who know what they are doing. That’s not how you work the strings in a girls stick.

Explain all you want but it smacks of cheating either way when four sticks were illegal in one half. And the point earlier about those girls posing with the illegal sticks post game just shows they were proud of flaunting the rules.

ok desperate holton parent. you kid isn't good enough. move on.

Given weather conditions, it just smacks of science.

Wouldn't the Holton sticks be the same way too? Why were the illegal sticks all Visi's? Why did Visi have an illegal stick in the game against Stone Ridge on Saturday, when it was sunny and in the 90's?

Assuming that there was a stick check that was passed on resumption, my guess is that the Visi sticks were closer to the line barely passing the stick check and the Holton sticks had a greater margin.

Yes. The Visi team has far more serious players who use their sticks all the time and the strings get stretched - its the end of a long season and the best players were playing all Winter, Fall and Summer last year too. Holton doesn't have nearly the number of serious players. Visi also didn't ask but for one or two stick checks Holton asked for them constantly. It was ridiculous. Slightly deeper pocket depth doesn't win championships.

This is nothing but Holton trying to cast shade on Visi's win. The truth is Holton just is not as good of a team. Holton's win over SSSAS was a fantastic moment but it doesnt mean the Holton team is a great team. Its a decent team that played their hearts out in that game and beat the odds. Any team can beat any other team once. Lets see how Holton does next year and the year after that.

I get it now, Visi has much more serious players and is far more superior to Holton. They use their sticks so much more, which is why the strings are all stretched out. Holton doesn't have serious players, is mediocre and just lucked out by beating SSSAS. Got it. Whatever it is you're taking, please keep on taking it if it makes you feel better.

Visi only asked for 2 stick checks because they were only allowed 2 if the sticks came back clean, which they did. Holton was able to ask for more because they kept coming back illegal.

NP here. That looks like cheating to a non biased observer. Illegal sticks are a huge advantage in women's lax. An illegal stick check should result in expulsion from the game and 2 goals for the non cheating side each time.

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High school girls ref here: Head strings stretch in the rain. It is a known "thing" to anyone who plays, coaches or refs lax. One team got lucky on their calls and one team didn't.

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Anonymous wrote:High school girls ref here: Head strings stretch in the rain. It is a known "thing" to anyone who plays, coaches or refs lax. One team got lucky on their calls and one team didn't.

Uh...ok. “Lucky” is one stick bring called. Three is a pattern.

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Anonymous wrote:High school girls ref here: Head strings stretch in the rain. It is a known "thing" to anyone who plays, coaches or refs lax. One team got lucky on their calls and one team didn't.

Uh...ok. “Lucky” is one stick bring called. Three is a pattern.

There's a time-honored"pattern" here alright.

Some girls have pockets adjusted to maximum legal limits at the start of the game.

Weather conditions and play/usage causes pockets to slip beyond legal limits.

Penalties are assessed.

Losing parents accuse winners of intentional dirty play and suggest Draconian penalties.

That's the pattern. Losing begets bitterness.

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Yeah but Prep is losing one of these "strong" kids. He flunked out but they let him stay to play out the year. Ethical ...?


This is somewhat true but what is even more pathetic is the Bullis coaching staff reached out to this family and offered the family to come to Bullis when they knew he was having academic trouble. Kudos to the family for telling Bullis to go kick rocks!

Talk about a complete joke over on Falls Road.

This is pathetic on both schools if true.

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Anonymous wrote:High school girls ref here: Head strings stretch in the rain. It is a known "thing" to anyone who plays, coaches or refs lax. One team got lucky on their calls and one team didn't.

Uh...ok. “Lucky” is one stick bring called. Three is a pattern.

There's a time-honored"pattern" here alright.

Some girls have pockets adjusted to maximum legal limits at the start of the game.

Weather conditions and play/usage causes pockets to slip beyond legal limits.

Penalties are assessed.

Losing parents accuse winners of intentional dirty play and suggest Draconian penalties.

That's the pattern. Losing begets bitterness.

Typical Holton parents - they whine about everything that dosen't support their world view that Holton is the best. They were braying in the stands about the sticks even though they don't know anything about lacrosse. The are infamous for this kind of behavior. Pathetic.

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Infamous for calling out cheating. Or were you struggling to communicate something else?

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Anonymous wrote:Infamous for calling out cheating. Or were you struggling to communicate something else?

Nope, infamous for being whiny.

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We were actually charmed by the story of how excited the Holton HOS was when Holton beat SSSAS. The failure of the Holton HOS or the Holton coach to step in now though is completely changing our perspective.

Since all of the sticks passed the stick check at the start of the game AND no girl left the field with her stick for any reason, it is difficult to understand why at least one poster persists in making false accusations. Well, except for immaturity, and a poor understanding of the science behind the impact of inclement weather and usage on equipment.

In any event, you should discontinue your spurious claims because your persistence only reflects more poorly on you and Holton than it does on the other team.

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Terps women advance to 10th straight final 4.

Terps men play tommorrow for 5th straight final 4.

If they both win titles again it will be the first time in NCAA history a college 2 peats men's and women's in the same sport.

Just inspiring!!

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^^^ all inside the beltway. Incredible!!

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Anonymous wrote:Terps women advance to 10th straight final 4.

Terps men play tommorrow for 5th straight final 4.

If they both win titles again it will be the first time in NCAA history a college 2 peats men's and women's in the same sport.

Just inspiring!!

They are on fire! You're right that they are totally inspiring. Well done, Terps, and keep it up to bring home the titles!

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Anonymous wrote:Terps women advance to 10th straight final 4.

Terps men play tommorrow for 5th straight final 4.

If they both win titles again it will be the first time in NCAA history a college 2 peats men's and women's in the same sport.

Just inspiring!!

They are on fire! You're right that they are totally inspiring. Well done, Terps, and keep it up to bring home the titles!

Hey watch it. This is a private school thread...not colleges and universities. You are crossing the line already with the lacrosse, so don't push it.

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Yep. 2 week ban for posting off topic.

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Yes let's get back to Madlax/Bluecrabs.