They care about grades more than other non-Ivy schools, yes. But to say they care about grades and gpa "a lot" is a stretch. |
Bullis has no depth, their 2024 class is very weak and it showed last year. Gonzaga will finally be back on top in the WCAC this Spring - they are loaded. SJC will have depth issues. IAC will come down between GP and Landon with Bullis acting as the dark-horse. |
New to private HS lacrosse and live in Fairfax Co. In the recent past, how are the other 4 teams in IAC besides the Montgomery Co. schools Prep, Landon, and Bullis? Is it typically a big dropoff in talent? What about the WCAC Schools? Gonzaga and St. Johns typically dominate? What about Virginia schools like PVI and O'Connell? MAC schools like Flint Hill and Potomac School are typically weak lacrosse schools? |
There are only three other schools in the IAC. Episcopal and St. Stephen's in VA and St. Alban's in DC. In general, they are a step below the MD schools in terms of lacrosse success. St. Stephen's made the IAC tournament final a few times in the last 15 years, most recently in 2019, but I don't think they ever won it. Don't remember about Episcopal and St. Alban's. |
Landon and Prep are historically the best teams in the IAC. Bullis has been good more recently. Episcopal and SSSA have both had good teams in the past and made runs for the Championship, but not often. STA is not good and have never really been good. They may have anywhere from 1-5 good players, but never enough to really make a run for the Championship. They are consistently in the bottom half of IAC, even when they had their best team in decades this past year. The only IAC championship STA has won is a co-championship in 2007. |
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IAC Tournament Champions
2015 Landon 2016 Bullis 2017 Landon 2018 Bullis 2019 Bullis 2020 COVID 2021 Prep* (Not a full regular season) 2022 Bullis 2023 Prep |
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IAC Tournament 2nd place
2015 Prep 2016 SSSA 2017 Bullis 2018 Landon 2019 SSSA 2020 Virus 2021 Bullis 2022 Prep 2023 Landon Over past 10 years Bullis, Prep, Landon, SSSA appears to be the correct order based on the IAC tournament results. |
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2015-2023 is not 10 years.
2013 SSSA won the tournament over Landon. 2014 Prep won over Landon As an aside, Bullis won their first ever IAC lax championship in 2016. They have won 4 championships total, all in the last seven years. Prior to that they were not very strong and it sounds like (if you believe what you read) their seven year run of success may be over. |
Potomack and O'Connells blow. continually. |
WCAC has too loaded and the bottom is weak. O’Connel and Bishop Ireton are Not as good as the top public schools. PVI swept Gonzaga last year and was the third best team in the DMV but are now with out a permanent coach. |
Lots of kids who live in VA go to school in either MD or DC. Some schools, like Prep and Stone Ridge, even have nice charter buses to and from school every day for families who live in VA. If you want a good lacrosse program then your best best is a school in MD or DC. SSSA and Episcopal can be decent or even good depending on the year, but they don’t get the visibility that top lax schools like Prep, Landon, Bullis, Gonzaga, and SJC get. |
| Gonzaga will have a weak going forward, their underclass group is weak compared to other schools. |
| So top 4 (not in order) programs/recent 10 years performance are Prep, Landon, SJC, and Gonzaga with good Bullis and PVI teams from time to time? |
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in the IAC Since 2015 9 seasons/8 championships
Bullis 4 1st 2 2nd Prep 2 1st 2 2nd Landon 2 1st 2 2nd SSSA 0 1st 2 2nd If you include WCAC over 9 seasons Gonzaga has the most Championships and SJC is next. No other team in the WCAC has won the championship over the past 10 years. Actually none of this matters, only the 2024 season will be played in the spring |
Penn - Attack Brown - FOGO Navy - Attack Navy - Def Ohio State - Def Michigan - Attack Bucknell - Def (2024) |