2023 Boys HS lacrosse outlook

[Anonymous]

Any early season match up's to look out for? What games will help paint and early picture of the rankings?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How good will STA be this Spring? It's pretty obvious STA parents live on here given how many threads there are on STA under the independent school's section.

Does STA have the depth to make noise in the playoffs?

They went 1-5 last spring in the regular season with an upset over Landon however the Bulldogs played Bullis to a 1-goal contest, showing their potential.

They have the best LSM in the IAC and a very good FOGO so they should keep games close this Spring. I'm pretty certain STA did graduate their best attackman last Spring so scoring might be a challenge.


Their LSM and FOGO are really good, so is their Michigan defenseman. They are not strong at middie or attack. When your best offensive player by far is a pole it is a problem. They may win a few games in the IAC as Episcopal is not deep and St. Stephen’s lost some top talent. I would expect they will get rolled again this year by Bullis and Prep.

[Anonymous]

"I would expect they will get rolled again this year by Bullis and Prep."

STA lost to Bullis once last year, 10 - 9. I wouldn't say they got rolled over either as STA was up with 2 goals in the final 8 minutes of regulation before Bullis took the lead in the final 3 minutes of the game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"I would expect they will get rolled again this year by Bullis and Prep."

STA lost to Bullis once last year, 10 - 9. I wouldn't say they got rolled over either as STA was up with 2 goals in the final 8 minutes of regulation before Bullis took the lead in the final 3 minutes of the game.

You are right. Should have said rolled again by Prep (lost by 6 and 9 goals) and rolled by Bullis.

[Anonymous]

Madlax dropped ranking 11-20 any prediction for top 10?

[Anonymous]

1. SJC
2. Bullis
3. Prep
4. Gonzaga
5. Landon
6. STA
7. PVI
8. St. Stephens
9. Episcopal
10. DeMatha

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. SJC
2. Bullis
3. Prep
4. Gonzaga
5. Landon
6. STA
7. PVI
8. St. Stephens
9. Episcopal
10. DeMatha

These look pretty spot on to me.

I do think SJC takes a step back this spring, they graduated several marquee players from the 2022 squad. You can make the argument until someone knocks off SJC, they deserve to be preseason #1.

[Anonymous]

You can make an educated guess looking at SJC’s roster and their fall ball performance and know they shouldn’t be ranked #1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can make an educated guess looking at SJC’s roster and their fall ball performance and know they shouldn’t be ranked #1.

SJC will end the season top 20-30 nationally. They will not win the WCAC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can make an educated guess looking at SJC’s roster and their fall ball performance and know they shouldn’t be ranked #1.

SJC will end the season top 20-30 nationally. They will not win the WCAC.

Ok who wins the WCAC?

[Anonymous]

Gonzaga wins WCAC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gonzaga wins WCAC.

WCAC will be a toss-up between SJC and GZ. I'm not convinced GZ younger classmen are as good as Ty Xanders thinks they are, their results last year with Matan out for most of the season, were subpar.

I think GZ will be the clear frontrunner to take back the WCAC title in the Spring of 2024 though.

[Anonymous]

If rankings have any correlation to college commits, here is the list:

1. Georgetown Prep - 15
2-4. Gonzaga/Landon/Dematha - 10
5-8. Bullis/SJC/SSSA/PaulVI - 9
9. STA - 6
10. St. Andrews - 5
11. Episcopal - 4
12. Potomac - 3
13-14. Good Counsel/Heights - 2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If rankings have any correlation to college commits, here is the list:

1. Georgetown Prep - 15
2-4. Gonzaga/Landon/Dematha - 10
5-8. Bullis/SJC/SSSA/PaulVI - 9
9. STA - 6
10. St. Andrews - 5
11. Episcopal - 4
12. Potomac - 3
13-14. Good Counsel/Heights - 2

They don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If rankings have any correlation to college commits, here is the list:

1. Georgetown Prep - 15
2-4. Gonzaga/Landon/Dematha - 10
5-8. Bullis/SJC/SSSA/PaulVI - 9
9. STA - 6
10. St. Andrews - 5
11. Episcopal - 4
12. Potomac - 3
13-14. Good Counsel/Heights - 2

They don’t.

There is some correlation. How good the program they committed to are may matter as much as overall number. But even with just the total numbers people would be surprised if for example Gonzaga or Landon with 10 lost to Good Counsel or Heights with 2.