lax culture from an insider
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Anonymous
Last year's top 5? Perennial top 5? |
Anonymous
None of the teams in the immediate DC area are at the Baltimore level, but Landon, Prep and Gonzaga are the local elite for mens. For girls it's SSSA and Viz a distant second. |
Anonymous
True about Baltimore but Boys Latin is the only team in Baltimore ranked higher than Gonzaga. |
Anonymous
I wouldn't say Visitation is a distant second behind SSSA - locally they are #1 and #2. Regionally, both are behind McDonogh in Baltimore. Players from SSSA and Visi teams go on to play at top schools like UNC, Stanford, Yale. |
Anonymous
| For boys, the consensus top 5 would always include Prep, Landon and Gonzaga. St. Stephens and Bullis have been very strong the last two-three years. STA, PVI, DeMatha, Potomac, Episcopal and Flint Hill are in the next tier down with STA and DeMatha being tougher over the longer term. PVI has been strong the last two years. In the public schools, there is generally a recognized drop in talent vis-a-vis the privates. Chantilly, Langley, Churchill and Whitman are tough public teams in most years. |
Anonymous
| Whitman is terrible. The only public schools worth mentioning are CHurchill, Wootton, Chantilly and Langely. The rest are LIGHT YEARS behind the MAC privates. |
Anonymous
| What is PVI? |
Anonymous
Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax |
Anonymous
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South river
Severna park |
Anonymous
Over the past decade you could say SSSAS in a league of their own for the girls, but the gap has closed. Visitation won the league in 2012, first time in 15 years or so anyone but he Saints had won. For boys, the top DC area teams (Gonzaga, Prep, Landon) do actually compare favorably with the Baltimore teams although Baltimore still comes out ahead most years. |
Anonymous
Gonzaga has emerged as a top program, but as a whole, the DC top tier teams have not come out ahead of the Baltimore top tier teams in any recent year. There have been noteworthy wins here and there, but the cream of the MIAA A has been superior to what the IAC and WCAC can offer. That said, lacrosse in this area (especially in NoVA) has been getting better and better. |
Anonymous
Why are the public schools so far behind? |
Anonymous
There are many reasons. Private schools (especially the top tier programs) typically have: Better facilities Better talent Better coaching Play in better leagues against better competition More kids who have played the game longer and at a higher level The gap, however, is narrowing. It used to be that a top public school kid felt compelled to transfer to a private school in order to play with better teammates, face better competition, get more recruiting exposure, etc. Now that the game is exploding, more and more kids find that they can play for their public school and still get attention via their club team, individual recruiting events, etc. Northern Virginia is far superior to Montgomery County, but neither can field teams that are competitive with the best private teams in this area. |
Anonymous
It's a rich kid sport. |
Anonymous
| Who is this delusional poster repeatedly posting on this thread who is rentlentless in his insistence that NOVA has better lax programs and high school teams that Montgomery County and DC? It's just not true. The only NOVA school with great lax is SSSA and only the girls' program is consistently superior. |