2024 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary

[Anonymous]

The real power rankings:

Contenders
1. Prep
2. SJC
3. Gonzaga
4. Bullis
5. Landon

Huge Gulf

6. Episcopal
7. PVI
8. SSSAS
9. DeMatha

Smaller Gulf

10. Heights
11. STA
12. Good Counsel
Several public schools and maybe St. Andrews could be around this level.

[Anonymous]

Landon belongs in the gulf.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Never to early for a fall ranking:
1. SJC until a local team beats them
2. Prep: Lost the most with graduation
3. Gonzaga: Could move to #1 most talented
4. Landon: Needs to shine with the 24 class from ML
5. Bullis: will enter #1 in 2025
6. SSSAS: rebound year with strong 24's
7. Dematha: Coaching makes the difference
8. PVI? Not sure can rank without a coach
9. Episcopal
10. STA (lost a lot missed from last year)

#1 is a ridiculous statement. SJC doesn't always have top local teams on their schedule, especially not IAC teams. This fact negates the first statement. Last year the only IAC team they played was Bullis and they only won by one point in (10-9). Prep beat Bullis twice, 18-2 in first game and 14-5 in second game. Prep was the top team in 2023 and would have undoubtedly beat SJC. This coming year SJC will no longer have their top FOGO and goalie. They will be down and likely lose to Gonzaga if Gonzaga can stay on track and disciplined. Further proof, SJC has 9 commits, while Gonzaga has 13. Gonzaga should be the better team unless coaching and captains (leaders) fail the team.

SJC is the best team in the DMV because they have the best coaching in the DMV. This is fall so really picking SJC (1) and Prep (2) should not be considered ridiculous. 9 commits v 13 means little. SJC still has the number one player. Gonzaga scored 2 goals yes 2 goals in the final WCAC game last season. If you want to put Prep #1 fine but neither is ridiculous picks. The real questions are which team makes the biggest leap forward and which team falls the most?

Your reading comprehension isn't very good. Saying #1 is a ridiculous statement refers to the pp's saying SJC is #1 until a local team beats them. If they had played Prep last year they would have been beat. SJC boosters are living off the coattails of the 2022 team. That is history, this is now. They would have been beat in 2023 by Prep, no question. They will be beat in 2024 as they lost their two best players. SJC was king in 2022, but that was almost two years ago. Stop living in the past.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Never to early for a fall ranking:
1. SJC until a local team beats them
2. Prep: Lost the most with graduation
3. Gonzaga: Could move to #1 most talented
4. Landon: Needs to shine with the 24 class from ML
5. Bullis: will enter #1 in 2025
6. SSSAS: rebound year with strong 24's
7. Dematha: Coaching makes the difference
8. PVI? Not sure can rank without a coach
9. Episcopal
10. STA (lost a lot missed from last year)

#1 is a ridiculous statement. SJC doesn't always have top local teams on their schedule, especially not IAC teams. This fact negates the first statement. Last year the only IAC team they played was Bullis and they only won by one point in (10-9). Prep beat Bullis twice, 18-2 in first game and 14-5 in second game. Prep was the top team in 2023 and would have undoubtedly beat SJC. This coming year SJC will no longer have their top FOGO and goalie. They will be down and likely lose to Gonzaga if Gonzaga can stay on track and disciplined. Further proof, SJC has 9 commits, while Gonzaga has 13. Gonzaga should be the better team unless coaching and captains (leaders) fail the team.

SJC is the best team in the DMV because they have the best coaching in the DMV. This is fall so really picking SJC (1) and Prep (2) should not be considered ridiculous. 9 commits v 13 means little. SJC still has the number one player. Gonzaga scored 2 goals yes 2 goals in the final WCAC game last season. If you want to put Prep #1 fine but neither is ridiculous picks. The real questions are which team makes the biggest leap forward and which team falls the most?

Your reading comprehension isn't very good. Saying #1 is a ridiculous statement refers to the pp's saying SJC is #1 until a local team beats them. If they had played Prep last year they would have been beat. SJC boosters are living off the coattails of the 2022 team. That is history, this is now. They would have been beat in 2023 by Prep, no question. They will be beat in 2024 as they lost their two best players. SJC was king in 2022, but that was almost two years ago. Stop living in the past.

Girls girls, you're both pretty! Have a mimosa and CTFO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Never to early for a fall ranking:
1. SJC until a local team beats them
2. Prep: Lost the most with graduation
3. Gonzaga: Could move to #1 most talented
4. Landon: Needs to shine with the 24 class from ML
5. Bullis: will enter #1 in 2025
6. SSSAS: rebound year with strong 24's
7. Dematha: Coaching makes the difference
8. PVI? Not sure can rank without a coach
9. Episcopal
10. STA (lost a lot missed from last year)

#1 is a ridiculous statement. SJC doesn't always have top local teams on their schedule, especially not IAC teams. This fact negates the first statement. Last year the only IAC team they played was Bullis and they only won by one point in (10-9). Prep beat Bullis twice, 18-2 in first game and 14-5 in second game. Prep was the top team in 2023 and would have undoubtedly beat SJC. This coming year SJC will no longer have their top FOGO and goalie. They will be down and likely lose to Gonzaga if Gonzaga can stay on track and disciplined. Further proof, SJC has 9 commits, while Gonzaga has 13. Gonzaga should be the better team unless coaching and captains (leaders) fail the team.

Are you new here? The IAC babies refuse to play St. John’s because they are mad that they recruited some players they thought they would get. Prep decided to play teams like Ryken last year instead. Ducking local teams doesn’t make you the best in the DMV.

Gonzaga will have a strong team if they don’t do any racist stuff or go destroy some other schools property. They will get a chance to prove they are the best in the DMV by playing the best. According to IL that game is May 3rd. Should be a great game.

Prep people always want to compare the Bullis score with St. John’s but they don’t want to compare the Gonzaga score. Almost the same result and the Gonzaga/SJC game was played in a tsunami. Bottom line is prep was scared to play because they knew they got whipped the last time they played St. John’s.

Who's to say SJC wouldn't play Prep. SJC boosters always tell the same story and always have the same tired line. 🙄 Every poll, nationally and local, had Prep ranked higher than SJC, every single one. Get over yourself and stop lying. It's embarrassing.

"The Gonzaga/SJC game was played in a tsunami"? and the Prep/Gonzaga game wasn't? Have you watched and listened to the Madlax live stream? Educate yourself before you make up more lies. SJC beat Gonzaga by one point, Prep beat Gonzaga by 2. That's more, that's actually twice as many. If you want to compare more scores. Prep beat DeMatha by 9 (14-5). SJC college only beat them by three (7-4). Sit down SJC booster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The real questions are which team makes the biggest leap forward and which team falls the most?

Didn't PVI also graduate almost the entire starting team?

Yep, big losses in Attack, Middies, Defenseman, and Goalies. Specifically, they lost the best LSM and Defenseman in the DMV

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Never to early for a fall ranking:
1. SJC until a local team beats them
2. Prep: Lost the most with graduation
3. Gonzaga: Could move to #1 most talented
4. Landon: Needs to shine with the 24 class from ML
5. Bullis: will enter #1 in 2025
6. SSSAS: rebound year with strong 24's
7. Dematha: Coaching makes the difference
8. PVI? Not sure can rank without a coach
9. Episcopal
10. STA (lost a lot missed from last year)

#1 is a ridiculous statement. SJC doesn't always have top local teams on their schedule, especially not IAC teams. This fact negates the first statement. Last year the only IAC team they played was Bullis and they only won by one point in (10-9). Prep beat Bullis twice, 18-2 in first game and 14-5 in second game. Prep was the top team in 2023 and would have undoubtedly beat SJC. This coming year SJC will no longer have their top FOGO and goalie. They will be down and likely lose to Gonzaga if Gonzaga can stay on track and disciplined. Further proof, SJC has 9 commits, while Gonzaga has 13. Gonzaga should be the better team unless coaching and captains (leaders) fail the team.

Are you new here? The IAC babies refuse to play St. John’s because they are mad that they recruited some players they thought they would get. Prep decided to play teams like Ryken last year instead. Ducking local teams doesn’t make you the best in the DMV.

Gonzaga will have a strong team if they don’t do any racist stuff or go destroy some other schools property. They will get a chance to prove they are the best in the DMV by playing the best. According to IL that game is May 3rd. Should be a great game.

Prep people always want to compare the Bullis score with St. John’s but they don’t want to compare the Gonzaga score. Almost the same result and the Gonzaga/SJC game was played in a tsunami. Bottom line is prep was scared to play because they knew they got whipped the last time they played St. John’s.

Who's to say SJC wouldn't play Prep. SJC boosters always tell the same story and always have the same tired line. 🙄 Every poll, nationally and local, had Prep ranked higher than SJC, every single one. Get over yourself and stop lying. It's embarrassing.

"The Gonzaga/SJC game was played in a tsunami"? and the Prep/Gonzaga game wasn't? Have you watched and listened to the Madlax live stream? Educate yourself before you make up more lies. SJC beat Gonzaga by one point, Prep beat Gonzaga by 2. That's more, that's actually twice as many. If you want to compare more scores. Prep beat DeMatha by 9 (14-5). SJC college only beat them by three (7-4). Sit down SJC booster.

Would have been the same result as the last 4 times they have played. L for Prep. keep ducking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The real power rankings:

Contenders
1. Prep
2. SJC
3. Gonzaga
4. Bullis
5. Landon

Huge Gulf

6. Episcopal
7. PVI
8. SSSAS
9. DeMatha

Smaller Gulf

10. Heights
11. STA
12. Good Counsel
Several public schools and maybe St. Andrews could be around this level.

Good take. It's really GP and SJC. Any team beating them will be a big surprise. 3-9 will sort itself out but any of those teams could beat each other and no one would shout "major upset."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Never to early for a fall ranking:
1. SJC until a local team beats them
2. Prep: Lost the most with graduation
3. Gonzaga: Could move to #1 most talented
4. Landon: Needs to shine with the 24 class from ML
5. Bullis: will enter #1 in 2025
6. SSSAS: rebound year with strong 24's
7. Dematha: Coaching makes the difference
8. PVI? Not sure can rank without a coach
9. Episcopal
10. STA (lost a lot missed from last year)

#1 is a ridiculous statement. SJC doesn't always have top local teams on their schedule, especially not IAC teams. This fact negates the first statement. Last year the only IAC team they played was Bullis and they only won by one point in (10-9). Prep beat Bullis twice, 18-2 in first game and 14-5 in second game. Prep was the top team in 2023 and would have undoubtedly beat SJC. This coming year SJC will no longer have their top FOGO and goalie. They will be down and likely lose to Gonzaga if Gonzaga can stay on track and disciplined. Further proof, SJC has 9 commits, while Gonzaga has 13. Gonzaga should be the better team unless coaching and captains (leaders) fail the team.

SJC is the best team in the DMV because they have the best coaching in the DMV. This is fall so really picking SJC (1) and Prep (2) should not be considered ridiculous. 9 commits v 13 means little. SJC still has the number one player. Gonzaga scored 2 goals yes 2 goals in the final WCAC game last season. If you want to put Prep #1 fine but neither is ridiculous picks. The real questions are which team makes the biggest leap forward and which team falls the most?

Your reading comprehension isn't very good. Saying #1 is a ridiculous statement refers to the pp's saying SJC is #1 until a local team beats them. If they had played Prep last year they would have been beat. SJC boosters are living off the coattails of the 2022 team. That is history, this is now. They would have been beat in 2023 by Prep, no question. They will be beat in 2024 as they lost their two best players. SJC was king in 2022, but that was almost two years ago. Stop living in the past.

Those 2022 coattails are pretty long and will continue on if SJC has another year of beating everyone in the DMV. If they don't and lose more than a couple, it'll be interesting to see how fast the lax pipeline dwindles on Military. SJC will also have to start placing kids in higher academic institutions to keep the DC crowd truly interested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The real power rankings:

Contenders
1. Prep
2. SJC
3. Gonzaga
4. Bullis
5. Landon

Huge Gulf

6. Episcopal
7. PVI
8. SSSAS
9. DeMatha

Smaller Gulf

10. Heights
11. STA
12. Good Counsel
Several public schools and maybe St. Andrews could be around this level.

I will go out on a limb and predict, SJC is going to have another "drop off" relative to the 2023 campaign.

When you have a dominant FOGO, and incredible goalie, (don't care what the SJC homers are saying about their replacement), you will find yourself in much more competitive situations. If Dunkel can stay healthy for the entire Spring, the Cadets should be pretty solid, if not, they will take some losses. (don't know what their non-league schedule looksl like) The WCAC will be way down this Spring: DeMatha graduated a ton, and PVI's program is kinda a mess. The Heights while extremely well coached, have little depth and Good Counsel only cares about football. Both SJC and Gonzaga will likely coast through league play and meet in the finals.

Top 4 teams this spring (no order here) SJC, Landon, Prep, Gonzaga. Bullis is a year away but I wouldn't count them out from making a serious run late Spring when their 2025s get some continuity. St Stephens also brings back their entire team from last year so look for them to be much more competitive after a down season.

Curious, is Bullis playing SJC again this Spring? (I'm assuming GP and Landon aren't). Anyone from the MIAA playing the Cadets? thanks!

[Anonymous]

Cadets playing Culver, Saint Anthonys, Boys Latin, Taft outside of WCAC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The real power rankings:

Contenders
1. Prep
2. SJC
3. Gonzaga
4. Bullis
5. Landon

Huge Gulf

6. Episcopal
7. PVI
8. SSSAS
9. DeMatha

Smaller Gulf

10. Heights
11. STA
12. Good Counsel
Several public schools and maybe St. Andrews could be around this level.

I will go out on a limb and predict, SJC is going to have another "drop off" relative to the 2023 campaign.

When you have a dominant FOGO, and incredible goalie, (don't care what the SJC homers are saying about their replacement), you will find yourself in much more competitive situations. If Dunkel can stay healthy for the entire Spring, the Cadets should be pretty solid, if not, they will take some losses. (don't know what their non-league schedule looksl like) The WCAC will be way down this Spring: DeMatha graduated a ton, and PVI's program is kinda a mess. The Heights while extremely well coached, have little depth and Good Counsel only cares about football. Both SJC and Gonzaga will likely coast through league play and meet in the finals.

Top 4 teams this spring (no order here) SJC, Landon, Prep, Gonzaga. Bullis is a year away but I wouldn't count them out from making a serious run late Spring when their 2025s get some continuity. St Stephens also brings back their entire team from last year so look for them to be much more competitive after a down season.

Curious, is Bullis playing SJC again this Spring? (I'm assuming GP and Landon aren't). Anyone from the MIAA playing the Cadets? thanks!

Why is PVI a mess? They just named their replacement coach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cadets playing Culver, Saint Anthonys, Boys Latin, Taft outside of WCAC

and Hill Academy. SJC is not dodging anyone!

[Anonymous]

I know Bullis has been trying to schedule SJC for months. SJC has declined/not accepted/refuses to play Bullis. SJC did the same thing in 2022.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cadets playing Culver, Saint Anthonys, Boys Latin, Taft outside of WCAC

and Hill Academy. SJC is not dodging anyone!

Very impressive!