VHSL Boys 2024 Season (Discussion and Scores)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:4/1 Predictions ... My top 3 games on slate for tonight ...

SOCO over Remember the Titans 10-7.
BWoods over Freedom SR 9-8.
PVI over Hill School 10-9.

Seems like reasonable predictions for South County and Briar Woods. Is PVI definitely playing Hill School today? I saw it on MaxPreps but it is not on either team's page.

Hill School from PA, not the Hill Academy from Canada.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Week 4 -2024 VA Boys Class 6 Rankings

1. Robinson (5-0)

Results: Def. Faquier 17-6

Analysis: Easy win against Faquier and then a week off to prepare for Madison. Huge game on Wednesday night against the #2 Warhawks is the Game of the Week. This could be a preview of the State Championship game. The Rams follow with another important game against Region C challenger West Potomac.

This Week: 4/3 vs. Madison, 4/5 vs. West Potomac

2. Madison (3-3)

Results: Lost to Broadneck 14-5, Lost to Severna Park 8-7

Analysis: Madison looked way overmatched against a very strong Broadneck team, and then blew a late lead to fall to a good Severna Park team that crushed West Potomac. We won’t punish Madison for pushing themselves over Spring Break, as their plan is always to get tested during the regular season to prepare for the playoffs. Biggest game of the week on Wednesday at Robinson, followed by a well-deserved cupcake game against Centreville.

This Week: 4/3 @ Robinson, 4/5 vs. Centreville

3. McLean (4-1)

Results: Def. Woodson 8-4

Analysis: McLean won a closer than expected game against Woodson as the defense continues to shine while the offense continues to struggle. Two easy games this week should lead to a 6-1 start before a much tougher week with games against Sidwell Friends and Langley.

This Week: 4/3 @ W-L, 4/5 vs. Wakefield

5. Yorktown (2-2)

Results: No games

Analysis: Yorktown did not play last week. Three very winnable games this week should take Yorktown to a 5-2 start before next week’s showdown with Langley.

This Week: 4/2 vs. TJ, 4/4 @ Patriot, 4/5 vs. Marshall

5. Battlefield (2-0)

Results: No games

Analysis: Battlefield did not play and their schedule shows them with a full month off before their next game on 4/15.

This Week: No games

6. Cosby (2-1)

Results: Lost to Atlee 9-7

Analysis: Cosby looked pretty good against defending Class 4 champion Atlee and despite the loss showed signs of a being potential contender. They have next week off for Spring Break.

This Week: No games.

7. Langley (2-3)

Results: Lost to South River 14-7, Lost to Broadneck 16-7

Analysis: Langley took their lumps against two of the best public school teams in Maryland, and lost to Broadneck by the same margin as Madison. Their offense looks decent but defense has been questionable. By dropping them one spot, we aren’t punishing Langley for the losses, but they don’t have any quality wins yet and we can’t have a team with a losing record in the top six. Should be an easy week ahead with just one game against Herndon. They can try to fight their way back up the rankings the following week with Yorktown and McLean on tap.

This Week: 4/5 @ Herndon

8. Oakton (3-1)

Results: No games

Analysis: Oakton did not play last week. Two light games on tap this week gets Oakton off to a nice 5-1 start.

This Week: 4/2 vs. John Champe, 4/5 @ Westfield

9. Freedom South Riding (3-0)

Results: No games

Analysis: Freedom did not play last week. Tough week ahead with Briar Woods and Riverside on the schedule. Freedom would do well to get a split. Two losses, especially bad losses, could drop them from the rankings.

This Week: 4/1 vs. Briar Woods, 4/4 vs. Riverside

10. Hayfield (3-0)

Results: No games

Analysis: Hayfield did not play last week. The Hawks get their last potential challenge with a fairly weak Alexandria City team, followed by an easy matchup with Lewis. We are expecting Hayfield to finish 11-0, but will they be prepared to make any noise in the playoffs with no real regular season tests?

This Week: 4/3 @ Alexandria City, 4/5 @ Lewis

Also Considered: Patriot, West Potomac, Woodson

I think Freedom has a great chance to go 2-0 this week. Briar is not very good, hearing they have some bad internal issues. Riverside is not the old Riverside, too may question marks there. Freedom is a complete team, 6A (not 5a) and playing well. Should be a great week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4/1 Predictions ... My top 3 games on slate for tonight ...

SOCO over Remember the Titans 10-7.
BWoods over Freedom SR 9-8.
PVI over Hill School 10-9.

Seems like reasonable predictions for South County and Briar Woods. Is PVI definitely playing Hill School today? I saw it on MaxPreps but it is not on either team's page.

Hill School from PA, not the Hill Academy from Canada.

https://pvisports.net/main/teamschedule/id/2978499/seasonid/4821885

https://www.thehill.org/athletics/team-pages/boys/lacrosse

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

I think Freedom has a great chance to go 2-0 this week. Briar is not very good, hearing they have some bad internal issues. Riverside is not the old Riverside, too may question marks there. Freedom is a complete team, 6A (not 5a) and playing well. Should be a great week.

I don't see them beating Riverside. Freedom beat Dominion by one goal and Dominion is not strong this year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I think Freedom has a great chance to go 2-0 this week. Briar is not very good, hearing they have some bad internal issues. Riverside is not the old Riverside, too may question marks there. Freedom is a complete team, 6A (not 5a) and playing well. Should be a great week.

I don't see them beating Riverside. Freedom beat Dominion by one goal and Dominion is not strong this year.

Freedom goes 0-2 this week. 4A and 5A are stronger than 6A at the top

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I think Freedom has a great chance to go 2-0 this week. Briar is not very good, hearing they have some bad internal issues. Riverside is not the old Riverside, too may question marks there. Freedom is a complete team, 6A (not 5a) and playing well. Should be a great week.

I don't see them beating Riverside. Freedom beat Dominion by one goal and Dominion is not strong this year.

Freedom goes 0-2 this week. 4A and 5A are stronger than 6A at the top

We will see on the 13th but I don't think Atlee beats Robinson or Madison this year. They barely beat Cosby and lost handily to Riverside.

[Anonymous]

Oh yeah and robinson beat riverside already

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh yeah and robinson beat riverside already

HAHAHA hilarious. You are so correct, they must pass out state championship rings after scrimmage wins.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

I think Freedom has a great chance to go 2-0 this week. Briar is not very good, hearing they have some bad internal issues. Riverside is not the old Riverside, too may question marks there. Freedom is a complete team, 6A (not 5a) and playing well. Should be a great week.

I don't see them beating Riverside. Freedom beat Dominion by one goal and Dominion is not strong this year.

Freedom goes 0-2 this week. 4A and 5A are stronger than 6A at the top

We will see on the 13th but I don't think Atlee beats Robinson or Madison this year. They barely beat Cosby and lost handily to Riverside.

Riverside doubled up Atlee. It really wasn't even that close.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh yeah and robinson beat riverside already

HAHAHA hilarious. You are so correct, they must pass out state championship rings after scrimmage wins.

Nope, no rings for beating an average team

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Week 4 -2024 VA Boys Class 6 Rankings

I think Freedom has a great chance to go 2-0 this week. Briar is not very good, hearing they have some bad internal issues. Riverside is not the old Riverside, too may question marks there. Freedom is a complete team, 6A (not 5a) and playing well. Should be a great week.

The question on the table here is how good is FSR and what do this weeks games mean for them. First, I do not believe FSR will win much less be that close (10+) vs. Riverside. If they can keep it under 7, this is a good sign for the strength FSR. Anything over 10 is a very bad sign. This comes down to how good is BW and what does a FSR win or loss there mean.

I believe FSR needs to blow out BW (7+) to mean anything. BW took a thumping from Battlefield and had a 1 goal game with Patriot. This puts BW significantly behind Riverside and the Indy team that loss by 2 to Battlefield. In Loudoun alone, this puts BW below Broad Run too who has some nice large wins to date and is 5-0.

Another common opponent here is Dominion with FSR and Indy. Indy was +10 vs Dominion and FSR was +1. If you extend that to another Dominion game, Dominion was only +1 vs Loudoun County High.

The comment that "FSR is a complete team at 6a" is laughable. They are having trouble with 4a "mediocre" teams. A close game between FSR and BW only solidifies that they are in the third tier of Loudoun and not even close to the top tier of NOVA as a whole.
In ranking Loudoun by itself, pre game:
Tier 1) Riverside - also included in/AT top tier of NOVA
Tier 2) Broad Run, Indy- #5-10 rage in NOVA
Tier 3) Dominion, FSR, BW, LVHS, LCHS, Woodgrove, Champe - et al.

This is based on wins and interplay between these team this year in regular season (not scrimmages, LOL).
For either team to set itself apart from the other tier 3 schools in LoCo, a clear and convincing win (+10) is necessary tonight. However, I will say that FSR can play a +5 to 7 win with BW and then follow it with a "close" +5 loss to Riverside, they could be considered for a jump to Tier 2.

Otherwise, a close game is seen as two average teams battling it out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh yeah and robinson beat riverside already

HAHAHA hilarious. You are so correct, they must pass out state championship rings after scrimmage wins.

Nope, no rings for beating an average team

I am confused is the win against Atlee the average team or Win against Madison the average team?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh yeah and robinson beat riverside already

HAHAHA hilarious. You are so correct, they must pass out state championship rings after scrimmage wins.

Nope, no rings for beating an average team

I am confused is the win against Atlee the average team or Win against Madison the average team?

This argument is boring can we keep it to 6a? Riverside is a good team and good program. Move on!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh yeah and robinson beat riverside already

HAHAHA hilarious. You are so correct, they must pass out state championship rings after scrimmage wins.

Nope, no rings for beating an average team

I am confused is the win against Atlee the average team or Win against Madison the average team?

This argument is boring can we keep it to 6a? Riverside is a good team and good program. Move on!

This is not a 6a forum. Please see the first post by the OP. So, no I will post per the forum “rules”

[Anonymous]

Freedom SR over Bwoods in Overtime.