2024 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are we debating here?

Which league is stronger, IAC vs WCAC?

No need to debate. It’s over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are we debating here?

Which league is stronger, IAC vs WCAC?

No need to debate. It’s over.

Right now last season 2023 is the only thing that matters. Can't really use scores or records to argue Prep over SJC. Gonzaga had scoreboard over Bullis/Landon and PVI over GZ. The top four WCAC were better the the top of the IAC however in the IAC the last place team would dominate half the WCAC. If we only consider the top teams in the WCAC they were likely stronger but 2024 is another season.

[Anonymous]

The one time the top WCAC and IAC teams played for a championship the WCAC took the trophy. WCAC sports are just different.

Field results matter.

[Anonymous]

The top four WCAC were better the the top of the IAC however in the IAC the last place team would dominate half the WCAC. If we only consider the top teams in the WCAC they were likely stronger but 2024 is another season.

Your argument is kinda flawed.

The top 4 from the WCAC last Spring were the following:

SJC, PVI, GZ, DM

The top 4 from the IAC last Spring were the following:

GP, Landon, Bullis, EHS

DeMatha lost to the worst place team in the IAC last year, St Albans by a wide margin.

Anyways, I'm over talking about 2023... 2024 season will be here before we know it and expect even more parity this Spring which is good for the sport!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The top four WCAC were better the the top of the IAC however in the IAC the last place team would dominate half the WCAC. If we only consider the top teams in the WCAC they were likely stronger but 2024 is another season.

Your argument is kinda flawed.

The top 4 from the WCAC last Spring were the following:

SJC, PVI, GZ, DM

The top 4 from the IAC last Spring were the following:

GP, Landon, Bullis, EHS

DeMatha lost to the worst place team in the IAC last year, St Albans by a wide margin.

Anyways, I'm over talking about 2023... 2024 season will be here before we know it and expect even more parity this Spring which is good for the sport!

Your flawed. Pick 1 game? Everyone gets a nut sometimes.

2023

WCAC - 7 wins vs IAC - 5 wins

IAC needs to blackball the top 3 in the WCAC

2023

SJC - 1-0
PVI - 3-0
Gonzaga - 3-1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The top four WCAC were better the the top of the IAC however in the IAC the last place team would dominate half the WCAC. If we only consider the top teams in the WCAC they were likely stronger but 2024 is another season.

Your argument is kinda flawed.

The top 4 from the WCAC last Spring were the following:

SJC, PVI, GZ, DM

The top 4 from the IAC last Spring were the following:

GP, Landon, Bullis, EHS

DeMatha lost to the worst place team in the IAC last year, St Albans by a wide margin.

Anyways, I'm over talking about 2023... 2024 season will be here before we know it and expect even more parity this Spring which is good for the sport!

13-11 game isn’t a large margin.

[Anonymous]

If the WCAC were such a complete league, they would not want to play teams in the IAC because teams in the WCAC would be good enough to complete a strong schedule. How many teams are in the WCAC? What percentage of WCAC games actually have a small chance of being competitive?
What percentage of IAC games have a small chance of being competitive?

That is a bit of your measure right there, and the IAC wins that one.

Sure, the WCAC top teams have gotten the better of the IAC teams in the last year or two?... But remember, the IAC do not play the middle or bottom half of the WCAC. The WCAC is happy, dare I say, loves to play the bottom half of the IAC. Why is that? The games between WCAC teams and any IAC team matter. The games between the IAC and the bottom of the WCAC don't even occur because they would not matter.

The WCAC has recently become a better league. And maybe it might be better this year, and maybe has established itself as year in year out better than the IAC. GREAT! Wait a minute. Can you predict the future? Can you say which conference is better year over year without looking backward over history? Hmm. That might be a tough one.

Last but not least. The WCAC typically only want to schedule games against the IAC teams early. The WCAC teams have a distinct advantage at that time of the year, because their lacrosse teams are made up of kids who typically only play one sport. Gonzaga is great early because their kids have played together. They fade because they do not necessarily improve a lot over the season because they have already played so much together. An IAC team with multiple athletes who play multiple sports will be much improved at the end of the season, a WCAC team that played together in the fall, winter, and spring...not a much. So WCAC whiners, schedule IAC games a couple of weeks after spring break.

Finally, There is little or no comparison between the admissions practices of SJCHS and other schools. They are out of bounds even by WCAC standards. I mean Students do not have to go through the formality of competing an application to the school, families get notified of their acceptances way before the IAC admissions deadlines, and I have heard even before the WCAC deadlines, and they seem to like to throw the money around.
If Dane can get OLoGC going, and they become one of four or five very good teams in the WCAC who routinely beat up on the lowly IAC teams, then good for the WCAC.

So.... Great. Good luck to all the players this season.

Pretty sure mighty St. Johns is 2-2 against Landon the last four times they have played. Blah Blah Blah, they didn't play us when we had our best team in history. Not Sure St. John's wants to count the games when Landon had their best teams in History.

Here is to a great season! Hopefuly Prep, Landon, Bullis, StSStA's, EHS, and St. Albans can all play all the best teams in the WCAC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the WCAC were such a complete league, they would not want to play teams in the IAC because teams in the WCAC would be good enough to complete a strong schedule. How many teams are in the WCAC? What percentage of WCAC games actually have a small chance of being competitive?
What percentage of IAC games have a small chance of being competitive?

That is a bit of your measure right there, and the IAC wins that one.

Sure, the WCAC top teams have gotten the better of the IAC teams in the last year or two?... But remember, the IAC do not play the middle or bottom half of the WCAC. The WCAC is happy, dare I say, loves to play the bottom half of the IAC. Why is that? The games between WCAC teams and any IAC team matter. The games between the IAC and the bottom of the WCAC don't even occur because they would not matter.

The WCAC has recently become a better league. And maybe it might be better this year, and maybe has established itself as year in year out better than the IAC. GREAT! Wait a minute. Can you predict the future? Can you say which conference is better year over year without looking backward over history? Hmm. That might be a tough one.

Last but not least. The WCAC typically only want to schedule games against the IAC teams early. The WCAC teams have a distinct advantage at that time of the year, because their lacrosse teams are made up of kids who typically only play one sport. Gonzaga is great early because their kids have played together. They fade because they do not necessarily improve a lot over the season because they have already played so much together. An IAC team with multiple athletes who play multiple sports will be much improved at the end of the season, a WCAC team that played together in the fall, winter, and spring...not a much. So WCAC whiners, schedule IAC games a couple of weeks after spring break.

Finally, There is little or no comparison between the admissions practices of SJCHS and other schools. They are out of bounds even by WCAC standards. I mean Students do not have to go through the formality of competing an application to the school, families get notified of their acceptances way before the IAC admissions deadlines, and I have heard even before the WCAC deadlines, and they seem to like to throw the money around.
If Dane can get OLoGC going, and they become one of four or five very good teams in the WCAC who routinely beat up on the lowly IAC teams, then good for the WCAC.

So.... Great. Good luck to all the players this season.

Pretty sure mighty St. Johns is 2-2 against Landon the last four times they have played. Blah Blah Blah, they didn't play us when we had our best team in history. Not Sure St. John's wants to count the games when Landon had their best teams in History.

Here is to a great season! Hopefuly Prep, Landon, Bullis, StSStA's, EHS, and St. Albans can all play all the best teams in the WCAC.

In all of that incoherent rambling is there a point? I am not really sure. Please do not make us read posts like this in the future. One point left out of this is that the VA schools (PVI, SSSAS, EHS) play in the VISAA as well so they always play each other at the end of the season. These three teams all combined to win in each of the last three seasons playing each other in the final games of the season for each team. They also play each other in the regular season so they typically will play 2x's each year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the WCAC were such a complete league, they would not want to play teams in the IAC because teams in the WCAC would be good enough to complete a strong schedule. How many teams are in the WCAC? What percentage of WCAC games actually have a small chance of being competitive?
What percentage of IAC games have a small chance of being competitive?

That is a bit of your measure right there, and the IAC wins that one.

Sure, the WCAC top teams have gotten the better of the IAC teams in the last year or two?... But remember, the IAC do not play the middle or bottom half of the WCAC. The WCAC is happy, dare I say, loves to play the bottom half of the IAC. Why is that? The games between WCAC teams and any IAC team matter. The games between the IAC and the bottom of the WCAC don't even occur because they would not matter.

The WCAC has recently become a better league. And maybe it might be better this year, and maybe has established itself as year in year out better than the IAC. GREAT! Wait a minute. Can you predict the future? Can you say which conference is better year over year without looking backward over history? Hmm. That might be a tough one.

Last but not least. The WCAC typically only want to schedule games against the IAC teams early. The WCAC teams have a distinct advantage at that time of the year, because their lacrosse teams are made up of kids who typically only play one sport. Gonzaga is great early because their kids have played together. They fade because they do not necessarily improve a lot over the season because they have already played so much together. An IAC team with multiple athletes who play multiple sports will be much improved at the end of the season, a WCAC team that played together in the fall, winter, and spring...not a much. So WCAC whiners, schedule IAC games a couple of weeks after spring break.

Finally, There is little or no comparison between the admissions practices of SJCHS and other schools. They are out of bounds even by WCAC standards. I mean Students do not have to go through the formality of competing an application to the school, families get notified of their acceptances way before the IAC admissions deadlines, and I have heard even before the WCAC deadlines, and they seem to like to throw the money around.
If Dane can get OLoGC going, and they become one of four or five very good teams in the WCAC who routinely beat up on the lowly IAC teams, then good for the WCAC.

So.... Great. Good luck to all the players this season.

Pretty sure mighty St. Johns is 2-2 against Landon the last four times they have played. Blah Blah Blah, they didn't play us when we had our best team in history. Not Sure St. John's wants to count the games when Landon had their best teams in History.

Here is to a great season! Hopefuly Prep, Landon, Bullis, StSStA's, EHS, and St. Albans can all play all the best teams in the WCAC.

Someones unhinged.

[Anonymous]

If I remember correctly St. John’s actually scheduled Landon their best year and lost 10-6. IF Landon would have played St. John’s in 22 the score would have been worse than the 16-6 Prep score.

[Anonymous]

I love "Last but not least" followed by "Finally" followed by 3 more paragraphs!

Keep it up!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love "Last but not least" followed by "Finally" followed by 3 more paragraphs!

Keep it up!

Finally this guy is clearly upset his son didn't get in St. Johns. I guess his dumb a$$ actually believed they didn't have to complete an application to attend. Idiot

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the WCAC were such a complete league, they would not want to play teams in the IAC because teams in the WCAC would be good enough to complete a strong schedule. How many teams are in the WCAC? What percentage of WCAC games actually have a small chance of being competitive?
What percentage of IAC games have a small chance of being competitive?

That is a bit of your measure right there, and the IAC wins that one.

Sure, the WCAC top teams have gotten the better of the IAC teams in the last year or two?... But remember, the IAC do not play the middle or bottom half of the WCAC. The WCAC is happy, dare I say, loves to play the bottom half of the IAC. Why is that? The games between WCAC teams and any IAC team matter. The games between the IAC and the bottom of the WCAC don't even occur because they would not matter.

The WCAC has recently become a better league. And maybe it might be better this year, and maybe has established itself as year in year out better than the IAC. GREAT! Wait a minute. Can you predict the future? Can you say which conference is better year over year without looking backward over history? Hmm. That might be a tough one.

Last but not least. The WCAC typically only want to schedule games against the IAC teams early. The WCAC teams have a distinct advantage at that time of the year, because their lacrosse teams are made up of kids who typically only play one sport. Gonzaga is great early because their kids have played together. They fade because they do not necessarily improve a lot over the season because they have already played so much together. An IAC team with multiple athletes who play multiple sports will be much improved at the end of the season, a WCAC team that played together in the fall, winter, and spring...not a much. So WCAC whiners, schedule IAC games a couple of weeks after spring break.

Finally, There is little or no comparison between the admissions practices of SJCHS and other schools. They are out of bounds even by WCAC standards. I mean Students do not have to go through the formality of competing an application to the school, families get notified of their acceptances way before the IAC admissions deadlines, and I have heard even before the WCAC deadlines, and they seem to like to throw the money around.
If Dane can get OLoGC going, and they become one of four or five very good teams in the WCAC who routinely beat up on the lowly IAC teams, then good for the WCAC.

So.... Great. Good luck to all the players this season.

Pretty sure mighty St. Johns is 2-2 against Landon the last four times they have played. Blah Blah Blah, they didn't play us when we had our best team in history. Not Sure St. John's wants to count the games when Landon had their best teams in History.

Here is to a great season! Hopefuly Prep, Landon, Bullis, StSStA's, EHS, and St. Albans can all play all the best teams in the WCAC.

Is this guy a proud IAC grad? wow

Let's see,

since 2018(source IL) St. Johns has wins/loses over : 10-2
2018 - wins vs Prep, Landon, St. Albans
2019 - loses vs Landon, Prep
2020 - wins vs Prep, Landon
2021 - wins vs Prep, SSSA, Prep
2022 - wins vs Prep
2023 - wins vs Bullis

Gonzaga wins/loses : 10-4
2018 - wins vs St. Albans, Bullis, Landon
loses vs Prep
2019 - wins vs Prep, Landon, Bullis
2020 - Covid
2021 - Covid
2022 - wins vs Landon,
loses vs Prep, Bullis
2023 - wins vs Landon, Bullis, St. Albans
loses vs Prep

PVI - wins/loses - 10-6
2018 - wins vs Episcopal, Episcopal
loses vs Landon
2019 - wins vs St. Albans
loses vs Episcopal, SSSA
2020 - Covid
2021 - loses vs Episcopal, Landon
2022 - wins vs SSSA, Landon, Episcopal, St. Albans
loses vs SSSA
2023 - wins vs SSSA, Episcopal, Episcopal

DeMatha - wins/loses - 3-12
2018 - wins vs St Albans,
loses vs SSSA
2019 - loses vs St. Albans, Landon, SSSA
2020 - wins vs St. Albans
loses vs Bullis
2021 - wins vs Bullis
2022 - loses vs St. Albans, Bullis, Landon
2023 - loses vs Prep, Bullis, Landon, St. Albans

Doesn't look like the claim that the top WCAC only schedules and wins against the bottom IAC teams holds water. IAC is the one ducking now that they aren't having success against the best in the dmv.

Parents - If you want your son to play for the best in the DMV the decision is clear. Short ride to Military Rd.

[Anonymous]

Nobody doesn’t ‘get in St. John’s’ so that can’t be what he is upset about.

[Anonymous]

Again, a league is comprised of many teams not just the top two or three. IAC league is better than WCAC. IAC teams have great competition competing against each other - from top to bottom. WCAC only has competition in the top two or three schools. It’s shouldn’t be this hard to understand. Not to mention historically IAC has been a better lacrosse league than WCAC also. No one thinks of WCAC when they talk about top lacrosse leagues in the country. Sorry, facts.