What are the no-cut teams at local Virginia high schools?

[Anonymous]

OP, it is also worth noting that, even if a team is initially no-cut to get on, they still do cut later if kids do not show up regularly to practices/meets/events.

[Anonymous]

Even if track is no cut at a school only the fast runners compete at the Invitational meets ; the slow kids can practice and will get out in a weekday meet or two

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is field hockey normally a cut sport? I don't know any 8th graders who play and am wondering if it's the sort of thing a girl could walk-on as a freshman.

It really depends on the school. If you know the specific school your kid will be going to, it would be easier for people here to answer.

Local Catholics

[Anonymous]

Volleyball maybe? Woodson has several teams and ways to play - Varsity, JV, freshman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is field hockey normally a cut sport? I don't know any 8th graders who play and am wondering if it's the sort of thing a girl could walk-on as a freshman.

It really depends on the school. If you know the specific school your kid will be going to, it would be easier for people here to answer.

Local Catholics

This is funny; which local catholics? Because my kids go to a local private high school (not Catholic) and we play the big Catholic schools (O'Connell, St. John, Gonzaga., etc) and those teams are stacked. Those schools also recruit and offer financial aid to play sports for them (I know 2 kids whose parents told me directly that is why their kid attends). Good for them. But don't be naive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Volleyball maybe? Woodson has several teams and ways to play - Varsity, JV, freshman.

Volleyball is up there with basketball with one of the hardest teams to make. There are only 6 players playing at a time, and even with rotations, a coach can choose to basically play a rotation where several players don't rotate out and play the entire game. So you only want a team of 10 players, maybe up to 12, and many of those girls won't even play at all. Volleyball is insanely popular in the DMV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is field hockey normally a cut sport? I don't know any 8th graders who play and am wondering if it's the sort of thing a girl could walk-on as a freshman.

It really depends on the school. If you know the specific school your kid will be going to, it would be easier for people here to answer.

Local Catholics

This is funny; which local catholics? Because my kids go to a local private high school (not Catholic) and we play the big Catholic schools (O'Connell, St. John, Gonzaga., etc) and those teams are stacked. Those schools also recruit and offer financial aid to play sports for them (I know 2 kids whose parents told me directly that is why their kid attends). Good for them. But don't be naive.

Thank you. I'm the PP who asked. My DD has expressed interest in the sport, and we don't know anyone who plays, so I was curious whether schools have highly competitive tryouts or if there's room for beginners if she began to pick it up this year.

[Anonymous]

Stacked field hockey teams?!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stacked field hockey teams?!?

It might sound strange to you, but it's true. There are several local private schools, as well as a few publics, with very strong field hockey programs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is field hockey normally a cut sport? I don't know any 8th graders who play and am wondering if it's the sort of thing a girl could walk-on as a freshman.

It really depends on the school. If you know the specific school your kid will be going to, it would be easier for people here to answer.

Local Catholics

This is funny; which local catholics? Because my kids go to a local private high school (not Catholic) and we play the big Catholic schools (O'Connell, St. John, Gonzaga., etc) and those teams are stacked. Those schools also recruit and offer financial aid to play sports for them (I know 2 kids whose parents told me directly that is why their kid attends). Good for them. But don't be naive.

It depends. WCAC schools field some nationally ranked teams. No team at those schools will be easy to make. If you're talking about a smaller Catholic school like then teams will be easier to make

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again. I’m sorry, this was a poorly worded question. (Yes, I am from the U.S., but you might be surprised to know that this varies tremendously across the U.S. just as it varies right here in the DC area…) we are looking at the following high schools:
Yorktown
W-L
Wakefield
Meridian
Woodson
Robinson
West Springfield
Marshall
Lake Braddock

And my specific query is - is swimming no cut? I know at some of these schools it is cut throat. Running? Crew? Dive? Tennis?

Again, my kids aren’t terrible, but they are not currently Olympic level but I still would like to buy a house where they have a prayer of competing. Thanks for any help.

Off hand, these are low / no cut sports at LBSS so I have heard: XC / track, crew, football (? they seem to take a lot with freshman, JV, and varsity teams).
The theater and music programs are great too - if your are willing to consider EC options outside of sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP again. I’m sorry, this was a poorly worded question. (Yes, I am from the U.S., but you might be surprised to know that this varies tremendously across the U.S. just as it varies right here in the DC area…) we are looking at the following high schools:
Yorktown
W-L
Wakefield
Meridian
Woodson
Robinson
West Springfield
Marshall
Lake Braddock

And my specific query is - is swimming no cut? I know at some of these schools it is cut throat. Running? Crew? Dive? Tennis?

Again, my kids aren’t terrible, but they are not currently Olympic level but I still would like to buy a house where they have a prayer of competing. Thanks for any help.

Off hand, these are low / no cut sports at LBSS so I have heard: XC / track, crew, football (? they seem to take a lot with freshman, JV, and varsity teams).
The theater and music programs are great too - if your are willing to consider EC options outside of sports.

Oh and swimming seems to be high cut at LBSS with 25 boys and 25 girls on the team each year.

[Anonymous]

Swim is very competitive at Woodson- especially on the girls side. They have some nationally ranked swimmers.

For XC/track at Woodson- they didn't cut anyone this year but the team is huge and if you are not in the top 10- you are really just practicing so it is still a team sport but not necessarily competing. Again, there are some really fast girls so there is a big gap between the top 10 and everyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Volleyball maybe? Woodson has several teams and ways to play - Varsity, JV, freshman.

Volleyball is up there with basketball with one of the hardest teams to make. There are only 6 players playing at a time, and even with rotations, a coach can choose to basically play a rotation where several players don't rotate out and play the entire game. So you only want a team of 10 players, maybe up to 12, and many of those girls won't even play at all. Volleyball is insanely popular in the DMV.

+1 Volleyball has the highest cut teams in our HS. Neck and neck with basketball.I this the year my kid was a freshman, there were over 30 freshman cut, plus more upper class men cut who had already played on freshman and JV teams. Not one year has been a “given” in making the team thus far.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is field hockey normally a cut sport? I don't know any 8th graders who play and am wondering if it's the sort of thing a girl could walk-on as a freshman.

It really depends on the school. If you know the specific school your kid will be going to, it would be easier for people here to answer.

Local Catholics

This is funny; which local catholics? Because my kids go to a local private high school (not Catholic) and we play the big Catholic schools (O'Connell, St. John, Gonzaga., etc) and those teams are stacked. Those schools also recruit and offer financial aid to play sports for them (I know 2 kids whose parents told me directly that is why their kid attends). Good for them. But don't be naive.

PVI does not cut girls field hockey.