2025 Boys Private School Results /Game Schedules/ Commentary

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Anonymous wrote:On Landon’s 2024 team, if I had to guess, 80% on the roster, play at least a second varsity sport. (Soccer, football, wrestling, ice hockey, basketball)

A few kids even played 3 varsity sports.

It’s one of the few schools that really emphasizes multi-sport athletes.

At Landon, every student is required to play a 2nd team sport unless they waive out due to very exceptional circumstances like with the kid who was signed by MLS. So it's 100% not 80. At almost every other private, being a multi-sport will increase your chances of admission. Some schools, like Sidwell and PVI, have put all their athletic success and fake DEI into basketball but any other 2 sport combo will really help.

At GP, they play in a fall lacrosse league but the fall team athletes aren't allowed. The spring roster has about 45 players and they have a hard time getting 15 kids to show up for the fall games. So, I'm guessing about 25 multi-sport athletes. At Gonzaga, a sports powerhouse, they push kids to try for other sports except in basketball. At SJC, they tell you during the recruiting process they aren't interested in having your kid play any 2nd sport unless he's the kicker on the football team.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On Landon’s 2024 team, if I had to guess, 80% on the roster, play at least a second varsity sport. (Soccer, football, wrestling, ice hockey, basketball)

A few kids even played 3 varsity sports.

It’s one of the few schools that really emphasizes multi-sport athletes.

At Landon, every student is required to play a 2nd team sport unless they waive out due to very exceptional circumstances like with the kid who was signed by MLS. So it's 100% not 80. At almost every other private, being a multi-sport will increase your chances of admission. Some schools, like Sidwell and PVI, have put all their athletic success and fake DEI into basketball but any other 2 sport combo will really help.

At GP, they play in a fall lacrosse league but the fall team athletes aren't allowed. The spring roster has about 45 players and they have a hard time getting 15 kids to show up for the fall games. So, I'm guessing about 25 multi-sport athletes. At Gonzaga, a sports powerhouse, they push kids to try for other sports except in basketball. At SJC, they tell you during the recruiting process they aren't interested in having your kid play any 2nd sport unless he's the kicker on the football team.

100% true re SJC - I don’t think there is a single kid who plays lacrosse and something else. The girls do though. At Prep and SJC they allow contract athletes - kids who don’t play any sports for their school or play only in games for their school and at Landon you can’t do that. However as PP said, the kids are required to play 2 sports for Landon so the number is 100% - and many/most of them are difference makers in 2 sports, not just ‘on the team’ for the non-lacrosse sport.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:On Landon’s 2024 team, if I had to guess, 80% on the roster, play at least a second varsity sport. (Soccer, football, wrestling, ice hockey, basketball)

A few kids even played 3 varsity sports.

It’s one of the few schools that really emphasizes multi-sport athletes.

Not hard to do at Landon.

That's a blanket statement as it depends on the sport.

Of course, Landon football or Landon basketball can't compete with the WCAC's heavy-weights given the institutional resources and commitment the big Catholic schools to invest in those sports. Regardless, Landon's hockey, wrestling, and soccer programs are very strong for the DC area. I know a few families over there whose boys are very good at lacrosse and also happen to be exceptional wrestlers or hockey players or compete hard on the grid-iron.

High School in my opinion is getting your son or daughter exposed to many team sports, learning how to compete, coming together around a collective goal, and handling adversity. I scratch my head when I see parents going all-in on lacrosse from middle school and beyond, especially for a sport where there is zero future post-college.

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A lot of these comments are going off track from the Initial comment About a small number of schools getting the vast majority of club talent. That’s somewhat related to the multi sport athlete question but the more interesting observation to me is how many talented lacrosse players go to schools and never play because of the level of competition. as long as you’re playing for a good club team, aren’t you better off Going to a high school where you can play for 2 to 3 years.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of these comments are going off track from the Initial comment About a small number of schools getting the vast majority of club talent. That’s somewhat related to the multi sport athlete question but the more interesting observation to me is how many talented lacrosse players go to schools and never play because of the level of competition. as long as you’re playing for a good club team, aren’t you better off Going to a high school where you can play for 2 to 3 years.

Agreed. If you have essentially a one sport kid in middle school, you should look at options to get on the field. This is behind considerations on things like academics, cost and geographic distance.

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Schools like St. John’s stress weight lifting and CrossFit during the other seasons. Some would say those are sports.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools like St. John’s stress weight lifting and CrossFit during the other seasons. Some would say those are sports.

Maybe - St. John’s doesn’t consider them sports though.

[Anonymous]

Speaks will allow kids to play a 2nd sport during their freshman year at SJC. Once boys are headed into sophomore year, they are pressured to play "year round" lacrosse on Military road.

"Optional lifting sessions"
"Optional practices"
"Optional shoot a rounds"

Speaks doesn't necessarily run these off season workouts but he is well aware of which players are attending/are committed to the program.

Gonzaga also operates like this but it's not as emphasized.

IAC schools given they are smaller in size (except for GP), most kids generally play a 2nd sport because their athletic programs need the bodies (especially at the smaller co-ed schools)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Speaks will allow kids to play a 2nd sport during their freshman year at SJC. Once boys are headed into sophomore year, they are pressured to play "year round" lacrosse on Military road.

"Optional lifting sessions"
"Optional practices"
"Optional shoot a rounds"

Speaks doesn't necessarily run these off season workouts but he is well aware of which players are attending/are committed to the program.

Gonzaga also operates like this but it's not as emphasized.

IAC schools given they are smaller in size (except for GP), most kids generally play a 2nd sport because their athletic programs need the bodies (especially at the smaller co-ed schools)

Do SJC (or other school) kids transfer out if they don’t make Varsity as a sophomore? Or if they make Varsity but are looking at minimum playing time until senior year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speaks will allow kids to play a 2nd sport during their freshman year at SJC. Once boys are headed into sophomore year, they are pressured to play "year round" lacrosse on Military road.

"Optional lifting sessions"
"Optional practices"
"Optional shoot a rounds"

Speaks doesn't necessarily run these off season workouts but he is well aware of which players are attending/are committed to the program.

Gonzaga also operates like this but it's not as emphasized.

IAC schools given they are smaller in size (except for GP), most kids generally play a 2nd sport because their athletic programs need the bodies (especially at the smaller co-ed schools)

Do SJC (or other school) kids transfer out if they don’t make Varsity as a sophomore? Or if they make Varsity but are looking at minimum playing time until senior year?

I don’t recall any players transferring out of SJC since Speaks became the coach. A few have been dismissed from the school for disciplinary reasons. Speaks has also allowed players to play football without interfering if they choose to do so.

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if you want your son to play 2 sports in HS, don't sent him to SJC.

full stop.

look at GP where they encourage kids to play a 2nd sport.

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Anonymous wrote:All of the schools outside the Prep/Landon/Gonzaga/SJC/Bullis tier have been struggling to get players. The price point and coach combination at Good Counsel has pushed them up close to that tier. But there are not a lot of players at schools like SSSAS or the better MAC schools. Even STA has been struggling to get more than a couple each year. Frankly, after the 25 and 26 classes, Bullis is in this situation too.

Chickens are coming home to roost on the push to start club lax as early as 3rd grade. This has decreased numbers of good athletes who in recent past would try rec lax as late as MS and then become good HS or even college players. That doesn’t happen anymore so there just aren’t enough kids playing high level lacrosse. Let’s be honest - many of the local club teams are no better than rec lax was a decade ago, they just cost more. Add in the impact that a handful of area private schools get the vast majority of top players. The only way this changes is if some of these talented club players start choosing to go to other private schools where they can actually start and play significantly roles for 2-3 years. There are a ton of good to very good players at top schools that never see the field

Fair points, imo. Specialization hurts as well. How many kids that have committed in 26 play another varsity sport?

Landon's 4 best lacrosse players are either their best or near best in football and basketball.

That’s good to hear. Only possible at a small school like Landon - not going to happen at Prep, SJC, Gonzaga, or Bullis - which would be reason to choose Landon (cost aside). Are any of them going to get offers to play either sports in college?

One is most likely going to kick as a sophomore but the lax coaches would t allow him to do two sports as a freshman

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Agree. Or Landon. STA. Etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speaks will allow kids to play a 2nd sport during their freshman year at SJC. Once boys are headed into sophomore year, they are pressured to play "year round" lacrosse on Military road.

"Optional lifting sessions"
"Optional practices"
"Optional shoot a rounds"

Speaks doesn't necessarily run these off season workouts but he is well aware of which players are attending/are committed to the program.

Gonzaga also operates like this but it's not as emphasized.

IAC schools given they are smaller in size (except for GP), most kids generally play a 2nd sport because their athletic programs need the bodies (especially at the smaller co-ed schools)

Do SJC (or other school) kids transfer out if they don’t make Varsity as a sophomore? Or if they make Varsity but are looking at minimum playing time until senior year?

I don’t recall any players transferring out of SJC since Speaks became the coach. A few have been dismissed from the school for disciplinary reasons. Speaks has also allowed players to play football without interfering if they choose to do so.

Unless there is one this year, the only SJC varsity football player playing lax in the 2 years prior was Duenkel and he was the kicker. A kid can play 2 sports at JV at SJC and is highly discouraged at the varsity level at every single sport. The school literally tells applying families to look elsewhere if that's what they want.

[Anonymous]

Landon was a fantastic opportunity for my son to be a 3 sport athlete all 4 years and still play college lacrosse. They need the students to play multiple sports given its size. Playing 3 sports also prevented him from burning out on lacrosse and also created more of an upside for him once he got to college and could focus on lax year round.