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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]McLean beat Langley at girls and boys varsity basketball last Friday.  You can see how much school spirit there is at McLean and why people wouldn't want to be rezoned out of the school in this clip:

https://twitter.com/jonroetman/status/1083890067221942273
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We were at both those games with friends and what your clip doesn't show is how rude McLean was to the Langley visitors.  All sorts of profane chants directed at them.  Not welcoming in the least, and if that's their version of "school spirit," count us out.[/quote]

I think you're just upset you lost both games.  I've been to a lot of contests at different schools, and there's no group of kids that knows how to dish out trash talk to other schools more so than "Otto's Army" from Langley.  The profanity, while regrettable, was in response to the Langley students who showed up at McLean early in the morning of the day of the game and defaced the rock in front of the school building with "FU*K MCLEAN"

https://twitter.com/edthe_iii/status/1083725279653183489

The girls game was not much of a contest, but the Langley boys played tough against a more experienced McLean squad.  It was disappointing to see the Langley students walk out towards the end, rather than see the game to its conclusion and give their classmates a well-deserved round of applause.

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A.  I don't have kids at Langley, so have no dog in this fight.  I've attended McLean games before with our friends who live near the school, and this is the treatment McLean usually gives visiting teams.  I realized there is a big rivalry between McLean and Langley, but the reception they gave Langley was over-the-top and unnecessary.

B.  I have no idea what "Otto's Army" is.

C.  It was clear from where we were sitting that the Langley students left before the game ended because of the verbal abuse McLean was heaping onto them.  Can't say I blame them.[/quote]

You don't sound very knowledgeable about either these events or high school kids.

A. When McLean students arrived at school on the morning of Friday's game, they found Langley students had shown up and painted the spirit rock in front of McLean HS in Langley's colors, with "F*CK MCLEAN" on the rock.  The rock was painted over later in the day, but it created some hard feelings and a level of verbal insults from both directions that was greater than usual.  The Langley students certainly gave as good as they got.

B. Otto's Army is the unofficial name of Langley's student cheering section.  There's also Otto's Army merchandise for sale on the Langley boosters page.

C. The Langley students left before the game ended because McLean was up by nine with about a minute left, and they knew their team was going to lose.  Had the score been closer, and many Langley-McLean games have come down to the wire, no amount of "verbal abuse" from the other side would have pried them from their seats.  By walking out in that manner, they failed to applaud their own team's efforts, which was kind of sad to watch.   [/quote]

I already stated that I don't have kids at either school - why on earth would I be "knowledgeable" about their traditions or their kids?  It sounds like you're a little *too* knowledgeable about Langley, considering you've checked out their boosters page and apparently your kids attend McLean... hmmm.   :lol:

The rock painting is a shame, but [b]according to our friends[/b], McLean certainly gives as good as they get and have painted the Langley rock [i]many[/i] times.  [/quote]

You can stop trolling now, because this latest post pretty much gives you away as a Langley parent/student (and disappointed basketball fan Friday night).

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Sure, whatever you say, even though I've already said in another post that we were there with our friends who live near McLean HS.  As I've also already said, I don't have kids at either school, so I wasn't disappointed one way or the other.  But it's clear that not only do you take HS sports just a tad too seriously, you're also weirdly obsessed with Langley.[/quote]

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