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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BOYS LAX: Freedom over Briar Woods 13-12 on OT. Great Game as a fan of the sport between two of the better teams in Loudoun for many years. Many of these kids have played Dulles South together. It was like a playoff game, very intense and full of energy. Both sidelines were electric. Everytime Freedom built a 2, 3, or 4 goal lead, BW had an answer to tie the game up. Thr 4th quarter had Freedom up by 1 goal, 3X only to have BW tie it up. Both teams had possessions in OT, with Freedom hitting pipe 2X, before winning it in OT. There were shots from both teams that were simply amazing goals. Both goalies played well, but wouldn't say it was stellar. Loved the back-n-forth battle all night long. Too bad these teams won't see each other again this year. [/quote]

I had quite a different take. Sloppy game! Both teams have individual pieces, but are not whole complete teams. I can say these are not two of the “better” teams in Loudoun, as I can count at least 3 that are playing better at the moment.[/quote]

Riverside is the top in Loudoun, and the next 4 are a distant ways away.
Indy, Freedom, Broad Run and Briar are the next 4, but they could all beat each other on given nights.[/quote]

I beg to differ. 
A look at the 2024 common opponents, W/L and margin of victory: as things stand today there are three tiers of play here (really 4 but I did not look into the lowest tier.
From the other 2024 thread and written pre Briar/Freedom game:

[i]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.[/i]
[/quote]I think if you incorporated the Loudoun teams in the 6a weekly poll, Riverside and Robinson would be 1a and 1b.  Indy probably slots in behind Battlefield and maybe as far back as just behind Langley.  Still early on and play on the field will determine everything.  Just think thats where it would be today.[/quote]

I am the PP above- Yes Riverside #1 a/b with Robinson, unless Robo loses to Madison this week. I would put Indy behind #5 Battlefield and above #8 Oakton/ #9 Freedom, so yes 6/7/8 range. I would put Broad Run in that range 6-8 too. [/quote]

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