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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Besides SJC who has a very strong freshmen class, are there any other stand-out freshmen who have made an impact in the DMV?[/quote]

As long as Mater Dei pipeline continues - Prep will remain strong.

Speaks starting to make inroads into that pipeline. [/quote]

The balance of power in the area is shifting to the big Catholics. They have several advantages that see continued success:

1) Cost (with Prep being the exception compared to GZ, SJC, etc.) - High school and college continue to skyrocket in costs, and great players can go to great schools without being at the more expensive privates.

2) No middle school; they can get who they want for ninth grade. It used to be an advantage for Landon to have their middle school and have a pipeline from a narrow player pool. The modern landscape with so many players rewards having more choice in building your classes.

3) One sports athletes (even Prep has way more than they used to) - more lacrosse players are really year-round lacrosse players.

4) Broader admission flexibility; they can get more kids in.

5) Coaches with narrower responsibilities. The teacher/coach model is increasingly harder to pull off with teaching and coaching both become more work and more specialized. For example, Landon people speak incredibly highly of the HC who followed Bordley and he walked away from his alma mater, apparently because of the overall work environment, not lacrosse.

With so many more youth players, the above factors come together to setup better for the bigger, cheaper schools with more emphasis on the sport coaching.

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