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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One other question about the local field hockey scene - why is it so popular among the private school set (even lacrosse seems to be broadening its appeal) - specifically Catholics (absolutely not trying to bash Catholics. I just notice a lot of kids who attend Catholic schools are on the local club teams)? What is the history behind that?[/quote]

I didn't grow up in this area, but I did play field hockey for my Catholic all-girls school several decades ago.  (There was no club scene, so it was all school-based.)  It was the big fall sport for girls at the time, and because it was an all-girl school, we didn't have to compete with football and boys' fall soccer.  I distinctly remember that many of the public school teams really struggled for space and resources.  It wasn't because they were public (those schools spent *plenty* on football), but because the girls' sports were still kind of an afterthought.  The sports scene for girls was quite different at all-girl schools at the time, and those schools were nearly all Catholic.  So that might be a partial explanation. [/quote]
Thanks. That makes sense.[/quote]

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