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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They may have lost, yet this school continues to have a page dedicated to it that is now 13 pages long.  Why do you think that is? STA students (and dads) don't seem to define themselves by the sport(s) they play.  [/quote]

Many STA dads played lacrosse at their prep schools and quite a few played at the college level.  So there's that reliving of the glory days part.  There is also the lacrosse mystique - tied to NE elitism, the Wall Street Network, blah, blah....  Lots of STA Board members and alums are fixated on bringing up the sport.

Also lots of posts on this thread are from obvious STA haters, enjoying taking pot shots at the program fueled by jealousy of everything else STA offers.[/quote]

The sport is so much bigger now, and has a lot of great athletes playing these days.  30 years ago, it was a sport with huge barriers to entry and in the DMV played only by prep schools.  Many STA dads who played in prep school then and even in college  could not make today's Bullis roster.  Their glory days were a function of a severely limited player pool!  30 years from now, crew and squash will be just like lacrosse is today.[/quote]

In 1986 my public HS club team defeated St. Albans.  Lacrosse was alive and well 30 years ago and I do not recall St. Albans being the team to beat.  Landon was the local powerhouse.  Back then there were lots of public school kids playing and many went on to great college careers.  The WALL washington area lacrosse league had a lot of teams with public and private school kids.[/quote]

In 2014, led by a HC who attended Gonzaga, a 5-win St. Albans team rallied from four goals down to defeat an undefeated and #1 ranked nationally Georgetown Prep team in the final IAC regular schedule IAC game.  Results like the one your club team achieved in 1986 happen from time to time.  [/quote]

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