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[quote=Anonymous]I've coached and followed lacrosse locally for two decades and would say that fall, summer and scrimmages might not mean much at all. Several kids used to and still do play other fall and winter school sports. Over the last decade club lacrosse has really taken over all the attention to develop players very young since the recruiting has gotten so out of control with youths.

I would say that up until 5-8 years ago with rare exception, if a DMV kid wanted to play college lacrosse he pretty much had to go to an IAC school and if parents could not afford it he would have close to zero chance to get recruited. Few people remember that until about 12 years ago all the teams in the IAC after Landon were very weak, so a long time ago it was just one school that had high level play. Also 5-8 years ago Gonzaga and PVI started to put a lot of attention into building their programs and have arrived at the IAC level. Just those two teams, not the WCAC have arrived. I would also note that only in the last year or two there have been public school teams that can give the prep teams a competitive game. NoVa has a few very good public programs now, and on the Maryland side there are several Howard County publics that could give an IAC team a competitive game. Churchill is getting closer. Not there, but getting closer.

5 years ago if Landon or Gonzaga played a public HS there would be no doubt that the best 10 players on the field were always Landon or Gonzaga. Starting 3 years ago you could watch a Robinson or a Churchill versus Landon or Gonzaga and honesty assess that 2-3 kids on the public team could start for the prep team. Last year you could easy put that at 3-4 players. This year, given the graduation class that exited both Gonzaga and Landon that number could be 5. What makes the IAC and the top WCAC teams better now is depth and in some instances just 1-2 really star players who make a difference. Tons of kids matriculate to those schools to play lacrosse. That written, I would not be stunned to see a public beat Landon or Gonzaga in the next year or so. Lacrosse is a funny game on a given day. Right now the publics are talented ENOUGH to have one of their best players try to negate the star on Landon or Gonzaga and if a FOGO and a goalie have their day it COULD happen. That was a crazy thought only a few years ago.

I think the proliferation of quality HS lacrosse in Fairfax, Loudon and Montgomery counties has shown that mom and dad don't need to mortgage the house for junior to play ball, and that is a good thing. Lacrosse will be a real major sport the day it is the people's game. Not to knock Landon or Gonzaga with their history and tradition, but it will be a great day for lacrosse the day they lose to Robinson or Churchill or Howard.[/quote]

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