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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Again, it is all relative.  No need to defend Potomac's record in their own conference or against similar level school outside of their conference.  Potomac is very competitive against the schools that are in their conference (Flint Hill, Maret, Sidwell, etc.).  They are not competitive against the Landons, Georgetown Preps, public schools, etc.  There is nothing wrong with this for this is by the school's design.  It is simply a matter of what the parents/student is looking for in terms of athletic excellence.   [/quote]

Landon and Georgetown Prep are single sex schools, so it's not an apples to apples comparison (Landon has 2x the number of boys to choose from for sports).   Still, when these schools do play it's not exactly a mismatch (Potomac just beat Landon 6-1 yesterday in Boys Tennis).

If you really want to go back and look through all the records of out of conference play over the past 3 years, you will see that the school has a pretty decent win/loss record against the single sex schools, and even many public schools.  (for example, Boys Soccer this year beat St. Albans & Wakefield High (public), Boys Lacrosse beat Dominion High (public), Girls Lacrosse beat NCS and Holton, Girls Softball beat NCS and Holton, etc)

Not trying to argue that top coed schools like Potomac & Sidwell are equal in team sports to the single sex or public schools - clearly those schools have more depth to pick from (for obvious reasons).   But I think it's a disservice to suggest that the gap is all that big or that Potomac and Sidwell are "not competitive" with those schools.   We should just let the scoreboard tell that story.[/quote]

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