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Ok, let the scoreboard tell the story.  Your assertion is just not true.  There will always be exceptions, like the tennis score you referenced, but comprehensively, you will not find Potomac (and other MAC schools) competitive with the IAC, WAC, and other conferences.  Again, this by design.  Those schools place athletics on just a high plane as they do academics.[/quote]

PP, you're not big on letting facts get in the way of a good story, huh?

First, you must just be talking about boys sports - as Potomac and Sidwell play in the ISL which includes NCS and Holton, and Sidwell and Potomac have their fair share of ISL championships.

As for boys sports, I've already conceded to you that the single sex schools (Landon, St Albans, Prep, etc) have the advantage given their numbers.   And yes, in an all boys school you are naturally going to get more of a sports culture (these schools focus on the teacher/coach model).   EVEN STILL, when you look at the head-to-head matchups of these schools in the last few years you find them pretty well balanced.   That's also true for head-to-head records against teams like Bullis, SSSAS, Episcopal, Bishop Ireton, St Andrews, etc.   If you want to challenge that, I suggest you post the records of the last few years across all sports and let the facts, rather than just your opinion, lead.

Not sure why you seem so bent on proving that top coed schools like Sidwell and Potomac are not committed to athletic excellence.   You're just wrong... and you said yourself you don't have a kid there.   So unless you show me the scoreboards, I'm going to choose to ignore those comments that are frankly insulting to the hundreds of talented student athletes at Sidwell and Potomac who stay after school EVERY DAY to give their best and compete for their programs.   A very high percentage of students at these schools play multiple sports.

I for one think that Sidwell and Potomac strike the perfect balance between academic, athletic, artistic, community, and social excellence.  It's why my family has so enjoyed the experience there.

(oh, and my Potomac son, who is currently on a Div I sports scholarship, would probably also agree)

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