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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So which private HS's are best for girls sports?  I assume Holton?  [/quote]

Holton does very well in softball, swimming, ice hockey, tennis, and volleyball.  They are just okay in soccer, lacrosse, field hockey and basketball.

[b]I do wonder if colleges even look at these small college prep schools for true athlet[/b]es though. [/quote]

The answer to the bolded question is basically "yes, in a sense" or "yes, it depends."  As an initial matter, the schools around here produce a lot of graduates who will play sports in college.  More at the Division III level, but a respectable number at the Division I level.  For the girls' schools in this area, the most Division I athletes are in lacrosse.  Probably soccer would come next, and each year there are one or more Division I basketball players coming out of the ISL (at least three for Bullis this year, I believe).  You will also see Division I athletes in pretty much all the other sports, but a smaller number.

Here's the "in a sense" or "it depends" part.  In most sports, recruiting is now heavily focused OUTSIDE the high school athletic process.  It is a matter of efficiency -- it is much easier for college coaches to see large numbers of athletes in one place at showcase type tournaments.  Will college coaches still call the high school coach for an assessment/input?  Yes, they often feel the HS coach knows the player better as a "whole person" than the club coach might.  But are college coaches flocking to the sidelines of HS sports games to scout?  No, not generally.  In some sports, like basketball, the recruiting "sell" will still bring recruiters (and even head coaches) the the schools.  But mostly the recruiting goes on elsewhere.[/quote]

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