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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, Landon's reign is about to resume. [/quote]

Those days are long, long gone.

Landon had a 10-year head start on everyone else prior to the mid 1990's. Prep eventually caught them. Now Bullis is in the mix along with SSSA.

Landon won in these early because they alone developed players starting in Middle school, the sport attracted their best athletes and they had a superior coach. Now those advantages have disappeared.

Prep now has 1,000 boys and a reinvigorated pipeline to Mater Dei. Bullis has shown it wall do what it needs to do to stay relevant. SSSA has little competition in Virginia for boys who want to play lacrosse at a high level at a private school.
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Pipeline to GP has been strong the last two years and for this upcoming fall, but it only has just under 500 boys—not 1,000 boys as the previous poster suggested (Gonzaga has about 1,000 boys+/-).  Of the Mater Dei kids (not all obviously play lacrosse), Prep will get at least 27 kids this fall, including the lacrosse players, if not 30-31.  Prep will also get a handful of very talented lacrosse players outside of the Mater Dei pipeline.  Two years ago, Prep got 29 Mater Dei kids, including all the lacrosse players.  Gonzaga should still be good this year, but last year was their best team and will be for some time.  Prep should surprise some schools this year because they have plenty of talent—albeit mostly underclassmen.  Look for them to contend next year and possibly be a national title contender in two to three years.

Landon will win it all this year and may end up being national champion by seasons' end.  Unfortunately (from a lacrosse perspective, anyway), they will graduate a large senior class, and the cupboard is relatively thin (by Landon standards) in the underclassmen.  Bullis is strong this year, but will also be in the same boat as Landon.  Landon tends to develop more home grown players whereas, to some degree, Bullis takes in a handful more of transfers (Prep also has a strong transfer coming in as a junior this fall).[/quote]

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