Anonymous
03/30/2023 20:16
Subject: Re:VHSL 6A Boys 2023 Rankings and Results
Anonymous wrote:Yorktown 4 Madison 1 at the half.
Please keep updating!
Anonymous
03/30/2023 19:59
Subject: Re:VHSL 6A Boys 2023 Rankings and Results
Yorktown 4 Madison 1 at the half.
Anonymous
03/30/2023 16:31
Subject: Re:VHSL 6A Boys 2023 Rankings and Results
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just wanted to say continued THANKS to the Rankings Committee for continuing to put out weekly rankings (even if don't have time for the accompanying analysis - although the analysis is often the best part!). Looks like some good early season games this week.
Also something I've been curious about for some time -what's the with the crazy scheduling? Teams have no games for 1.5/2 weeks, then have 3 in one week; teams are scheduling traveling Colorado teams to fill in open gaps in schedule etc. Is it just field availability or something else? Also why the weekend/spring break tournaments - just to get more game action in or is that only way to get to minimum number of games?
FCPS had 2 No-Play dates last week because of Ramadan which is the reason for the lack of games. FCPS also has 2 formats for scheduling games, 1) A straight 11 game schedule where FCPS pays for the refs, bussing, etc. 2) Teams schedule 9 games and the remaining 5 games have to be in a tournament format which requires them to be played within a week's timeframe. Those remaining 5 games fees are paid directly by the school or teams involved. Arlington, PW, Loudoun and the rest of VA does not have these rules and can schedule 14 games individually. It will never change due to equity needs of Fairfax County. In terms of Cheyenne Mountain playing Madison, the head coach of CM used to coach at Woodson HS and he brings his team here every other year for their spring break to face outside competition.
Who are the idiots who schedule FCPS games? I know it won't do any good, but I'd like to vent my complaints to them anyway. Why the hell does spring break have to be ruined?
Spring break is annoying but more importantly how is even a little bit okay to have these kids playing 10 games over the course of 2 weeks....lacrosse isn't football but it is a physical game...these teens need to have recovery time...
Agree, and due to field availability my kid's team practices are often from 730 to 930 which is insane because they can't get the sleep they need.
Didn’t used to have that problem when high schools started at 7:15am. People voted for the later start time and this is a result of it.
Anonymous
03/30/2023 15:52
Subject: Re:VHSL 6A Boys 2023 Rankings and Results
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just wanted to say continued THANKS to the Rankings Committee for continuing to put out weekly rankings (even if don't have time for the accompanying analysis - although the analysis is often the best part!). Looks like some good early season games this week.
Also something I've been curious about for some time -what's the with the crazy scheduling? Teams have no games for 1.5/2 weeks, then have 3 in one week; teams are scheduling traveling Colorado teams to fill in open gaps in schedule etc. Is it just field availability or something else? Also why the weekend/spring break tournaments - just to get more game action in or is that only way to get to minimum number of games?
FCPS had 2 No-Play dates last week because of Ramadan which is the reason for the lack of games. FCPS also has 2 formats for scheduling games, 1) A straight 11 game schedule where FCPS pays for the refs, bussing, etc. 2) Teams schedule 9 games and the remaining 5 games have to be in a tournament format which requires them to be played within a week's timeframe. Those remaining 5 games fees are paid directly by the school or teams involved. Arlington, PW, Loudoun and the rest of VA does not have these rules and can schedule 14 games individually. It will never change due to equity needs of Fairfax County. In terms of Cheyenne Mountain playing Madison, the head coach of CM used to coach at Woodson HS and he brings his team here every other year for their spring break to face outside competition.
Who are the idiots who schedule FCPS games? I know it won't do any good, but I'd like to vent my complaints to them anyway. Why the hell does spring break have to be ruined?
Spring break is annoying but more importantly how is even a little bit okay to have these kids playing 10 games over the course of 2 weeks....lacrosse isn't football but it is a physical game...these teens need to have recovery time...
Agree, and due to field availability my kid's team practices are often from 730 to 930 which is insane because they can't get the sleep they need.
Anonymous
03/30/2023 14:24
Subject: VHSL 6A Boys 2023 Rankings and Results
The only way it can possibly change is by complaining to Gatehouse and/or the board of ed (or, better yet, changing some of those folks). But be careful what you wish you: they would probably opt just to get rid of lax.
Anonymous
03/30/2023 14:08
Subject: Re:VHSL 6A Boys 2023 Rankings and Results
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just wanted to say continued THANKS to the Rankings Committee for continuing to put out weekly rankings (even if don't have time for the accompanying analysis - although the analysis is often the best part!). Looks like some good early season games this week.
Also something I've been curious about for some time -what's the with the crazy scheduling? Teams have no games for 1.5/2 weeks, then have 3 in one week; teams are scheduling traveling Colorado teams to fill in open gaps in schedule etc. Is it just field availability or something else? Also why the weekend/spring break tournaments - just to get more game action in or is that only way to get to minimum number of games?
FCPS had 2 No-Play dates last week because of Ramadan which is the reason for the lack of games. FCPS also has 2 formats for scheduling games, 1) A straight 11 game schedule where FCPS pays for the refs, bussing, etc. 2) Teams schedule 9 games and the remaining 5 games have to be in a tournament format which requires them to be played within a week's timeframe. Those remaining 5 games fees are paid directly by the school or teams involved. Arlington, PW, Loudoun and the rest of VA does not have these rules and can schedule 14 games individually. It will never change due to equity needs of Fairfax County. In terms of Cheyenne Mountain playing Madison, the head coach of CM used to coach at Woodson HS and he brings his team here every other year for their spring break to face outside competition.
Who are the idiots who schedule FCPS games? I know it won't do any good, but I'd like to vent my complaints to them anyway. Why the hell does spring break have to be ruined?
Spring break is annoying but more importantly how is even a little bit okay to have these kids playing 10 games over the course of 2 weeks....lacrosse isn't football but it is a physical game...these teens need to have recovery time...
Anonymous
03/30/2023 13:34
Subject: Re:VHSL 6A Boys 2023 Rankings and Results
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just wanted to say continued THANKS to the Rankings Committee for continuing to put out weekly rankings (even if don't have time for the accompanying analysis - although the analysis is often the best part!). Looks like some good early season games this week.
Also something I've been curious about for some time -what's the with the crazy scheduling? Teams have no games for 1.5/2 weeks, then have 3 in one week; teams are scheduling traveling Colorado teams to fill in open gaps in schedule etc. Is it just field availability or something else? Also why the weekend/spring break tournaments - just to get more game action in or is that only way to get to minimum number of games?
FCPS had 2 No-Play dates last week because of Ramadan which is the reason for the lack of games. FCPS also has 2 formats for scheduling games, 1) A straight 11 game schedule where FCPS pays for the refs, bussing, etc. 2) Teams schedule 9 games and the remaining 5 games have to be in a tournament format which requires them to be played within a week's timeframe. Those remaining 5 games fees are paid directly by the school or teams involved. Arlington, PW, Loudoun and the rest of VA does not have these rules and can schedule 14 games individually. It will never change due to equity needs of Fairfax County. In terms of Cheyenne Mountain playing Madison, the head coach of CM used to coach at Woodson HS and he brings his team here every other year for their spring break to face outside competition.
Who are the idiots who schedule FCPS games? I know it won't do any good, but I'd like to vent my complaints to them anyway. Why the hell does spring break have to be ruined?
Anonymous
03/30/2023 13:07
Subject: VHSL 6A Boys 2023 Rankings and Results
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think LB should first focus on the two games they play before that one.
I am sure the players and the coaching staff are focused on the next game, lax dads however should be free to comment on what will be a key matchup. I think Madison will likely control the face off X which can keep the game close. They do not have an answer to stop LB key players on offense and LB defense can shut down Madison's top scoring threats. On paper LB should be the favorite but team chemistry has been an issue for this team.
Could be why LB is leaving the starters in longer than is necessary to secure the win. Need to get those role players activated so that they can score off of feeds from the D1 guys and aren't reliant on the D1 guys scoring 80% of the goals.
Anonymous
03/30/2023 12:38
Subject: VHSL 6A Boys 2023 Rankings and Results
Anonymous wrote:I think LB should first focus on the two games they play before that one.
I am sure the players and the coaching staff are focused on the next game, lax dads however should be free to comment on what will be a key matchup. I think Madison will likely control the face off X which can keep the game close. They do not have an answer to stop LB key players on offense and LB defense can shut down Madison's top scoring threats. On paper LB should be the favorite but team chemistry has been an issue for this team.
Anonymous
03/30/2023 12:23
Subject: Re:VHSL 6A Boys 2023 Rankings and Results
The numbers should make more sense once all teams have at least 5 games under their belt.
Anonymous
03/30/2023 12:17
Subject: Re:VHSL 6A Boys 2023 Rankings and Results
First LaxNumbers ranking is out. Don't agree with all of these but it is interesting to compare. Nine of the top 10 are the same teams but not the same order, with some shuffling in the 1-4 spots. Plus the questionable inclusion of Cosby at #7.
1 Battlefield
2 Lake Braddock
3 Yorktown
4 Madison
5 Robinson
6 Langley
7 Cosby
8 Oakton
9 McLean
10 Freedom South Riding
1 Battlefield
2 Lake Braddock
3 Yorktown
4 Madison
5 Robinson
6 Langley
7 Cosby
8 Oakton
9 McLean
10 Freedom South Riding
Anonymous
03/30/2023 10:40
Subject: VHSL 6A Boys 2023 Rankings and Results
Anonymous wrote:I think LB should first focus on the two games they play before that one.
I know we have some WestPo fans here who think they will give LB a game - I hope you are right but I'm not so sure. I doubt they are too worried about Chantilly. McLean put up 20 goals on them, LB could probably score 30.
Anonymous
03/30/2023 10:23
Subject: VHSL 6A Boys 2023 Rankings and Results
I think LB should first focus on the two games they play before that one.
Anonymous
03/30/2023 10:12
Subject: VHSL 6A Boys 2023 Rankings and Results
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lake Braddock is the top team this year by a good margin. Madison does not have the talent to match them.
We will see on Monday. Glad they are playing each other in the regular season.
Madison 9-6
I don't think this is a great matchup for Madison and don't think they hold LB to six goals. I will take LB 11-8.
Anonymous
03/30/2023 00:46
Subject: VHSL 6A Boys 2023 Rankings and Results
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lake Braddock is the top team this year by a good margin. Madison does not have the talent to match them.
We will see on Monday. Glad they are playing each other in the regular season.
Madison 9-6