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Anonymous

03/13/2022 20:54 Subject: Re:'21-22' DMV LACROSSE OUTLOOK

Real games started last week - as if the teams weren't already counting and keeping track

Anonymous

03/13/2022 20:11 Subject: Re:'21-22' DMV LACROSSE OUTLOOK

Anonymous wrote:As predicted it was a crazy start to the season with a lot of surprises. More to come - it's long season with a lot of games to play.

Here is the schedule for the week ahead- Away vs Home

Tuesday, March 15 2022
Paul VI vs St Stephen/St Agnes — PVI
Good Counsel vs Annapolis Area Christian —- GC
Landon vs Gonzaga —- Gonzaga
Sidwell vs St Albans — St Albans
St Johns vs DeMatha —SJC
Maret vs Heights — Heights
St Andrews vs St Marys Ryken - St. Andrews

Wednesday, March 16 2022
Archbishop Spalding vs Bullis - Bullis
Georgetown Prep vs Loyola Blakefield - Blakefield

Thursday, March 17 2022
Annapolis Area Christian vs Maret - AAC

Friday, March 18 2022
Episcopal vs St Johns - ?
St Stephen/St Agnes vs St Christopher's VA —- SSSA
Mount St. Joseph vs Good Counsel —- Mount
DeMatha vs Christ The King NC - DeMatha
McNamara vs Ireton - Ireton
St Marys Ryken vs St Johns - SJC
Paul VI vs Heights - PVI
O'Connell vs Gonzaga - Gonzaga

Saturday, March 19 2022
Haverford School PA vs Bullis - Bullis
Episcopal Academy PA vs St Stephen/St Agnes - SSSA
Maret vs Thomas Jefferson VA - Maret
Germantown Academy PA vs Episcopal- Episcopal
Malvern Prep PA vs Georgetown Prep - Prep
Penn Charter PA vs Landon - Penn Charter
St Albans vs Springside Chestnut - St. Albans
DeMatha vs Bishop McGuinness

- DeMatha

Anonymous

03/13/2022 19:28 Subject: Re:'21-22' DMV LACROSSE OUTLOOK

Anonymous wrote:
Tuesday, March 15 2022
Paul VI vs St Stephen/St Agnes : SSSAS
Good Counsel vs Annapolis Area Christian : GC
Landon vs Gonzaga : Best game of the day. I’ll go with GZ at home.
Sidwell vs St Albans : STA
St Johns vs DeMatha : SJC
Maret vs Heights : Heights
St Andrews vs St Marys Ryken : St Andrews

Love the schedule each week. Are these "real" games starting this week - i.e., when does season officially start (vs scrimmages)?

Anonymous

03/13/2022 18:46 Subject: Re:'21-22' DMV LACROSSE OUTLOOK

Tuesday, March 15 2022
Paul VI vs St Stephen/St Agnes : SSSAS
Good Counsel vs Annapolis Area Christian : GC
Landon vs Gonzaga : Best game of the day. I’ll go with GZ at home.
Sidwell vs St Albans : STA
St Johns vs DeMatha : SJC
Maret vs Heights : Heights
St Andrews vs St Marys Ryken : St Andrews

Anonymous

03/13/2022 18:29 Subject: '21-22' DMV LACROSSE OUTLOOK

Anonymous wrote:Gonzaga is becoming the Yorktown of the WCAC

Maybe they can aspire to be the Dulles South

Anonymous

03/13/2022 18:09 Subject: Re:'21-22' DMV LACROSSE OUTLOOK

As predicted it was a crazy start to the season with a lot of surprises. More to come - it's long season with a lot of games to play.

Here is the schedule for the week ahead- Away vs Home

Tuesday, March 15 2022
Paul VI vs St Stephen/St Agnes
Good Counsel vs Annapolis Area Christian
Landon vs Gonzaga
Sidwell vs St Albans
St Johns vs DeMatha
Maret vs Heights
St Andrews vs St Marys Ryken

Wednesday, March 16 2022
Archbishop Spalding vs Bullis
Georgetown Prep vs Loyola Blakefield

Thursday, March 17 2022
Annapolis Area Christian vs Maret

Friday, March 18 2022
Episcopal vs St Johns
St Stephen/St Agnes vs St Christopher's VA
Mount St. Joseph vs Good Counsel
DeMatha vs Christ The King NC
McNamara vs Ireton
St Marys Ryken vs St Johns
Paul VI vs Heights
O'Connell vs Gonzaga

Saturday, March 19 2022
Haverford School PA vs Bullis
Episcopal Academy PA vs St Stephen/St Agnes
Maret vs Thomas Jefferson VA
Germantown Academy PA vs Episcopal
Malvern Prep PA vs Georgetown Prep
Penn Charter PA vs Landon
St Albans vs Springside Chestnut
DeMatha vs Bishop McGuinness

Anonymous

03/13/2022 16:49 Subject: '21-22' DMV LACROSSE OUTLOOK

Gonzaga is becoming the Yorktown of the WCAC

Anonymous

03/13/2022 15:51 Subject: '21-22' DMV LACROSSE OUTLOOK

SJC and GZ have made statements so far and deserve to have solidified their number one rank (SJC) and to have moved up (GZ). Regardless of how good STM is, Prep and Landon both looked disappointing in their bad losses and deserve to be knocked down a peg or two. Reactions to Bullis, SSSA, PVI, and STA are premature given weak opponents. Sorry, but Dematha is not a valid benchmark and scrimmages are nonsense.

WCAC is still all SJC. They are not losing any sleep over the early run here by GZ.

IAC is wide open. Will be some great games between Bullis, Prep, Landon, and SSSA. Look for home teams to be favored by 2-3 goals in relatively even matchups.

Anonymous

03/13/2022 15:15 Subject: '21-22' DMV LACROSSE OUTLOOK

Anonymous wrote:If real rankings include strength of opponents than I would argue that GZ's first 2 wins (McDonogh #2 in US, LB #19 in US) are more impressive than any other team in the US except for SJC (Prep, BL, CH), and should get them ranked in top 10 (at least, maybe even top 5) in next week's IL rankings. Remember, you are not looking at 2021 results....just this season's games. And scrimmages are just that...so not sure you why you even reference the SSSAS scrimmage.

But ranking where from last and IL is clueless about.

Anonymous

03/13/2022 15:13 Subject: '21-22' DMV LACROSSE OUTLOOK

Anonymous wrote:SJC and Gonzaga simply decimated the cream of the MIAA in a way that I cannot remember over the last 20 years--there is no doubt that this year the WCAC is the better conference (maybe not deeper, but better at the top). Gonzaga had been 1-13 against McDonogh before Friday's win.

Down year for McDonough and Loyola

Anonymous

03/13/2022 14:41 Subject: '21-22' DMV LACROSSE OUTLOOK

Gonzaga is the number one ranked team in the world of Zaga parents and DCUM. There are you happy now? Don’t worry all will be settled on the field and you will always use you we beat the number 2 team claim when you argue that you are better than teams you will loose to later in the season

Anonymous

03/13/2022 14:16 Subject: '21-22' DMV LACROSSE OUTLOOK

SJC and Gonzaga simply decimated the cream of the MIAA in a way that I cannot remember over the last 20 years--there is no doubt that this year the WCAC is the better conference (maybe not deeper, but better at the top). Gonzaga had been 1-13 against McDonogh before Friday's win.

Anonymous

03/13/2022 13:59 Subject: '21-22' DMV LACROSSE OUTLOOK

If real rankings include strength of opponents than I would argue that GZ's first 2 wins (McDonogh #2 in US, LB #19 in US) are more impressive than any other team in the US except for SJC (Prep, BL, CH), and should get them ranked in top 10 (at least, maybe even top 5) in next week's IL rankings. Remember, you are not looking at 2021 results....just this season's games. And scrimmages are just that...so not sure you why you even reference the SSSAS scrimmage.

Anonymous

03/13/2022 13:53 Subject: '21-22' DMV LACROSSE OUTLOOK

Anonymous wrote:Here are my new rankings for the DMV area.

1. Sjc- obvious on this one. In a league of their own.
2. Bullis- looks like the best team in the IAC this year.
3. SSSAS- sneaky team right here. Wouldn’t be shocked if they win the IAC this year.
4. Pvi- two solid wins to start of the year.
5. Gonzaga- also had two good wins to start of the year.
6. STA- looks like a completely different program.
7. Prep- off to a very slow start.
8. Landon- they just look awful.

Bullis is way too high, as is PVI.

Real rankings should be if you include strength of opponents, and three legit top 25 national teams:

1. SJC (area and national #1)
2. SSSAS (SSSAS beat GZ albeit in a scrimmage but both sides kept their starters in the whole time. Depth could be their Achilles Heel.)
3. GZ (Two huge wins over top MIAA schools, and only the Calvert Hall scrimmage blow-out keeps them at 3. Also, Eye St. has to be worried about their injuries.)
4. PVI (Wins are wins but the caliber of play isn't really there yet)
5. Bullis (Narrowly escaped an embarrassing early loss to DeMatha but a win is a win. Its a very young team.)
6. Prep (Team just needs to gel, but look for this team to be better in a few weeks.)
7. St A (Reality will set in with this weeks matches)
8. Episcopal (Nowhere to go but up)
9. DeMatha (Not a strong program, but Dave is gonna surprise one of these teams this season and almost got Bullis.)
10. Landon (Clearly well into a full rebuild at this stage at all positions.)

Anonymous

03/13/2022 13:33 Subject: '21-22' DMV LACROSSE OUTLOOK

Who has pvi beat and who has Gonzaga beat?