Anonymous wrote:I’m a different poster, but I think the point is that BoC’s future is quite bright …. They are barely losing any players to graduation in the spring, so will be a powerhouse next year, too, assuming everyone returns healthy.

My quick glance at rosters suggests they are losing a lot less fire power than PVI, HC, or FH.

Anonymous wrote:BoC only started losing after their top player got injured and could not play. They had to shift everyone into different positions, so the losses came from adjusting the lineup not from lack of skill. They were undefeated most of the season for a reason.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll ask because I don’t know anyone on the BOC team. Are you happy to see them lose because they are very good or because of another reason?

Not the PP, but one reason might be the head coach. My DD played some of his VA Elite teams over the years and he seems pretty unpleasant. One of those coaches who questions every referee call and tries to influence the flow of the match from the sideline which I’ve always found to be annoying.

PP here, and yes you are correct, and the aggressive pursuit of "transfers".

PVI did not recruit them. Each left their prior schools for several reasons. Geography played in PVI's favor.

PVI is not known as a volleyball powerhouse- they happen to have a good team this year and benefited from two transfers.

Flint Hill was actively recruiting however and they also snagged a transfer.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll ask because I don’t know anyone on the BOC team. Are you happy to see them lose because they are very good or because of another reason?

Not the PP, but one reason might be the head coach. My DD played some of his VA Elite teams over the years and he seems pretty unpleasant. One of those coaches who questions every referee call and tries to influence the flow of the match from the sideline which I’ve always found to be annoying.

PP here, and yes you are correct, and the aggressive pursuit of "transfers".

PVI did not recruit them. Each left their prior schools for several reasons. Geography played in PVI's favor.

PVI is not known as a volleyball powerhouse- they happen to have a good team this year and benefited from two transfers.

Flint Hill was actively recruiting however and they also snagged a transfer.

Anonymous wrote:Can't blame the girls if they love volleyball and have a chance to play at next level whether they get a college scholarship or not. Flint Hill was the original but their admin stopped the practice for $ reasons. Now you have BOC, TAHC, GT Day that do it. Its certainly not all the players but 1-3 per year plus success leads to others going to the school for the sport. That this is now prevalent in volleyball (has been in football and basketball for years) is sad to me. There was a state champion in VA a few years ago where I was told the the entire 9 person rotation grew up within one square mile of each other. I have heard whispers a couple of publics in VA are the beneficiary of a few ladies registering at the school based on grandparents or Aunt/Uncles addresses.

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Anonymous wrote:This has always been something that benefitted private schools across the country and across the major sports. They can pull and attract the best kids in their areas if they want. This was true of the Catholic school I attended in the early 1990s in a different U.S. metropolitan area, so it is hardly surprising if schools here do it, too.

I agree with this. And it snowballs as schools get a solid reputation for being good in certain sports. The part that bothers me is that most of the conferences that these schools play in do not permit athletic scholarships (for example neither the WCAC nor the ISL allow athletic scholarships) but these schools will give a talented athlete need-based aid in cases where there likely is not a significant financial need. I've heard that is what happened to Flint Hill volleyball - the school changed its practice of giving need based aid to players and top volleyball players stopped flocking there.

Then I guess you are bothered by college scholarships? Sports = money at all levels, including high school

No - it's permitted and mostly out in the open for collegiate sports. For HS sports where athletic scholarships are not permitted, but some schools are willing to bend (or ignore) the rules while other schools have some kind of ethical standards, it seems problematic.