Anonymous
Post 04/06/2026 23:25     Subject: Re:VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season

Who are the standout attack defense and goalies so far through this season?
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2026 22:22     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season

Anonymous wrote:Herndon 15-7


LaxNumbers has 15-10, fwiw.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2026 22:21     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Monday

South County vs W&L (W&L by 2)
Westfield vs Fairfax (Westfield by 6)
Langley vs South Lakes (Langley by 8)
Yorktown vs Chantilly (Yorktown by 1)

Tuesday

Independence vs Briar Woods (Independence by 8)
Stone Bridge vs Broad Run (Stone Bridge by 4)
Dominion vs Freedom SR (Freedom SR by 2)

Wednesday

Langley vs Sidwell Friends (Langley by 4)
West Springfield vs Yorktown (Yorktown by 2)
Independence vs Herndon (Independence by 10)
Westfield vs McLean (Westfield by 1)
Madison vs West Potomac (Madison by 8)

Thursday

Oakton vs Robinson (Robinson by 8)

Friday

Riverside vs Dematha (Riverside by 2)


Took the match ups and used the LaxNumbers Ratings and had an LLM do predictions (not all games predicted):

MONDAY
South County vs W&L - W&L by 1
Westfield vs Fairfax - Westfield by 3
Langley vs South Lakes - Langley by 7
Yorktown vs Chantilly - Yorktown by 2

TUESDAY
Independence vs Briar Woods - Independence by 10+
Stone Bridge vs Broad Run - Insufficient data
Dominion vs Freedom SR - Insufficient data

WEDNESDAY
Langley vs Sidwell Friends - Insufficient data
West Springfield vs Yorktown - Toss-up, West Springfield by 1
Independence vs Herndon - Independence by 8
Westfield vs McLean - Toss-up, McLean by 1
Madison vs West Potomac - Madison by 8

THURSDAY
Oakton vs Robinson - Robinson by 3

FRIDAY
Riverside vs Dematha - Insufficient data




The human missed the Centreville at Herndon game for a prediction, LaxNumbers data says Herndon wins by 1.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2026 22:19     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:AI reads. Ugh. Gut calls are more accurate for HS lax (I think). It’s like Maxpreps national rankings. Not remotely accurate.


It isn’t an AI interpretation it’s simply using the data. A human with a bit more time and Excel would derive the same predictions.

Which also are mostly the same as the human predictions.

Your human interpretation was pretty dumb.


These are high school boys.


Data is data.



No it’s not. These are kids.


That's really not how data works. Scores against opponents is absolutely a viable method to have game predictions/expectations.

It's the dumbest of hills to climb up on and die on when the data is pretty dang similar in predictions to the sole human's predictions provided.


These are not intelligent people you’re arguing with. Let it go.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2026 22:14     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season

Herndon 15-7
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2026 22:08     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:AI reads. Ugh. Gut calls are more accurate for HS lax (I think). It’s like Maxpreps national rankings. Not remotely accurate.


It isn’t an AI interpretation it’s simply using the data. A human with a bit more time and Excel would derive the same predictions.

Which also are mostly the same as the human predictions.

Your human interpretation was pretty dumb.


These are high school boys.


Data is data.



Ashburn parent
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2026 22:05     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:AI reads. Ugh. Gut calls are more accurate for HS lax (I think). It’s like Maxpreps national rankings. Not remotely accurate.


It isn’t an AI interpretation it’s simply using the data. A human with a bit more time and Excel would derive the same predictions.

Which also are mostly the same as the human predictions.

Your human interpretation was pretty dumb.


These are high school boys.


Data is data.



No it’s not. These are kids.


That's really not how data works. Scores against opponents is absolutely a viable method to have game predictions/expectations.

It's the dumbest of hills to climb up on and die on when the data is pretty dang similar in predictions to the sole human's predictions provided.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2026 22:01     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:AI reads. Ugh. Gut calls are more accurate for HS lax (I think). It’s like Maxpreps national rankings. Not remotely accurate.


It isn’t an AI interpretation it’s simply using the data. A human with a bit more time and Excel would derive the same predictions.

Which also are mostly the same as the human predictions.

Your human interpretation was pretty dumb.


These are high school boys.


Data is data.



No it’s not. These are kids.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2026 21:43     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:AI reads. Ugh. Gut calls are more accurate for HS lax (I think). It’s like Maxpreps national rankings. Not remotely accurate.


It isn’t an AI interpretation it’s simply using the data. A human with a bit more time and Excel would derive the same predictions.

Which also are mostly the same as the human predictions.

Your human interpretation was pretty dumb.


These are high school boys.


Data is data.

Anonymous
Post 04/06/2026 21:26     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season

Dumb? Ha.
Yeah, I am human. Proud of it.
Don’t let machines take you over friend.
This is hs lax, not predictive modeling.
Anyway… scores from tonight?

Anonymous
Post 04/06/2026 21:20     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season

Anonymous wrote:Scores from tonight?


Yorktown won by a lot. Couldn’t tell from NFHS (terrible stream)
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2026 21:13     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season

Scores from tonight?
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2026 21:09     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:AI reads. Ugh. Gut calls are more accurate for HS lax (I think). It’s like Maxpreps national rankings. Not remotely accurate.


It isn’t an AI interpretation it’s simply using the data. A human with a bit more time and Excel would derive the same predictions.

Which also are mostly the same as the human predictions.

Your human interpretation was pretty dumb.


These are high school boys.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2026 20:47     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season

Anonymous wrote:AI reads. Ugh. Gut calls are more accurate for HS lax (I think). It’s like Maxpreps national rankings. Not remotely accurate.


It isn’t an AI interpretation it’s simply using the data. A human with a bit more time and Excel would derive the same predictions.

Which also are mostly the same as the human predictions.

Your human interpretation was pretty dumb.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2026 20:41     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season

AI reads. Ugh. Gut calls are more accurate for HS lax (I think). It’s like Maxpreps national rankings. Not remotely accurate.