Game of note today is Independence v. Stone Bridge

Can Indy keep rolling. Is SB in the convo for 5a or were they exposed by Langley?


Prediction: 17-4 Indy

predictions for oakton langley tmr? i think the factor is whether or not the fab 5 play

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Anonymous wrote:With the election and schools being closed, does this effect games scheduled for today?

ya no school no games

Scheduled Games are allowed to be played tonight. Only when schools are closed because of the religious holiday are no games allowed.

Anonymous wrote:Madison beat South Lakes comfortably, but SLHS has a midfielder (#15) who was all over the field all night and as dynamic an individual player as anyone I've seen play this year.

He had one lucky goal from 17 yards out. Otherwise he was getting gang banged by Madison’s defense all night

Anonymous wrote:With the election and schools being closed, does this effect games scheduled for today?

There are/were no FCPS games scheduled, not sure if they moved them once the closure was announced or what.

Anonymous wrote:With the election and schools being closed, does this effect games scheduled for today?

ya no school no games

With the election and schools being closed, does this effect games scheduled for today?

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody wants to talk Lightridge beating OC today? Love that a 5A school beats a WCAC school with more resources.

How does O'Connell have more resources? They do not recruit and none one goes there to play lacrosse. Bishop McNamara is also in the WCAC and would be near the bottom in VHSL. LR is an improved team but not the same is a win over top WCAC team.

Ahhhh yes. Ignorance is bliss. O’Connell does in fact have more resources and recruits. Just not successfully…..

Go Bolts

Madison beat South Lakes comfortably, but SLHS has a midfielder (#15) who was all over the field all night and as dynamic an individual player as anyone I've seen play this year.

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Anonymous wrote:Predictions: Urbana 14 Riverside 8

Urbana beat Severna Park by 1 in OT. SP beat Robo 6-2 and Battlefield 10-6. Good chance it’s a little closer, Urbana 10 Riverside 9.

If anything that would mean it won’t be closer. Riverside is pretty much the same as Robo

RS did not beat Robo starters by 4 in the SCRIMMAGE. Regardless, looks like RS can’t hang with the big boys over in MD -as predicted by anyone with a brain/not a RS parent or player- Hate to say it but I was right. (Okay, I love to say it because of the dumb response to my comment)

This is the last year Riverside will even be relevant. They have a few good players but once this senior class graduates they are going to be a terrible team. It was a good decade run though.

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Anonymous wrote:Predictions: Urbana 14 Riverside 8

Urbana beat Severna Park by 1 in OT. SP beat Robo 6-2 and Battlefield 10-6. Good chance it’s a little closer, Urbana 10 Riverside 9.

If anything that would mean it won’t be closer. Riverside is pretty much the same as Robo

RS did not beat Robo starters by 4 in the SCRIMMAGE. Regardless, looks like RS can’t hang with the big boys over in MD -as predicted by anyone with a brain/not a RS parent or player- Hate to say it but I was right. (Okay, I love to say it because of the dumb response to my comment)

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Anonymous wrote:how did Douglas Freeman lose to langley??

Langley’s goalie is one of the best players in the state.

Buddy have you ever watched a ROBO game in your life, ever heard of Jeebus? Guys gotta be the best goalie in the state by far.

I watched him play at the tilly game recently, the way he can clear (and save) the ball is mesmerizing. Truly like watching a angel finally finish angel puberty and spread its wings for the first time.

I saw this, it was like a combination of Fergie and Jesus.

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Anonymous wrote:Unpopular opinion. The amount of money wasted for reclassing for a sport like lacrosse is dumb. Going to a private school to enhance your chance to play D1 is also,
Equally, dumb. Generally, the value proposition for lacrosse isn’t there. The likelihood you will make a ROI by reclassing and going private is highly unlikely. Football, baseball, basketball has an argument. Lacrosse? No chance; no real nil dollars, no viable follow on league to go pro and actually pay bills. At best you get some d1 dollars toward tuition, if, you’re a stud. Save your money and your parents, do well in school, continue to play through college and at the end of 4 years get on with life. Anything else is a waste of time and money.

If it helps you get into a college you would otherwise be rejected from, it’s worth it. Or at least that’s the calculus for most private school parents. Certainly not because lax is lucrative. Then again, it’s been a virtual pipeline from some D1 and D3 schools lax team programs to a high finance or consulting job. Which, like college itself, may be a dying ecosystem, but that’s always been the dominant logic behind the reclass, not making a living from actually playing the sport.

I work in high finance and this pipeline idea is profoundly overstated. My clients' and therefore my livelihood is based on doing extremely complicated work extremely well, often under significant time pressure.

You may get a bit of a boost for an entry level job because of a connection, but we're always looking for outstanding junior resources so it's honestly not a huge benefit even there, and there are plenty of non-lacrosse avenues that are just as helpful. And absolutely no one is going to keep you around or promote you just because you played for the same lacrosse team or joined the same fraternity if you're not an exceptionally hardworking high-performer, let alone will you have any chance to become a partner or principal just because of that.

So even if there is an initial lacrosse boost, the people who are going to make don't really need the boost, and the ones who aren't going to make it aren't magically going to just because they have a boost.

Predictions:

4/21
Independence 16, Stone Bridge 4

4/22
Langley 9, Oakton 7
Lake Braddock 9, Alexandria City 5
Robinson 19, South County 1
West Potomac 9, Fairfax 4
West Springfield 15, Woodson 8

4/23
Independence 8, Battlefield 7

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Anonymous wrote:how did Douglas Freeman lose to langley??

Langley’s goalie is one of the best players in the state.

Buddy have you ever watched a ROBO game in your life, ever heard of Jeebus? Guys gotta be the best goalie in the state by far.

I watched him play at the tilly game recently, the way he can clear (and save) the ball is mesmerizing. Truly like watching a angel finally finish angel puberty and spread its wings for the first time.