Anonymous wrote:I don't think calling for stick check is lame, esp. a fogo. And it sounds like it was illegal. However, if a stick is found not to be illegal, there should be a penalty against the team calling for one or lose a time out or something. I've seen some teams try to change the pace of a game by asking for numerous stick checks that have turned out to be legal sticks.

It looked like the stick check call on Langley after scoring was a direct response to Langley calling a stick check after a Yorktown goal earlier in the game. That stick appeared to be ok since the Yorktown goal was allowed to stand.

I don't think calling for stick check is lame, esp. a fogo. And it sounds like it was illegal. However, if a stick is found not to be illegal, there should be a penalty against the team calling for one or lose a time out or something. I've seen some teams try to change the pace of a game by asking for numerous stick checks that have turned out to be legal sticks.

On Yorktown's FOGO? If so then not cool on either side in my opinion. On regular field players it doesn't bother me as much.

Funny you call that weak when Langley called for a stick check first earlier in the game.

Actually, Langley's FOGO won the faceoff and immediately scored, refs did a stick check on the FOGO (lame) and the goal was disallowed and he was given a penalty for the illegal stick. No unsportsmanlike conduct. Yorktown scored at least two and maybe three goals during the unreleasable penalty and it was maybe a four goal swing. Very reminiscent of the Oakton Robinson state championship game in 2018. I think that Yorktown bench called for the stick check and if so that is a weak move. That said, Yorktown was the better team last night and I don't think that it likely impacted the outcome of the game.

Anonymous wrote:Yorktown 14 Langley 6

I don't know for certain that this is correct, but I was told this was a close game until an Langley goal was disallowed, and then a Langley player said something to a ref and was given an unsportsmanlike penalty, with Yorktown scoring multiple goals on the man-up.

Yorktown 14 Langley 6

Anonymous wrote:Osbourn Park? Definitely should have been Top 5 with that 6-8 record and -55 goal differential.

This can't be a serious post? Osbourn Park, really? They lost to Battlefield 18-2. Come on now.

MadLax/DMV rankings came out last night and copied the top 5 order from this list.

7. Robinson
14. Battlefield
15. Patriot
17. Yorktown
18. Madison


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Osbourn Park? Definitely should have been Top 5 with that 6-8 record and -55 goal differential.

Yall be sleeping on OP

I can’t believe someone had the nerve to call these “made up rankings.” These are the most official unofficial rankings out there.

Great job/analysis on rankings again this week - well done! Hard to argue with any of it. Agree it's #1 and then a pretty sizable drop to teams at #2-#7 who probably fairly even between them. (may hold on Langley to see if they can get past Yorktown on Tuesday; if not, they may drop and we'll be talking about 4 teams #2-#6). Hopefully that group can continue to play well and give Robinson a run either in Regionals or States. Should be few great games coming up over next couple weeks.

I think Robinson stands alone, and 2-7 are all fighting for second. Battlefield lost to Patriot once, barely beat Patriot twice, and only beat Lake Braddock 7-4, so they are not clearly better than anyone else in the 2-7 range at this point. Robinson, on the other hand, beat Lake Braddock 18-5 and Madison 12-5. Yorktown was Robinson's closest game this season at 13-9. It was the first game and I think Robinson is a much better team now (although so is Yorktown).

Forgot to add LB - so 5 teams (3-7) seeing how far they can go. LB is still dangerous and the teams ranked 3-7 could beat each other any given day