CA and NE teams play 15 easy games per year and base their whole season on 2 or 3 games.

You must be new to the sport or have an old Baltimore bias.

Having one kid graduate from an IAC school and the other played at boarding in the Founders League, I have some perspective on the sport. The New England West is one of the best if not the best lacrosse conference in the country. Avon, Deerfield, Choate, Salisbury, TAFT, Brunswick, just to name a few, all of these schools aggressively recruit for the "prep school sports. They have the big time facilities and scholarships to attract players. While I think Landon and GP have the depth, since they carry large rosters, I really don't think the other IAC schools could complete a full season in this conference. Its brutal and not to mention, its a much more physical conference. Not to mention , most of these schools bring in 3 - 6 PGs a year. Most post graduates by the way tend to be blue chip recruits.

I attended the Landon - Brunswick game last year, and even though Landon ended up winning by 4 - 5 goals (I can't remember), the Bears were in a physical mismatch. Brunswick was a much more physical team than Landon and their kids frankly were much bigger. I'm not trying to knock Landon at all, as they earned their top ranking last year but if you think New England teams only play 2 - 3 tough games a year and the league is easy, you clearly have not been around the sport much. Brunswick was the best team North of DC last year.

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Anonymous wrote:Gonzaga plays in a weak lacrosse conference.

They have to step up their game!

Why is the WCAC generally weak in lacrosse?

Because they are not wealthy.

Most of the schools in the WCAC don't have the right demographic, they spend too much capital on recruiting football and basketball players (those sports come first for them) and their academics aren't strong enough to attract the typically higher achieving academic lax players.

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Anonymous wrote:Gonzaga plays in a weak lacrosse conference.

They have to step up their game!

Why is the WCAC generally weak in lacrosse?

Because they are not wealthy.

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Anonymous wrote:Gonzaga plays in a weak lacrosse conference.

They have to step up their game!

Why is the WCAC generally weak in lacrosse?

Everything is relative. If you are comparing to the IAC, yes. But to the rest of the area, if not the US, it's strong.

Anonymous wrote:Gonzaga plays in a weak lacrosse conference.

They have to step up their game!

Why is the WCAC generally weak in lacrosse?

Gonzaga plays in a weak lacrosse conference.

They have to step up their game!

The top schools in this area try to schedule tough out of conference games. Sometimes you just don't know how good the other teams will be. I don't think any of the teams that have been good in the past 30 yrs have ducked competition.
You have to remember that this is high school and not college where teams can go all over the place with no regard for school just to play each other. And frankly, this area (DC and Balt) is heavily concentrated with great teams. Teams from elsewhere are more motivated to come to this area than the other way around.

Staying on the OOC thread, I heard Bullis is playing Cold Spring Harbor (NY), Naval Academy Prep, Hill Academy (Canada) and McDonogh (MIAA) among their out of conference games this year. I haven't seen their official schedule listed anywhere, though. (That's from the son of a friend.) Should be at least one other MIAA game. Might be Loyola, since they usually play under two game agreements with their Baltimore counterparts. Throw in Gonzaga, Landon, Georgetown Prep and SSAS, and that's a pretty challenging group. Generally though, for MD/DC schools, no one challenges their teams more than the coaches at McDonogh and Gonzaga. Their OOC schedules are usually pretty brutal.

Did it occur to you that perhaps some Baltimore teams are avoiding Landon?

lacrosse blows.

Glad to hear that Landon will be playing a top Philly team. Now try the top teams in Baltimore (Mcdonough, Boys Latin or Calvert Hall) in a game.

Well done Bears.

Scrimmages don't count. It is a fact-- Landon will not and has not played the top 3 schools in Baltimore in a game. Mcdonogh, Boys Latin and Calvert Hall. CA and NE teams play 15 easy games per year and base their whole season on 2 or 3 games. In this area you need to Baltimore and win on the road. OR go to Philly and play Haverford. So many options, but Landon just relies on its history. It's not 2001 anymore.
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The Bears are playing Haveford this Spring.... they must have heard you

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Anonymous wrote:loyola blakefield was terrible last year. They loss to Georetown Prep by a goal, a GP team Landon was thrashing 9-0 in the 2nd quarter Bordley called the dogs off. Landon could have won that game 20-2 if they had wanted to.

BL and McDonogh have been scrimmages on Landon's schedule for 20 plus years, maybe with Coach B stepping down after this season, the schedule will change.

"Landon will not play Calvert Hall etc" where are you getting this from? Unless you are an insider that's a bold statement.

When you play the best team from the West Coast, SAint a Ignatious, the best team from New England, Brunswick, and beat them both, I think you've made a huge statement.

Why don't Calvert Hall ever play SI or Brunswick when they come into town?

Hopefully a few of the privates will release their schedules soon!

Scrimmages don't count. It is a fact-- Landon will not and has not played the top 3 schools in Baltimore in a game. Mcdonogh, Boys Latin and Calvert Hall. CA and NE teams play 15 easy games per year and base their whole season on 2 or 3 games. In this area you need to Baltimore and win on the road. OR go to Philly and play Haverford. So many options, but Landon just relies on its history. It's not 2001 anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:loyola blakefield was terrible last year. They loss to Georetown Prep by a goal, a GP team Landon was thrashing 9-0 in the 2nd quarter Bordley called the dogs off. Landon could have won that game 20-2 if they had wanted to.

BL and McDonogh have been scrimmages on Landon's schedule for 20 plus years, maybe with Coach B stepping down after this season, the schedule will change.

"Landon will not play Calvert Hall etc" where are you getting this from? Unless you are an insider that's a bold statement.

When you play the best team from the West Coast, SAint a Ignatious, the best team from New England, Brunswick, and beat them both, I think you've made a huge statement.

Why don't Calvert Hall ever play SI or Brunswick when they come into town?

Hopefully a few of the privates will release their schedules soon!

Scrimmages don't count. It is a fact-- Landon will not and has not played the top 3 schools in Baltimore in a game. Mcdonogh, Boys Latin and Calvert Hall. CA and NE teams play 15 easy games per year and base their whole season on 2 or 3 games. In this area you need to Baltimore and win on the road. OR go to Philly and play Haverford. So many options, but Landon just relies on its history. It's not 2001 anymore.

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Who should have been national champs last year then? I would love to hear your explanation....

Landon played the 5th hardest schedule last Spring according to Laxpower SOS.

Buhahaha. National Champions - that's funny. There's no such thing, but if there were one, it would have been Calvert Hall. Best team I've ever seen play.

LOL. You must have just started watching lacrosse, Dad. The Boys Latin team from a few years ago would have absolutely destroyed the Calvert Hall team. Get some perspective.

Gee, that was a tough one to come up with, you really must have had to rack your brain to think of the obvious choice. I'm very impressed with your lacrosse knowledge, Dad.

Yes, the 2014/13 BL teams were great, last stanwick and all. Sure, CH was not as skilled, but what they lacked in skill, they made up in grit, speed, and an all out assault during rides.