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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The traditional public powers from VA who have won multi-state titles, Robinson, Madison, and Riverside are on par with playing the Heights (generally always 5th in the WCAC) or whoever is the last place team in the IAC that given season (historically has been STA, now St. Stephens).

With that said, Robo, Riverside and Madison would likely all beat the smack out of the bottom teams from the WCAC (Ryken, Ireton, O'Connell etc etc.).

Shifting over to Maryland, Severna Park and Broadneck from Anne Arundel are pretty damn good - I know in recent years they have both beat DeMatha. I'm pretty sure Severna Park played Landon not too long ago and it was a pretty tight game too and has knocked off Severn in recent years as well.

Ireton did well v these teams in the fall league. They beat Robo and lost to Madison by 1. Yeah it is fall but as others have mentioned if the played NCAA rules that would benefit BI. Either way it would not be accurate to say they could beat the smack out of Ireton. They are probably at the same level as Ireton and a long way from PVI.

You could have stopped at "it is fall".
No one said shot clock rules would favor BI but you.
Last year, PVI was bounced in their 1st game in the quarters so they might not remember how the VISAA playoffs went. Blue Ridge won, walking through all Private-1 competition.

Blue Ridge beat PVI earlier in the year, also also played 2 publics. They got doubled up + by VA public (Atlee) and almost the same by Charlotte area Lake Norman. This, the #1 private in Virginia. Outta here with that nonsense.

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Anonymous wrote:The traditional public powers from VA who have won multi-state titles, Robinson, Madison, and Riverside are on par with playing the Heights (generally always 5th in the WCAC) or whoever is the last place team in the IAC that given season (historically has been STA, now St. Stephens).

With that said, Robo, Riverside and Madison would likely all beat the smack out of the bottom teams from the WCAC (Ryken, Ireton, O'Connell etc etc.).

Shifting over to Maryland, Severna Park and Broadneck from Anne Arundel are pretty damn good - I know in recent years they have both beat DeMatha. I'm pretty sure Severna Park played Landon not too long ago and it was a pretty tight game too and has knocked off Severn in recent years as well.

Ireton did well v these teams in the fall league. They beat Robo and lost to Madison by 1. Yeah it is fall but as others have mentioned if the played NCAA rules that would benefit BI. Either way it would not be accurate to say they could beat the smack out of Ireton. They are probably at the same level as Ireton and a long way from PVI.

Anonymous wrote:The traditional public powers from VA who have won multi-state titles, Robinson, Madison, and Riverside are on par with playing the Heights (generally always 5th in the WCAC) or whoever is the last place team in the IAC that given season (historically has been STA, now St. Stephens).

With that said, Robo, Riverside and Madison would likely all beat the smack out of the bottom teams from the WCAC (Ryken, Ireton, O'Connell etc etc.).

Shifting over to Maryland, Severna Park and Broadneck from Anne Arundel are pretty damn good - I know in recent years they have both beat DeMatha. I'm pretty sure Severna Park played Landon not too long ago and it was a pretty tight game too and has knocked off Severn in recent years as well.

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Anonymous wrote:I love hearing the public schools pump their chest on here. What’s funny is you have to keep in mind that even when privates play public, they have to step back in time and play without a shot clock. This changes everything! Most public’s will stall, hold the ball with hopes for a low scoring and “competitive looking” game. Now if you played with a shot clock and can’t stall, these games become total boat race games with privates thumbing every public 99% of the time. For example, if Landon would have played Robinson last year without a shot clock, it would have been a 15 goal game. Keep up the great work at Robinson, no one’s discounting or discrediting your championships. But don’t come on here and pretend that they’re anywhere remotely in the same class as the big privates lol! First lesson most public school parents learn real fast when their kiddo plays a private.

Whether it's a shot clock or not is based on who the home team is. And privates most often want their game at home. You don't seem to know much about what you're talking about, so we can probably extend that to your strawman results.

Anonymous wrote:The traditional public powers from VA who have won multi-state titles, Robinson, Madison, and Riverside are on par with playing the Heights (generally always 5th in the WCAC) or whoever is the last place team in the IAC that given season (historically has been STA, now St. Stephens).

With that said, Robo, Riverside and Madison would likely all beat the smack out of the bottom teams from the WCAC (Ryken, Ireton, O'Connell etc etc.).

Shifting over to Maryland, Severna Park and Broadneck from Anne Arundel are pretty damn good - I know in recent years they have both beat DeMatha. I'm pretty sure Severna Park played Landon not too long ago and it was a pretty tight game too and has knocked off Severn in recent years as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Pre-Season Top 10 and Honorable Mentions based on schedule and roster

1. Bullis
2. St. John's
3. Landon
4. Paul VI
5. Gonzaga
6. Georgetown Prep
7. Good Counsel
8. Dematha
9. Robinson
10. ?

1. Bullis
2. Landon
3. SJC
4. Paul VI
5. GP
6. Gonzaga
7. GC
8. Episcopal
9. DeMatha
10. Robinson

Based on Inside Lacrosse, most teams have posted their spring schedules.

I don't think a big gap exists between the top 3 teams.

Expect tons of parity in the area this spring.

Anonymous wrote:I love hearing the public schools pump their chest on here. What’s funny is you have to keep in mind that even when privates play public, they have to step back in time and play without a shot clock. This changes everything! Most public’s will stall, hold the ball with hopes for a low scoring and “competitive looking” game. Now if you played with a shot clock and can’t stall, these games become total boat race games with privates thumbing every public 99% of the time. For example, if Landon would have played Robinson last year without a shot clock, it would have been a 15 goal game. Keep up the great work at Robinson, no one’s discounting or discrediting your championships. But don’t come on here and pretend that they’re anywhere remotely in the same class as the big privates lol! First lesson most public school parents learn real fast when their kiddo plays a private.

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Anonymous wrote:Play Robo.

Robo does not belong in this thread.

Sure they do. They are the defending and multi VHSL champ and consistently have 3-4 college players in each graduating class. They also pound the other publics in VA. It's pretty rare anymore for a public, good or bad, to schedule a private because of the strictness of their scheduling requirements. Robo is easily competitive with the 3rd tier privates around the beltway.

On the MD side, Bullis is going to take on MD state champ Urbana. I wouldn't expect that game to be close except Bullis may play a lot of bench guys in the 2nd half.

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None of the Virginia or Maryland publics can hold a candle to Robinson, nor can a lot of privates.

Didn't Severna Park beat them last season?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Play Robo.

Robo does not belong in this thread.

Sure they do. They are the defending and multi VHSL champ and consistently have 3-4 college players in each graduating class. They also pound the other publics in VA. It's pretty rare anymore for a public, good or bad, to schedule a private because of the strictness of their scheduling requirements. Robo is easily competitive with the 3rd tier privates around the beltway.

On the MD side, Bullis is going to take on MD state champ Urbana. I wouldn't expect that game to be close except Bullis may play a lot of bench guys in the 2nd half.

+1
None of the Virginia or Maryland publics can hold a candle to Robinson, nor can a lot of privates.

Riverside and Robinson are the same.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Play Robo.

Robo does not belong in this thread.

Sure they do. They are the defending and multi VHSL champ and consistently have 3-4 college players in each graduating class. They also pound the other publics in VA. It's pretty rare anymore for a public, good or bad, to schedule a private because of the strictness of their scheduling requirements. Robo is easily competitive with the 3rd tier privates around the beltway.

On the MD side, Bullis is going to take on MD state champ Urbana. I wouldn't expect that game to be close except Bullis may play a lot of bench guys in the 2nd half.

+1
None of the Virginia or Maryland publics can hold a candle to Robinson, nor can a lot of privates.