Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wow…..
Would really like to know what’s going on at SSSA. Biggest drop off I may have ever seen.
SSSAS had been buoyed by strong rec programs in the area, specifically Alexandria Lacrosse Club (ALC), and to a lesser extent Fort Hunt. They were always able to attract/ recruit a few top players from NOVA to supplement the roster. As rec lacrosse has died out, kids from Alexandria have largely shifted from playing lacrosse to playing soccer, and the school’s natural attrition well is pretty dry. Blackwolf falling off a cliff has also hurt their recruiting efforts.
If Alexandria county/city rec isn't supporting the sport, it's incumbent upon schools to pick up the slack, but pretty sure they won't. Madlax is so mad at Landon for their pricing, they are moving the rest of their operations into Virginia.
Lacrosse as a whole is getting worse and worse in the dc region. Nova rec is slowly dying because the board clutches their roles; Montgomery County and DC rec are essentially non-existent. The local governments are looking at their fields as profit centers instead of trying to grow all sports. People think lacrosse is expensive but it's the soccer clubs driving the market up. The level of lacrosse can be seen in the results. The DMV is substantially lower than the rest of the NE corridor.