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Anonymous wrote:This reeks of an overgeneralization. You make Capital sound like the varsity blues scandal and all DMV parents are Aunt Becky.
Capital is a best option for DMV families looking to place their daughters at competitive lacrosse and academic schools.
If you want to travel north there are great options with consistent and impressive track records.
Every club has its strengths and weaknesses, but the politics surrounding Baltimore club lacrosse can be uniquely challenging.

And capitals isn’t? Look how much craziness this whole capital process causes for families and kids. And don’t tell me there’s not politics going on at capital because there is despite what they try to sell everyone. And their recruiting goes like this, sssa players and then others. The recruiting coordinator does t touch the sssa girls so they get the benefit of kj and so you see a big difference who gets kj and who gets the coordinator.

2030 parent's making club decisions need accurate information. So I did a little analysis on your claim that there is "a big difference" in recruiting results between Capital Blue players at SSSAS who ostensibly get recruiting support from KJ, and those who go to other schools and are supported by the Capital Blue recruiting coordinator. Unsurprisingly, your claim isn't supported by the data.

Using Capital Blue D1 commits from the last three recruiting years ('25-'27), there were 61 total commits, 12 from SSSAS and 49 from other high schools. I took each commit and captured the lacrosse rank (using NCAA RPI) and academic rank (using US News).

Bottom line, the average lacrosse and academic ranks are essentially identical between the two groups for this adequate sample size. The 49 Capital Blue commits from schools other than SSSAS averaged a 39.39 lacrosse rank and 42.04 academic rank, for a combined index of 81.33. The 12 Cap Blue SSSAS commits averaged a 38.67 lacrosse rank, and a 45.58 academic rank, for a combined index of 84.25. In other words, there is no meaningful difference in recruiting results--either lacrosse-wise or academically--for Cap Blue players overall whether they go to SSSAS or not.

Some other relevant notes for those looking at schools. Only Cap Blue Commits were included (GC and SJC have significant commits from other clubs, as does SR):

--Stone Ridge. 6 Commits. Averages: Lacrosse - 32; Academics - 17.66.
--Potomac. 10 Commits. Averages: Lacrosse - 38.78 ; Academics - 25.
--Visitation. 6 Commits. Averages: Lacrosse - 45; Academics - 33.33.
--GC. 2 Commits. Averages: Lacrosse - 18.5 ; Academics - 128
--SJC. 2 Commits. Averages: Lacrosse - 14; Academics - 5.5.
--Bishop Ireton. 3 Commits. Averages: Lacrosse - 11.67; Academics - 52.33.

Anonymous wrote:This reeks of an overgeneralization. You make Capital sound like the varsity blues scandal and all DMV parents are Aunt Becky.
Capital is a best option for DMV families looking to place their daughters at competitive lacrosse and academic schools.
If you want to travel north there are great options with consistent and impressive track records.
Every club has its strengths and weaknesses, but the politics surrounding Baltimore club lacrosse can be uniquely challenging.

And capitals isn’t? Look how much craziness this whole capital process causes for families and kids. And don’t tell me there’s not politics going on at capital because there is despite what they try to sell everyone. And their recruiting goes like this, sssa players and then others. The recruiting coordinator does t touch the sssa girls so they get the benefit of kj and so you see a big difference who gets kj and who gets the coordinator.

You are all so in the know! 2030 parents, do not disappoint this summer. You are off to a great start!

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of players go to multiple open practices. It doesn't automatically mean they're switching to that club.

The follow up phone call from the coach is a good indicator.

There will be a few changes with each top team going into HS. Nothing new there.

Is 4 new girls on one team more than a few? 18% roster overhaul. Thats the high end of a few. The trickle down is spots getting backfilled on the teams of the new girls, when those teams find out.

Skywalkers? Dont think M&D is making roster moves this early.

M&D is absolutely making roster moves now.

100% they are making moves ahead of capital tryouts. If you think they dont know what capital is up to you’re sadly mistaken. They are well aware of the early tryout and understand what they have to do to woo players.

lol. It has nothing to do with Capital. M&D and others do this every year. Every girl they added in past few years was pre-planned before summer tournaments. The tryouts are just to make money for the program.

Baltimore teams are poaching a handful of DC players. I think it’s accurate to say it was planned.

Poaching? You’re assuming you know who called who to be at the practices.

I do know. Apparently you don’t.

Anonymous wrote:Did Heros have an open practice? It seems they are one of the few MD teams that did not have one unless it was not advertised.

Yes, and one more scheduled. Reach out to them if you are interested.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of players go to multiple open practices. It doesn't automatically mean they're switching to that club.

The follow up phone call from the coach is a good indicator.

There will be a few changes with each top team going into HS. Nothing new there.

Is 4 new girls on one team more than a few? 18% roster overhaul. Thats the high end of a few. The trickle down is spots getting backfilled on the teams of the new girls, when those teams find out.

Skywalkers? Dont think M&D is making roster moves this early.

M&D is absolutely making roster moves now.

100% they are making moves ahead of capital tryouts. If you think they dont know what capital is up to you’re sadly mistaken. They are well aware of the early tryout and understand what they have to do to woo players.

lol. It has nothing to do with Capital. M&D and others do this every year. Every girl they added in past few years was pre-planned before summer tournaments. The tryouts are just to make money for the program.

Baltimore teams are poaching a handful of DC players. I think it’s accurate to say it was planned.

Poaching? You’re assuming you know who called who to be at the practices.

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Anonymous wrote:I would argue that the top team is Blc then yjdmv, after that I would say the other teams are closer to a b teams.

Hard to rank the teams after significant movement during try outs.

This is easy. Most of the good players in this area are well known. BLC picked up some pride players. YJMA picked up some new players as well. BLC is likely the better team. YJMA needs depth and to develop some of the athletes they have on roster that are newer to lacrosse. Pride will be a shell of its former self.

Right on the nose.

Did Heros have an open practice? It seems they are one of the few MD teams that did not have one unless it was not advertised.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of players go to multiple open practices. It doesn't automatically mean they're switching to that club.

The follow up phone call from the coach is a good indicator.

There will be a few changes with each top team going into HS. Nothing new there.

Is 4 new girls on one team more than a few? 18% roster overhaul. Thats the high end of a few. The trickle down is spots getting backfilled on the teams of the new girls, when those teams find out.

Skywalkers? Dont think M&D is making roster moves this early.

M&D is absolutely making roster moves now.

100% they are making moves ahead of capital tryouts. If you think they dont know what capital is up to you’re sadly mistaken. They are well aware of the early tryout and understand what they have to do to woo players.

lol. It has nothing to do with Capital. M&D and others do this every year. Every girl they added in past few years was pre-planned before summer tournaments. The tryouts are just to make money for the program.

Baltimore teams are poaching a handful of DC players. I think it’s accurate to say it was planned.

Anonymous wrote:I guarantee you M&D is not concerned with the date of Capital’s tryout

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Anonymous wrote:I guarantee you M&D is not concerned with the date of Capital’s tryout

Maybe M&D DC.

This reeks of an overgeneralization. You make Capital sound like the varsity blues scandal and all DMV parents are Aunt Becky.
Capital is a best option for DMV families looking to place their daughters at competitive lacrosse and academic schools.
If you want to travel north there are great options with consistent and impressive track records.
Every club has its strengths and weaknesses, but the politics surrounding Baltimore club lacrosse can be uniquely challenging.

I guarantee you M&D is not concerned with the date of Capital’s tryout