Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 19:19     Subject: Re:VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season
Why are we debating the topic of HS lacrosse programs taking players from out of their district?

Somebody posted that the Madison player lives in the district and that he and his sister both go to Madison, and nobody seems to dispute that.

Yes, the St. James football is well known and the coach is a slimeball, but that is football, and I think it was confined to one school.

Is there concern that any of the 7-8 teams that are in the discussion for best in the state are pulling players from the wrong district? If so, let's call them out. But I don't think that is the case. This feels like a debate over nothing.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 18:04     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season
Anonymous wrote:I don’t think public school coaches, at least in NoVa, try to recruit from other public schools. As someone noted, sometimes students transfer based on academic offerings, like IB or AP programs.


The head football coach at The Saint James specifically got nabbed for this, as have a couple of other football coaches recently.

Coaches, and others, absolutely recruit. Not EVERYONE, but some.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 17:28     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season
Anonymous wrote:I don’t think public school coaches, at least in NoVa, try to recruit from other public schools. As someone noted, sometimes students transfer based on academic offerings, like IB or AP programs.


So the fogo from Robinson a few years who went to Madison his senior year was a coincidence?
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 16:39     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season
I don’t think public school coaches, at least in NoVa, try to recruit from other public schools. As someone noted, sometimes students transfer based on academic offerings, like IB or AP programs.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 15:37     Subject: Re:VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season
Why doesn't everyone try this idea...

Players: Go to the school you are zoned to go to. Work really hard and if you are good enough you will play a lot and help your team win.

Coaches: Coach the players that are supposed to go to your school and live in that school zone. If you are a public school coach, dont recruit any players and try to find loop holes in the rules. If you are a great coach, take the kids you are supposed to have and develop them to be the best players and team they can be.

Its actually pretty simple.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 14:11     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Madison is good but based on the madlax league a step below Battlefield and Indy. Add them to the list with Langley and Yorktown for teams that could win it all this year. The Landon transfer in goal could be the difference come playoffs for them.


And how does one "transfer" to public school Madison? Kid who was originally within boundary(?)


I have been told that for baseball Madison will tell kids to request to take Latin, which I guess Madison is one of the few schools that offer it, so they can get kids there.

Landon kid could simply live by Madison but previously didn't attend, or the family moved.


Madison does not offer Latin or any other specialty class that would allow a student from another boundary to transfer in and be eligible for sports. The only way a student can attend Madison who lives out of the boundary would be to take AP classes if their base school does not offer AP (Marshall and South Lakes are IB schools, for example). This has to be prior to entering the school as a ninth grader. If they do it later they are ineligible for a full year. Anyone else who attends Madison and wants to be eligible for sports must live inside the Madison boundaries. This particular player lives in the Madison boundaries and attended Landon previously. He left Landon and now is attending the appropriate public High school.

Stop listening to the people who "tell you things". They do not know what they are talking about.



Hi, you're stupid and wrong -

https://madisonhs.fcps.edu/department/world-languages

I am actually 100% correct. My point was not that Madison doesn't offer Latin. The point is that you can not transfer to a school for a language or singular class and be eligible for sports if you live outside the boundary of that school. The only way you can be eligible for sports if you live outside the boundary is if you are enrolled in a full time program that is not offered at your school. It has to be a program, not a singular class. You are allowed to transfer to Madison to take Latin, you just can't play sports for 1 year.

Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 11:50     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Madison is good but based on the madlax league a step below Battlefield and Indy. Add them to the list with Langley and Yorktown for teams that could win it all this year. The Landon transfer in goal could be the difference come playoffs for them.


And how does one "transfer" to public school Madison? Kid who was originally within boundary(?)


I have been told that for baseball Madison will tell kids to request to take Latin, which I guess Madison is one of the few schools that offer it, so they can get kids there.

Landon kid could simply live by Madison but previously didn't attend, or the family moved.


Madison does not offer Latin or any other specialty class that would allow a student from another boundary to transfer in and be eligible for sports. The only way a student can attend Madison who lives out of the boundary would be to take AP classes if their base school does not offer AP (Marshall and South Lakes are IB schools, for example). This has to be prior to entering the school as a ninth grader. If they do it later they are ineligible for a full year. Anyone else who attends Madison and wants to be eligible for sports must live inside the Madison boundaries. This particular player lives in the Madison boundaries and attended Landon previously. He left Landon and now is attending the appropriate public High school.

Stop listening to the people who "tell you things". They do not know what they are talking about.



Hi, you're stupid and wrong -

https://madisonhs.fcps.edu/department/world-languages

Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 11:50     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season
I don’t know if the policy has changed, but the part about entering as a freshman or having to sit out for a year is not correct.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 10:17     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Madison is good but based on the madlax league a step below Battlefield and Indy. Add them to the list with Langley and Yorktown for teams that could win it all this year. The Landon transfer in goal could be the difference come playoffs for them.


And how does one "transfer" to public school Madison? Kid who was originally within boundary(?)


I have been told that for baseball Madison will tell kids to request to take Latin, which I guess Madison is one of the few schools that offer it, so they can get kids there.

Landon kid could simply live by Madison but previously didn't attend, or the family moved.


Madison does not offer Latin or any other specialty class that would allow a student from another boundary to transfer in and be eligible for sports. The only way a student can attend Madison who lives out of the boundary would be to take AP classes if their base school does not offer AP (Marshall and South Lakes are IB schools, for example). This has to be prior to entering the school as a ninth grader. If they do it later they are ineligible for a full year. Anyone else who attends Madison and wants to be eligible for sports must live inside the Madison boundaries. This particular player lives in the Madison boundaries and attended Landon previously. He left Landon and now is attending the appropriate public High school.

Stop listening to the people who "tell you things". They do not know what they are talking about.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 23:06     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season
Stop picking on goalies! Goalies have it tough enough!
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 20:35     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season
Anonymous wrote:Why do you feel it’s necessary to disparage a young man like the one who transferred to Madison? Hes a pretty good goalie who has been working his back side off and is driven to get better and contribute in a positive manner. You all who come on here and disparage high school age young men are monsters.


You do realize this is prob a HS kid posting right?
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 19:47     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season
Anonymous wrote:Why do you feel it’s necessary to disparage a young man like the one who transferred to Madison? Hes a pretty good goalie who has been working his back side off and is driven to get better and contribute in a positive manner. You all who come on here and disparage high school age young men are monsters.


^^ Goalie's mom
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 17:49     Subject: Re:VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:He’s Madison zoned. His sister also attends Madison.


I wouldn't put a lot of stock in a B team goalie.


Low blow, totally uncalled for.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 17:37     Subject: VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season
Why do you feel it’s necessary to disparage a young man like the one who transferred to Madison? Hes a pretty good goalie who has been working his back side off and is driven to get better and contribute in a positive manner. You all who come on here and disparage high school age young men are monsters.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2025 16:42     Subject: Re:VHSL Boys Lacrosse 2026 Season
Anonymous wrote:He’s Madison zoned. His sister also attends Madison.


I wouldn't put a lot of stock in a B team goalie.