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Anonymous wrote:Couple games tonight that could be interesting/competitive:

Yorktown @ Oakton
Lake Braddock @ West Springfield
West Potomac @ South County

Langley @ Robinson Saturday should be a good one.

Langley @ Robinson should be interesting with the heavy rain tomorrow.

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Anonymous wrote:Class 6 ranking guy here. I don't mind the discussion. I do think it is funny that Indy keeps coming up. Yes it was a scrimmage, but I saw them play Langley and was not impressed. They gave Battlefield a game though so there must be something there, unless Battlefield is worse than we think. We will find out in April when they play McLean.

I also saw Robinson/Riverside play. If I had to slot the Class 5 teams into the rankings I would have Riverside at #2, but it would be a close call with Robinson. Indy based on the Battlefield result would probably be #7/8 after McLean but before Freedom. Briar Woods could maybe be in the #9/10 spot or the top of the Also Considered.

From what I have seen so far, Riverside will not get tested in Class 5 this year and should cruise to yet another championship. Patrick Henry Roanoke gave them a scare last year but they look down this year and almost lost to Jefferson Forest

LOL catching up on this thread now.
I applaud you Ranking Guy for being a calming voice of reason in this debate and not as close minded as it seems both sides are here in Fairfax and Loudoun.
I just like watching the boys play and really enjoy your rankings and the time you take to do it. Thank you!!

Having watched too much lax over the years in person and on stream, I would say that your take here is fairly accurate with the 5/6 debate and teams. Would love you to continue to slot the 5's in with the 6's, but don't need a full breakdown of the 5's just really a side note. Love to have a balance to my own thoughts.

Also, would be interested in where you place Atlee on your list. Personally, I place them at #1 until I see otherwise and fortunately will this year!

As an FYI: PH-R is down this year, so it seems. From what I see they lost about 16 to 18 seniors. Included in those losses is a kid on a D1 scholarship to Notre Dame Football at LB. Grandpa was drafted by the Denver Broncos, dad was a lacrosse all American player and also coached and played MLL, and sister is currently at Pitt on the women's team. Any team that loses that sort of athlete alone, much less 15-17 others, is going to be a bit down.

Kudos Ranking Guy.

Anonymous wrote:Couple games tonight that could be interesting/competitive:

Yorktown @ Oakton
Lake Braddock @ West Springfield
West Potomac @ South County

Langley @ Robinson Saturday should be a good one.

Anonymous wrote:Class 6 ranking guy here. I don't mind the discussion. I do think it is funny that Indy keeps coming up. Yes it was a scrimmage, but I saw them play Langley and was not impressed. They gave Battlefield a game though so there must be something there, unless Battlefield is worse than we think. We will find out in April when they play McLean.

I also saw Robinson/Riverside play. If I had to slot the Class 5 teams into the rankings I would have Riverside at #2, but it would be a close call with Robinson. Indy based on the Battlefield result would probably be #7/8 after McLean but before Freedom. Briar Woods could maybe be in the #9/10 spot or the top of the Also Considered.

From what I have seen so far, Riverside will not get tested in Class 5 this year and should cruise to yet another championship. Patrick Henry Roanoke gave them a scare last year but they look down this year and almost lost to Jefferson Forest

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Anonymous wrote:Although it was just a scrimmage, Robinson matched up really well vs Riverside and looked like the better team to anyone that watched them play. To say Robo and the other top 5 6A teams are a step behind The Side is simply not true. The 8u comment is preposterous.

By this logic scrimmages and winter league are similar *and not real but you brought it up* Indy and Robo played several times and had some flip flop close games. Are you then saying by extension Indy, and you would have to add Briar to the top 5 from Fairfax and 3 from Loudoun, are the same? If you don’t agree to that Riverside is obviously atop the Fairfax 5.

If you don’t think this high school age group (24-27) from Fairfax has not losing to Loudoun since 8u, you must not have played Nvyll.

Indy and Robo played twice, Indy beat Robo without half their team in a braveheart, Robo then beat them 12-5 with the whole squad - not flip flop

Try three times. Final game was 5-4 Robo over Indy. The 2nd game Indy was playing without players themselves , namely a goalie.

As I said pick your position Robo/ Riverside in a scrimmage is the same as Robo/Indy in winter. Or, Riverside topped Madison without their largest weapon at the X and is clearly better. You can’t have it both ways. Either off-season counts or it does not.

Anonymous wrote:If Riverside/Madison was an overtime game, then I would not say that Riverside is better than the big 5, but they are definitely on equal footing. If Atlee plays a close game with Riverside, then they would be in the same discussion and it would be fair to say that there are 7 teams well ahead of everyone else.