Anonymous
Post 02/22/2019 10:38     Subject: Lacrosse Culture at St Albans?
38 on the team; 3 freshmen; 7 sophomores; 15 juniors; 13 seniors. Seems about right along with those club percentages. Landon will carry over 40 but only about 17 play in games.

31 on JV.

Someone earlier posted they had 100 tryout. Was this accurate?
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2019 07:30     Subject: Re:Lacrosse Culture at St Albans?
New to the varsity team, but from what I’ve gathered only about a third of the team plays club. 2-3 Madlax, 3-4 VLC, 1-2 DC Express, about 6 Next Level. I take from this that any player with some lacrosse experience has a good chance of making varsity. This is in contrast to the other teams in the IAC with the exception of EHS where the majority of the roster play club.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2019 07:15     Subject: Lacrosse Culture at St Albans?
Anonymous wrote:Any more color on tryouts? I have a kid who played rec for a long time and really likes lax. I assumed he would be a HS bench warmer eventually - should he start looking for another sport? Don’t they require freshmen to play something?


https://www.stalbansschool.org/page/upper-school-teams?fromId=225153&Team=156157&SeasonLabel=2018+-+2019
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2019 16:50     Subject: Lacrosse Culture at St Albans?
Anonymous wrote:Any more color on tryouts? I have a kid who played rec for a long time and really likes lax. I assumed he would be a HS bench warmer eventually - should he start looking for another sport? Don’t they require freshmen to play something?


If he has played rec for a long time, he should be good enough to make varsity at st albans one day.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2019 16:38     Subject: Lacrosse Culture at St Albans?
Any more color on tryouts? I have a kid who played rec for a long time and really likes lax. I assumed he would be a HS bench warmer eventually - should he start looking for another sport? Don’t they require freshmen to play something?
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2019 22:22     Subject: Lacrosse Culture at St Albans?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: how many kids are trying out?


“Tryouts” started at 3 pm today. Kids who made varsity, JV, and were cut posted before the boys even left the school at 6. What type of kabuki theater is this? Looks like daddy ball is alive and well at saint albans.


Mom,

Most coaches know who is going to make the team well ahead of time. Sorry your son got cut.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2019 20:03     Subject: Lacrosse Culture at St Albans?
Anonymous wrote: how many kids are trying out?


“Tryouts” started at 3 pm today. Kids who made varsity, JV, and were cut posted before the boys even left the school at 6. What type of kabuki theater is this? Looks like daddy ball is alive and well at saint albans.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2019 10:17     Subject: Re:Lacrosse Culture at St Albans?
Is Coach Hyland back after a medical leave of absence?
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2019 08:58     Subject: Re:Lacrosse Culture at St Albans?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:they will come in last place yet again this spring in the IAC. Nothing to get too excited about this spring.


Second to last. EHS will be last.

Neither of those two schools can compete regularly with Landon, Prep, Bullis and SSSA (although the latter is constantly at risk of dropping to the level of STA and EHS).


The dawgs have beaten the saints a few times the last few years. But yeah, it’s going to be a long season on the Close.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2019 08:03     Subject: Re:Lacrosse Culture at St Albans?
Episcopal will be strong this year.
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2019 22:29     Subject: Re:Lacrosse Culture at St Albans?
Anonymous wrote:they will come in last place yet again this spring in the IAC. Nothing to get too excited about this spring.


Second to last. EHS will be last.

Neither of those two schools can compete regularly with Landon, Prep, Bullis and SSSA (although the latter is constantly at risk of dropping to the level of STA and EHS).
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2019 11:12     Subject: Re:Lacrosse Culture at St Albans?
they will come in last place yet again this spring in the IAC. Nothing to get too excited about this spring.
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2019 08:46     Subject: Re:Lacrosse Culture at St Albans?
The relative success of St Albans over the last 2 years (relative, meaning winning almost as much as losing, beating a few strong teams and losing but not getting blown out by other strong teams), the relative success in college recruiting (relative meaning 2-3 per year, anemic by IAC standards but not bad when compared to most other schools), and the great leadership and mentorship by Hyland and Heeter has brought some buzz to the program. Still I doubt there will be 100 kids trying out. That's like 1/3 of the high school.
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2019 08:40     Subject: Lacrosse Culture at St Albans?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: how many kids are trying out?


My son said 25 in his grade. So maybe a total of 100 for varsity and JV?


100 is very unlikely. That would be an enormous number for a school the size of St. Albans. That said, if correct, then I would expect them to make cuts. Field space, # of reps in practice, # of available coaches would all factor in. You cannot have a 50 player varsity and a 50 player JV. 30 kids on each roster would see very little, if any, playing time, and it would be nearly impossible to get meaningful reps in practice for everyone. You might be able to have a freshman team, but the school would need additional coaches, additional field space for practices, and additional field space for games.


Great that they are making cuts. When my son played they took everyone. It was painful watching kids on the field who could not catch a ball.
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2019 07:05     Subject: Lacrosse Culture at St Albans?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: how many kids are trying out?


My son said 25 in his grade. So maybe a total of 100 for varsity and JV?


100 is very unlikely. That would be an enormous number for a school the size of St. Albans. That said, if correct, then I would expect them to make cuts. Field space, # of reps in practice, # of available coaches would all factor in. You cannot have a 50 player varsity and a 50 player JV. 30 kids on each roster would see very little, if any, playing time, and it would be nearly impossible to get meaningful reps in practice for everyone. You might be able to have a freshman team, but the school would need additional coaches, additional field space for practices, and additional field space for games.