Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell loses to the mighty frogs of Maret 35-19.

Sidwell GIRLS SOCCER won the league title (ISL AA) for the second year in a row.

That's incorrect. NCS is the champion, having defeated Visitation for the title.

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell loses to the mighty frogs of Maret 35-19.

Sidwell GIRLS SOCCER won the league title (ISL AA) for the second year in a row. Sidwell GIRLS TENNIS won the ISL A Championship this fall. Sidwell BOYS SOCCER playing for the league title. Sidwell BOYS BASKETBALL defending league champion, with a second player in two years signing a Division I Letter of Intent. Sidwell BOYS WRESTLING going for someting like their 10th straight league title this winter. Sidwell BOYS BASEBALL won the city championship in 2011.

We're a Cathedral schools family. Over the past couple years, I've personally seen Sidwell beat NCS in girls soccer (twice, both times for the league title) and girls basketball; and seen Sidwell beat St. Albans in boys' soccer, boys' basketball, boys' baseball (the year they won the City title), and boys' wrestling. In fact, I've seen Sidwell beat enough Cathedral Close teams that perhaps I'm a bad luck charm and my kids and their friends would do better if I stay home! I've also seen STA and NCS beat Sidwell in things like cross country, boys baseball (last year), and boys and girls lacrosse.

I don't know what your beef is with Sidwell football, except that it comes across as obsessive. But as a Wisconsin Avenue neighbor of Sidwell, I can say that your continued assertion that Sidwell is terrible athletically across the board is inaccurate. Your insistence on defining athletics to exclude All GIRLS' SPORTS comes across as misogynistic, and defining boys' sports as synonymous with football irrational and odd. Sidwell is first and foremost an academically oriented school (as are the Cathedral Schools -- STA is no Dematha), but they field some good teams as well, offer tons of participation opportunities, and friends with kids there have spoken positively of their kids' athletic experience.

My apologies for keeping this thread going but I wanted to offer a different viewpoint from the obsessed poster.

Why are people obsessed with Sidwell's football team? Every score gets reported here.

Sidwell loses to the mighty frogs of Maret 35-19.

well said.

the good thing about IAC and MAC schools are a lot of the kids can learn the game of football and learn some life lessons in victory and defeat. I think a lot of kids who play in the WCAC realize their son might not ever take the field since the competition is that much higher and the recruiting is quite rampant at schools like Good Counsel, Gonzaga, St. Johns etc. etc. No question in my mind, all schools recruits whether its Sidwell or STA but, your son has a much better shot at seeing the field at a smaller school.

Anonymous wrote:I am no sports nut, but why should a team be disbanded simply because it is bad? Doesn't anyone simply like the idea of their kid getting exercise and learning sportsmanship, win or lose? If my kids were at a big public, they might not get to play at all. At a smaller private school, one of the bonuses is that my children can play sports they enjoy for a longer period of time. 99 percent of these kids will not play football when they are 20, but if they like it, how great that even average kids can play at 17. My kids are still too young for me to worry about this, but if you are obsessed with Sidwell's football team results, just choose a different school. Plenty of strong football programs out there, I am sure, and Sidwell will survive.

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It actually looks like many of the wins Sidwell has this year were losses a couple of years ago. Yes, they don't play the same schedule as Good Counsel, but different type of school for a different type of kid.

I am no sports nut, but why should a team be disbanded simply because it is bad? Doesn't anyone simply like the idea of their kid getting exercise and learning sportsmanship, win or lose? If my kids were at a big public, they might not get to play at all. At a smaller private school, one of the bonuses is that my children can play sports they enjoy for a longer period of time. 99 percent of these kids will not play football when they are 20, but if they like it, how great that even average kids can play at 17. My kids are still too young for me to worry about this, but if you are obsessed with Sidwell's football team results, just choose a different school. Plenty of strong football programs out there, I am sure, and Sidwell will survive.

I don't think the pp was bumping it. I think he/she was pointing out that Sidwell's football team decided to schedule a bunch of cupcakes in order to reverse the embarrassing results from last year. When Sidwell has played relatively decent teams, they have been blown out.

They probably should pull a Georgetown Day and just disband the football program.

And this is being bumped again because why?

Sidwell was down 42-0 to a mediocre Flint Hill team before scoring two meaningless TDs in the 4th quarter. LOL.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.herald-mail.com/sports/hm-fbh-saints-fall-to-sidwell-20121006,0,7348154.story

And before we jump to conclusions, at least 3 of the SFS athletes mentioned have attended since elementary age.

You are citing a story where Sidwell manged to beat St. James? Do you not realize that St. James lost to Flint Hill 60-0?

Sidwell took their laughable 5-0 record and faced an average Potomac football team. Result? Sidwell loses 25-3.

You, an adult who has been obsessed for years with the fortunes of a NW DC private school's football team, are laughable.

Signed,

Everyone But You

I think you meant:

"Signed,

Every Sidwell Parent who wishes to sweep their pitiful athletics program under the rug"

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.herald-mail.com/sports/hm-fbh-saints-fall-to-sidwell-20121006,0,7348154.story

And before we jump to conclusions, at least 3 of the SFS athletes mentioned have attended since elementary age.

You are citing a story where Sidwell manged to beat St. James? Do you not realize that St. James lost to Flint Hill 60-0?

Sidwell took their laughable 5-0 record and faced an average Potomac football team. Result? Sidwell loses 25-3.

You, an adult who has been obsessed for years with the fortunes of a NW DC private school's football team, are laughable.

Signed,

Everyone But You

Anonymous wrote:http://www.herald-mail.com/sports/hm-fbh-saints-fall-to-sidwell-20121006,0,7348154.story

And before we jump to conclusions, at least 3 of the SFS athletes mentioned have attended since elementary age.

You are citing a story where Sidwell manged to beat St. James? Do you not realize that St. James lost to Flint Hill 60-0?

Sidwell took their laughable 5-0 record and faced an average Potomac football team. Result? Sidwell loses 25-3.

Anonymous wrote:I think that the Sidwell parents (and everyone else) are saying that they are pretty tired of this two-year old thread. This old horse (or is it pigskin?) is past glue already!

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