Anonymous wrote:If Robinson and Langley combined, I bet they would be competitive with programs like Landon and Prep.

Anonymous wrote:All three of these teams have a shot. Langley and Indy are the more complete of these probably. Robinson offense and goalie are question marks.

Anonymous wrote:Indy is a safe bet to make the finals since they will need to win just one hard game at most to get there.
I forgot all about Yorktown. They usually get more than their share of hype. Why did MadLax not rank them or even put them on the also considered list?

Anonymous wrote:But the Rams own offense only scored three goals against Langley, and then only two in their season ending loss to Cosby. And the player who scored or assisted most or all of those five goals has graduated. So Robinsons ability to score agains top teams is a question.
That said, I expect Langley and Robinson both to have great seasons and probably play again in States.

Anonymous wrote:Very worried about Langley's defense this year. While yes, they do have a great returning goalie, they almost have nobody else coming back to anchor the defense. I know they graduated all 4 of their starting poles, many of whom had been a mainstay in their defensive unit for years. I have trouble justifying them as the top public school team, just because they are expected to have a high-powered offense.

Within their division, even Yorktown returns effectively their entire offense. An offense that was able to find success in at least one of the games they played against each other last year. So with a defense that has one returning player and a goalie that absolutely have their work cut out for them. Looking forward to the rest of the state, how will they match up against the team that eliminated them last year? Robinson has by far the strongest defense in the state, will the saxons be able to figure them out come playoffs? In this matchup who will shine? The Rams defense against the high-powered saxon offense, or the
young saxon defense against the young rams offense?

A lot on the backs of the Saxon's D1 commits as the Delaware commit and his backup will need to absolutely dominate faceoffs if they wish to win games as they can't expect a sophomore goalie to completely anchor the defense against a strong offense. For the Mercer commit, nothing less than total dominance offensively will be expected of him for the Saxons to maintain their spot as the top dog.

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Anonymous wrote:All three of these teams have a shot. Langley and Indy are the more complete of these probably. Robinson offense and goalie are question marks.

More importantly, no mention in that write-up of either the Indy slasher and/or related head coach - are they both gone? Think folks are underestimating step up from 5A to 6A.