Anonymous wrote:Dropped the analysis this week because it takes a lot of time and there doesn't seem to be much interest this season.

Twelve games is standard. I have heard that due to scheduling rules you have to play tournaments to get to 14 games, which is the max. Some teams always want to play 14 games to get more reps. Some teams never play 14 - I think to try to keep the team healthier for playoffs. I don't understand the gaps this year though. 13 days off for LB, 11 days off for Langley seems unusual.

Anonymous wrote:Lots of good games this week. Madison/Yorktown should be a brawl.

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Anonymous wrote:The scheduling is crazy, LB has 5 games in 8 days or something crazy like that. Should be interesting to see how they pan out with such little rest.

Looks like a good number of Fairfax schools are in a similar situation: WestPo looks like 4 games over 5 days; For Robo and Madison, it looks like 4 games over 6 days.
Yorktown (in another county) has some cushion for rest. Maybe FX school officials should take a look at that for future schedules.

Unfortunately this has been an issue for years about the scheduling. There won't be any change to FCPS policy in regards to scheduling 14 games individually. Bill Curran has stated that to produce equity to all FCPS schools, there has to be an even playing field for scheduling and the max they will pay for is 11. It is a battle that lacrosse will never win. Schools like Yorktown have a huge advantage when it comes to scheduling their games where they can allocate 14 however they want. Plus they also get to have 8th graders on their JV teams so they get early exposure to their future varsity players.

Feel like we have a coach on the board. Somebody knows what they are talking about. Seems like a ridiculous rule that likely leads to more injuries by forcing teams to cram four games into a week in a contact sport where that really shouldn't be done.

There are teams playing 5 games over the course of the next week. My sone has games Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday and then another stretch with games Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday

Aside from ruining Spring Break, that is pretty rough on the body. Saw a change.org petition on this issue and really don't understand the logic here. Loudoun and Arlington counties can pay for 14 games for their schools but FCPS cannot afford it?

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Anonymous wrote:Keep up the good work, ranking committee. Also have to command all the posters in this forum for maintaining civility.

No kidding - this one is so pleasant. They girls' boards and the private school boards are horrible.

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Anonymous wrote:The scheduling is crazy, LB has 5 games in 8 days or something crazy like that. Should be interesting to see how they pan out with such little rest.

Looks like a good number of Fairfax schools are in a similar situation: WestPo looks like 4 games over 5 days; For Robo and Madison, it looks like 4 games over 6 days.
Yorktown (in another county) has some cushion for rest. Maybe FX school officials should take a look at that for future schedules.

Unfortunately this has been an issue for years about the scheduling. There won't be any change to FCPS policy in regards to scheduling 14 games individually. Bill Curran has stated that to produce equity to all FCPS schools, there has to be an even playing field for scheduling and the max they will pay for is 11. It is a battle that lacrosse will never win. Schools like Yorktown have a huge advantage when it comes to scheduling their games where they can allocate 14 however they want. Plus they also get to have 8th graders on their JV teams so they get early exposure to their future varsity players.

Feel like we have a coach on the board. Somebody knows what they are talking about. Seems like a ridiculous rule that likely leads to more injuries by forcing teams to cram four games into a week in a contact sport where that really shouldn't be done.

There are teams playing 5 games over the course of the next week. My sone has games Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday and then another stretch with games Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday

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Anonymous wrote:The scheduling is crazy, LB has 5 games in 8 days or something crazy like that. Should be interesting to see how they pan out with such little rest.

Looks like a good number of Fairfax schools are in a similar situation: WestPo looks like 4 games over 5 days; For Robo and Madison, it looks like 4 games over 6 days.
Yorktown (in another county) has some cushion for rest. Maybe FX school officials should take a look at that for future schedules.

Unfortunately this has been an issue for years about the scheduling. There won't be any change to FCPS policy in regards to scheduling 14 games individually. Bill Curran has stated that to produce equity to all FCPS schools, there has to be an even playing field for scheduling and the max they will pay for is 11. It is a battle that lacrosse will never win. Schools like Yorktown have a huge advantage when it comes to scheduling their games where they can allocate 14 however they want. Plus they also get to have 8th graders on their JV teams so they get early exposure to their future varsity players.

Feel like we have a coach on the board. Somebody knows what they are talking about. Seems like a ridiculous rule that likely leads to more injuries by forcing teams to cram four games into a week in a contact sport where that really shouldn't be done.

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Anonymous wrote:The scheduling is crazy, LB has 5 games in 8 days or something crazy like that. Should be interesting to see how they pan out with such little rest.

Looks like a good number of Fairfax schools are in a similar situation: WestPo looks like 4 games over 5 days; For Robo and Madison, it looks like 4 games over 6 days.
Yorktown (in another county) has some cushion for rest. Maybe FX school officials should take a look at that for future schedules.

Unfortunately this has been an issue for years about the scheduling. There won't be any change to FCPS policy in regards to scheduling 14 games individually. Bill Curran has stated that to produce equity to all FCPS schools, there has to be an even playing field for scheduling and the max they will pay for is 11. It is a battle that lacrosse will never win. Schools like Yorktown have a huge advantage when it comes to scheduling their games where they can allocate 14 however they want. Plus they also get to have 8th graders on their JV teams so they get early exposure to their future varsity players.

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sold on Langley as a #6…will be interesting to see how they look the next couple of games

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Anonymous wrote:The scheduling is crazy, LB has 5 games in 8 days or something crazy like that. Should be interesting to see how they pan out with such little rest.

Looks like a good number of Fairfax schools are in a similar situation: WestPo looks like 4 games over 5 days; For Robo and Madison, it looks like 4 games over 6 days.
Yorktown (in another county) has some cushion for rest. Maybe FX school officials should take a look at that for future schedules.

Anonymous wrote:Keep up the good work, ranking committee. Also have to command all the posters in this forum for maintaining civility.