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Severna Park gave GCS all they could handle, lost by 1.

Kids that didn’t play at their previous school. Hear a jr and some senior starters are also leaving GCS.

The Bryn Mawr goalie wasn't wearing thigh pads and the Spalding coaches brought that to the refs attention. BM doesn't seem to play their 2nd goalie much. I can only assume that she didn't have thigh pads on her either.

Rumor mills are so fun.

Many 2025 Hero’s Green players are also leaving GCS for other schools as well

Not 2025, 2026’s players are leaving

There aren’t any 2025 heroes Green players at GCS.

There is only one 2025 Heros green player at GCS. No other school wants her loud and obnoxious father on their sidelines.

Quick question for the group: How do parents afford to have their girls attend these prestigious private schools? By no means am I poor, but I definitely cant afford 30k/year for high school. Are there special grants set aside for athletes? Very interested to see how I can get my daughter into one of these schools.

Sorry for the dense question but didn’t bryn mahr win that game? That has to be tough for a coach to call a rule violation and then still lose by a pretty wide margin when the opposing team doesn’t have a goalie for the last significant portion of the game.

The players (25s) potentially going to GCS are contributors for their current schools. Junior non starter is likely leaving.

This is hilarious... do you even know how many girls are at GCS from 2025 Green OR white??? There is 1 so not sure how "many" are leaving...

What are you talking about? Are you a parent on the team? heard it’s “3” players leaving !

Glenelg High beat Severna Park 13-8

So true. If she was better if might be overlooked but he's too much.

At most private schools, 30-40% of the families receive some help. Our kids have been in a local private since preschool, and yes, it is a lot of money. We believe it is a smart investment in their future and are giving them opportunities we didn't have growing up.

Suggest you reach out to those schools that seem to be a fit for your child/family and inquire. Arrange a visit, take a tour, schedule a shadow day (prospective student visits and attends classes). Talk about your ability to pay, and see where the conversation goes.

It is likely financial aid has already been allocated and awarded for the coming year given that admissions season has passed, but it is worth inquiring. SOme schools still have openings and may have some aid left.

Best of luck!

The comment said many 2025 Hero's Green players are leaving. There is ONE on the roster so not sure how you can get "many" from 1.

LOL. So that makes you #1 in your book i bet. Good luck against Century.

Not as easy as one would think when they’re able to replace their goalie with an extra defender and the other team is already down a player due to yellow cards.

Yes… there are grants, scholarships, financial aids and if they want you bad enough, they make it work.

There is quite a bit of financial aid available even if you make decent money. The threshold is pretty high not to qualify for something. If you have multiple kids in private school or in college that goes into the equation too. It's different for the catholic schools but those schools aren't as expensive as McD, SPSG, Bryn Mawr, etc.

Coach better get some players. Barely enough for jv and not much talent there either. Coach and assistant will have to earn their money going forward since kids aren’t knocking down the door without a Big name coach.

How great would Catonsville girls be this year if all of the talent had not been stunk away by the scholarships to the MIAA schools?

The better question would be to ask "why are parents taking their kids away from the publics and sending them to the privates?"... what should the publics do "better" to retain their kids?

Great. State Champion Great.

What fun would it be winning 15-1 every night. In the Iaam every game is high level. No comparison to Baltimore county lax.

Have to agree

Current GCS coach has been there 15+ years. Has taken the program from a C conference team, to winning the B conference multiple years in a row, to the A division where they have made it to the semi finals multiple times. She has won Coach of the Year, and she’s the one who has brought the team up in the rankings to the current #1 team in the nation. Give credit where credit it due to Coach Walton.

Is she staying?

I am sure Coach Walton is a good coach. But the program changed when BR got involved. They went from bottom of B before he got there to 3 straight Champ game appearances, a couple of B conf champs. If it was all Walton, why weren't they A conf level before BR got there? And how many of the current players were recruited by Coach Walton. I guess we will see what GCS does in the next few years when BR's recruits leave and its all Walton.

BR pov

When my daughter was getting recruited by GCS, it was by the former coach. We never met or heard from Coach Walton. The other people I know all say the same thing. Maybe PW will stick around and prove that it’s her but all GCS success started when BR got there. She is riding the wave of some great recruiting with a team that is built to win this year.

It is way more than the coach. Both GCS and to a lesser extent Gerstell, in order to join the IAAM, went all in with girls lacrosse in terms of recruiting, financial aid, etc. Both now appear to be rethinking that strategy and are not putting girls lacrosse in the forefront. There is nothing wrong with that, but the coaches have to play the hand they are dealt.

To the other question about Catonsville. Yes they would be elite, but so would Dulaney, Hereford, Towson, and even Loch Raven and Perry Hall, if the local kids stayed out of the IAAM. Its the nature of the beast in Maryland.

Same thing for our family. NEVER heard from her, only from BR

Gerstell and GCS do not belong in same category and Gerstell will never win in A. They are rethinking because they can’t get athletes to come and coaching is below average for A conference.

PW is doing a great job. The girls all love her. Even though they are a very talented team someone still has to get them to play as a team. BR bought the ingredients but PW is making the cake.

I agree about Gerstell, but with an even less qualified coach they were able to attract some top talent (injured top recruit Maryland, starters and key contributors at Navy, Rutgers, Loyola, and some more lower D1s). Their top player this year, a senior, is strong, but the future looks bleak. What changed?

After this amazing senior class leaves, GCS will not nearly be on the same level. BR was there through last year, why aren't the Junior and Soph classes on the same level as the Senior class? Honest question.

I really think both schools are done with the girls lacrosse arms race and will settle into the IAAM B in the next few years.

Cake was made last year. Players are putting icing on it. They aren’t doing 1 thing different this year in terms of schemes or strategy. Any of the players could coach this group mr w !

PW is better than BR relating to the girls and that's the big difference

She was coach of the year a few years back. This thread isn’t accurate. She is real deal. Get to know your coaching staff better folks.