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Re: Girls High School
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5 hours ago
"Maybe Maryvale is the upcoming team. Close game with McD yesterday. Ahead by five then lost by one. Some draw trouble with McD but pulled ahead in the end…..number one recruit comes in handy."
Number one recruit? Guess we will all have a birds eye of the greatness if we stand on our tippy toes. Goalie mom sarcasm is great. Biggest lead was 3 and #1 recruit for McD was the jr from NC!
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Re: Boys 2028 - 7th Grade Summer 2023
Anonymous
6 hours ago
Can we all just enjoy for a minute how quiet all the Maryland teams are since not one of them can even field a team for the World Series?!?!?! Maybe this is the only year we will get it, but the absence of their smug bs about “how good” they are will have to be tempered for the summer. Of course they will try to say that the World Series isn’t what it used to be so they won’t bother to show up…blah, blah.
Fact: when the playing field is level, they won’t even show up.
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Re: Boys 2028 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region
Anonymous
Yesterday at 11:43 PM
Do miaa coaches actually watch games or care about what kids do in HoCo?
How are they able to determine what middle schoolers they actually want? A smart MIAA coach who isn't recruiting the best players on his feeder teams simply isn't doing his job. Right but that’s mainly CHC, BL and STM/AS right? With FCA, Crabs and Hawks. My son plays on a AAA team. Realistically we are looking at some of the bottom third (recently anyway) A conference schools to see if he would actually have a chance to see the field. Not interested in being the 49th man at BL or McD. But trying to see how to get him a chance at maybe a school with a smaller roster. A fair amount of MIAA players are of the AAA variety. There are only so many elite level players out there to divided into 10+ teams, plus some of the elite players go to public schools. I would guess that most of the players on JC and MSJ are is AA and AAA. Also, some of the AAA players will grow and train to become very good college players. Don't forget a lot of the kids playing in HoCo league also feed IAC and WCAC schools so it's more like 20 teams they may go to. If you figure 8 elite HoCo teams with maybe 15 elite level kids each - that's 120 kids for 20 teams or an average of 6 for each. Plenty of room for AAA and AA kids to make teams and get playing time. They should be top 2 or 3 kids on their AA/AAA teams to have a reasonable shot though. Lots of variables here: First, take a deep breath. If your son likes playing the sport, is seeing the field at an Elite, AAA or top half AA team, and finds school relatively easy, he's on a good path to play in HS and probably beyond because the lax "product" overall across the country is hot [Censored] compared to even, say, Sidewinders or Cannons. And yes, there are only so many "elite" kids and roughly 1/3 of those are really AAA athletes on elite teams. Don't know about VA but in MD about 20% of elite players and 50% of AAA/AA players will attend public HS. There is plenty of room on private ROSTERS for your kid if he performs at tryouts. Now......moving between Varsity - JV - F/S rosters, and securing playing time at an MIAA-A program is not really a meritocracy, and if a coach tells you it is, that's just false. The math becomes unpredictable until your son has been in the system 1-2 years and you figure out, "Oh these 5 kids are making varsity regardless" and "Oh the varsity HC is the program director of X club, so the tiebreaker is the kids' club team." Or as the dads of the Short Kings keep complaining, you learn (hopefully before the 1st check clears) "Oh the coach has never rostered a DEF under 5'11" in 10 years, or a FOGO who runs slower than a 4.8 40." Man, if you are cutting checks for private school and you didn't know those facts ahead of time and adjust accordingly, that's on you. Same thing if your kid is a "Great FOGO" but also the coach's son and the principal's son are both FOGOs. What do you think the outcome will be. Be in the know. Prepare your kid. And yeah, these things happen at public HS as well. Maybe not quite as out in the open though. They sure do happen at public schools!
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Re: Boys High School
Anonymous
Yesterday at 07:58 PM
St Mary’s may need to win it this year. 20 plus seniors and no younger talent behind them. Younger talent and the Hawks pipelines are heading to Spalding now. How does this happen? STM got a good amount of the 2027 Hawks and quite a few 2026 Hawks. They also got some ProStart, PLC and NL kids Not the ones that matter. Spalding is heavily courting the 2028 hawks/7th graders I am hearing. Heavy recruiting the top third of that team. St Marys will not be good after this year for years to come. Correct in saying they need to win it NOW You don’t know what you’re talking about and there are families that will never choose Spalding.
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Re: 2023 Men's College DII Scores and Standings
Thirdy@BOTC
Yesterday at 03:54 PM
Scoring Update 03-19-2023 Men's DII
Roberts Wesleyan loses to Mercy 14-21
Scoring Update 03-20-2023 Men's DII
CSU Pueblo loses to Quincy 8-13
FINAL
Colorado Mesa loses to Tampa 11-19
FINAL
Scoring Update 03-21-2023 Men's DII
Molloy wins over Post 13-12
FINAL
Frostburg St. wins over Wheeling 20-6
FINAL
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Re: Boys 2027 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region
Anonymous
Yesterday at 02:19 PM
Team 91 is going to go from never making the playoffs and really rarely winning a game to challenging for first place. 4 kids held back in 8th grade for lacrosse. Proud moment. If this is somehow shocking for any Team 91 parents, you simply have not been paying attention. Bye bye families who've been paying their way for 4+ years and being promised that "91 develops elite players" and "never cuts our players." You can either hold back, or you can go play for Predators or Sidewinders. They showed their usual mediocre results in a March tournament. Yawn, same little practice, same little results. 91 is basically Looneys Lite / Bad News Bears until 9th Grade Hold Back Fest gets underway. Holdbacks from NJ and NY and PA boarding schools on the way to save the team's future. 91 MD doesn't offer anything compelling to kids from NJ, NY and PA. Better options in those markets. You know nothing. At least two NY (both Chaminade) and one NH player for Team 91 MD 2024 have college letters in hand. Obviously the MD 91 program is attracting talent from far outside of the MIAA, and these elite players believe - and have seen for themselves - that there is some benefit to them.
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Re: Top NJ Girl's Club Teams
Anonymous
Yesterday at 02:07 PM
AS tryout was a total joke at the tryout in NY. They actually conducted the tryout without pinnies! Tell me how fair that is. There was no way of knowing who was who. What a joke. And affiliated coach was there with a clipboard in hand making selections, even though the website states they will not use any club affiliated coaches in the selection process. The parents all knew it too. Yes, agree. However at that age, I think the girls are pretty well known on the island from all the other things they do. Club, HS , leagues etc. The top players are pretty much already known. They do the tryouts for $$$s
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Re: Girls 2027 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region
Anonymous
Yesterday at 01:39 PM
Atlantic City has
SW -4.5 vs. NEMS
Old Vegas
SW -7.5 vs. NEMS
Wild because this time last year, NEMS would be in brainer favorites here.
SW has a chance to make a statement if they can win in dominant fashion. SW could be the 5h best team by end of summer in Mid Atlantic, and could make a push for 3rd (This implies BLC no longer in that ranking and they get some more talent). Still a big gap between BLC and SW. Although the gap isn't as big as it used to be. The talent that SW added are kids cut from Hero's. Although they are still better than what was there. The one girl was not cut. They left for personal reasons. They also added some talent from other teams. All the new girls that joined SW are not only good players but really nice girls who are working hard. The team is definitely heading in the right direction and will continue to improve throughout spring and summer. There is a ton of outside interest from girls on other teams, will be interesting to see how it all shakes out before high school.
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Re: 2022-2023 Women's DI-III College Lacrosse Season
baldbear
Yesterday at 12:28 AM
DIVISION III
Co-Offensive Player of the Week
Gianna Bruno – Colby College
Bruno tallied a combined five goals and eight assists to go with seven ground balls and four caused turnovers last week. The senior attacker scored three goals and three assists in a victory over previously unbeaten No. 7 Wesleyan University. She registered a season-high five assists and scored twice in the win over Plymouth State University. Bruno’s six points against Wesleyan mark the most the Cardinals have allowed to a single player this season.
Co-Offensive Player of the Week
Walker McKnight – Washington and Lee University
McKnight recorded a career-best five goals off six shots and went 3-3 from the hashes to lead the No. 4 Generals to a 16-5 win over No. 2 Tufts University. The win pushed Washington and Lee to the No. 2 slot in the latest ILWomen/IWLCA Division III rankings.
Defensive Player of the Week
Caroline Kranich – Washington and Lee University
Kranich made a career-high 13 saves in the No. 4 Generals win over No. 2 Tufts. The junior goalkeeper held the Jumbos to just four goals off of 14 free positions and conceded only one goal during settled attack. She made six stops in the second quarter alone and allowed Washington and Lee to go on a 10-0 run from the second to the fourth quarter.
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Re: Girls 2025-10th Grade Fall 2022/Summer 2023
Anonymous
Figured this board would be a little more active this being the 2025s most important year. Can’t believe there hasn’t been a hey what’s better post AS or All American post yet. Whichever your DD makes is better obviously :P Haha. This statement is so true.
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Re: Top Boy's Club Teams in New Jersey
Anonymous
Then I guess that Nike simply wants its name associated with the sport despite having no real interest. Obviously, it is smart to be invested in such a popular sport, but to the extent an earlier poster believes that there is some type of cache to Nike in regards to lacrosse, and that NB is just a boomer brand, I would argue otherwise. Also, what that poster poster falsely insinuates is that, regardless of the sponsorship, the fact that NLF is connected with NASG somehow gives one kid an advantage over the other in regards to recruiting. Having gone through the process with a non-NLF club has made it very clear that your kid can get equal, if not more, exposure playing the larger national tournaments. The bottom line is, don't simply fall for the argument that Nike is at NLF, the NLF is the best, etc, I would rather that my kid were playing NAL, Crabfeast, Naptown, etc., how many times is a college coach going to attend NLF events during the same summer, you are more likely to get repeated exposure with the same coach playing in a wide variety of events. Either way, being "found" at a tournament is the exception, not the rule (more likely at the D3 level), find a prospect day or showcase that is attended by college programs that are comparable with your kids skill level and commitment. I suspect that the 2025 parents are anxiously awaiting the summer club tournaments, and the yet-to-be recruited 2024 parents are stressing out a bit, for the 2024 parents, have patience, if it is meant to be, it will happen, just keep your expectations realistic. Best of luck to those of you going through the recruiting process for the first time, I assure you that you will come out in the end with a much clearer perspective.
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Re: Boys High School Lax
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What are the thoughts in the LILJ rankings for LI. Still in pricess of releasing. I’ll say one thing for that organization, they do their homework. They know every team Inside and out. Say what you will, but it’s the most thought out ranking out there. Nothing else anywhere close. The homework is sending a questionnaire to all the coaches. Each teams write up comes off what the coaches answered on the questionnaire. The rankings also come from the questionnaire. They ask each coach who they think will be competitive and who will be tough to beat. 100% true You both just gave yourselves away. LILJ track what they consider the top teams/players very closely. They watch them multiple times during the season. They go to club events and throughout the summer. They research players that they notice thoroughly to include their highlight reels and recruiting website. If you aren’t aware of this it’s because your sons team isn’t what they consider good and they haven’t noticed or heard of your son. So your sons coach probably did just get the generic questionnaire, but I can assure you there was a lot more effort put forth in regards to strong teams. Don’t forget. Their new business model include the LI Games and other Allstar/highly selective events. They need to know who the top players are so they can get them to go to their new elite events. $$$$ My sons team isn’t StA’s or Chaminade but they are a top 20 team. LILJ is familiar with every kid that starts on the team and even some of the backups. They have seen the team play several times. Heck, they are even at his football games. Yeah, these guys absolutely do their due diligence. I’ve caught a couple of their podcasts and the comments that they make prove to me they are very knowledgeable about the subject matter. Top 20??? Division is a Top20 team. Not sure what it means once you’re no longer in the top 3 in Conference in Nassau and Suffolk.
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IMG Academy (FL) 2024 Face-off, Midfield Griffin Strange Commits to Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Thirdy@BOTC
.@CBLaxers Boys' Recruit: IMG Academy (FL) 2024 Face-off, Midfield Griffin Strange of 2WAY Lacrosse has made a verbal commitment to play lacrosse at Hobart and William Smith CollegesHigh school: IMG Academy Grad year: 2024 Position: Face-off, Midfield College committed to: Hobart and William Smith Colleges Club teams: 2WAY Lacrosse Other colleges considered: Georgetown, Virginia, Penn State, Duke, Ohio State College Bound Laxers (CB Laxers), the official college commitments sponsor for BackOfTheCAGE.com Boys' Recruits, congratulates Griffin Strange on his commitment to Hobart and William Smith Colleges. CB Laxers is dedicated to providing premier recruiting-events for players who have aspirations of playing at the collegiate level and embrace the opportunity to give an edge to student-athletes to be acknowledged by top college coaches. Their philosophy is to keep all events intimate and boutique for the highest level of exposure and their UnD1sputed Showcase attracts some of the top players from around the country and they have helped hundreds of players to go on to play at the DI, II & III levels. For players looking to maximize their exposure, visit CBLaxers.com for more information about their upcoming events.
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Re: New England Prep School Lacrosse
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Final IMO Rankings 2021-2022
1. Brunswick
2. Salisbury
3. Taft
4. Deerfield
5. Avon Old Farms
6. Hotchkiss
7. Trinity-Pawling
8. Loomis
9. Choate
10. Berkshire
11.Westminster
12.Northfield Mount Hermon
13. Kent
'Wick evened score vs Salisbury. Taft a little stronger season than Deerfield. AOF came on strong after slow start. Hotchkiss faded strong start and TP was strongest of lower bracket despite loss to Loomis. Season is about to start, do these end of season rankings translate to pre season 2023? Wick has lost a lot of players but not nearly as many as Salisbury, Taft or Deerfield…..looking at what losing players meant for St Johns out of DC (1-2) you have to wonder how well these top 4 will fair. Is the pack closer than ever?
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