A kid from my town played at SA as a freshman. Started for the SA freshman team. He was the 7th leading scorer on SA's freshman team. He did not score one single point -- not a goal, not an assist -- against Chaminade (multiple games) or Delbarton. He then left SA and went back to our local high school for 10th grade. He made varsity as a soph and started. Not only did he lead the team in scoring, he was one of the top scorers in Suffolk County. Same was true as a junior and as a senior. He earned an athletic scholarship and now plays Div 1 lax (although he is seeing very little playing time right now as a frosh). Those are facts. Draw your own conclusions…...
Conclusion: Except for a relatively small number of public school teams per year, the competition on LI is not good. In order to play a truly competitive schedule , teams need to travel off Long Island.
Im gonna have to disagree with you about the relatively small number. I would venture to say there at least 25-30 solid lacrosse programs across Long Island. Other than Maryland we have the largest concentration of quality lacrosse in the country. The challenge for each coach is to make sure he is challenging his team each year with a quality schedule in and out of conference.
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