Originally Posted by Anonymous
Hill Academy is just an IMG in the north, without football. Most kids only go for one semester and they recruit from all around North America. They also get bunch of Edge lacrosse players


Hill Academy is indeed a sports academy. They offer hockey or lacrosse and it's located in a suburb of Toronto. 90% of the lacrosse players commute to the school from the greater Toronto area. The other 10% do come from other parts of North America. The boarding students are not their best players, either.

They have 3 lacrosse teams: middle school, junior varsity and varsity. The JV and V are divided based on grade and not ability. The 2019's and 20's are on JV and the 2017's and 18's on V.

The school is very demanding. Past players have gone on to Harvard, Cornell, JHU, UNC, etc. Hill Academy players can be found on many college rosters at every level. It isn't for everyone and the staff is very up front about that. It is intense. Maybe some students only last for one semester for that reason.

As far as recruiting goes my guess is that the reputation of the school speaks for itself and players come to them. How hard does McDonogh, Boys' Latin, Calvert Hall, etc. have to work to recruit players? Probably a similar situation.