Originally Posted by Anonymous
Not sure the point of all this back and forth, but I think its fair to say that on any given day the top 4-5 publics could beat just about any private school, but for the most part, the best 6-7 privates would beat any public school most of the time (not all of the time, ex. Broadneck). The A conf. privates consistently play harder schedules while the top public schools maybe play a few competitive games their entire season. That doesn't mean they are not good teams, just means they are not seeing the same level of competition week in and week out.

As to the point about saving money, if someone picks a private school solely for lacrosse then they truly are missing the bus and doing things for the wrong reason. If someone sends their kid to private school hopefully its for the educational advantages (or religious reasons) that school may offer over their local public, and even if its a bottom tier MIAA A school, that player will still play against top teams each week, rather than playing against some of the lower tier publics that struggle to even field teams.


Valid points. Well said. Agree with that for the most part. However, there are definately plenty of parents/players private school shopping these days in order to get into any private school they can for sports, because that is what they are conditioned to believe is the pinnacle of athletic success. I am going to guess that there are plenty of Jewish kids playing at Catholic schools as well as plenty of kids who are absolutely miserable trying to keep up with their coarse load. Yet, for centuries both private and public players have all managed to keep up with their studies in college and get that diploma without being split into 2 different groups? There is probably a larger correlation to family money and minority status on the Harvard team than there is to which high school the players graduated with a wieghted 4.5 GPA.

If your kids public school can beat certain MIAA teams on any given day throughout the season, who cares if they win a couple games on their schedule 20-4? Calvert Hall has those easy wins all season long and can still win the big games. So yeah, the top public school is just not going to beat the top 2-3 private schools who can assemble the absolute best players from all over the state, but neither can the bottom half of the MIAA teams and there is enough overlap now between conferences to warrant strong consideration.