Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
It's Calvert Hall and everyone else for the foreseeable future; BK has the edge with recruiting and that will never change.


I agree.. The other schools need to figure it out quick. Unless they do, all of them will be fighting for second.

"If you're not FIRST, you're LAST!" -Ricky Bobby


I don't disagree with you and I love the quote... However....

One storied A conference program already has out-of-state players living at the coach's house and didn't make the playoffs.

Another pull-out-all-the-stops A conference program has out-of-state players living in its dorms (including one set to play his fifth season of high school varsity lacrosse next year) and they didn't make the final four.

And the attempts to find a short cut to the top of the standings down at Spalding have been well documented on this site.

But even when you are doing this crazy stuff it comes down to who can execute on the field. Coaching adjustments, grit, leadership, working together, making lacrosse plays, etc..

CH (and SM) simply got it done on the field in 2019.

We all saw an inspired Loyola squad knock off a highly touted BL team in 2013 and in 2015 we all saw a Band of Brothers type SM team beat a McD squad that had like 25 D1 commits on the roster.

I don't think that sort of thing is in the cards for tomorrow night but I do believe that the recent past has shown that getting the pieces lined up and working together properly in May can overcome perceived gaps in talent. I do like the grit and style of the 2019 SM team but this year's gap between CH and everyone else just seems too wide.


While I agree that anything can happen as well as past history. But during that time the last 5-10 years, different teams were winning MIAA championships. No team stood out to me during that time frame except maybe the BL team.

Calvert Hall has won two in a row and will easily win a third. Along with being the frontrunner team next year !! This year besides maybe the St Marys game, it has been a slaughter by CH on MIAA A teams including the StP, McD, Gilman, and Loyola. I dont see a huge sea change next year.

While all the schools have school resources, I assume that CH has a Kelly resources with school backing. If true that is a big advantage when it is a person or persons along with school backing. Gilman football comes to mind with the St Francis football coach.
I dont think CH is doing what they did, but they must be doing something right to get out of state studs along with getting one of best players in 2022 to switch schools.

While McD has its out of state players ( that 5 year is guy due to playing in 8th grade) along with others bringing in out of state players. CH seems to do it better. The rest better catch up. 3 Championships in a row is unprecedented.