You are missing the point. The original poster was saying that comparing Chaminade to Massapequa is like comparing a travel team with a town team (Although, a very good town team)It is very hard in this day and age for a public school to keep up with these private, high cost, big alumni $$ schools. No one should take anything away from Chaminade, they are a machine. A very well funded, coached, privileged machine.
Need I point to the consistently great public (Elite) programs (well coached and deeply talented) on Long Island such as WI, WM, Farm, Manhasett, GC, and other consistently very good public teams like Smithtown W, Northport, SWR, Syosset, Wantagh.
Almost always, one of theses town teams finishes the year ranked ahead of both Chaminade and St. Anthony's in the national rankings.
Sooo stop; there are talented kids all over LI.
Some don't consider the catholic 2 because of religious reasons, some just want to play in the home HS, others just did not take the entrance test, and still others might not have done well on the tests.
Interesting you put WI in the elite group. The showed poorly last year and lost to Hauppauge yesterday. Smithtown (spanked GC last weekend!) and Northport are much better programs and you call them "good"? SWR although troubled this year has also done better than "good"!
You make no sense in your assessment of good vs. great programs!
West Islip was 12-6 last year. Definitely a down year, but they beat Northport and reached the playoffs for the twenty something straight year. Since 2004 they have won 5 state titles, 7 LI titles, 9 straight county titles and 2 national titles. Ward Melville since 1986 has 8 state titles, 14 class A county titles, 11 LI championships and a national title last year. SWR has won 3 state , 5 LI and 9 county titles. Northport has 1 state title and 2 county and LI titles each. Massapequa, whom I think will probably face Smithtown West for this year's LI championship has 6 county titles and has never won a LI or state title. This brings me to Smithtown. 1 county title 14 years ago. In addition to Garden City, Manhasset, and CSH, I think Farmingdale, Syosset, Bethpage, Mt.Sinai, Southside and a few others have more of a right to call themselves elite than Smithtown. Now go get your shine box!
Pequa will lose to Stown west in the county finals just like last year to melville!
Maybe next year? there are a few other teams poised to explode next year as they have tons of young committed talent! We will see
