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In the 80's, Towson had over 100 going out. Not that's d own to 40-50 total trying out. Private schools have taken over the in terms of quality and quantity.

CH has an abundance of players. A select few stand out but many are at similar high talent. That is when the " who you know comes into play" and CH has that in droves. Relatives, Friends, etc are first in line, then the rest. Been like that for years.

MIAA lacrosse players will eventually make varsity teams at BL, St Pauls, McD and Gilman - this is not the case at CHC and Loyola because their class sizes are huge.

Nugent won the Kelly Award his senior year. Not sure pulling rippers hurt him much.

It’s also easier to get on the football field as a player at Rutgers and Maryland than it is at Ohio State and Michigan.

Send your kid to a program appropriately fitting their talent ceiling.

The worst thing is looking up after sophomore year realizing Johnny won’t make varsity until MAYBE Senior year at CH - when he could have been playing at Some other school.

Did anyone happen to catch the number of kids on the sidelines for CH in the Turkey Bowl? I am guessing 75+ on the bench; apply this to the lacrosse team as well. CH where MIAA lax dreams go to die.

Picking the right level for your son is difficult in 8th grade and when they start looking at colleges. There are a couple of can't misses out there but those are few and far between. Pick a top academic school with a competitive lax program which includes a great culture. Worry less about winning national championships and more about competing academically and athletically and growing as a person.

If you are choosing a High School based on lax dreams that is comical. Tell your son good luck trying to start that lacrosse camp and giving lessons for $40/hr when he's 30 years old because he chased, your quote remember, not mine "Lax Dreams"

Kids have unrealistic expectations and healthy self-images. Good for them.

But parents really need to smarten up and learn to steer kids to better situations.

So things will never change.

I'm pretty sure CHC brings up and dresses their entire JV for the Turkey Bowl

They had a ton of kids at NHSLS dressed out at $105 per kid. I bet many didn't touch the field. CHC kept committed starters in for the bulk of the games. It's as if it weren't a recruiting event.

Too much of it is parents of players who have been B and C team players all through youth lax think that as soon as Johnny gets to high school he will somehow turn into an elite player.

Some absolutely do. And great for them. Most don’t. And so you have junior 18 year old JV players.

They do not. Gotta earn that right to dress for that game.

Most kids surely aren't going to CH for the education which is why you literally see 120+ kids showing up for tryouts for lax and football etc. If you don't think athletes who are shadowing at CH aren't shown around by other athletes and coaches touting the sports dream if you come to these schools you are naïve. These schools sell the dream not the education; sorry to burst your bubble.

BK will never tell you not to come to CHC-he just won't play you. This is how he weakens other schools. The depth chart from 18-30 @ CHC could see considerable playing time at most other MIAA schools. This would lead to better college looks as well if that is desired... Parents wake up and stop the madness. Look around the beltway to greener pastures and still great educations.