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No, Most do to some extent, Players are still good, but when it comes to similar talent, well, its all about knowing the coach and school

SP has another year and then the Predators take over. Give them time. Top 4 next year

Probably not the right forum for this.

Wrong SP

A couple final scores:

CH vs MSG 14-3
Spalding vs JC 15-7

Yikes,,,Meant StP ,,, Predator's Talk of Balt and Nation,,couldnt help myself, had to put that in there

Competitive games today.

CH vs MSJ 14-3
Spalding vs JC 15-7
BL vs Gillman 16-3
McD vs Severn 11-3

Like I said, LB would win handily over the Crussies at home. Four goal margin. Could or should have been more. The formerly 6-0 Crusaders are in for a long year. No need for bulletin board material.

Loyola dad here. First half was played very close, with SP taking advantage of *every* opportunity with great shooting. Showed how close in talent these teams "could be." Loyola had numerous passes sail out of bounds. Offense undisciplined. BUT.

Second half was a crime scene, even with Loyola pumping the brakes the entire last five minutes. Final score could not have possibly been any closer. Loyola D and Mids essentially took over the game and did not look back.

SP played relatively fast and definitely more physical than I remember from last year. Loyola showed why they get beat by the best..........but not really by anybody else.

You can take the bus driver out of Glen Burnie. But you can’t take the Glen Burnie out of the bus driver.

15-7 Spalding over JC. JC was up late 7-5 in the first half. Eventually Spalding got thier act together and won the game. Spalding has so many holes the MM could score 10 goals a game against better teams and they will still lose.

How is Severn allowed to play on that narrow field every year?

'Like I said' hahahaha..And who are you exactly?Pretty sure everyone thought the original post was from a kid which made it fun. But now this changes everything. Please,after your chest pounding go ahead and put your name up next to your threads so we can all pound chest with ya after your next classless comment.

These scores can’t be right. MIAA teams have competitive league games every game.

Riiiiiight

I think it’s awesome how Severna Park parents think they can hold a candlestick too St Mary’s. You people are crazy. That team from bestgate road will absolutely rock your world next week. Vic Lilly will have those boys so dialed in, St Mary’s could play their third strings and win by 10 or more goals.

Is it really more narrow?

I noticed that too. It looks that way from film. They play the football field lines. A football field is 53 yards wide. Lax fields are supposed to be 60 yards wide.

It only really comes in to play on Severn’s ride and stalling late in the game.

3/4 of yesterday's losers are in MIAA B and C divisions.

Better start bailing water ship is sinking. Lot of upset parents about play time. Certain kids turn the ball over and over but never come off the field.

Not sure about that but my son has practiced there before and the boys were shooting during warm ups and balls were going onto the other field where there was a girls JV game being played. Need some sort of divider.

After 3 games, new rankings:

BL
St. Marys
McDonogh
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Calvert Hall
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Spaulding
Loyola
St. Pauls
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Severn
Gilman
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St Joe
JC

Didn’t Severn just beat SP on Tuesday?

so, WCAC and IAC also have some lesser teams. Bet if we took top half of WCAC and IAC that would look a lot like the MIAA-A conference and most likely would play better/higher national ranking given WCAC/IAC willing to play really good OOO for record vs "scrimmage."

It's called the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Maybe the top teams that have on age College Freshman and kids from other states leave the MIAA and form their own National league. Leave the MIAA A for on age kids that are actually from The areas where their schools are located in Maryland. St Frances was forced out of the MIAA because they used big money to form their dynasty teams with kids that are not from Baltimore and a lot older than normal High School seniors....

Look at some of the tops teams from Baltimore lot of out of state kids on the rosters

What happened to Gonzaga?! Back to back double digit losses to SJC (understood) and Gtown Prep?! Gotta be more than just losing its best attack...

After 3 games, new rankings:

BL
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St. Marys
Calvert Hall
Mcdonogh
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Spaulding
Loyola
Severn
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St Paul
Gilman
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JC
MSJ

KI beats BL next week in the biggest upset of the year…

KI couldnt beat Broadneck

Good luck at the dot losing 18-23

1. The lower tier MIAA and WCAC teams also have players from other states
2. There are 19 year old seniors all over public and private school rosters
3. "a lot older" than normal seniors? There's a handful (10? 15?) of 20 year old seniors across the thousands of lax players in MD and DC. A check of public school football rosters would show the same.
4. The "recruiting from out of area" argument is a public school faux argument. As if public school lax parents don't buy homes in specific school districts in specific counties with specific legacy lax programs. Or even move in 8th-10th grade for better "placement." Buying a $900K house in the "right" school district is no more or less of a flex than paying MIAA or WCAC tuition. Stop pretending that public school is by default some kind of meritocracy.

Over the years that would be CHC, BL & McD that meet the criteria described above. Getting worse @ BL with new dorms for "International Students"

Lol keep telling yourself that 19 year old seniors are anywhere near as prevalent at public schools as in the privates. Not every good MIAA player is a holdback, and not every holdback is pushing 20 when they get to college, but the facts don't lie; when IL publishes birthdates with their five stars, the private school kids are almost always older than their public school counterparts; Sunderland (#4 in the '22 class) is 10 months older than Joey Terenzi (#3), and Millon (#1 '23 attack) is 11 months older than Duffy (#2 attack).

If you comb over a public school roster, you may get a few borderline holdbacks where the kids were born over the summer. But nothing like the MIAA and NEW-1 where you have kids born in the winter and spring of the grade above.

As for point #4, what world are you living in where the public schools have rosters filled with kids moving to town in 8-10th grade? Something like that might happen once or twice in a decade at a top tier public school, whereas their youth programs are losing at least twice that many good players every single year to private schools in their region.

Does CHC really have anybody from farther away than southern PA (30 minutes away)?

Not sure about McD (who arguably started the out-of-state recruiting game....and not in lax), but in all honesty I think BL wants to be a small Culver, IMG, St. Frances in lax at the very least. I think they fully intend to move out of the MIAA in good time.

I believe the Alumni of CHC and BL will eventually call BS when their sons lax spots are being taken by boarders from TX, FL or CO etc.... A couple of imported players like CHC's dominant twins from Georgia a few years ago would be tolerable but not 1/4 or 1/3 of the starters - no way. MCD simply does not have the tradition like CHC or BL to care one way or the other and have a win at all costs mentality anyway..

What makes me laugh is folks on this board want to call out the so called bottom feeders and being lesser and do not deserve to be in the MIAA A.... When most of those bottom feeder programs consistently produce great well rounded scholars and athletes that go on the succeed athletically in college. These schools don't have the luxuries of huge endowments that pay almost full tuition for some of their athletes. I would say the JC and MSJ teams have zero holdbacks and zero kids on full scholarship payed by coaches, endowments, an alumni....Financial aid, yes, but mostly based on need. The kids that do not deserve to be in the MIAA A are the on age College Freshman and out of towners..... It is right to say that Alumni will eventually say enough is enough....Too many alumni kids are sitting on the bench at these schools while coaches and Dads fulfill their lust for championships and being the best at all costs....

JC gives scholarships and need-based financial aid. Their package to my son was generous. But he is an honor student so I’m sure that helps.

JC gives scholarships and need-based financial aid. Their package to my son was generous. But he is an honor student so I’m sure that helps.[/quote]

Hope they also gave you a bumper sticker.

Lets take it one step further... Maryland has 11 fifth years/GS and 5 seniors. They are dominating the NCAA. Age, maturity, experience matter. The older and more experienced the player, the better chance of that player (and team) being successful. If the MIAA or other HS leagues want to change the age rules they can. But whether you are in HS or college, increased age/experience is the present mind-set to win championships. If the player is 17 when he/she graduates HS she will be at a disadvantage in sports. There isnt much to add.

There are no "spots" for kids just because they attend a school like CHC or BL. Kids move all the time for sports and schools. Hockey, skiing, football, baseball, soccer etc. Pursue your dreams if you can.

Entitled people raise entitled kids. Both are ruining the country.