Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
The MIAA in Lacrosse is still the SEC in college football.

There are up years and down years. But it’s still the strongest and most respected conference in the country. By A LOT.

It all comes down to money. The kids in the Baltimore and DC area will travel to wherever they get the sweetest deal.

St. Johns and Spalding have proven it. None of those starters lives within 2 miles of those schools. The best kids may live within 30 miles of DC or Baltimore, but they will play wherever the grass is greenest regardless of conference or tradition or anything else.

If the DC schools open their purses, the MIAA disappears.

This is a comically bad take. Family traditions run strong in MIAA and the lacrosse programs at most of the schools have been around far longer than WCAC. None of the kids from North Baltimore area (with a plethora of excellent academic/sports school options) is going to commute all the way to the DC area for a few dollars.

Apparently family traditions not so strong at St Marys where the middle school kids were ready to run 20 miles away to Glen Burnie for a couple more dollars. The Baltimore kids will take a couple more bucks to lure away, but once the new McDonogh and Boys Latin dorms fill up with out of state or Canadian talent, no one will care where the kids' parents live.

Only half of St Marys lower school goes to the high school. very notable alumni send their kids to better schools. The school is very old and the academics are not impressive. good lacrosse, but other than that, not sure why you go there.

STM does very little recruiting and cant even keep their middle school Hawks kids there. Its very sad. The Royal Blue should open up the check book once in a while