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Landon
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Best schools in the DMV. I would add Dematha,they'll find someway to crawl into the WCAC championship game.

DeMatha? PVI and Ryken in front of them in the WCAC. PVI could knock off Gonzaga this year.

Landon will have a very tough game with PVI to start the season--but if Landon can get through this game and GZ the next game, it could shape up to be a very special season for Landon.

I like the guarded optimism but be careful getting ahead of yourself, young Bear.

Some people said the same sort of thing about a talented BL team a few years ago (and the parents even printed up championship t-shirts ahead of time) and then a very loose eight-loss Loyola team took them down in the MIAA finals.

PVI will be very tough this year. Midfield is very strong.

PVI has had great players the last 5 years but they have not got it done on the field. So hearing they have a great Midfield is Par for the course. Lets see if Coach can get them to play as a team and win big games. I am in the wait and see camp.

First game for PVI will be the biggest test of season. Landon has very good juniors/seniors.

Landon is going to be tough to beat.....may be one of the best teams in US if play to potential.

PVI lucky to be catching Landon early in the season. It's this season or bust for PVI. Not a lot of talent in cupboard after these seniors

The early Under Armour/Inside Lacrosse Top 10 High School Experts Polls has arrived for 2017.

The Experts Poll is a tabulation of approximately 10 high school coaches or media members in each of IL's five designated regions nationally. The Experts Poll will form the baseline for the National Power Rankings throughout the season.

Mid-Atlantic
1. Landon (Md.)
2. McDonogh (Md.)
3. Malvern Prep (Pa.)
4. Boys� Latin (Md.)
5. Calvert Hall (Md.)
6. St. Paul�s (Md.)
7. Haverford School (Pa.)
8. Gonzaga (D.C.)
9. La Salle College (Pa.)
10. Bullis (Md.)

States: N.J., Pa., Md., D.C., Del., Va

Experts: Rick Brocato (St. Paul's), Bob Shriver (Boys' Latin), Brody Bush (Conestoga) Jeff Belistri (Bullis), Tyler Meth (Sparta/BBL), Kevin Giblin (Bishop O'Connell), Don Green (Blue Star) among others

Northeast

Landon opens up with 2 very tough games--PVI and GZ.

I'm pretty sure PVI beat Landon this past fall at Landon in the semis of the East Coash HS Showcase before losing to eventual champion Hill Academy. I realize it was fall ball but still a good measuring stick for both teams...

Hey Paul VI Dad... enough of the shameless promotion of your sons team. Your team has had very good individual players for years, while under performing. I think you need to let the team prove it on the field before declaring them a legit contender. Obviously the experts disagree with you from the results of the IL Regional Poll.

Anyone watch the Bullis vs DeMatha scrimmage today? How did the teams look?

Public school practices start this week. Most promising this year for AAco are South River and Severna Park. Last 4 country championships went to these 2 schools, severna park won states in 16, last time SR won states was 14. Annapolis looks promising,but they lost a lot of seniors, nt enough depth. Broadneck could be a serious contender, if they don't choke again in the playoffs. South river won the Maryland indoor lacrosse league this year.

Private schools in AAco:
Severn looks the most promising out of all of the schools. St Mary's is talented, but I don't think they are good enough to garnish a winning season. It'll be hard to bounce back from a 1-15 record last year. Severn made a final 4 run last year, and put themselves in the right position this year to go right back to the final 4. Severn won the Annapolis indoor league, undefeated and student coached during the indoor season. Spaulding has improved... But by how much?

Word on the street. Penn state commit and 91 orange star kid will be playing Varsity at SA

No one care, but his parents

What's SA? Or does this not belong in the Maryland forum?

SA would get schooled in the MIAA. But good for him. Half of UNC freshmen commits are playing varsity for much better teams.

Theoretically if you are a freshman committed to go d1 you should make varsity

Maybe at a public school.

Maybe and maybe not at many MIAA schools.

D1 commits play JV. Some would rather play JV than ride the bench behind a Varsity team full of junior/senior commits.

As a committed D1 player in 9th grade I would hope there would be an opportunity to practice with the varsity team. This is where kids elevate their game. A JV squad could lower that overall player trajectory a little.

Not really. Pat Spencer from Loyola played JV..didnt seem to hurt him.

Moma said JV is the DEVIL. Vicki Valencorte said she loves JV. OOOOOOOOO Steve, please help. Wonder want Roy Orbison thinks coach?

Do you talk out loud as bad as you type?

Pat Spencer wasn't a freshman commit and he hit a growth spurt that got him from 5'10" to 6'3" summer of 10th grade. He was a late bloomet

Spencer was a very good lacrosse player and very good athletic even at 5-10. He would have probably started on varsity even at 5-10 if the three attackman in front of him werent Stanwick, Heacock and Chell. Three D1 starters! He elected to play JV and shine and hone his skills.
So he really wasnt a late bloomer in what people consider it. He was just a outstanding athletic who was a late grower.

Your Medulla Oblongata must be over active. Too many teeth and not a big enough tooth brush?!??

actually he played two years of JV, seemed to work out for him

So how are the scrimmages going. Lots of interesting games with Landon and SSSA and Bullis to name a few, but I haven't heard any readouts.

While it was only a scrimmage, I thought the MCD team fared well against Landon. I heard Gonzaga almost shut the Dons out.

Although it's early and just scrimmages Gonzaga has beat Loyola-B 8-1, Haverford 10-8, and CHC 7-4.

Some HS use these as scrimmage to get a look at a lot of kids. Some HS try to win these to get some momentum for the year. Really depends on the coach. Tough to really gauge teams based on these scrimmages.

Landon barely beat MCD in a very well played game given first scrimmage for both. GZ will be better than expected.

Bullis 16-7 over Severn after 4 Quarters this weekend. First scrimmage Bullis beat DeMatha 10-8 after 4 quarters. Not sure that these scrimmages mean anything.

MIAA had a late start with tryouts not until 3-27. Most team made final cuts this weekend hence a lot of returning starters only got a run or two. Hard to access a team without knowing what the coach is trying to achieve.

based on talent, MCD and Landon should be the best in the DMV with GZ close behind.