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OMG, enough with the team mom it's getting uncomfortable .

Best you can do? I think not. But you think there won't be regrets? And let's not make like St Anthony's is some bastion of academic excellence. One group has decided to be fine with 4th string for academics and the other for the shiny new facilities

Yeah that's the best I will do. Just because you still fantasize about all those touchdowns you scored in HS doesn't mean we all do Al Bundy. You must have a very shallow and unfulfilled life if you still have regrets about your High School lacrosse team. You still pining for the one that got away too? What school does your son go to? What "bastion of academics" is he at? You're a dude who really needs a hobby.

Any chance of formally changing the Subject Topic to - Chaminade Hater and Basher page?

BTW - Can't be an easy HS experience; aside from the obvious -No Girls, Jacket and Tie, 1 hr ave daily commute...
then, fighting every minute, of every practice, to earn a NO guarantee, opportunity to compete on game day...
Isn't it a wonder why College Coaches are interested in recruiting these kids??

wouldn't any team practice that way. do you think that the only motivated, hard working kids are attending Chaminade ? why?

No, the competition is not the same at every school. Think Valley Stream Central has practices similar to CHaminade?

The competition to maintain one's starting spot is certainly higher at schools like Chaminade that have far deeper rosters.

While first string players are generally about the same skill-wise vs. public schools (as evidenced by these programs trading wins every year), the third string at Chaminade are usually far better than their counterparts at even huge public schools like Ward Melville.

Says a mom of a third (or fourth) string Chaminade player.
Stating the non provable. Feel free posit whatever you need to feel superior to public school players/kids or to justify the lack of p.t.

While I agree with part 1 of your statement, I disagree with part 2. WM has some of the best players on LI.

trading wins every year?? (alternative reality) - Chaminade lost 2 public school games last year, and the narrative was - "Chaminade's worst season in decades..."

I will give you that.

why what?? ask little johnny's HS coach to explain the difference....

That's generous. how many public schools do know will have over almost 20 D1 commits (including IVY ACC, etc) contend with?
average HS is < 1, powehouse HS programs rarely > 4 d1 commits

Does WM and Chaminade play this year? if so... could be an interesting match up

Commits are not a precursor to success on the field. If that were the case Chaminade would be unchallenged and undefeated on a yearly basis. That is not the case.

may have 20 D1 commits. but spread along 3 or 4 classes. they are not all on varsity. some are freshman or sophomores.
the jr and senior bench on the varsity would be cut if they brought up all the committed players from underclass.

Chaminade went 2-2 against Long Island public school teams last year. That's exactly what "trading wins" means in this context.

(I played at Chaminade and am about as big a homer as one can be.)



How does that negate what I said?

It's no wonder at all to me. College coaches love Chaminade players because they know THEY WON'T FAIL OUT ! Even a low average Chammy student gets a 30 + on his ACT'S.
Public school academics DON'T COME CLOSE.
So, keep up the good hating, Haters. See you at Nassau Community...... Ta Ta

Our public HS has 12 D1 commits ,

(Public school parent trying to stir up sh*t.)

Wrong, seniors class of 2017 have 27 Commits with 17 being D1 commits. Juniors also are very high numbers with at least 7 D1 commits.

Hello!!! Chaminade has an entrance exam to weed out the undesirables. Out here in the real world we give all kids a chance.

There are 15 Chaminade 2017 players committed to D1 schools, listed in alphabetical order:
Air Force
Colgate
Cornell
Dartmouth
Duke
Furman
Harvard
Manhattan
Mt. St. Mary
Navy
St. Joseph's (2)
St. John's (2)
Virginia

There are 7 Chaminade 2018 players committed to D1 schools, listed in alphabetical order:
Army
Duke (2)
Johns Hopkins
Lehigh
North Carolina
Notre Dame


In addition....

Class of 2017 has one (1) D2 commit:
Adelphi

Class of 2017 has seven (7) D3 commits:
DeSales
Middlebury
Tufts
Union
Wesleyan (3)

Source: LaxPower

April 8th at Ward Melville

Additional players that are not listed at Laxpower, so the number is greater

Yes, and in your "Real" world, everyone gets a participation trophy......

Considering how great Chammy supposedly is it's surprising that there are really only 4-5 kids going to top D1 programs. Give yourself and the kids a break. Let's remember the running time loss to SA to end the season last spring. When / if Chammy goes undefeated this year u have full bragging rights on BOTC. As of now Chammy's record is 0-0 - just like every other team.

Kids make the school, not the other way around! When Chaminade takes average students and turns them into scholars, then you've got something to brag about. Chaminade only takes scholars and then somehow takes credit for them being scholars. These are kids that would be AP kids in most High Schools. Again, the "school" did nothing except collect a bunch of select students under one roof. It's kind of like saying an AA travel team is better than a PAL team. Well of course it is. The PAL team has to take all comers. Get it now? Come on, even you 30 ACT guys can figure that out...

You should think before you type. You guys have created the ultimate participation trophy in the CHSAA Championship!

What's with the attacks?? No one said anything about feeling superior.
Is it possible to somehow acknowledge facts that more kids = more talent in case of private school, without feeling inferior??
There are pluses and minuses on both sides, for each family...
St Anthony's is the football powerhouse... big deal. Try it... it doesn't hurt, saying something nice about someone else.

Not sure what your definition of top program is... but Chaminade students define "top programs" as top prestigious universities

No, I don't think you get it.30-40 leave within the first two years mainly because of the academic work load.

The non-C/StA schools maybe. They're the ones who pushed for this particular setup.

Channy is for fairy's. GC is for men.

Amazing that every GC person is always looking on this instaed of starting a GC lacrosse. It would be interesting all the comments.

Heres one. Any over night trips scheduled this year ??

Do you really think all of the GC touting commments are from Garden City residents? I'd be willing to be that the overwhelming majority are from forum trolls looking to stir the pot.

Overnight with the brothers?

Ha! What's your definition of real world, Snowflake??

Great post. Why are the "real men" of GC so scared, that they refuse to schedule a game w Chammy?

...cause public HS would have same number of 1st string commits, if skills were viewed the same by college coaches

The "best" public school on Long Island each year typically has real-deal recruits that compare pretty well to the first string at Chaminade's and St. Anthony's. The Catholics just usually have more of them, due mainly to the fact that they're not town-limited.