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What club teams feed the MIAA-A high schools?
Spalding- Hawks
MSJ-
Calvert Hall-
Gilman-
St Paul’s-
Loyola-
Boys Latin-
John Carroll-
McDonogh-
St Mary’s-Hawks
Severn-Hawks, with a bit of a mix from a few programs

The Hawks 2022 face kid is going to Saint John’s plus the top attack and long pole . Saint John’s has a very strong 2022 recruiting class

The one faceoff guy is but the better one who came from API is going to spalding. The attack going to St Johns is very good but 5th or 6th best attackmen on that Hawks team. Yes, St Johns picked up great Hawks kids

I find it interesting that some of the UA "lock picks"/IL top 20 players from the 2020 class are not cracking their varsity starting line ups. How can you be "deemed the best in the country" at your position and not starting on your HS team? Something isn't adding up.

Current freshman were in sixth grade the last time Spaulding won a conference game on the field.

Just a few days ago they lost at home 16-1 to a middling Dematha team.

And now a bunch of spoiled 14 year olds and their helicopter dads are going to turn around this decades-long train wreck?

They will be lucky if they don't get relegated back to the B Conference.

Current freshman were in sixth grade the last time Spaulding won a conference game on the field.

Just a few days ago they lost at home 16-1 to a middling Dematha team.

And now a bunch of spoiled 14 year olds and their helicopter dads are going to turn around this decades-long train wreck?

They will be lucky if they don't get relegated back to the B Conference.

Sounds like someone couldnt make Spaulding Varsity ! OUCH!

Hahaha. Any 10 random kids from Spalding's 2000 person student body could have gone o-fer in conference last year or lost 16-1 the other day.

Hahaha. Any 10 random kids from Spalding's 2000 person student body could have gone o-fer in conference last year or lost 16-1 the other day.

They won big today. Must have recruited some new players from the Spalding hallways.

Play more b teams and all will be fine.

8-3 Severn over Spalding.

Are you sure about this one? Pretty sure I heard back in 2015 that Spalding was going to be really good this year.

Next year, Spalding is going to be really good next year

If you play for Spalding your motto is "wait for next year."

Severna park will beat Spalding book it.

Severna park will beat Spalding book it.

Severna Park wins 13-12

Severna Park wins 13-12

Let’s all welcome 3 time MIAA B Champs John Carroll to big boy lacrosse. They get handled by a below average MSJ team. Wait till they actually play the good A teams. You can only pretend to be something your not for so long. I noticed they padded their schedule with a million out of conference games because there’s a good chance they don’t win a single in conference game.

Brutal commentary
Who is pretending anything with that program? They won consistently at the B level which makes them eligible to move up. What else did you notice about them? Do you have a kid that plays there? Every MIAA A teams schedule a ton of out of league games. Thats how the season works. Im not sure anyone thought they were going to come storm the league. Since you are an expert, there is more than a few A teams that go without winning a single conference game each year. Give it a few years and see what happens. What is your issue with the program? Pretty sure no one else has the anger and dislike you clearly have for a program that is in its first year in the conference. Sad commentary and a bit cruel.

JC stinks and I see them dropping back down to B in 2-3 years.

Archbishop Spalding 7 , Annapolis 2
Gonzaga 11, Boys’ Latin 8
Gilman 10, Georgetown Prep 8
Culver Academy (IN) 8, McDonogh 7
Loyola Blakefield 14, Hill school (Pa.) 4
Severna Park 14, Spalding 13
Mt St Joe 8, John Carroll 6
St Paul’s 17, Worth Kilbourne (OH) 4

JC stinks and I see them dropping back down to B in 2-3 years.

We get already! Your son go cut from Varsity and you are bitter! JC wins 50% of MIAA games in 2-3 years.

Bashing aside -- IMHO John Carroll will likely have a good, perhaps not great, program going forward. Lacrosse in the Hereford area recreationally has grown by leaps and bounds and those kids are getting good coaching at the different levels of play. Hereford HS has been a solid performer in recent decades, and Fallston HS is a powerhouse and regularly challenges for State titles. Having the opportunity to play on the "A" level at a conveniently located school in North Hartford County combined with the fairly reasonable tuition at JC might provide a very effective recruiting platform where better club players end up there, pass on their local public high school, and thereby raise the already good baseline of JC and make them competitive. I would not write this program off, and can certainly see a path where they might improve -- but at the expense of the local public schools.

If Mount St Joe has not dropped down yet JC will not either. MSJ has been bad in the A for the last 20 years. A good season for MSJ is being close to .500 in conference

No comment on John Carroll, but don't think many kids are going to drive from Hereford Zone in Baltimore County to Bel Air to attend school.

Yeah I guess people don't realize that Hereford and Harford County are two completely different things. If Hereford kids are going to private school they drive down 83 to BL, Gilman, CHC or Loyola.. Why make the same drive just to go to JC?

No love for Severn? They beat the former state-champs Severna Park handily 17-9 last night. Severn played well across the board, but would have been much closer game had SPHS starting goalie been healthy.