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No Dingers at NHSLS? Looks like most of the MIAA/IAC/WCAC will be there. Interesting the teams that avoided the White Session. But should be fun to watch.

Half truth.

One thing is certain. Spalding needs a goalie. No one there is any good.

No Dingers at NHSLS because Cottle’s group is hosting his own, new, h/s tourney going against the old BL guy. Some teams are headed north for that instead. There is a schism in the MIAA!

Severna park won states with a kid who lives in annapolis?

SJC coach won't give those kids a pass on the transfer rules.

Any chance that the high school games are being livestreamed today?

Is there any rules? Spalding isn’t in WCAC. I don’t think it’s happening but there would need to be MIAA rule against senior transfers and SJC would have no say.

Anyone looking for a stand-in 2023 goalie for a summer tournament?

What is the name of Cottles tourney and where is it being held?

I see a lot of HS athletes doing PG years and I'd imagine that this will only increase due to the recruiting fallout from covid.

How are PG years typically facilitated.

Do most athletes simply reach out to coaches at multiple schools to gauge interest or is it worked through the HS coach?

Poor coaching cost the boys again in an 8-7 loss. These men deserve better.

Is this the Dons? Constantly overrated. 6-5 in the league and bounced out at home in the quarters yet they are still "receiving votes" in the US Lacrosse Top 25. Cmon. Steele Stanwick isn't walking through that door.

What team are you talking about?

Transfer your kid to another school if you don't like it..... Running to BOTC minutes after a tournament is over is definitely not the answer

Loyola Blakefield is no overrated. This past spring they were loaded with talent and even after loosing 23 seniors they are still a talented team. The problem.....the head coach, he is not anywhere near the level of the other MIAA coaches and this is causing this team to loose. He is not head coach material and never will be. At best he would do ok as an OC but he is not honest with his players, doesn't tell them the truth and just wants to be the nice guy. This is not how you produce a winning team in the MIAA. LB players get heavily recruited by top Div 1 schools, but most college coaches see these players on their summer league teams and at showcases.

My guess is you transferred your kid or he's riding the bench for a reason......maybe look in the mirror and take some responsibility instead of blaming coaching.

I hope if you are a part of the LB team that you stop trash talking the coaches. This is not how you build a team and it is embarrassing. There are many kids on the team who don’t get a lot of playing time. It doesn’t mean they don’t work hard but maybe just aren’t a high level player and that is fine. You have to deal with this in your own way. Maybe not on an anonymous forum….

Maybe you should find out what is going on before you start running your fingers with complete nonsense statements. Easy for you to sit behind your computer and just ramble on without knowing the facts. Has nothing to do with my son.

Struck a nerve; keep telling yourself its not about playing time!

The chatter IS growing louder from Chestnut Ave. But I think the HC over there will have a good season in '22 to squash it.
As a fan of the MIAA school he came from, I don't think they have fully maximized the talent they have on campus. But that's a completely outside opinion, based on just a small bit of info/observation. And you know the saying- "Opinions are like... Everybody has one."

Loyola Blakefield is no overrated. This past spring they were loaded with talent and even after loosing 23 seniors they are still a talented team. The problem.....the head coach, he is not anywhere near the level of the other MIAA coaches and this is causing this team to loose. He is not head coach material and never will be. At best he would do ok as an OC but he is not honest with his players, doesn't tell them the truth and just wants to be the nice guy. This is not how you produce a winning team in the MIAA. LB players get heavily recruited by top Div 1 schools, but most college coaches see these players on their summer league teams and at showcases.[/quote]

My guess is you transferred your kid or he's riding the bench for a reason.....
.maybe look in the mirror and take some responsibility instead of blaming coaching.[/quote]

Maybe you should find out what is going on before you start running your fingers with complete nonsense statements. Easy for you to sit behind your computer and just ramble on without knowing the facts. Has nothing to do with my son.[/quote]

Struck a nerve; keep telling yourself its not about playing time![/quote]

OMGoodness, you are really pathetic. If you only knew what is happening. Like the saying goes, "reach down and pull your head out......"

What is happening?

I think there is a contest between Spalding and Loyola parents to see who can be more disgruntled….

Disgruntled Loyola parent: do you really believe a large all boys school which purposefully drops down to the B Division in football to win a couple of games (after promising an all out effort to improve their program several years ago) cares about whether their varsity lacrosse team is playing to their potential? This School has their priorities elsewhere and that's ok. If lacrosse was that important to you and your son, look in the mirror tomorrow morning and ask yourself: did I do a good job of due diligence when picking a high school lacrosse program for my son? As for the Spalding criticism, they are completely without merit. This is a Program which set a goal and came within two goals of meeting it. Sour grapes by a parent of a kid who got cut or didn't play much.

A small group of Loyola alumni recently contributed millions for a new athletic complex including two additional new turf fields with lighting and a new baseball stadium. If you think Loyola alumni will ignore an underachieving lacrosse program you are misinformed.

The amount of individual talent on the Loyola team this year was insane. But they played like a summer club team- Lots of inconsistent, individual effort.
Buck stops with the coach. But my guess is it may have just been a team chemistry thing and they will improve in ‘22.

Or maybe the team didn’t have as much talent as you thought… A few of those players were more talked up then good…

This is a School run by a new cadre of laity, who handpicked the current football and lacrosse HCs. Have you seen the football program progress? Do you really expect the lacrosse program to excel in an environment where mediocrity is rewarded with tenure. As I said this administration has different objectives and that’s ok.

The hiring administrator you are referring to has moved on to become the president at a school in PA. More importantly Loyola’s fundraising philosophy recently shifted to allow alumni to donate direct to athletics. Coaching changes will occur if lacrosse and football progress are not achieved within a few years.

Got to love all the hawks 2022 parents. Have been posting on social media best team in the country all week. Then they lost first game of the summer. Priceless.

No Petro, No W.

Where did the the Alcatraz shorty play D?

Loyola has a ton of D1 commits and they lost to St. Pauls who has almost no decent commits.

OMG - They lost? That team hasn’t lost a game in years. Great run. I’m sure they will bounce back. A lot of winners on that team.

Great to see all of the college coaches back out at the field the last week or so. Still at the 2022 fields

Loyola is a trainwreck at the present moment. Some of the players starting were straight good guy politics. Couple should have been benched, but hard to bench name brand players when you are not a top coach. Yea, many were D1 commit's, but frankly they were bench warming D1 commit's, which the MIAA constantly produces . Their stick skills are great, which will help the true athletics get better at D1from other areas.

Who did Loyola lose to at nhsls?

Red Session:

Loyola 1-4
L 8-6 Jesuit (FL)
L 11-4 Georgetown Prep (DC)
W 8-5 St Joe Prep (PA)
L 9-2 Benjamin (FL)
L 7-6 Loyola LA (CA)


White Session:

Loyola 2024 (JV) 0-4
L 4-14 Vs Haverford (PA)
L 0-14 Vs Ridgewood (NJ)
L 2-14 McDonough (MD)
L 3-9 Black Grizzlies (MI)

Loyola 2025 (JV) 0-5
L 2-11 Calvert Hall
L 3-8 The Forrest (VA)
L 5-13 Fog City (CA)
L 1-15 McDonough (MD)
L 4-7 Black Grizzlies (MI)

Loyola (Varsity) 3-2
L 7-8 Gonzaga (DC)
W 14-4 Lovett (GA)
W 7-3 Black Grizzlies (MI)
W 8-4 SSSA (VA)
L 8-7 Haverford

Surprised Gonzaga beat Loyola. Heard Gonzaga was trash now.

Marcus Holman, Steven Kelly, Matt Dunn, Deemer Class, Jay Carlson, Jake Caraway, Jacob Stover, Bryan Constable, Cole Williams, Mark McNeil, Matt Rees, Colin Heacock, Jackson Morrill, Kyle Harrison, Garrett Epple, Tim Troutner, Brian Phipps, Ryan Brown, Ryan Conrad. Which HS league has more players playing at the highest levels? BTW 4 LBs