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His son should have stuck with UMBC. He won’t see the field at Navy. He wouldn’t have seen the field at “one of the larger all male schools” Like all 2022 Dbacks, he peaked in 6th grade. But hey congrats on free college though

Anyone have a grasp for how often on age freshman make varsity on MIAA teams?

Is it routine? An totally anomaly?

My kid is in middle school and am just wondering.
MM will chime in soon and let you know that all of his 91 players make V freshman year. Other than them, I would say not many out of all the freshman players out there.

On age? More of an anomaly in the MIAA. Especially at the top 5. I know of just a handful. And they were on bottom-half MIAA teams. No knock. But it makes sense, obviously as there more opportunities at those schools.

Want to know your chances? Look at the overall program numbers. Most of the schools like CH, Loyola, BL, have 100+ kids in their lax programs.

25 Fresh/Soph, 25 JV, 40+ Varsity. 10+ underclass wannabes/cuts. You have better chances at smaller or developing schools like StM, StP, JC, MSJ, Severn.

A better, more telling stat- see how many kids are in the freshman class across ALL teams. And then how many seniors the varsity has rostered.

My son is a '22 and was looking at one of the larger, all-male high schools. At the time, he would have been one of 14 incoming ATTACKMEN in his freshman class. There are currently only 11 kids from the ENTIRE class of 22 who made it through to senior year. He settled on one of the schools above, and has been varsity since Soph year. Gotten a lot of game tape against the best in the nation, and committed to Navy. Been a great experience.

It's also worth noting that Spencer MADE the BL Varsity as a soph; he just wouldn't have gotten much tick, hence the suggestion to play JV

It's also worth noting that Spencer MADE the BL Varsity as a soph; he just wouldn't have gotten much tick, hence the suggestion to play JV

Anyone else think these high profile 2023s from celebrity dads are going to spend a lot of time on the bench?

Yeah - there are a lot of '22 and '23 high profile kids with influential dads that will either spend time on the bench or be thoroughly embarrassed once they get on the field in college. The dad coaches of these '22 & '23 D1 commits will not longer be able to set all the plays to run through their kids or work the refs for preferential treatment. I'm very surprised the head coaches at 'Cuse, UNC, Duke, Navy, MD etc. bought into all of this - they are opening themselves up to a ton of headaches dealing with these helicopter dad coaches.

I do find it interesting of the recruits and schools, But most are very good players and better than majority . Several area coaches sons have been recruited/gone to very good D1 schools, Most will not see field or are sitting on bench now. But they will be assets during practice and will have HS coach thinking highly of college program for future recruits .

The funnel of players gets smaller and smaller as you go to college at top D1 schools. Better be more than smart Lax IQ and have great stickwork which many 5-8 to 5-11 MIAA players have.

Recent example is the ECD head cam video of shutdown of top recruit going to a big D1 school. Clear the D owns him. That will not get you playing time at D1 if you cant beat your man in practice. He still has time to get better, but he is supposedly the best player at this time.

Sorry your kid hasn’t gotten any looks/offers. Keep working on those stick skills. 😂

Enrollment added:

121 Calvert Hall (1200 Boys Enrollment)
31 F/S
37 JV
53 V

111 Loyola (1000 Boys Enrollment)
21 F/S
37 JV
53 V

97 St Mary's (500 Total Enrollment- 250 Boys Enrollment)
25 F/S
29 JV
43 V

86 Spalding (1250 Total Enrollment- 625 Boys Enrollment)
18 F
31 JV
37 V

84 Boys Latin (600 Boys Enrollment)
20 F/S
29 JV
35 V

64 John Carroll (700 Total Enrollment- 350 Boys Enrollment)
0 F/S
29 JV
35 V

55 Severn (850 Total Enrollment- 425 Boys Enrollment)
0 F/S
26 JV
29 V

Good stuff. The program numbers are interesting. Some schools really do recruit a ton of kids.

How does St Mary’s have so many lax players? Do they only admit lacrosse playing males?

Calvert Hall and Loyola numbers are crazy. You better make a good impression as a freshman, or have a transfer plan in place.

How does St Mary’s have so many lax players? Do they only admit lacrosse playing males?

Calvert Hall and Loyola numbers are crazy. You better make a good impression as a freshman, or have a transfer plan in place.

I hear Spalding's JV was good last year. This might be their year.

I hear Spalding's JV was good last year. This might be their year.

Spalding Varsity did well last year too. Looking good for this year . Ship coming soon

CH didn’t fall apart. They were a goal short of playing in the finals.

They were a 6 seed.

BL was a 5 seed. Did they fall apart too?

They were a 6 seed.