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More scores from opening night:

Annandale (H) 12 - Parkview 0

Patriot 24 - Colgan (H) 19
(did the goalies in this game decide not to start the season until the 15th like most other teams? One of the highest combined totals we've seen on here in a while)

With the regular season set to start this week, thought it would be good to post the schedules of the top 6A teams mentioned in the polls on here, as there are a series of nice matchups in the first 2 weeks of the year that should help sort things out real quick for a number of teams. Hopefully Wint...

I know everyone is all about the Fairfax schools, because that is where the bulk majority of top teams are. However, I wouldn’t rule out the Freedom, Champe, and Battlefield trio this year. Freedom has been strong at 5A in the part with some strong D1 commits. Champe and Battlefield looked good las...

StackO wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:14 am West Springfield beat Colonial Forge.
9-5 at half before floodgates opened.

Final ended up 23-6 is the report.

VALaxer wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 1:55 pm Navy seems to be bouncing back nicely from the loss to St. Joe's, up 8-1 at the half at Drexel. We will see what the Dragons have in the 2nd half.

10-2 Navy at end of 3.

Navy seems to be bouncing back nicely from the loss to St. Joe's, up 8-1 at the half at Drexel. We will see what the Dragons have in the 2nd half.

Some good scrimmages between top publics and publics-privates kicking things off this week and next: Tuesday 3/1: Bishop O'Connell @ Robinson Wednesday 3/2: Colonial Forge @ W. Springfield Bishop O'Connell @ Oakton Thursday 3/3: Yorktown @ Woodson Saturday 3/5: Langley @ Potomac Monday 3/7: Robinson...

Looks like we are scouting the Patriot League for Doc at 5:00: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/ac999af3-9ced-444c-9d36-d8e1f2dc2374 St. Joe's v. USNA ST Joe's hanging with Mids 2-4 Roeloffs (sp) gets 2nd YC Pretty good game. SJU 7, USNA 6, halfway through the third Navy sure has come back to...

Valentines Shootout was this past Saturday. A number of top VA publics had teams there, along with some privates. A good chance to see teams one more time before things get real in the next couple of weeks. The weather was about the best there could be for outside lacrosse in VA in early Feb, with s...

W-L coach jumped to Langley. Looks like the story of the offseason is all of the head coaching changes in 6A publics in NoVa, (Not to mention number of ones on the private side as well). UAO had a thread in the 2021 forum, but by my count the list includes at least: Langley Woodson W-L So. Lakes McL...

Figured with the calendar turned that it was time to start this thread up. Hopefully we will see our first "normal" full season since 2019. St James continues to have its winter league, the pre-season Valentines Shootout registration has opened (hard to believe is only a month away!), and ...

Most teams at fall brawl were only partial groups of what you would see in the Spring and many had borrowed players or were working in younger players. Maybe it had to do with fall/winter sports back on schedule, more people traveling for the holiday, or the trek out to Loudoun. Even so, most games ...

With Woodson Fall Ball almost at the end, any observations out there? Seems like it was much smaller than previous years with a mix of publics and privates. It's fall ball, so you never know who's there week to week for teams and the haven't practiced, so usually not much you can tell. But after no ...

Tough to gauge the Patriot Coaching next year: 1) Stability at Robo & Sparty with the Co-Coaches of the Year, Tim Prosser (Robinson) & Brian Puhlick (West Springfield), the Deans of the District. 2) Big News: Coach Lewis departed after 5 years with the Cavs at WTW with Mike Schneider fleeti...

Anyone know if All-State teams are going to be named this year? Haven't seen anything on them yet.

Are any of the 4A, 5A, or 6A state finals expected to be competitive? I mainly follow 6A and short of Langley getting lost on the way to the final, that one looks really lopsided. Do Dominion or R'side roll as well? All of them were more competitive than probably expected. :idea: Colonial Forge hun...

Congratulations to the first 3 of the Final Four for Class 6--

Region A - Cosby (H) 20 - James River 6

Region B - Colonial Forge 14 - Battlefield (H) 8

Region D - Langley (H) 18 - Oakton 11

Region C to be decided at 3:00 p.m. today as the Cavs play the Rams at Robinson.

Occoquan Regional semi-finals scores from last night...

Robinson (H) 20 - Falls Church 10
Woodson 7 - West Springfield (H) 3

Woodson at Robinson @ 3:00 p.m. Saturday for the Regional title.

Congrats to all four teams on great seasons...

I finally made it to Buford T. Justice High School to see the Sparty vs Sheriffs game on a great night for lax. It was a game of huge swings it was 3-2 in the first half when WS got a yellow card & the excellent Sheriff #7 went to goal but it was saved, quicked up to #23 & in the back of th...

WestPo and WTW played a classic yesterday afternoon. The first half featured strong defense and goalkeeper play, and appeared to be headed to a 1-1 tie at the break, but both teams got late goals to send it to intermission 2-2. Those late goals were a harbinger of things to come in the 2nd half, as ...