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I haven’t really seen NEWest teams play in a while but the level of play must be off the charts if teams are losing with a full roster of D1 commits and backups going top D3.

How good must the league be if TP & Taft are losing and only putting up 4-5 goals some games?

I agree. With Dux dropping down to D2, I think that is the division to watch (Long Meadow, Dux, Reading, etc….)

And don’t worry about no one reading the thread. I read your posts and enjoy them.

Sometimes I think I'm just posting to myself in this MA Thread but I’ll keep typing away.

Great win for Dux yesterday over AB. This year is lining up to be a great finish in D2 and maybe (just maybe) in D1.

Wow! Just saw the scores for BCH v Reading and also the Dux v X. I’m really surprised with X. They had those “super juniors” last year and should be absolutely stacked this season. Another less interesting score but still interesting is Foxboro beating Natick. Foxboro has a new coach and has tiny nu...

What’s up with Austin Prep? They left the MIAA and seem to be trying to compete with the ISL and other prep schools. They scheduled a very aggressive lacrosse schedule and are getting beat up pretty bad. They probably will go winless this season. Are they competitive in other sports with the preps? ...

Anyone know if they are streaming Taft game today?

Similar situation in Boston area. Public schools, with growing lacrosse programs 5-10 years ago, are now unable to field freshman and JV teams. All the “good” kids feel pressured to go play private. It appears lacrosse is once again a prep school sport like squash and crew. And to be totally honest,...

How do the kids / parents handle losing playing time to PG’s?

Not necessarily lacrosse related: I do a lot of work at the wealthy public schools outside of Boston, the “W” towns, etc… Recently, I visited Sebs and RL. I had never been on these campuses before. I am a huge advocate for public school lax but the environment on these two ISL campuses was so superi...

Appreciate the response.

I get that but Twitter is typically “live” updates and scores are posted immediately.

Not sure where to get my real time updates now.

Does Wick not use Twitter anymore? They had a big following and up until 7 months ago stopped posting.

https://x.com/wick_lax/status/1662072145629831171?s=46

Please tell me this is not a political statement regarding Musk or free speech?

Any scrimmage info to report.

Longmeadow played a NY team yesterday but that’s all I know.

If we are going to allow PG schools in the national rankings then why stop there? Let’s also include Junior Colleges in the rankings.

The kids are roughly the same age at AOF and Taft as they are at Onondaga CC.

If I’m a stud lacrosse player in HS it would be a hard sell for me to go to The Lakes Region in NH to play.

The Connecticut prep schools would be much more appealing for both weather and level of competition.

Are you sure L’ville and Culver accept PG’s? I’m sure they have re-classes up the wazoo but not sure about post grads.

Let’s hope so. That would be really exciting. Who would ever expect those two teams to make it to championship weekend.

Any word on Reading coach?

Anyone have an update on who Govs is playing in the indoor winter league championship?

I went to the 3D site but no updates.

Thanks.

yup

Great kid, still at PC but just trying to balance the freedom college provides with also being on a team with expectations.

I can only speak for Belmont Hill (Mass) but I think that they claim to have, hand selected students, from over 30 cities and towns - so far from just “kids from the neighborhood”.