MASS HS Lax
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Some crazy games going on in the semis
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Anyone have picks for the championship in each Division?
D1 - SJP by at least 12
D2 - Longmeadow but close
D3 - Medfield but also close
D4 - Nantucket
D1 - SJP by at least 12
D2 - Longmeadow but close
D3 - Medfield but also close
D4 - Nantucket
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Just learned that Dover Sherborn can’t field a team next year. This is insane. They have won multiple titles over past 10 years and are a “sports town”.
Is there an explanation: demographic changes, feeder program, kids leaving for ISL, etc….
Lacrosse was booming in the public schools of Mass, and now it appears to be in decline.
Is there an explanation: demographic changes, feeder program, kids leaving for ISL, etc….
Lacrosse was booming in the public schools of Mass, and now it appears to be in decline.
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That's crazy about DS. The urge to go private definitely peels off a lot of the top players. I also think a lot of kids are really into lacrosse, but don't make a top club team in 4th/5th, and then fall out of love with game. Kids who could be solid to very good high school players end up quitting before they develop because they aren't "elite" at 10 years old.
Somewhat related, though I doubt anyone from Dover-Sherborn is commuting to Danvers for school every day, NELJ had an article about 2025 commitments from the MIAA and the gap SJP has built is absurd. They have 13 which is more than double the quantity of any other program, and the difference is even starker for strictly D1 recruits. Maybe they come back to the pack in 2026 but the five-peat looks almost inevitable as state champs.
Somewhat related, though I doubt anyone from Dover-Sherborn is commuting to Danvers for school every day, NELJ had an article about 2025 commitments from the MIAA and the gap SJP has built is absurd. They have 13 which is more than double the quantity of any other program, and the difference is even starker for strictly D1 recruits. Maybe they come back to the pack in 2026 but the five-peat looks almost inevitable as state champs.
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SJP is an awesome school and Pynchon is a great coach but SJP needs to leave the MIAA. Recruiting from over 60 towns is embarrassing when you show up to play Hingham.
It’s the same with CM football. I hear fewer and fewer towns want to play them - so CM has to travel out of state to fill out their schedule.
Either way, in my opinion, both the ISL and Catholic League are killing public school lacrosse.
The MIAA could do a lot to try and fix this - but they won’t.
It’s the same with CM football. I hear fewer and fewer towns want to play them - so CM has to travel out of state to fill out their schedule.
Either way, in my opinion, both the ISL and Catholic League are killing public school lacrosse.
The MIAA could do a lot to try and fix this - but they won’t.
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It keeps getting worse. AB lost 3 of its best kids to the ISL this year, and they might be the top public in D1 in MIAA.
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I also think Laxxal22 is correct. Good, athletic middle schoolers bail on lacrosse if they don’t play for Laxachusetts Double Diamond Black or 3D All New England Select.
The whole thing is a mess.
Lacrosse used to be booming in middle income towns across the State and it has come full circle to once again be a sport of the affluent prep schools….. and now private travel clubs.
It sucks and not the direction I wanted to see the sport take in Mass.
That blows about the players at AB but not surprised they got poached.
The whole thing is a mess.
Lacrosse used to be booming in middle income towns across the State and it has come full circle to once again be a sport of the affluent prep schools….. and now private travel clubs.
It sucks and not the direction I wanted to see the sport take in Mass.
That blows about the players at AB but not surprised they got poached.
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So just to add to the board with a pointless thought:
If the MIAA would / could think out of the box and hire 10-20 HS interns every season and have them create brief video content for social media. It would generate activity and engagement with their organization.
The MIAA has almost no social media. If they got a young person, on staff, to build a presence on all the platforms and work with HS interns to provide content it would help build excitement around public school sports.
They have got to change the culture at the MIAA and infuse some youth into the organization and catch up with social media. They need to actively promote the rivalries, post scores, be on Instagram and TikTok, etc…
Public school sports are suffering in Mass and the MIAA has no response except to hire another 70 year old, retired AD to collect $$ at playoff games.
Ok, that’s enough shouting into the wind for me.
If the MIAA would / could think out of the box and hire 10-20 HS interns every season and have them create brief video content for social media. It would generate activity and engagement with their organization.
The MIAA has almost no social media. If they got a young person, on staff, to build a presence on all the platforms and work with HS interns to provide content it would help build excitement around public school sports.
They have got to change the culture at the MIAA and infuse some youth into the organization and catch up with social media. They need to actively promote the rivalries, post scores, be on Instagram and TikTok, etc…
Public school sports are suffering in Mass and the MIAA has no response except to hire another 70 year old, retired AD to collect $$ at playoff games.
Ok, that’s enough shouting into the wind for me.
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It could really be an exciting. The rivalries are great. It definitely needs better exposure.