Public vs. Private Schools

[DrDetroit]

who dominates the field where you live? Public schools or Private Schools?

[bigOHlax]

i would say a tie
public schools are better
but there are more private schools that are good then public schools
like the top scool is public but then the middle is all private and the really sucky schools are all public
i think it works out to the private schools being overall better

[sumSum]

I dont know about here in MA but in MD for boys lacrosse, prep school definitley dominates: Landon, Georgetown Prep, Gonzaga, St. Stephen's & St. Agnes, Loyola Prep, etc. For girls though, there are a few really good private ones, Notre Dame Prep and Brywn Mawr being the top ones, along with St.S&St.A. Public for girls is great though, with Annapolis, Mt. Hebron, Severna Park, etc.

[Hooligan]

Who's #1? I'm #1.

But to answer your question.....private schools seem to play better on the field around here. Now after the game, I can't explain why all the preppys end up on the ground bleeding......

[cloo24]

lax teams in NH are really good for private such as phileps exeter national ranking andover exeter ST. pauls all are good teams

[jmplax31]

In Delaware its a mix. If your in northern DE private rules. In southern DE public is great. As a general rule in Delaware, if you are a private school your at least good, but there are tons of public school that are terrible.

[cloo24]

but we don't actually get to play private schols they have there own league so it's a mix

[DrDetroit]

yeha in michigan there actually are a lot of public teams in michigan, but the private teams dominate. there is only 1 or 2 public school teams that really comete every year, birmingham united and east grand rapids. Brother Rice, a catholic private school is the team in michigan. always dominant. and the alma matter of dave morrow, who named warrior after the school. (the nickname is the warriors)

[laxitup12]

i'd have to say t he private school are better here in northern CT. it seems that most of the public schools play public schools and the private schools play private schools though, so i'm not quite sure. once in a while we get the good public teams playing against us.

[cbadman]

if you are a private school your at least good, but there are tons of public school that are terrible.

Same in NJ.

[apmlax85]

Ok, I'm from Dc, need you even ask..... Landon, Prep, Gonzaga, Demath, St. Albans, St. Johns(booooooo) Good Council and the like. sorry sum sum St. Stephens St. Agnes is a joke, along with the rest of the iac really, minus the 3 teams I mentioned. If theres a sports conference I dislike more than the acc, its the other most overrated conference in the iac.

[sumSum]

Heh. You really, truly, with no biast, believe St. Agnes is a joke? Lets pull up their ranking from last year. Hey, I might be wrong about their boys team but who knows. Your right about most of those teams, but the other ones I mentioned are just as good or better than some of the top public schools in MD (I'm from D.C. too my brother) if my memory serves me right.

For girls though I know I'm right. Its really quite amazing. I forget where I read it but for the 2003 Women's Final Four, more than something like 50% of the girls were from NDP, Brywn, or Hebron. Or schools from MD along those lines. Its ridiculous. Not that I'm complaning...GO MD!

[laxbabe2121]

yea we compete w/ only public schools. but when we played st stephens st agnes, we lost by so much. i mean our states champs were both from public schools, but sometimes in the regular season, we play prep schools from MD. the oakton boys vs. landon boys game or the oakton boys vs. the georgetown boys. public vs private..... oh i am SO at those games!

[laxfreghtrain]

no private schools play lacrosse around here, its strictly a public affair. thats alright though, because personally, i think there are better rivalries for public vs. public just because we all know each other and so does everyone around town, so when one of us wins, everyone knows it. its great for the fights too....:argue :angry

[laxbabe2121]

wait, you're from VA though. oh right i forgot, our "state championship" game is more of a northern VA competition. you guys don't compete w/ nova teams do you?

[laxfreghtrain]

not really. that is, unless we do well in the state (or maybe regional?) championships i guess. :concerned

about as far out as we go is rockbride (during the regular season anyway) and ablemarle for the state/regional playoffs. all i know is that we got screwed out of doing better because of ablemarle, and we should have made it to finals against oakton:angry

[DrDetroit]

yeah we dont have like regional titles and such. just like state titles. hopefully when we go sanctioned well have that

[laxbabe2121]

laxtrain- oh! so your school does compete against nova kids! oakton barely beat robinson last year. it was scary! and yea you guys must have played ablemarle for the regional championship game. beucase then you lost, and then ablemarle played oakton for the states championship game.

[GeorgiaMiddie2]

in georgia, lax is fairly new, esp to public schools, so private schools tend to dominate. there are a few public schools that tend to do really well, but, overall, private schools have the definite edge

[cloo24]

our state is too small to have regionals we have state championship and thats all

[joeyOlax]

dr detroit i would have to disagree... there have been 2 equal dominant forces as of late bro rice and bham... after that its just a toss up... untill coach hebert came to ck they were struggling bad.. and until your coach foust came to u of d, my team (athenS) along with many other at the time class b teams were smacking the private schools around.. (dls, ck, u of d) teams such as novi and egr have been atop the ranks jsut as often last year as the said private schools, but if you are talking about the current state of lacrosse in michigan, yes the private schools are on top

[joeyOlax]

refernces:

2003 season
http://www.laxpower.com/update03/binboy/ratingmi.php
2002 season: http://www.laxpower.com/update02/binboy/ccr33.php
2001 season
http://www.laxpower.com/update01/hsboy/ratingmi.htm
2000 Season
http://www.laxpower.com/update/michigan/rating.htm
1999 season
http://www.laxpower.com/update99/michigan/rating.htm

Note: I am not claiming by any stretch that public is better. Just arguing with your choice of the word dominant.

[TheKeeper]

that may be true in past years that in the regular season the public schools have taken down u of d, ck, and others. But take a look at the history of division 1 state championships for the past i don't know how many years...it's always been rice or cranbrook or seaholm, but the point is that the private schools have always been at the top. And don't even start that what about the d2 teams, d2 for the most part is a joke...and yes, country day is in d2 now, but look at their past, they've been d1. The fact is that history speaks for itself, the private school dominate.

[TheKeeper]

p.s.-that was not meant as an attack against you...

[DrDetroit]

actually, ck hasnt been dominant like joeyo said. not until recently. they were swete back in the day, but they had a donw period. keeps you do have a point. although athens did beat up on private schools, rice and country day have basiclly run d1. now not so much, but in the past those two hve won most of the titles


http://eteamz.com/msla/news/index.cfm?cat=54456

follow that link to see the champs in d1.

[joeyOlax]

Of course the private schools dominated back then, the public schools didnt exist. they were still clubs. im talking about the last five years to which i showed reference. Like i said, its just the word dominant that bothers me.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Name the two players from michigan currently in the MLL and what school they're from?

Hint: Dont go looking into private schools.

[DrDetroit]

Sonke from seaholm
Tankersley from novi

i swear i didnt look.

[laxfreghtrain]

Originally posted by laxbabe2121
laxtrain- oh! so your school does compete against nova kids! oakton barely beat robinson last year. it was scary! and yea you guys must have played ablemarle for the regional championship game. beucase then you lost, and then ablemarle played oakton for the states championship game.

thats cool, i didnt know we did, i dont tend to care who we play and what region they are from. i just play them. and yeah, we lost by one goal, 8 to 9. we had the ball and we were pushing it downfield with under a minute left and just couldnt get it in. i'll never forget that game though because afterwards we almost had a huge fight. imagine braveheart on a lacrosse field and thats almost what happened. the teams were lined up facing each other with the coaches in the middle and we all had our sticks. ooohhhh man, it would have been ugly. every time we play (which is once every year) the game gets incredibly rough and ugly. once again: oooohhhh man. there is such a grudge between us:devil

[joeyOlax]

well done

[cloo24]

that would have been awesome too watch

[DrDetroit]

fights would be fun. although i would rather have my team form last year, cuz we had 5 or 6 football starters, including a kid that plays at penn now. all huge and would definitely be clutch in such a situation

[Longest]

HS lacrosse just began to spread to my hometown in the public schools so private schools are by far better: Collegiate, Steward and St. Christopher in the Richmond area.

Dan

[blckout20]

from what ive exerienced in CT public is better but we don't play a lot of private schools. But i agree that private is generally not bad but like we've got some towns that have a tradition of being nice...Darien, Chesire, etc... and some teams that are going to be nice this year like Southington. But Fairfield Prep is usually good and them and Northwest Catholic i think r the only private schools i play against.

[MontclairLax]

in north NJ, the top team for the last few years and 5th in the country is Delbarton, but all of the other good teams are publcic

[RattlersVenom3]

in central NY definitely a public school domination, West Genesee LaFayette, JD and FM al;ways make a showing in the state runnings

[broslax16]

in TN it is definantly private, it is almost total domination, i dont know if a public team has ever beaten a private team, at least on the division 1 level, division 2 level last year the state champions were a public school team

[AHSmiddie]

i feel the best team in VA is Albemarle but im bias(i go there) Albemarle has only been beaten once this year by Collegiate(private school) but other then that we beat all the other school's like STAB and all the rest.

[stxlcr18]

in maryland its def the private schools. we have the miaa and none of the private schools can keep up with the competition that the miaa produces

[AngryLongStick]

We played some private school teams, one in North Carolina (Providence eventual state champion), as well as Georgetown Day and Good Counsel in DC & Maryland, and GD we could have beat had it not been cancelled from thunderstorms at the half, but Good Counsel owned us. So I will say Private schools own Public south of the Mason-Dixon.

Oh. And in 2003 Forest Park lost to Albemarle in the NW Region Final 17-8.

[laxstar003]

wait.. so albemarle is AAA but western is AA? because i know we (i go to stone bridge) always play western in the region tournament and we're AA, but we never play albemarle.. i always thought you guys were AA too.

[AngryLongStick]

Albemarle wants to go AA from what I hear, so they can win a state title.

[cloo24]

well where i live it's very equal besides the obvious like phillips exeter cause they ar like top 10 and pinkerton academy which has their own indoor facility for lax

[laxstar003]

well we dont have states for AA, the farthest you can go is regionals.. so that wouldnt exactly be smart.

[AngryLongStick]

AA doesn't have states? I always thought they did.

[laxstar003]

nope.. not enough schools. for other sports, like football and stuff, we do but not for lax.

[laxbabe2121]

yea only triple A has states lacrosse.

[laxstar003]

we're moving up to AAA in 05-06... should be interesting

[Pat Rick]

the reason why privite schools may be better is because the recruit people from the public schools into there school. This is stealing so thats y they would be better.

[CCboylax]

Hey man i came right out of middle school into a privite school...they say the compitition is better then public school and it is so when you get done playing the 1A 2A liberty lacrosse come see the big dogs pat rick.:devil

[robbinthehood]

well personally i think liberty's JV could take MSJs varsity any day of the week :smoke

[CCboylax]

I dont kno if libertys JV could take MSJs Freshspoh. i jus dont kno:laugh

[laxdefense12]

Pubic Schools are better cause theres St. Anthonys here and that is like the best HS in the state

[CCboylax]

Originally posted by laxdefense12
Pubic Schools are better cause theres St. Anthonys here and that is like the best HS in the state

Dude what state are you talking about iv never even herd of St Anthony and your talkin it up.

[DukeLax2]

st anthony's is pretty good, but gilman smashed them, so is chamide

[blakelax25]

"i think liberty's JV could take MSJs varsity any day"

do you have anby idea what your talking about. liberty didnt even win states, and MSJ is in the best conference in the country.

[blakelax25]

and back on the topoic of public vs private, in MD other than MIAA teams, landon, prep, and dematha, the good public schools like severna park and dulaney could propbly beat any private school.

[lax1234]

in florida i'd say its mixed- not either way

[JTHgoalie]

private schools are way more finesse oriented. Also, i've noticed that the kids at private schools are *******s i.e. going for cheap shots, talkin smack, whining to the refs, etc.

[Mediocre Joker]

In Lil Rhodey its private schools that dominate. Lincoln is OK, but they always lose i semi-finals.

[extreme lax]

haha

I think that public schools are better, because they work more twords the sport...private schools normally put academics first then sports second

[DukeLax2]

haha

I think that public schools are better, because they work more twords the sport...private schools normally put academics first then sports second
not at all. private take sports alot more seriously

[extreme lax]

i have been too 3 1 being a priv. school

[extreme lax]

..i cant, but i can base it on what i have experianced.

[Garor]

In my area private schools are a joke. When you do play them, their equipment is at least 30 years old and no one has any ball skills. There are many great public shool rivalries though

[DukeLax2]

where r u on the east cost

[happykeeper]

It also depends on what coast you live on, I've lived on both. East Coast is mix, but on the West Coast it's a different story depending on what state you live in.

[DukeLax2]

umm laxmidie im sure its alot different in georgia then md and how private schools take lax

[zak]

Problems I've noticed with this thread:
1. Needs to die
2. Has died multiple times
3. Is in the EAST COAST forum, not the georgia / ohio / whatever forum
4. Georgetown Prep isnt a school, its a big flaming turd. I personally hate the majority of their JV team, some members of the varsity team, the institution, the head coach, and one of the assistant coaches.
5. I just contributed to it all

[GIattack]

in my area of NY the public seem to be beter but the private schools cant go to sectionals n states so it dosnt matter when we play the private schools, but it does feel good when u beet those ****y b*tches

[novi26]

its funny how the two are viewed.
Nomally the prep school is viewed as the guys that have great finese and style with tons of talent. While public schools are seen to be, while having great talent, the bad asses. Like prep schools are pussies, and public school players are bad *** mofo's. I guess its all in prospective.

[lilaxgurl23]

this thread is old but I'll give my 2 cents. I think it all depends on where you live, I know that the majority of people who live in NY will agree, public is much better than private. While in say maryland, it could be totally different.

[laxbabe42]

I live in Maryland and I'd definately say that Private schools are hella lot better than public schools. Sum Sum, your forgetting some major schools, St. Marys, Spalding, etc. those schools are pretty good. I mean, they might not have done well last year, but the record shows they have a really good past. Although there are few good public schools, Queene Anne's & Easton (eastern shore. aka acrosse the bay bridge), south river, sevren, broadneck, etc. But overall, i definately say private schools take the cake.

[Mavido]

yea, in North Carolina, Lacrosse isnt recognized by the state as a sport yet.. so we are only a CLUB officialy.. but uh, The Public schools own.. Mainly because all the kids down here go to Private school 1-8th grade then go to public school for high school if they are any good at sports.. so

[laxbabe42]

Yeah, total opposite here. All the scouts are headed towards prep schools. All the talent going to private. You very rarely see people (girls atleast) going to public get into big lax universities. Although there are those few exceptional public schools that are real good and could compete w/ private.

[ChIcAgO LaX MiD]

Both are pretty equal in Illinois... Libertyville and Loyola went to the State Championship last year, Loyola is a private school and Libertyville is public... Loyola won tho... theyre good every year

[LandoNLaX]

the reason why privite schools may be better is because the recruit people from the public schools into there school. This is stealing so thats y they would be better.
Lets get something for the record straight. Georgetown Prep recruits people. Hell, they recruited one of my friends (nicknamed "Man-child") for football and other sports.

Landon, however, does not recruit. At all. So please, spare your words of certainty unless you are indeed actually certain

[GRIFFIN15]

Private her in Ohio, mainly private all guys catholics schools

[Dan]

I suppose this belongs in the high school forums. Should have moved it two weeks ago, but here we go. MOVED!

[boothlax]

in orange county, cali, we have club teams, and also school teams. in the team that im on, in individual players, all the best players are from public schools.

[lklax]

I have to say that basically puclic schools are coming up to the private school level in VA. All of u pep's that play for liberty i just wanted to know if you knew adam dulling. Hes a good friend of mine, I also go to colorado with kevin hinton, jake, and colin. Just wondering if you knew them.

[808lion]

**** in hawaii the public school kicks the private schools *** :worship:

[Radioactive Ape]

in ct, you get pwned by darien, end of story...

[the XPRESS LANE]

The public schools dominate in NY.

[Patton906]

in north NJ, the top team for the last few years and 5th in the country is Delbarton, but all of the other good teams are publcic
look at the rankings we are pretty split. private has 1 and 3 while public has 2 and 4- like 7 but after that its a lot of privates. check it out were pretty even

[sluhlax]

In Missouri, 22 of the 30 teams are public schools, but the 8 private schools tend to dominate. There are only 2 or 3 public schools that contend each year, and they're always the same schools, so there is very little parity.

[NY Lax 4]

In NY(long island in particular....where i live) public kicks anus but there are a handful of privates that are good....ex:chaminade,kellenburg

[BuschBeer89]

Around here, Loyola (private school) has won the past three state titles, but they are the only dominate private school lacrosse team. They are usually followed by several very good public schools. (ex. New Trier, Libertyville.)

[Tex71]

In mass is pretty even but with my town its not comparable because they just started in high school last year but with youth lax its even and when we played austin prep we lost by one goal that shouldn't have counted cause the kid stepped in the crease i was pissed after that game and other private schools we play are really close so its even for youth right now

[Charcodaylax]

In the Nc Meck area private schools dominate lacrosse specially my school... country day. we won the state championship last year and a billion other times. 62 in the country but we don't complain and act like pussies about it we take it like men...i don' t even think the public schools have lacrosse here

[Jpettit25]

In Upstate New York it's pretty much public.. West Genny, F-M, Lafayette, most of Section III for that matter.. only a few private teams around here with teams and none of them are very good.

[ljlax91]

in san diego private schools arnt really that good

[rebellax]

i go to south kingstown highschool, in rhode island, lemme tell ya there isn't any public schools, the public schools have clubs which i am captain of, we happen 2 get if were lucky 5 games a season, the top school is hendriken and lasalle some of the top private schools for lacrosse

[Laxholic14]

In Rochester Public Schools dominate

[Hobbes]

in ct, you get pwned by darien, end of story...
Ya, in Southwestern CT public schools are king: Darien, Wilton , and New Canaan. They throw around all the other public and private schools in the area.

...We have Darien on our schedule this year (as a scrimmage though). That's going to be a tough one. At the summer league I played a Darien defenseman on fast break bulled right through me better than any middie or attackman I've ever played against ever had.

Back to the topic, I'd say public based on around here.

[WAHSva]

in no way did albemarle beat STAB last year...that is such a lie

[laxkeepermem]

at least in north teaxas, public schools def. dominate, at least in womens. it's caught on a lot faster in private schools. but public are getting better...they may even be decent competiion for men.
-mary

[PolyLax21]

In Maryland I'm going to have to say Private schools pretty dominate the Lax scene.

[HdGLaxWarrior]

I would say public, because we have a bigger base of people. And a public school usually wins a Tourney every year. Our private school is a joke.

[Eric]

Down in Florida its private skools but i would never want to attend one being thier are way to many rules and uniforms holy crap never gonna wear one of those. But private skools have more money into lacrosse and a public skool would conisdering that lacrosse isnt a state sanctioned sport which i think is :bull: but what can you do.

[newguy 101]

Public for sure :) Private is okey but all the private around us are cathilic nothin about them but they dont push as hard as we do :) PA All the way

[dogsoldier12]

public schools in pa are better. the prep schools in pa try to recruit all of the rich kids with good stick skills from when they are little to try and compete with the public school powers like ridley. private play public and compete in states with eachother too so its funny when they recruit more than colleges and still cant win

[ISHBU]

Its hard to really pin point who's the best since there are alot of great players in the history of the sport that came from both system. Unless there are the all-star game of the best prep school player and the best public school players. The best of the best from both side play, whoever win 2 out of 3 then we can surely say who's system is the best. Because right now in some region of this country public school is better, but then in other part of the country like in New England area.. I have to say the Prep school are better. So its vary by region.. and in mine the prep takes it all. You name it..Andover, Exeter, Deerfield, Choate, Avon and list goes on.

But let me get a shout out to public upstate NY school, and Lower CT I played against (and with at the camp) and has so much respect for: Fayteville-manlius and Darian..

[LymanLax28]

In Central Florida it's definently public, there's only one good private team.

In South Florida it's pretty much dominated by prep schools.

[michlaxman]

Joeyolax, what are you talking about? Birmingham is nowhere near being at Brother Rice's level. Rice is 16-3 all time versus Birmingham (losing only in '94 and 2/3 in '02). Cranbrook has been to the Final Four the past 3 years (and the Finals the last 2 years, 12 times overall, with 7 state championships). Likewise, Detroit Country Day won the Class B title two years ago, their 8th (7 in Class A, 1 Class B). On the other hand, Birmingham has 1 state championship in 3 times in the Finals in their history. Furthermore, Birmingham is only about .500 all time versus DCD as well as CK. Novi hasn't been anywhere near the top of the rankings, at least in the top division. And when did Athens ever consistently beat the private schools? One or two victories in 10 years or so isn't "beating anybody up". Overall, 26 out of the 27 Class A/D1 State Championships have gone to private schools (Rice, DCD, and CK). EGR (public) has won 2 of the 3 ('realignment' era) Class B titles, along with a couple of lower ability level Class B/D2/etc "titles".

[ex-lax]

in nc its east chapel hill they are ranked like 100 in the nation

[ReLaxing16]

In Maryland we have so many public school teams that rock like South River, Severna Park, Brodneck, C.M.Wright. BUt we have a few privit school that rock when it comes to playing agnaist public school. such as Severn, St. Mary's...ect.

[tj14]

your forgetting bullis.

[goDAlax]

Private schools can have Post graduates,and can recruit.

[jvshockmiddie25]

well in our area (richmond, va) hardly any public schools have lax..we have a league..and maybe 2 high schools have it..then there is the shock..the premier team for the county and surrounding areas..so we are club but play St. Christopher's which we beat, Collegiate soon to play,we dont play the Steward School but i think we could beat them for sure, we also play STAB soon...then we go down to Lafayette Williamsburg, VA and play. We also play Woodberry Forest I think we are getting a game from Western Albamarle I dunno yet. But thats about who we play..we also play some other clubs like west end lacrosse. But yeah we just have to suck it up and play the privates and win...

[laxfolife24]

there really arent any private skools with teams arund here--except the boarding skools which are better than public skools.

[dlaxer]

I dont know about here in MA but in MD for boys lacrosse, prep school definitley dominates: Landon, Georgetown Prep, Gonzaga, St. Stephen's & St. Agnes, Loyola Prep, etc. For girls though, there are a few really good private ones, Notre Dame Prep and Brywn Mawr being the top ones, along with St.S&St.A. Public for girls is great though, with Annapolis, Mt. Hebron, Severna Park, etc.
YEAH, Landon Represent :guns: :guns: and anybody with half a brain knows private schools kick _ss :guns:

[Sweener]

Most privates schools are better becuz they only play one sport (lacrosse). Mosty private schools can afford good coaches to. And alot of prviate school kids are dedicated like no other, not to say public school kids arent. And alot of Public school kids are better at other sports like football.

[Sweener]

Schools Like Landon, Prep, St.Pauls are only good in one sport. Public schools excell in alot more sports out of season.

[Sweener]

i just like the rivalry though. It makes everyone step up their game.

[laxbabe2121]

but public schools are only good at sports like football, baseball, basketball, because they have so many kids in the school. it's hard to get a private school to have a good football team, when public schools have close to 4000 kids.

[CTLaxer]

Incorrect for the reasons of being able to have PG's and recruiting. Private schools have a larger base of athletes to draw on because they can recruit from all over the area and all over the country.

ps, this thread needs to die

[LAXnBork5]

Florida's best team is a public team, but all the private teams are better all-around. Plus, the public team will only be good for one more year after all their seniors graduate.

[LI lax 2]

in north NJ, the top team for the last few years and 5th in the country is Delbarton, but all of the other good teams are publcic
Delbarton was naughty last season ....but they graduated a lot of top players ( ex. Coco ) and i dont think they'll be the same this season

[LI lax 2]

The public schools dominate in NY.
dominate ????? public schools definately dont dominate they might have the edge b/c of Manhasset but after that who do you think could "DOMINATE" St. Anthony's or Chaminade?

[LI lax 2]

Why does everyone think that prep school teams are push around teams ?

i can name a ton of prep school teams that have made it it to the top of the polls not only by their skill but their " Hit you in the mouth " type play ( ex. Delbarton , St. Anthony's...etc )

[LI lax 2]

In NY(long island in particular....where i live) public kicks anus but there are a handful of privates that are good....ex:chaminade,kellenburg
Kellenburg?????.....is tht a joke you forget about St. Anthony's, the Friars have tossed kellenburg around like a rag doll over the past 4-5 years

[Lions laxin]

As a private school guy, I say we kicked major butt last season. My team rocked it in North NJ! public schools had nothing! All our comp. was the other private schools.

[PvilleLax]

YEAH, Landon Represent :guns: :guns: and anybody with half a brain knows private schools kick _ss :guns:
no way public schools dominate u any day..come to canada

[LandoNLaX]

no way public schools dominate u any day..come to canada ...Do you even know of landon? Beat Georgetown Prep 23 years in a row in the IAC tourney.

Not to mention we just beat prep regular season about an hour ago, 6-3.

[molax19]

I would have to say that in Maryland its really mroe about your location than private or public. In Montogmery County private schools can kick jsut about any public school's butt, maybe with the exception of Walter Johnson. Howard County is another story with Mt. Hebron etc. But for guys I would ahve to say its really all about Landon, Gilman, and Prep, and for girls- SSSAS, Mt. Hebron, and Severna Park.

[laxoholic]

here in IL public high school dominates

[maniamhot]

public schools r amazin represent lynbrook

[fenwicklax89]

here in IL public high school dominates


Loyola? loyola is really the only private school team in IL that has any credibility but there are other teams ranked in the middle (st.ignatius,st. viator) a lot of the private schools are gettin teams ( Fenwick got one last year, Benet Academy will have one for next year, etc.) that doesnt mean they are necessarily good but they will develop programs

[IKElax51]

in MI where i live the private schools definantley kill it. Brother Rice definantley is the top school around, along with cranbrook and seaholm who always have good teams. but, there are some public schools that for sure got game. EGR shows alot of talent every year. another pretty good team is where i go which is utica/eisenhower. there are good public school teams but private schools dominate

[Buccaneers lax]

why did u quote what pvill said it has nothing to do with what u said

[footlax]

in TN it is definantly private, it is almost total domination, i dont know if a public team has ever beaten a private team, at least on the division 1 level, division 2 level last year the state champions were a public school team

Thats for sure...I can only think of a couple public schools we play in TN.

[SEMlax]

Public schools blow away the private schools. The private schools don't have a lot of students and therefore a smaller pool of people to pick out of for a good lacrosse team. at my private school we don't even have tryouts because there just arn't a lot of people going out for the team.

[allyearlax]

private schools, well except for caesar rodney. caesar's pretty good but the only other good schools are tatnall, towerhill, and st. marks

[laxfreak24]

In Texas, the private schools dominate because of funding and coaching.

[laxman 9990]

public schools own the private schools in junior high,but in high school its pretty much even in sounthern california

[THEHENRON]

montclair public high school best in the country

[laxbabe42]

I would say public, because we have a bigger base of people. And a public school usually wins a Tourney every year. Our private school is a joke.

What part of MD are you from?! Because where i am, private schools are most definately the ones who dominate.

[wickedlaxer4]

Private, in lax n football, but like baseball and basketball is pretty even