Public schools vs. Private schools

[Rosie411]

I watched the recent delbarton vs. mt lakes game and i came to relize how much more impressed i was with mt lakes over delbarton. I'm not knocking delbarton's talent but it is all recruited... if the team graduates an outstanding attackmen and theres noone on the team ready to step up they simply recruit an attackmen.
mt lakes on the other hand are forced to have their players step up as they do year after year. Although mt lakes may not have been as talented thers not a doubt in my mind there harder working

does anyone else agree... its safe to say that almost all private schools do this

[dtl42]

yea thats what they do, if they didnt exsist, with the kids that could have gone to summit, we would have won atleast 4 of the past 8 (all delbartons) NJ championships

[Rosie411]

yea it really makes you wonder how much better public school would be i mean one of our players went to mt lakes moved here and got offered by delbarton and turned it down surprisling

[nogg57]

here in texas we have a public school that stacks their team with players from private and public schools.

[lslaxer]

I used to live in Mountain Lakes, and I have to say it is amazing how much talent they squeeze out of such a little town. We have 100 kids per grade, yet were one of the top teams in the country. Also, the fact that Delbarton can recruit and is a private school certainly contributes to our hate towards them.

[RAIDERLacrosse5]

usually private schools dominate public.. atleast mine did

[LAXMomx3]

New high school league rules in MN make it really hard now to recruit or be recruited. If you transfer schools anytime after your freshman year, you loose a year of varsity eligibility. The only way to get around it is if your parents move their residence or if you are new to the area. You can still play JV for that year, but if you are a standout, to lose a year of varsity play as a sophomore or Jr is a real hit.

[RAIDERLacrosse5]

New high school league rules in MN make it really hard now to recruit or be recruited. If you transfer schools anytime after your freshman year, you loose a year of varsity eligibility. The only way to get around it is if your parents move their residence or if you are new to the area. You can still play JV for that year, but if you are a standout, to lose a year of varsity play as a sophomore or Jr is a real hit.

your very right. and also if you transfer twice then you can't play at all (i cant think of the exact wording at the moment). I know this because differnt kids transfer into my old highschool for hockey and sometimes every once in awhile some just can't play becuase of that MSHSL rule

[broken reaktor]

It's a real toss up in NJ. We have Delby, Don Bosco, Lawrenceville, Peddie, BC, and MKA (etc.) But there are a whole lot of public schools that regularly beat and/or run with some of these teams, notably Ridgewood, Mountain Lakes, Montclair, Kinnelon, Chatham, Hunterdon Central, and Ramapo.

[st.joslax10]

its private all the way. imaculata could kill any of the better public schools. private schools are basicly made for this type of elite lacrosse.

[MaKiMaKi13]

private schools like BL and Gprep will p0wn the majority of all public schools in Maryland

[gonzagalax22]

my school is private and we dont recruit but we still beat the VA state champs (Robinson)

[hattrick619]

a lot of the private schools in our area dont offer athletic scholarships, only academic, so they have much less to choose from. in my school we have 100 ppl per grade, so that leaves 200 guys, only 50 percent play sports because its an academic school, and of that 100, 30-40 are on track and 20 are of baseball, so we have only around 40 at the most guys to pick from for lacrosse, while the public schools with 700 per grade have nearly 1400 guys to choose from.