Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the State. A lot of kids are playing at St. Rita. Last February two young were introduced to the alumni at our monthly luncheon after signing letters of intent at the collegiate level. The sport is new to a lot of schools but looking at Loyola’s website I see they have two (2) East Coast trips this spring. I can see a lot of football players who do not play baseball picking up the sport. Next weekend the State High School Hockey Championship will be played at the United Center. Kind of wished that Lacrosse stayed independent a while longer.
D230 (Sandburg, Andrew and Stagg) has a single "coop" team formed from 2 rather decent-sized club teams from recent years out of the first two schools listed. I hear some severe cuts to smaller numbers were made leaving many players without a structure in which to play any longer. IHSA-sanctioning a double-edged sword?
That is a good point. In upcoming seasons the Waubonsie - Metea, Lincoln Way or Orland Park Chiefs will get to an elite level and other teams will start to gripe. All three are pretty solid right now but not quite in the top tier.
I have a feeling such a limitation might not last too much longer after upset parents start weighing in on the fact that "little Johnny got cut."
Badminton is another sport of which you geographically describe. Of the 95+ schools competing, no team exists south of Bradley-Bourbonnais HS specifically, to my knowledge. No co-ops either, I am reasonably sure, but a handful of CPS participant schools.
We have to keep up with the privates you know!Will it still be Naperville Central’s feeder?Can I propose that Waubonsie and Metea coop for football? Both are in 8A so a coop team would stay in 8A and be about the same number of students as Say a Neuqua or Stevie. I’m guessing no one would complain with that?
Johnsburg LAX would destroy Herscher.
Yes, many sports are better off being club. Not sure how lacrosse works, but perhaps like soccer the better players stick to club.
Actually I heard that they petitioned the IHSA to sanction Cow Tipping for a girls team and Synchronized Swimming for a boys team figuring BMac would never start those sports.....
Not the case in LAX because the clubs want the kids to play on their HS teams.
Agree. Club lacrosse is big in the summer and fall. There is no question about kids not playing for their high school.
Lol. They could combine the entire catholic league vs Loyola and they would still roll.
