Landon Lacrosse 2015 Review

It’s difficult to capture a 22 game season in a long article, or a carefully crafted paragraph or even more dauntingly in a phrase, but Landon’s 2015 season can be summed up as consistently excellent lacrosse play. Thinking back over 1,056 minutes played, there were very few segments that fell below a very high quality of the game. Yes, Coach Leachman may have barked contrary words once or twice, but the point of his exhortations was not the past, but encouragement for the future.

A season is also defined by the quality of the opposition and the IAC was clearly the most competitive league in the contrary with Landon, Prep, Bullis and SSSA being included in most polls throughout some or all of the season. Teams which the Bears defeated 7 opponents who won their leagues:

• Mary’s (MIAA- A),

• Gonzaga (WCAC),

• Calverton (MILL),

• John Carroll (MIAA-B),

• Robinson (VA5),

• Winston Churchill (MoCo 4A/3A South) and

• McCallie (TSLA and #1 in their region percom)

Polls, in my opinion, are highly subjective; they depend upon the knowledge and critical eyes of their voters. The Bears are ranked in the most recent, but not yet final, polls as follows:

• #2 by LaxPower.com

• #2 by USAToday 3d Rising

• # 3 By Nike/LM HS Boys

• #3 By Under Armour/IL Top 25 High School Power Rankings

• #4 By Recruiting Rundown National High School Power

The Strength of Schedule, which Laxpower.com publishes to support its computer ranking, is purely quantitative and here is its rankings of team which appear in the top 10 of all of the above posts

SoS # Team Record

99.53              Hill                              13-1

97.62              Brunswick                 14-4

97.11              Landon                      20-2

97.02              GPrep                         13-4

96.76              Haverford                  26-0

96.73              Chaminade               13-4

96.26              Gonzaga                    18-3

96.05              Syosett                       18-2

95.69              Bridgewater-Raritan 22-0

95.06              Darien                                    17-3

94.77              West Genesee          17-2

94.46              Hun School              19-1

89.90              St. Ignatius                18-1

Not sure whether there is any statistical significance to the SoS, and it may be appropriate to quote Mark Twain on the use of numbers: “Figures don’t lie, but liars figure.”

The Class of 2015 should go down in the Landon lacrosse annals; these Bears were players. Even though their time on the field may not have been exactly equal, there is no doubt that their support of their team and hard work during practices contributed to the season’s success. They are:

Robinson Adkins Koko Avedisian Ian Dabney
Thomas Evans
Drew Firstenberg
Samuel Krauland
Luke Kurtz
	William Lincoln
	Brian MacLaury
	Landon McKenzie
	Paul Padalino
	William Poston
	Colton Rupp
	W. Sells
	Vincent Steis
	Joseph Tabb
	Jarett Witzal