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Date Posted: 10:56:00 06/24/04 Thu
Author: KY Crusader '75
Subject: Re: Add'l NJ Players
In reply to: NTKHC64 's message, "Re: Look to NJ/Rick" on 09:33:28 06/24/04 Thu

I know, NTK, that you were just trying to provide examples, not an exhaustive list. Let me add to it with a couple of NJ-HC guys from my era: Marty Halsey and Pete Beckenbach.

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[> [> lacrosse problems -- dadominate, 11:28:13 06/24/04 Thu

in order to be succesful, first and foremost the HC lacrosse program really just needs a committment from the athletic department.

unlike basketball and football, the admissions office has very little to do with the lack of success in my eyes. how many of the top lacrosse players out there were non-qualifiers with academic problems? not many. do any of you really think we aren't getting great players b/c admissions is turning them away? if so, you need to get real. for the most part, the country's best lacrosse players go to excellent private schools or public schools in generally wealthy areas. therefore, they are usually at least decent students.

my high school is one of the top teams in the best league in the country (the MIAA) - send guys to princeton, hopkins, syracuse, etc. every year. i don't remember anyone on any team in my years there who would have been a huge stretch for any admissions department at any school. people don't like to generalize, but lacrosse players are generally good students.

admissions isn't the problem with lacrosse, it's the lack of a financial resources dedicated to the program. hc COULD become a power in lacrosse. our academic standards wouldn't hurt us the way they do in basketball and football. i'm from baltimore where lacrosse is huge so i'll admit i'm biased, but i would like to see us make more of a commitment to the lacrosse program b/c it's one of the few sports we could truly become nationally competitive in with some effort.

p.s. i know you're proud of your home state, but as for lacrosse ntk, forget about new jersey! the HC roster this year didn't have a single kid from the state of maryland! i would be willing to bet that there isn't a single other D-1 team with a winning record that did not have at least one kid from maryland. watching the final four this year was like watching one of the maryland all-star games.

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