Word: preps
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Black ice holds special significance for the students of St. Paul's, the New England prep school which saw the beginnings of ice hockey in America. The glassy ice provides an ideal playing surface, and as a result its infrequent appearance is celebrated with an impromptu school holiday...
...Rebels' combative, fast-and-loose style of play is a reflection, of sorts, of Tarkanian's approach to the NCAA's regulations. The coach's 1986 recruitment of New York City prep star Lloyd Daniels, who attended four high schools but never managed to graduate, is an example of his pursuit of a questionable player. (In the end, Daniels never wore a UNLV uniform.) Tarkanian points to the likes of Johnson and current guard Greg Anthony as signs that his system works...
Prince, a former high school All-America lacrosse player at Lawrenceville Prep School in New Jersey, was a freshman reserve defender on the Eli squad which made the Final Four last season. Eli Coach Mike Waldvogel had projected Prince as a first-stringer this season...
Indeed, besides the fact that the numbers of prep school students at Harvard have declined, many public schools are rapidly catching up--and some have already caught...
Citing the competitiveness of Ivy League schools these days, counselors at the traditional elite feeder schools say that the prep school advantage bears little resemblance to that of the past...