They also come from affluent families typically who can spend money on specialized training and high quality travel/club sports
But they will say its no advantage and folks that disagree are the boogie men coming to hate on private schools in public leagues. Its a nationwide problem.
Mater Dei, Bergen, are more comparable to Cardinal Gibbons and Charlotte Catholic then any public school in NC. Lets take a quick peak at some Catholic vs. Public state championship games throughout the nation. So in 12 states where parochial private schools are allowed to play public schools the Parochials went 12-0. A perfect 12-0 beating public highschool state powers pretty handily. This is not even factiring in the other Ctholic football schools that destroyed publics during the year, They are recruiting football factories and havet heir on ranking system amoing themselves. Its a nationwide problem. They shouldn;t compete with public schools as they have no residency boundaries, controlled access, high level resources, and no low income/ high reduced lunch issues. Look at the numbers and honestly tell me its fair,.
Jesuit beat Miami Northwestern 37-12 FL
Cardinal Gibbons beat Chambers 14-2 NC
St. Thomas Aquinas beat Buchholz FL
Chaminade-Madonna beat FSU Tallahassee 38-3 FL
Bishop Gorman Beat McQueen 56-7 NV
St. Edward beat Springfield winning its 5th state title since 2010 OH
Cathedral beat Zionsville 34-14 IN
De La Salle beat Traverse city 41-14 MI
St Josephs beat Garnett Valley 49-13 PA
Central Catholic beat Tualatin 44-14 OR
Christian Brothers beat Liberty North 48-21 MO
St Xavier beat Male 31-21