KP played crabs madlax freedom Fca Upstate They had a losing record for sure and they got smoked by Richmond Hawks
Need Bored MD Dad to chime in. But I suspect the 8 teams in Elite will be:
Hawks Madlax FCA Next Level Crabs True Annapolis BLC VLC
VLC is most of the old Cavalier team, and a few others from out there in Loudoun County. Lot of good rec lacrosse out there. This fall was their first year as a ‘28 team, and they’re big and athletic. They would blow through AAA, and while there should probably only be 6 Elite teams, VLC and BLC will fill it out to 8. And the gap should narrow as these boys get older
So who does that put in AAA?
Blue claws KP FCA white Hawks Black Forest Hill Cannons 91 True DC Team MD Predators
Replace Predators with HLC and this is probably AAA.
Supposedly Preds wants to play AAA but unless T91 wants to move to AA there is no room.
The only way AAA has less than 10 teams is if HoCo starts a B division which is possible.
I think a B division is basically guaranteed, even a few of the A level teams dissolving over the last 18 months (3D, breakers, Ground Control, KP B team, etc).
Team 91 and Preds both need to be in AA, skill wise. In another year most people expect Preds to be headed (slightly) up and 91 to be headed nowhere. Then 91 will reshuffle the deck (put all current players on 91's practice squad) at the beginning of 9th grade and go on their usual recruiting blitz.
And since T91 took all the starters from AA Swarm who got absolutely clobbered last year (another good justification for 91 being at AA and not AAA), what's left of Swarm goes to A for sure. If not B.