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It is logical that Crush will win by a significant margin since Crabs can not bring the same team to Denver that played in Beach Lax because they are too old to qualify for the Denver age restriction.

Exactly why nobody has respect for Crabs. An OT win by 1 point (which by the way, Crabs had several 1 point wins that weekend) when you are using players a year to two older brought down for the sole reason to win a Championship, is not one you should brag about - much less use the word "maul". You guys get funnier by the minute.

Exactly why nobody has respect for Crabs. An OT win by 1 point (which by the way, Crabs had several 1 point wins that weekend) when you are using players a year to two older brought down for the sole reason to win a Championship, is not one you should brag about - much less use the word "maul". You guys get funnier by the minute.

we're not done here until Ryan says we're done here, of course when Ryan says we're done here, you never hear from him again

Well said. The lack of intellect that exists within this forum is mind boggling - it seems that many simply cannot read. Although, since I regularly attend the tourneys and watch many of the team parents in action, I have to say that it does not surprise me...

Please, the comment about Crush "absent from the champions page" was a direct response to the comment about Crabs getting mauled.

Bottom line...Crabs rely on holdbacks to win (this we all agree on), Beach Lax holdbacks and several other team members are not eligible for Denver. Should be fun to watch.

I would have to think the Crabs are scrambling to get kids to meet those restrictions. Their 2020 team without holdbacks is not going be able to compete with the likes of T91 and the potential of being embarrassed (potentially on National TV) is very real.

World Series of youth lacrosse all participants must make age cutoff but also be able to produce a report card that shows them in 7th grade or lower the past school year. Double proof. How many teams will this impact? This type of situation seems like something that US lacrosse could easily enforce throughout all tournaments

US LAX has no backbone, this issue should have been resolved years ago. What other sport has different age restriction for each tournament or league? It's an embarrassment!

Ok you have me on this. Edge 2020 got invited to the World Series of lacrosse. We decided not to go because three players would have been excluded because of their age. Born before May 1/2001. Now your saying the kids also should be in grade 7. All our boys just finished grade 8. Do kids actually start school a year later in some states?

I would have to think the Crabs are scrambling to get kids to meet those restrictions. Their 2020 team without holdbacks is not going be able to compete with the likes of T91 and the potential of being embarrassed (potentially on National TV) is very real.

17/21 players are born after june /2001 but we have no 2002's as we are hoping to play at [lacrosse]'s Sporting Goods. No player on our team is born in 2000 although we have two January 2001's. Maybe we will just play 2019A instead of AA because I don't think we enjoyed the verbal abuse. Thanks for the clarification. Have a great summer to all teams!

yes we have 8 players born in june 2001

Ok here's the true answer Edge 2020 was put together for Dicks. Every boy except 2 AP players are born after June 1/2001. Are we in the wrong age group because we sure heard that we were all weekend. Our kids had fun and never thought we would go as far as we did. We did beat the Crabs but that game and a few others could have gone either way with a bounce here and there. We are playing 2019 this weekend in Rochester and did so in Albany and Erie Pa as we have been told different regions different age groups. South of Mason/Dixon line we are 2020 north we play 2019. Chicago shootout we play 2019. We played 2019 last fall on the Saturday of autumn classic agst c2c and sentry and they looked like 2000's to us. We just love coming down and enjoy the competition see u all next Saturday at Crabs

yes we have 8 players born in june 2001

I call BS on the Crabs only having a few that were not affected by the age cut off. 2020 is full of holdbacks. The team that played at Beach Lax certainly isn't playing in Denver....

Crabs are cheaters - no two ways about it.

I call BS on the fact that you have any idea what you are talking about. There are no "holdbacks" in 7th grade. There are some kids that went to prefirst but only a few of them were born before the 5/1/2001 cutoff. Obviously you have no idea how this works. Kids aren't being held back until they have completed 8th grade.

The holding back is not done exclusively at 8th grade -- not at all. Some kids repeat 3rd grade, some at the beginning of middle school. It is usually done at the time a boy switches schools. In many cases, the decision to hold back is the impetus for switching schools.
It used to be the social stigma of being "left back" discouraged parents from doing this to their children. One would feel sorry for the kids who could not manage to keep up in school. It seems that among athletes' parents, that disadvantage is outweighed by the advantages. Nevertheless, the stigma is still there. It is just difficult for people inside the sports bubble to perceive, or easy for them to disregard. Holding back athletes does a disservice to true student-athletes, perpetuating the stereotype of the dumb jock.

The Edge 2019 team that played in Albany was a team of 14 year old 8th graders (rising 9th graders). Parents confirmed it as did players on the field. That team played down a year (2020) in MD the next week. Edge parents, please don't try to spin it any other way. If that true 2019 Edge team played 91 or LIE 2019 teams, they would lose by 10+ goals.

The crabs 2020 team that played in NPYLL had holdbacks. I know kids on that team. The crabs 2020 team that played at Beach Lax most certainly had holdbacks - so - actually I do know what I am talking about.

Crabs cheat. Its a fact.

My point is, kids that repeat grades in elementary school do so for academic reasons based on their test scores when they apply to these schools. I agree that the kids repeating 8th grade are taking advantage of the system. The NPYLL 2020 crabs do not have any kids that repeated a grade for lacrosse reasons. It was wrong what they did at Beach Lax. We'll see what happens in Denver

My point is, kids that repeat grades in elementary school do so for academic reasons based on their test scores when they apply to these schools. I agree that the kids repeating 8th grade are taking advantage of the system. The NPYLL 2020 crabs do not have any kids that repeated a grade for lacrosse reasons. It was wrong what they did at Beach Lax. We'll see what happens in Denver

if kids repeat a grade for academic reasons they shouldn't be playing against kids who are a year younger. The NPYLL 2020 players who repeated a grade for academic reasons should be playing 2019!

That makes no sense. Why would they play 2019 when they graduate in 2020?

That makes no sense. Why would they play 2019 when they graduate in 2020?