If the Crabs cheat as much as you claim how come the have never been caught or Ickes out of a tournament Honestly not from around Baltimore so I am confused why it is said so often.
At the beginning of Youth lacrosse going to grade based a few years ago, Crabs were king of getting kids that were prefirst or heldback ( which means generally 1 month to 1 year older players then other teams without them ) . They also were a huge proponent of grade base due to private school influence. Technically according to rules they werent cheaters, but many felt having older select prefirst/holdback kids playing against younger age based kids was cheating and going against what Youth sports stands for. Many still do and call them cheaters. Which they arent really with grade base leagues rules.
Youth sports was never meant to be grade base below 8th grade. Only grade after 8th grade. Which is why all youth sports are age prior to 8th.
Many teams now have caught up with Crabs and have their share of holdbacks/prefirsts too. I suspect Crabs for all their teams still have the most, but who knows now.
