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Re: Boys 2028 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region
Anonymous
Yesterday at 03:38 AM
To the rankings obsessed Dad from out of state attempting to troll:
My son is a 2028 and now that high school has started - his level of care about club lacrosse has plummeted to about a 2/10. Once summer gets here I’m sure that will change.
Still loves his team and teammates but it’s a complete afterthought with the real lacrosse about to kick off.
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Re: Boys High School
Anonymous
Yesterday at 03:00 AM
Spald 9-1
McDonogh 8-2
Loyola 7-3
St Paul's 6-4
Calvert Hall 6-4
Gilman 5-5
BL 5-5
Mt St Joes 4-6
Severn 1-9
JC 1-9
St Mary’s 1-9
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Re: Girls 2029 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region
Anonymous
Yesterday at 02:04 AM
Did a lot of girls get bumped from UA150? Is that the problem? Just curious. UA and AS are the same dates so maybe SW girls decided to tryout for UA instead? I havent seen anyone coment that a qualified player did not make AU. Without that being the case whats the problem. Who's to say.[/quote]
I know at least a half dozen girls who applied and haven’t been invited yet, and they are way more deserving than the SW, 3d VA Metro, and M&D shore players. And they might get left off completely bc UA will want to get girls from all over the country and will be mid-atlantic heavy already. There is simply no way that these girls should get an invite to this, especially in the early waves, when the supposed best players are taken. That is the problem.
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Re: Boys 2028-9th Grade Fall 2024/Summer 2025
Anonymous
Ah, the self-proclaimed grammar overlord strikes again! How convenient to nitpick typos while dodging the real issue, your shameless decision to let your kid play down against younger children. Hiding behind punctuation and smugness doesn’t make you clever; it just makes you a coward. Truly an inspiring role model you’re setting." This kids are in 9th Grade, hardly children. Most will be playing on Varsity. Why are you so bent?
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Re: Boys 2029 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region
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They aren't moving anyone down from elite unless a team specifically requests to move down. So 91 won't be moving anywhere. They play in elite, whether they win or not. They are the only team stubborn enough to do this.
Otherwise, teams regularly drop down. Usually if they got their doors blown off thenprwvious year or if there is a big shakeup in a program or a mass exodus.
If that happens they will likely reach out to the AAA champion and regular season finalists to see if there is interest in moving up. But you usually have to back it up with a strong fall to show you belong. MM knows what he is doing. Top Coach in Baltimore. His teams play elite for a reason, they are elite and compete Outside of the two teams that his kids were on and where he recruited an all star cast to support them, Team 91 Maryland is anything but elite. Here is how the 3 middle school teams ended their rankings last year: 2028- 50 2029- 65 2030- 64 The 29 team specifically is like 2-19 in the last 3 years in Elite division of HOCO. The purpose of the 91 ES and MS teams is not to develop players or win games, it's to help fund the HS teams. Aside from the objectively amazing 2023-2025 teams personally engineered and coached by MM and Austin, 91 is not the best club in Baltimore County Let alone Maryland Let alone the DC-Baltimore-Annapolis region Let alone the Mid-Atlantic Let alone anywhere else Despite all of Mark's protests to the contrary. Completely agree. It's also why they carry 27-28 players on a roster. More $$$ from kids who are drinking the 91 kool aide. True parents want to justify the corporate monstrosity their kid is on after getting no playing time and going club to club. Next step, back to rec.
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Re: Boys 2031 - 6th grade (new) 2024-25 season
Anonymous
Long Island lax at this age is in its infancy. They can’t compete with the big MD clubs, NL and ML. Things will change fast up on the island, as we all know down here, Team 91 and DCE take over once high school ball starts. It’s the same on the island. Enjoy the ride while it lasts. That’s because Maryland clubs have kids 1-2 years older. At this age just put 1 or 2 older kids on the field and it totally changes the game. They can dominate. False narrative. Neither NL or ML have any holdbacks or kids 1-2 years older. But if that makes you sleep better at night thinking that. You don’t need to have any holdbacks to have kids a year older. You have a different school cutoff date. I have family from there. My nephew is my son’s age and is in a grade lower. Happens all the time.
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Re: Boys 2032 - 4th grade Fall 2024/Summer 2025
Anonymous
2032 Observations from the fall is that the 2nd teams or 2nd tier clubs really struggled. There are 4 or 5 teams that will not last beyond this season in my opinion. No need to list the teams. Everyone sees the scores. There is absolutely no value in just throwing a team in tourneys just to forfeit or get blown out. This shouldn’t happen because there are good coaches (not necessarily clubs) that will focus on development and more importantly put the team on the right path to success. I think people forget that in travel the families are the clients and the clubs have to earn the business. You have a steep learning curve if you think like that about clubs . Unless you are one of top few players that are on the club team that are above everyone else in ability, you are cannon fodder for the clubs. Which is majority of players. Maybe so. But only if you allow yourself to be put in that position. This is not complicated. If the experience is bad then move on. There was a lot of bad lacrosse this fall in my opinion. And there is no reason to think those teams will improve. So why stay on as you say “fodder”. So move on to another team that is looking for players. Start by practicing with the team and get the free look. Some clubs definitely do that.
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Re: Girls High School Lax
Anonymous
How are teams looking for the Spring?
Nassau A:
1.Massapequa
2. Syo
3.Farmingdale
4. Port
Nassau B:
1. GC
2. Manhasset
3. Long Beach
Nassau C:
1. Wantagh
2 South Side
3. North Shore
4. Seaford
Nassau D: CSH
Suffolk A:
1. Northport
2. Ward Melville
3. Commack
4. Floyd
5. Longwood
6. Smithtown East
7. Connetquot
Suffolk B:
1. West Islip
2. ESM
3. East Islip
4. Harborfields
Suffolk C:
1. Sayville
2. BBP
3. Rocky Point
4. Westhampton
5. Mt Sinai
6. SWR
7. Islip
Suffolk D: Mattituck
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Re: Boys 2033-4th Grade Fall 2024/Summer 2025
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Can’t disagree more. Travel lacrosse is an amazing experience where your son will make lifelong friends and learn great values that will help him in every aspect of life. If you work hard and want it, there is a place for everyone. It’s so evident by this comment that you are new to the travel scene. Yes when your kids are in 4th grade it’s fun and all about if the tailgate has brownie bites. As the kids gets older it gets way worse. I have 3 kids in it now and I can’t wait for it to be over. The amount of pressure placed on these kids on such a young age isn’t healthy. And no it doesn’t predict “success”. All of us didn’t have this pressure as kids. And a lot of us have grown up to be quite successful Travel lacrosse is filled with some of the worst human beings. Between the scams and outright lies it never ends. Then you are forced to keep your mouth shut in fear of being labeled a “difficult” parent” and your kid being cut. The people who seem to love it the most are the ones with the endless wallets of cash. They reclass their kids or literally fly in from California to take playing time away from your kid. And to be honest all my kids are much closer with their high school teammates and enjoy high school ball way more. Get out while you can. I two have had multiple kids through this process and there is good and bad in everything. However, LI is filled with so much choice and go find a chill situation. Or just quit and play with HS and go to showcases. Nobody is stopping you. Exactly. Find the right level of competition for your son and let him have fun. Put aside all thoughts of college, and club lax is probably the best youth sport going. Sure, there are dad coach and club greed issues, but there's always another club to join that's a better fit for your boy. The trick is putting ego aside to focus on fit and not "development" or "recruiting."
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