Basing future HS program success based upon 6th grade PAL and/or town teams (especially considering the latter are no where near as numerous as the former!) seems to have as much direct correlation as apples and oranges. It's a dumb thought process. I can think of plenty of communities that are perennial top performers at the HS level whose PAL teams are no where near as strong and don't field town teams consistently. Cone HS, these kids didn't appear out of nowhere - they came out of club.
