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Should be a fun tournament in Ocean City, MD this weekend. Drive safe everybody! Looking forward to a few of the good matchups at 2021. I wish the games were full length games. Not enough time for the game to develop or to really test depth etc.

At the 2021 level this turned out to be a highly competitive tournament. What looked like a probably M&D 2021 v. Yellow Jacket 2021 showdown in the final turned into a free for all. Every team in the pool was solid. Of course the U13 aspect gave API, Dolphins, and Catonsville advantages as they each had older players than the 2021 age group.

What a battle it turned out to be with M&D and YJ 2021's each ending up with two ties. Meanwhile Catonsville handles 2021 YJ, 2020 YJ ties their sister team, and API ties M&D.

In the end, M&D had to beat Catonsville (who beat UJ 2021 7-2) just to get to the final. M&D won a close 7-6 decision there. Then, M&D had to play the very talented (and older) Catonsville team again in the final and despite falling behind 3-1 in the 25 minute game, M&D roared back with 4 straight goals, some great defense and some clutch saves to win 5-3.

Despite the weather and the length of the games, this turned to be a very, very competitive tournament with 6 very good teams in the bracket. Well worth the drive from LI and Baltimore.

Kudos the the M&D parents and the YJ parents for continuing to make their rivalry spirited but friendly. Great group of parents on both sides.

Congrats to all the girls!!!

Are you one of those people who posts on facebook twenty times a day about every boring detail of your life? Everyone involved was there and knows all the details, go live your life!

I wasn't at that tournament, but I for one think the re-cap of the tournament post was good and appropriate for this forum. It gave everyone an idea of what went on, was written in a non-subjective form. To tell someone to go live their life, because they are posting on a lax forum w/ accurate details, makes one think that you need to look at yourself for what you are posting, and maybe you need to "go live your life".

What's wrong with giving a recap of the weekends results ,I mean it's a lacrosse blog right? We weren't around for the playoffs so it's nice to see who came out on top. Safe travels!

[quote=Anonymous]At the 2021 level this turned out to be a highly competitive tournament. What looked like a probably M&D 2021 v. Yellow Jacket 2021 showdown in the final turned into a free for all. Every team in the pool was solid. Of course the U13 aspect gave API, Dolphins, and Catonsville advantages as they each had older players than the 2021 age group.

What a battle it turned out to be with M&D and YJ 2021's each ending up with two ties. Meanwhile Catonsville handles 2021 YJ, 2020 YJ ties their sister team, and API ties M&D.

In the end, M&D had to beat Catonsville (who beat UJ 2021 7-2) just to get to the final. M&D won a close 7-6 decision there. Then, M&D had to play the very talented (and older) Catonsville team again in the final and despite falling behind 3-1 in the 25 minute game, M&D roared back with 4 straight goals, some great defense and some clutch saves to win 5-3.

Despite the weather and the length of the games, this turned to be a very, very competitive tournament with 6 very good teams in the bracket. Well worth the drive from LI and Baltimore.

Kudos the the M&D parents and the YJ parents for continuing to make their rivalry spirited but friendly. Great group of parents on both sides.

Congrats to all the girls!!! [

Thanks ,but how many times do you need to say an older team ,you played U13 .We get it , you need to justify the team not placing .

[quote=Anonymous]At the 2021 level this turned out to be a highly competitive tournament. What looked like a probably M&D 2021 v. Yellow Jacket 2021 showdown in the final turned into a free for all. Every team in the pool was solid. Of course the U13 aspect gave API, Dolphins, and Catonsville advantages as they each had older players than the 2021 age group.

What a battle it turned out to be with M&D and YJ 2021's each ending up with two ties. Meanwhile Catonsville handles 2021 YJ, 2020 YJ ties their sister team, and API ties M&D.

In the end, M&D had to beat Catonsville (who beat UJ 2021 7-2) just to get to the final. M&D won a close 7-6 decision there. Then, M&D had to play the very talented (and older) Catonsville team again in the final and despite falling behind 3-1 in the 25 minute game, M&D roared back with 4 straight goals, some great defense and some clutch saves to win 5-3.

Despite the weather and the length of the games, this turned to be a very, very competitive tournament with 6 very good teams in the bracket. Well worth the drive from LI and Baltimore.

Kudos the the M&D parents and the YJ parents for continuing to make their rivalry spirited but friendly. Great group of parents on both sides.

Congrats to all the girls!!! [

Thanks ,but how many times do you need to say an older team ,you played U13 .We get it , you need to justify the team not placing .

Saw TG 2021 black went 2-2 this weekend and the strong teams weren't even at the tournament. Thought they would be stronger this summer.

Why would you think that? Have they ever been competitive against top teams?

After all, they lost to Elevate.

12-0 was the white team-black team was 7-4-would of won the game if they took away the illegal stick shots!!!

The only team that did anything for Top Guns this weekend was their white team in this age. Maybe they need to hold tryouts again and properly distribute the talent.

You do understand the white team plays the weakest bracket? Put those girls in the bracket the upper teams play and the get destroyed. You are trying to compare wins and losses from division play and relate it to misplaced talent, it doesn't work that way.

You do understand the white team plays the weakest bracket? Put those girls in the bracket the upper teams play and the get destroyed. You are trying to compare wins and losses from division play and relate it to misplaced talent, it doesn't work that way.

Mods' please start a m&d thread so we don't have to read this Real Housewives of Long Island nonsense.

There is one. Just on the Maryland board and not the main forum

I agree that there is misplaced talent on all of the teams. It is unfortunate that there is only a very limited number of spots for new players at try outs for the black and purple teams, the majority are already taken by those who have connections, well before try outs even take place.

What 2021 teams made final at lax by sea and who won - thanks

Elevate and YJ made finals don't know who won

Elevate and YJ made finals don't know who won

YJ 5-1 in a 20 minute game. Not trying to be rude, but after all the "almost" comments from last year, this was not competitive this go around. Best of luck to Elevate, they improved throughout the year in 2014 so hopefully that happens as we enjoyed the competition.

Elevate lost some talent this year. They are probably compare able to YJ B right now but it's early.

YJ. What tournament did M&D play this weekend? We should align more tournaments, really missed playing them this weekend.

M&D off this weekend. Playing at Rock the Fields in Maryland next weekend.

Well, I think the changing of tournament participation is a kind of natural phenomenon and has to do with the life cycle of the tournament scene as new tournaments rise and old ones fall. Also, I think there are a lot of trade offs and "political" motivations behind which tournaments organizations choose to participate in.

Finally, the quality and number of teams going to the National Draw has been slipping the past few years and it looks like it got to a tipping point of sorts as far as M&D is concerned.

Also look at the list of college coaches attending, this tournament has certainly slipped heavily on that front too! Too big and competition too watered down.