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I feel bad for the town teams that had a great chance at a tournament win, but will lose out on that experience because the Tornados, an A team (at least they were probably told that), were that desperate for a shirt. Congrats, you beat Loonys B and town teams, if you guys can get past Three Village.

Shore to Shore 6 Brotherly Love 5
Bandits 4 Express 3

Bandits 4-3 over Express and S2S in OT of Bro Love

Not eight teams - more like five teams.

Happy to see old bandit found a new home on "B" tornados. Guess they really need those tshirts

Bandits players playing for leg? What next Crushers playing on taz?

8 teams. Your kid's obviously playing somewhere else.

That's awful.

A Joke. They Had trouble with Prime Time needing a last second score on man up.

Just looked it up . Prime Time also beat the Warriors two weeks ago.

Empire wins another B. Very impressive. Must love those T shirts

What tourney did Empire win?

Why don't you worry about your own team instead of bashing
Other program's teams.... Sounds like a pathetic loser getting
Jollies out of jabbing other teams.... Obviously never played the game and
Probably is the parent all decked out in team apparel beating his
Chest on the sidelines..... New teams/ programs go through a process of
Learning/ gelling/ and fitting in pieces to the puzzle....sounds like you're feeling a
Little threatened... Give it a rest!

You must have a very empty life following teams that your son doesn't play for. DELETED!!!!


If you guys think you can figure it out then God bless you. Prime Time lost to Brotherly Love by 2 but outplayed them and hit 5 pipes. Dukes tie HB. Warriors beat Dukes. BL beats HB. HB plays Bandits to a one goal loss. Bandits blow out S2S. Igloo, Dukes, Warriors and FCA play in the loser bracket. FCA and Igloo end a very good 1 goal game with a fight.Bandits, BL, HB and S2S play in the winner bracket. All of those teams are very good. You can say what you want, but none of them suck. They are all competitive teams and all of them got better because they played quality games against quality opponents this weekend. The teams that weren't there played against very weak competition and did not learn anything.

Why do people have a problem with this? Some team need wins. Empire is a very competitive B division team. Right on the cusp of competing in A. They are only a 2nd year program. Leg Tornados won in B today too, but that's where they should be. That's not meant to be a criticism of either team. Kids don't want to lose all the time. You need to keep them winning so they will continue to enjoy the sport. Once they are more improved, they will probably play in A divisions at more legitimate tournaments. But for now, they are finding the right fit for them.

Have to agree with this! Great job, and congrats to the boys!

Where did you play today? Did ya win? Maybe you should worry about that.
Parents who are this concerned with another team/org and what division they won, tshirt collection, etc are pathetic.

You people that watch other teams are a joke. Very pathetic watching this if you are a parent. Get a life loser.

You people that watch other teams are a joke. Very pathetic watching this if you are a parent. Get a life loser.

A win is a win. They are kids. Jeez

First off empire was in the A bracket. They played all teams from out of state that they have never played before. How are they supposed to know the talent level of those teams? They went up to Rhode Island and the kids had a great weekend with a very good championship game. Last I checked they were all 2023 kids and played in the 2023 A bracket. What am I missing?

It is common knowledge that the best teams play at NXT. Just like War Games, Empire avoided the tougher teams to play in tournaments against weak teams so that they could win. There were no legit A teams in Rhode Island. And that is ok. Good for the boys on getting the win!

Competition

Empire will never play in an A tournament. We all know that. When is the last time they beat an A team? Just a thought. Keep winning against the easy competition Everyone sees what they are up too. Pathetic

Empire will never play in an A tournament. We all know that. When is the last time they beat an A team? Just a thought. Keep winning against the easy competition Everyone sees what they are up too. Pathetic

Empire will never play in an A tournament. We all know that. When is the last time they beat an A team? Just a thought. Keep winning against the easy competition Everyone sees what they are up too. Pathetic

Last I checked the kids and the parents don't choose what tournaments they are entered in. Unfortunately it's the organization that does. The kids play 100% regardless of their competition. They lost to the Outlaws 4-3 in the championship this year and lost to the Warriors last year by a goal and let's face it the Warriors aren't the team they used to be. Say what you want, that empire team can be just as competitive on any given day.

Why do you guys care so much about Empire? Let the boys play.

Evidently you can't say anything bad about the Warriors! They are a good team but others are catching up and taking over quickly. Congrats Empire!

You nailed that. Badgers ended up in 4th place. 2 wins, 2 loses and a tie. BM
must be beside himself seeing his team play like crap.

Outlaws are second tier in 2023. Warriors are much better than last year, but not a top 4 team yet. They just stepped up to play with the big boys this year. At least I can respect a team for that. Empire did the opposite. They got worse and played teams that no one has ever heard of. Are they playing Lax Clash to end the season or are they hiding that weekend too?

Who said anything about Warriors? It's pretty obvious this is coming from an ex-Warrior parent who also happens to be an ex-Empire parent. Just let it go.

Empire played one real team all season. The outlaws and they got beat 2x. The rest of the teams were town teams. Nobody fears empire.Real teams will kill them. Hopefully they don't hide from the good teams again. Very embarrassing if I'm a parent and I gotta watch my team play B teams all the time.

What is pathetic us your comments....

Express had won their last 2 tournaments beating Laxachusetts and S2S in finals and got beat 4-3 by Bandits in this weekends semi - AJ has them humming!!

That's what you think of at 3:30 AM. You may need to speak to someone, because you have serious issues.

How about sputtering....2-2-1 this weekend. Team doesn't look for new talent..32 breaks up and AJ doesn't add one kid. They can keep pretending until MC comes in a takes the team.

BM aspired to be the best and to keep improving. Kids are not motivated the same way under Current coaches.

I heard BM may have found a new home

You guys are comparing HBs and others to how they dominated when they were 8 and 9 years old. Didn't you read this board when older parents told you that that didn't matter??Fortunately for everyone, many more kids are playing travel lax. This has led to much more parity on the grade level. Having many good teams is way better than 1 or 2 dominant teams. You'll see some teams take on a bunch of new players and get a lot better next year and some make only minor changes and stay the same. That's how it works. The balance of power, or top 4 teams, will change annually. This has been a much more interesting season than years past, that's for certain.