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[quote=Anonymous]That is the point nobody can tell what the talent level of HHH is anymore because they go out of their way to not play the local teams. We can only beat the teams that go to the tournament however we also play the national teams as well.

But lets take a look at your NLF Summer Series from last year.

HHH Results
2024 Didn't even field a team

2023 Loss to 91 Bandits 18-1
Loss to 91 Warriors (there B Team) 12-5
Loss to Laxachusetts Green (there B Team) 9-8
Finally beat Team Superstar 14-4 but they are neither super nor stars

2022 Beat Leading Edge Elite 6-4 that team isn't good and you know it
Loss to LIE 10-5
Tie Express 8-8 Bad Long Island Team
Loss to 91 Smash 9-2
Loss to Superstar 9-2

2021 Loss to Eclipse 8-7 You think that Eclipse is good?
Finally spank someone Long Island Outlaws 9-1 U think they are good?
Loss to Laxachusetts A Team 12-2
Beat them in Losers Bracket 7-6 that is actually impressive good going

2020 Seams to be a good team went 3-1

2019 You came in last and didn't win a single game won't post the scores.

Again, once great but the original post was $$$ money grab...change the club name to Little 4 and one "H"

I think wear there is smoke there is fire. I beieve this is the post that is being brought up because they used tourney machine scores to make their point. Since Triple H was at this tournament at mcdonugh that also posting no scores, maybet ther is somethig there.

All fired up aren't ya. So 2021s are good so good fo ya. 2022, 2023, 2024 and the future...not so much

Just because you are playin on Long Island don't mean much, there are like three elite clubs there and that is it. All the Long Island teams are coming here to play in Philly because NXT does a great job and geographically Philly is halfway between the best Maryland teams and LI. There is not a tournament with a better youth field than NXT Cup in June until you play that tournament with your teams you are hiding.

Why don't you put the topic to rest and actually play NXT Cup this year check out the field from last year and tell me ONE tournament that has a stronger youth field than NXT Cup and I will shut up.

C'mon now if you aren't playing the strongest tournament in the summer schedule and it is in your back yard you can't play the we go up to Long Island because the lacrosse is better...all the teams Long Island Teams are in Philly that weekend including your NLF teams that you are partnered with. If every single NLF Team is in Philly playing the NXT Cup why aren't you?

I think this guy is making a decent point here despite all the apparent animosity. I know two families that left Triple H who had some issues but the main one, they just weren't happy with the time and expense associated going up to Long Island multiple times in the same month.

Rather simple question, "why does Triple H not play in Philly based tournaments.

I think this guy is making a decent point here despite all the apparent animosity. I know two families that left Triple H who had some issues but the main one, they just weren't happy with the time and expense associated going up to Long Island multiple times in the same month.

Rather simple question, "why does Triple H not play in Philly based tournaments.

I just googled Tourney Machine NXT Cup 2016 to see what all the fuss was about. That is the best youth tourney field I have seen in regards to number of teams, Long Island empties out and descends on Philly that weekend and Maryland teams also come out in droves. On top of that seeing teams from Seattle, California, Texas, New England and Florida.

Even the B Team Brackets are stacked.

Much as I hate to say it I have to agree.

Hey let's stop the bashing...or at least for a couple of days call a truce.

Just got an email from my son's club team that they are forming a team to compete in the World Series of Youth Lacrosse in Denver. The tourament dropped their eligibility for the first time to align with US Lacrosse September 1st. This is really a U13 tournament or in the club team world a mix of 2022/2023.

Can a team from Philly compete? Thoughts?

My son plays for Brotherly Love they are taking eligible kids and combining their 2022 and 2023 teams. I think our 2023 team is top 3 in the country this year and our 2022 team has 4 of the best players from Freedom 2022 that play both clubs. Goalie will likely be a kid
From Lehigh that is excellent but they are having open tryouts

Someone from Philly should go to promote the sport, the city, and represent the youth club scene. Maybe not the hotbed as Baltimore and LI; however, the list of illustrious Philadelphia players that played the game at an elite level is pretty damn impressive.

Wsyl wants it both ways. They want a real team which has played together all season which are all grade based but also want a hard cutoff at 9/1.

The real teams have a couple kids older than 9/1.

The scumbag teams will cut the kids older than 9/1 and go play the B teams at WYSL without them and the real teams will play all tournament with all their kids as they have all season and decide the real championship at young guns or Millon championship.

Wsyl wants it both ways. They want a real team which has played together all season which are all grade based but also want a hard cutoff at 9/1.

The real teams have a couple kids older than 9/1.

The scumbag teams will cut the kids older than 9/1 and go play the B teams at WYSL without them and the real teams will play all tournament with all their kids as they have all season and decide the real championship at young guns or Millon championship.

Sounds like little Johnny isn't eligible because you held him back. Don't $*&t on the event as a result. It's truly great to see the kids on ESPN that are age eligible.
I applaud WSYL for this change and hope more tourneys go to this.
Afraid they won't, however.
Far too much focus on recruiting. Recruiting of rising 8th graders. Nothing broken there.

Problem is you are wrong. Very few tourneys use US lacrosse for insurance.

Lacrosse is an anolamy and not sure why. I think it has always been a niche support and a haven for preppie afffluent communities. One of the few collegiate sports that Ivy League Schools continue to rank at the highest level in the NCAA. That controlling faction is the only influencer that I can come up with that is manipulating the sport to its detriment.

The prep schools that litter the high school rankings every year, locally, Malvern, Haverford, and Episcopal are the single greatest beneficiaries of the re-classifcation tactic. Our neighbor is an outstanding pole and he was recruited to play for Haverford School. The first thing they made him do was repeat 9th grade.

If these bastions in the sport not only condone but encourage reclassification the reality is that outside of the high school ranks the sport will suffer even more as the playing field isn't level. In fairness the elite schools mostly play each other and the MIAA in Maryland is probably the greatest offender when it comes to reclassification and they often play each other and the Haverfords, Episopoal, and etc. are all on their schedules. The issue is when these schools then play Avon Grove, Springfield, Garnet Valley. It does beg the question if these elite private schools would even beat the public schools considering the majority of their rosters are filled with kids in "13th" grade.

That is the real reason, these private schools continue to be elite by gaming the system and these are the same individuals that fill the ranks of US Lacrosse.

Only way to lend clarity to a rather inane system. The world is round and NOT flat and anyone that believes grade over age based should be the standard sounds just about as silly as those that once believed the world is flat. T