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Once was a phenomenal pole himself. Going through some tough times right now but both he and the HC could use a fresh start and wish them well. I have a sneaking suspicion that Episcopal will soon be in the elite ranks, nationally.

nxt box tourney predictions

HS AA - Everest Academy Varsity
HS A - Everest Academy JV
2021 - Ottawa Capitals
2022 - Annapolis Hawks (toss up in this division though)
2023 - 91 Bandits (either color)
2024 - Brotherly Love

HS AA - Everest over Penn Lax 14-6
HS A - 91 Crush over Everest in finals 7-6
2021 - TriState over PennLax 6-3 (Ottawa capitals 0-4)
2022 - 91md over Hawks 13-9
2023 - ? - three 91s and BL in brackets but no results? BL lost to 91 blue earlier 5-4
2024 - 91md over BL 8-7

2023- bandits v bandits in the final. No game played. Beat BL and Warriors by a bunch in the semis.

Wow! Bandits and the B team in the finals. Not a great showing for Philly lacrosse.

Wow! Bandits and the B team in the finals. Not a great showing for Philly lacrosse.

Bandits beat BL 14-5

The Bandits are an excellent team; their skills are top notch and reflective of the amount of time they invest in the game at such a young age. I watched the Brotherly Love vs Bandits (split squad) which Bandits won 5-4 and I have to say that BL looked awful, they looked like a field team trying to play box and didn't even put a shot on goal until 7 minutes had expired. That's embarrassing. Now that being said here was the difference in the two teams.
Bandits: Elite stick skills and precision execution of the box game.
Brotherly Love: No clue on how to play box but clearly the more athletic and faster team. They had 3-4 kids that looked like attack type skill sets, the rest shouldn't be playing box and were obviously defenseman or middies used to running by people to get their goals.

However "Gloating Parent" from Long Island what does strike me about the 91 Bandits is very little speed and athleticism and a ton of undersized kids. The reality is the insane amount of time and money invested into youth lacrosse will yield very little return for the majority of you. Sure there may be a Connor Cannizzaro amongst the Bandit Team but I didn't see him if there was. If BL 2023 is the best Philly Team and my understanding is they are they are clearly the more athletic team and at the end of they day individual kids on BL will eventually catch the 91 kids and ultimately have more successful lacrosse careers. I don't doubt that 91 players will go on and have success; however, the majority of them will end up as burnt out college kids reminiscing about their glory days from when they were in 5th and 6th grade. You are kidding yourself if you think the undersized kids that I saw are going to be able to play collegiate lacrosse at a D1 Level. The Jordan Wolf's and the Joey Sankeys are the minority, size matters.
But in fairness Kudos to the 91 teams and their brand. They have done a remarkable job in developing skillsets and elevating the you game.

They looked awful. Players running around with 5 seconds left oblivious to the shot clock, the subbing looked like a Chinese Firedrill, Poles playing offense that looked like they were uncomfortable with a short stick, no picks, no pick and slips, no back door cuts, and middie "types" trying to do alley dodges. But they were fast. The one kid ran down a 91 kid and took his arm off like a cheetah chasing down a zebra on the Serengeti....but overall their box game looked awful.

Truly awful

The Bandits are an excellent team; their skills are top notch and reflective of the amount of time they invest in the game at such a young age. I watched the Brotherly Love vs Bandits (split squad) which Bandits won 5-4 and I have to say that BL looked awful, they looked like a field team trying to play box and didn't even put a shot on goal until 7 minutes had expired. That's embarrassing. Now that being said here was the difference in the two teams.
Bandits: Elite stick skills and precision execution of the box game.
Brotherly Love: No clue on how to play box but clearly the more athletic and faster team. They had 3-4 kids that looked like attack type skill sets, the rest shouldn't be playing box and were obviously defenseman or middies used to running by people to get their goals.

However "Gloating Parent" from Long Island what does strike me about the 91 Bandits is very little speed and athleticism and a ton of undersized kids. The reality is the insane amount of time and money invested into youth lacrosse will yield very little return for the majority of you. Sure there may be a Connor Cannizzaro amongst the Bandit Team but I didn't see him if there was. If BL 2023 is the best Philly Team and my understanding is they are they are clearly the more athletic team and at the end of they day individual kids on BL will eventually catch the 91 kids and ultimately have more successful lacrosse careers. I don't doubt that 91 players will go on and have success; however, the majority of them will end up as burnt out college kids reminiscing about their glory days from when they were in 5th and 6th grade. You are kidding yourself if you think the undersized kids that I saw are going to be able to play collegiate lacrosse at a D1 Level. The Jordan Wolf's and the Joey Sankeys are the minority, size matters.
But in fairness Kudos to the 91 teams and their brand. They have done a remarkable job in developing skillsets and elevating the you game.

Wonderful back handed compliment.

Your a jerkoff. Tons and tons of undersized kids doing very well in college lacrosse. Grant ament. Is five foot 9. 6 goals on Saturday. That said all the big kids can gladly take spots on Syracuse taking basket weaving and underwater fire prevention while the smaller kids fill up the Nescac schools and actually come out of college employable beyond coaching lacrosse at the newest travel programs

The Bandits are an excellent team; their skills are top notch and reflective of the amount of time they invest in the game at such a young age. I watched the Brotherly Love vs Bandits (split squad) which Bandits won 5-4 and I have to say that BL looked awful, they looked like a field team trying to play box and didn't even put a shot on goal until 7 minutes had expired. That's embarrassing. Now that being said here was the difference in the two teams.
Bandits: Elite stick skills and precision execution of the box game.
Brotherly Love: No clue on how to play box but clearly the more athletic and faster team. They had 3-4 kids that looked like attack type skill sets, the rest shouldn't be playing box and were obviously defenseman or middies used to running by people to get their goals.

However "Gloating Parent" from Long Island what does strike me about the 91 Bandits is very little speed and athleticism and a ton of undersized kids. The reality is the insane amount of time and money invested into youth lacrosse will yield very little return for the majority of you. Sure there may be a Connor Cannizzaro amongst the Bandit Team but I didn't see him if there was. If BL 2023 is the best Philly Team and my understanding is they are they are clearly the more athletic team and at the end of they day individual kids on BL will eventually catch the 91 kids and ultimately have more successful lacrosse careers. I don't doubt that 91 players will go on and have success; however, the majority of them will end up as burnt out college kids reminiscing about their glory days from when they were in 5th and 6th grade. You are kidding yourself if you think the undersized kids that I saw are going to be able to play collegiate lacrosse at a D1 Level. The Jordan Wolf's and the Joey Sankeys are the minority, size matters.
But in fairness Kudos to the 91 teams and their brand. They have done a remarkable job in developing skillsets and elevating the you game.

You Clearly didn't watch the Bandit Orange team play! If you were looking for that speed it was with the orange team. They took our kids to the shed. Blowing by our boys. As our coaches were subbing at the wrong time Bandits Orange was running perfectly executed breaks The Orange Bandit team was at a different level than I've seen in this age group. It was the first thing my son said after the game. Tremendous skill and athleticism

Amen. If the goal is to be the best youth lacrosse player in middle school they are unparalleled but it seems to me their teams are not as dominant at the high school level. Do the kids move on, do they get burned out, does the club not focus on older boys just curious.

Amen. If the goal is to be the best youth lacrosse player in middle school they are unparalleled but it seems to me their teams are not as dominant at the high school level. Do the kids move on, do they get burned out, does the club not focus on older boys just curious.

9d1's 2018,19,20,21 teams are all top 5 teams in the country for their respective year groups. The 2020 team arguably one best teams in youth lacrosse history.

Anyone know how often they are practicing. That kind of precision has to be driven by a lot of practice.

Top 5 in the country is very respectable, but to the point of the other poster, it is not as dominant as the 2023 team. Seemed like a reasonable question to me.