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John Carroll is moving on up!

Winless Spalding fans puffed up because SM lost a playoff game by too many goals is pure comedy.

22-6 😳

Poor goalie

Pretty sure he is running Commodore DOS on his 8 bit computer

Great school, great coach, they deserve it, good luck JC!

Is it Official ??

I just saw the the official notice that they have joined the MIAA "A"

Hopefully they are more competitive than Mt St Joe and Spaulding

JC is going to get hammered playing A. They will move back down in 4 years when they get tired of losing most games by 10+ points. You ain't playing Curley and girls school of the blind anymore. JC lost to MSJ last year and that was with better JC team. It's gonna be ugly. But like previous poster said, it's just another bottom feeder that will never sniff a playoff seed.

Doubtful

Is John Carroll moving up in all sports or just lacrosse. I haven't seen, was just wondering. I would any fall sports moving up would have to wait until next year. Are spring 2018 schedules done already?

they are already in the A conference in Soccer, Volleyball, basketball, wrestling, baseball, And the girls are in A in several IAMM sports.

No one is happier than MSJ, Spalding, and Severn.

Great coaching, new facilities, less tuition, nicer area, girls, great education - sure, that all sucks. The coach has won like 9 straight championships between there and Hereford, and they are already very competitive at many sports like Wrestling, Soccer, Bball, and almost all of the girls sports. Many families are 1/2 hour or 40 mins away, just other direction. With club ball environment the way it is now, I can see parents balancing the benefits vs necessarily being in the hunt for championship, which really isn't why folks pick the other schools either.

Are the 2018 Hawks best in Maryland ??
2nd Big 4 HHH
2nd Crab Feast

Thanks, wasn't sure of the landscape, will football stay B or ultimately move up.

I would say without question they are

Very True

The best 2nd place team ever!

JC Football was 1 and 9 last year in the B conference and got beat by 40 points against Loyola. Loyola was winless in A conference. Watched them get murdered by CHC and they only won 2 games in A conference. Im sure they will stay in B.

Who is better in Maryland, I thought that was the question

Does anyone know who is on the WaveLax team playing in FreeState team on Wednesday night. Don't see anythng on their website.

So how is the Calvert Hall/FCA team doing at UA?

Both the Baltimore Command and Highlight are undefeated (3-0) and (2-0)

Its pretty sad when parents/players on the sideline at UA today are repeatedly joking about the Baltimore teams holdbacks. Watching 17 year rising 10th graders play vs. on age kids from all across the country is a blot on the sport. Sad.

Baltimore and the whole Holdback thing has become the talk of many regions. It is sad when it takes away the great lacrosse played by these High School boys.

Most people think ( justifiably in my opinion) that the Balt teams are loaded with holdbacks. So a 2020/2021 team is actually a 2019/2020 team. And their 2019/2018 team is basically a college Freshman team with a few HS seniors!

Its HS and most just shug their shoulders and laugh.. But many think just like I do..it doesnt seem quite right..

Funny...But if you look at many of the teams,,. Many of the players are either from the coaches Club team or HS team. Most are good players. But for sure their is some bias in selection.

Very Fake News.
Blah blah blah

I watched the Command Long Island team play this afternoon and they are impressive. A final against Baltimore would be an epic youth lacrosse game likely rivaling the DC vs Baltimore Command game last year.

Not sure how many 17 year old boys are playing for rising 9th and 10th grade Balt team..but Balt team has many many 16 year olds that will be 17 during 10th grade school year. Most of kids are from private MIAA schools so it follows that they are a holdback/prefirst/reclass

Majority of 10 graders for teams are 15 now and 16 during school year. But I bet Philly and NJ have some holdbacks playing too.

So not Fake News about holdbacks..but probably not many 17 year old kids playing. But who knows..maybe one or two for Balt??

Gilman mid is 17

. It's not some bias, its all bias with B Kelly. He is full of himself, had become the holdback king of club lacrosse, taking the lead over from Crabs. Sure most of the players are good as most are holdbacks and older than other 2020 teams. The FCA is a farce and he and others hide behind this crap, they are way far from religious, almost the opposite. The Calvert Hall team is full of his favorites and believe it, he plays favorites. How in the [lacrosse] he ever got coach of the year or whatever it was has many shaking their heads. He is not a coach with a high lax IQ. He is just good at throwing out the BS.

Posting DOB on the rosters like they did last year would demonstrate what a joke the grade based classification actually is - clearly that's why they stopped doing it. The Baltimore team's leading scorers are all reclassed. 10th and 11th graders pretending to be 9th graders.

"some" bias is being a bit generous.... cheers to those who truly earned their way on to the team with exceptional play at the tryouts.

Life doesn't go by the birthday buddy system. Education has evolved, not yours apparently. High School is by grade, not by age. Are you going to carry your stupid argument to college, men's league, grandpa league, and retirement home shuffleboard?

HS is by grade. But apologists like you never seem to respond to what he actually wrote. He is correct. The rising 9th grade Balt team could be a age wise 10th grade team. While the majority of the other teams are not able to do that.

And the stopping of age by player is a clear indication that many dont want it to be known. If it is no big deal why do they leave that information off??

Baltimore is correct in playing as rising 9th graders and are within the rules. And if it was a few overage players, dont think many would say a word. But it seems like the entire Baltimore team is a year older than the teams the are playing,,,,,Well the rest of us get to remark about how we feel when there is that much a difference between teams when playing by grade.

Wonder if Duke got their Freshman class and played any top HS senior team what would be said.. It is only 1 year difference...shouldnt matter.

Well said, and I thought the same thing.....if everything is completely ok then why the change in the publication of the birthdays? Obviously there is shame involved when you are unable to compete on age, no matter how much name-calling and attempts to bully the rest of us the holdback parents do.

Both of you should get your facts straight before posting. Kids who are both rising ninth and rising tenth graders are eligible to try out for the Command division for the UAAA team. This age group covers a two year span as does the Highlight division.

As for the argument about why B Kelly was selected as coach of the year....it just might have something to do with the FACT that he's the head coach of a team that won the MIAA A championship this year.

Stop hating.

. Ok hating at all. I don't give a rats [lacrosse] if he won the MIAA A championship, he is a sneak, liar to you face and is now the holdback king of club lacrosse. He is just as bad as Ryan M of Crabs. Ask around, away from CH or that fake FCA, and you will hear what B Kelly is really like and thought of. Plus he enjoys a low lacrosse IQ. He wasn't the reason CH won. Now the above is FACT. Sorry to bust your bubble.

Get YOUR facts straight. The Command division is for rising 9th and 10th graders. The Baltimore team has more that shall we say - ehem - a few kids who are reclassed 1 or 2 times. Only in the bizarro world of Baltimore private schools/club lacrosse does this seem normal. More than half the Command could be on the Highlight team. Full beards and driver licenses are the things most of these kids have in common.

Is there a holdback all-star game and on age all-star game at the end of the tourney or do they play together?