US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums MID-ATLANTIC LACROSSE MARYLAND FORUM Boys 2022 - 8th Grade Fall 2017/Summer 2018

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HoCo should help those 91 kids out this year and set up a podium and some chairs on the turf between the fields for after their games.

Agreed

18-6 there good buddy

Hardly. Best attack unit in State..for that matter East Coast

So what team will the API kids play for this weekend? API or Dukes?

Agreed

Entire country

Api will get their ass kicked this year they lost to many good players last year . The new players not as good . Api should drop down they are not a elite program any more.

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With out a face guy 91 will struggle. So I was told the kid that faced off had left and went to another team? Also 4 othwe of their top players as well? Does anyone know?

API only lost 1 good player and picked up several very good older players. API will be back on top of the leader board

91 has a faceoff kid who is very good. The kids who left were not the “top” players.

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Yes they are playing for Evergreen

Only 1 API kid plays for Dukes.

I saw 91 play last Fall and they struggled with FO; thought that was their biggest weakness on that particular day. If that is the case I am sure MM is already looking for another kid. Defensively and in Goal they looked solid.

Why did Cav 2022 drop out?

BLC didn't play NL Last year, still made playoff's after going thru the hardest schedule. Great competition weekly trumps bitching about strength of schedule. Suspect FCA will be much improved, as they were towards the end of the year last year and in the fall. FOGO is a stud, and they have size and skill all over the field. 91's D is as athletic as it gets, and the hawks are skilled and deep. Going to be some classic battles, as the talent, coaching, and competition at this level in HOCO is the best 2022 lacrosse league in the country. Will be interesting to see if Baltimore will be able to crown a champion at any of the levels....been a while vs the MOCO teams and Hawks. No disputing Hawks have been the most successful program for a few years.

Very fair perspective. Hardly can believe that it is possible to post something logical and reasonable without mentioning something childish or even worse. As noted, 2022 Elite is stacked from top to bottom with REAL lacrosse players. If all of them were thrown into a pool, and a common draft was to occur, I feel strongly that parity would exist. It should be a great year and all of us -- no matter our club affiliation -- should enjoy it, as it is a precursor to watching teammates play with OR against each other for the next 4 years when they enter high school.

Dukes/Koopers - hold
DCE - buy
Crabs - hold
Hawks - buy
RR - hold
FCA - buy
91MD - sell
MadLax - sell
API - hold
Next Level - sell

As a parent of a High School Son. You are correct it gets a lot more fun and the teams hate each other way less when the kids from 12 different teams end up on lots of the same high school teams.

It's the parents, not the kids, who hate each other. My kids regularly hang out with and communicate with kids from other teams, some of whom they barely know, but have a great deal of respect for.

It's the parents, not the kids, who hate each other. My kids regularly hang out with and communicate with kids from other teams, some of whom they barely know, but have a great deal of respect for.[/quote]

This! I am reminded of a movie called "Finding Bobby Fisher" about kids playing competitive chess. At one point, a tournament organizer is forced to lock the parents out of the building so that the kids could just compete in peace. Shame on all and everyone of us that contributes to a toxic environment knowingly and/or unknowingly. Let's check our egos at the door this year and let these kids play, be competitive but also mutually supportive, and as others have pointed out, help our kids create, develop and nurture relationships they will shortly experience during their high school years as the play against the best lacrosse competition at any level in this country. That is a legacy we can all work towards building.

Coaching actually matters at this level so the rec posers at some of these programs will be exposed this year. Look for RM to weave his magic with the Crabs. Expect a well disciplined team with great fundamentals.

Is this a joke? You know RM is a rec coach? Only magic he weaves is bringing in kids from all over the country to make the team better. No one has developed on that team.

The 91MD Face-off player you speak^ of moved to Roughriders. RR will benefit from the extra possessions this season. 8 players and 2 coaches left the 91MD team at the end of last season.

Are you referring to their Monday-Fri attack squad, or Sat-Sun attack squad? "Potentially" the best East Coast attack squad, when the Midwest players are here.

Where did they all go besides FO to RR??

They all went to RR. The coach too. The goalie quit playing lacrosse.

3 to RR, 1 to Crabs, 1 to API, 2 quit playing club lacrosse because they were not having fun, to include their starting goalie. Not sure who the other is.

Well said. And fun to see the different ages mix. But people need to take a step back and enjoy how good these kids are and how even the best teams can get upset...great site but an enormous amount of parent stupidity...

RR is the armpit of club lacrosse.

Api only pick up 2 good kids . One from team 91 and the other kid came from sidewinders Lsm . They don’t have a elite face- off kid Api lost 2 great face off kids . The other players that left are better then the ones they pick up the kids they don’t have stick skills . They need to hit the wall .

thats a lie and everyone knows it

This! I am reminded of a movie called "Finding Bobby Fisher" about kids playing competitive chess. At one point, a tournament organizer is forced to lock the parents out of the building so that the kids could just compete in peace. Shame on all and everyone of us that contributes to a toxic environment knowingly and/or unknowingly. Let's check our egos at the door this year and let these kids play, be competitive but also mutually supportive, and as others have pointed out, help our kids create, develop and nurture relationships they will shortly experience during their high school years as the play against the best lacrosse competition at any level in this country. That is a legacy we can all work towards building.
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You are the funniest person on this forum. Let's all have a group hug and agree to a code of conduct. Oh yeah most of us already signed some agreement that this is travel and we play to win. Some of the best games have been up north vs LI and NJ teams. Players play and parents get to talk as much [lacrosse] as they want. Thousands a year spent on lacrosse you bet your [lacrosse] I'm going to talk [lacrosse] at the games and on this forum. If you want peace and quiet go have your kid join the chess club.

not even close to the best attack unit in their own league.

RR is a tough well coached team that will bring it just like years past. They have improved greatly and will be a tough match up for all teams.

Wow! Trolling doesn't get any better than this. Sad bit of commentary -

How did you arrive at this conclusion. While sipping tea with your pinky out?