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Use this thread to discuss the Girls 2022-9th Grade Fall 2018/Summer 2019 Season

Looks like the best team in the age group, Monsters, who is also age appropriate, decided to go to Lake Placid instead of US Lacrosse. US Lacrosse is just going to be a pathetic waste of time. Nobody does it anymore because its dumb.

Why is the US Nationals Dumb?

the invite went out to all eligible club teams.. I would love to know why so many club declined this year. I realize the Md teams have been playing together since spring and have had enough, and traditonally have gone since 2013.. but why did Liberty, Topguns Legacy bail on the tournament this year?

Monster went to lake placid to play who exactly?.. beating smaller club teams 18-4 .. sounds like fun for both teams.

Monster is the best team in the 2022 division?

Why travel to Delaware, when Lake Placid is a lot closer to home.

Plus the atmosphere at Lake Placid is so awesome! It’s the best tournament in the country. US Lacrosse National Championship is a joke, competition wise.

Yes, From a coaching/officiating perspective, Monster is one of the best, if not the best 2022 teams.

Best tournament in the country? You’re kidding, right?

Lake Placid is a joke competition wise too.

You’re right, my bad. Since the UMD, UNC, FLA, Syracuse, etc commits don’t pertain to the 2022 age group, you have a point. Oh, and the fact that the best HS boys teams play as well.

I would hope that most directors would choose the Summit Classic tournament over the US (BS) National tournament. The experience itself is iconic. Those that make negative comments must have never been.

I agree with you on all of that. However we are talking about the competition for 2022. That was the conversation.

So I guess if the competition is the same at this age group, why not play closer to home, be done already, and have a blast in the gorgeous ADK area? I’m guessing at this young age, maybe some dads/moms are playing in the adult divisions.

While pool play was lacking in competition, all playoff games in the winners bracket were decided by 2 goals or less. That sounds competitive enough.

With tryouts over now, will there be much movement?

very very little

no movement from 'A' team to 'A' team...probably some B to B team movement happened

Don't be surprised. There is always some A to A team movement.

There was movement from A to A.

where?

There is always A to A movement. Naive to think otherwise. There was quite a bit of A to A movement with the 21s this year too. Doesn't stop until there are no more tryouts.

what team gained and what teams lost

Skywalkers and M&D got better

Why don’t we save that statement for after fall season, see how they do first.

nah, it's more fun this way

Hero's lost some dead weight

You must be such a great role model father figure to call young talented girls “dead weight”

Sad

probably one of the girls on the 2022 team posted that.

No. It was probably one of the dads.

It would be great if their sideline did

never gonna happen...HEROS RULES

Fall Premier was a joke....Sunday games should have been canceled, fields were horrible. Hope there were no injuries.

$$$ they needed to play or pay back the money

Why would high school teams play in that tournament to begin with? It's not an evaluation period and D1 coaches couldn't attend regardless. Funny it's called a Premiere Showcase when only D2 and D3 coaches can attend.

So what fall tournaments are good for high school players?

Check the recruiting calendar. There are 3 weekends that D1 coaches are allowed to attend. This past weekend and the next 2.

The best tournaments are the ones that M&D, Skywalkers, Yellow Jackets, Hero's etc attend. The top coaches go watch the top teams, etc...

The Fall Premiere Showcase was a total money grab.

most clubs play in it because they do not get much fall practice and can use this tournament to help get ready for the tournaments that D1 coaches can attend....and no college coaches are looking at 2022 right now.

no college coaches watching 22's this fall. coaches were at GFS watching the 20's and 21's. Next week they will be at SPSG and the MD Polo grounds watching the 21's and 20's

If that’s the case, why are mostly all of the fall tournaments for 2022 showcases? If colleges aren’t watching, why not play championship format for one more year? I was discouraged to see Mid-Atlantic is showcase format for the 22’s.

Because up until this year coaches did watch 9th graders. The new rules are really hitting all the schools this year. Most of the top schools were already done with 2020s when the rules changed. So, they could move on to 2021s last year. This year they are all over the 2021s as there are only 5-6 that committed before the rule change.

Florida Select goes 4-0 last weekend in MD, crushing 2 MD teams and 2 NY teams with a good chance of going 4-0 again this weekend. I know it’s fall ball but the team is making a statement here in the mid Atlantic region.

Settle down Florida Dad, you played TLC and Capital Blue.

The 4 teams they beat won a combined 3 games. Don't get too excited.

Playing 3 B teams again this weekend. Beat M&D this weekend then come back.