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VLC will have impact this year

Will FCA be in AA this year?

I’m quite sure Fortnite will greatly impact this age bracket

FCA, crabs, and cannons should be AA with 91 going down to A

Crabs in AA? Did you not see the helmets at tryouts?

What basis do you have to say Crabs should be AA? They have not had a team that can compete at AA since 2023. Now tryout numbers. Average players.

I predict a Hoco win over Crabs

HOCO, Koopers, Breakers couldn’t beat a local rec lightning team

Considering those were the helmets at Crabs tryouts, I’ll take that bet. HoCo beats Crabs by 4.

not a crabs fan but if they lose to any of the three programs mentioned above they need to immediately cease operations. Not sure why any parent would pay the ridiculous fees for any of these teams. Why not just play for the local rec organization and save your money. Is is really worth $2k so Johnny and Dad can say they play club lax?

I will tell you why ... because junior cannot make the top rec travel team so dad looks for a club at $2000 because roster spots and playing time are available due to market saturation.

There are Rec Travel teams?

Agreed. More about the parents than the child. All Rec programs at lightning and mig are travel.

Coach Brendan Sweeney formerly of the 2026 Cannons has been added to the 2026 Hawks Staff

Does adding him to their team affect anything? Know nothing about that guy.

No. The team will still have holdbacks and obnoxious parents.

Great, let's make this thread about holdbacks also. I'm sure this time we will make progress on the question.

Earlier in this thread, there were comments that PLC was folding. Did that officially happen? Would be a shame as they had a nice team.

If it did happen, where did those kids go?

PLC did not fold. They have a 2026 team.

The kids and coaches on last year's 2026 PLC team are no longer there, they went to a start up program.

The coaches left for AYLC, Bay Dogs and 2 stayed I believe. I did not see a 2026 listed on PLC's website

Most of the kids went to Bay Raiders, Bay Dogs, Crabs and Hawks

Where are the 2026 teams playing in the fall? Mostly random tournaments and start of box season? Any leagues running?

New to the rodeo? No leagues in the fall, just fall tournament season. I think most 2026 team do about 2-3 tournaments. Anything else at the age of 10 is overkill IMO.

I think HOCO will be a top 10 local team this year. They turned it on at the end of last season, they beat Zingo's twice, tied Green Hornets in a Fall Tournament game and made quite a few changes to their roster since then. I know the coach so I can arrange a play date with him if you want to have a Fall scrimmage.

let's take a gander at this thought...

Bethesda Blue
Madlax
Team 91
Hawks
Diamondbacks
Looneys
Bay Raiders
Green Hornets
Cannons
FCA
Roughriders
Next Level
Bethesda Orange


Yep, top 10 looks about right.......

You realize that every HoCo team is god awful, right?

Didn’t they play down all summer in the B division after losing all spring in the A division? I guess if that’s turning it on...

Long Island Express is bringing all their teams down to Delaware to play Hawks. Anyone know who the other local teams that are playing???

Only local team in this is Hawks. Nobody else signed up to play in it.

If you are referring to the NAL Fall Event in Delaware on November 10th then BLC 2026 Blue is also participating

Referring to tomorrow morning.

Hawks 10-1 over Long Island Express
Hawks 9-0 over Express North

Thanks Hawks dad. We don’t care.

Looks like express took care of the hawks quite easily in Delaware in Sunday

Not in 2026, what did you watch? The Hawks spanked both Express teams that went to DE, though they looked a lot bigger so there has to be an age difference.

The reclass shuffle. If I played my boys at 2027 they'd be on any AA Elite team. So much in this sport is broken.

Lacrosse has to go to birth year like soccer.

Reclassifying is one thing, but I think that is less of a problem than people clam it is at the 5th grade level. If lacrosse goes to a birth year, then the focus of the complaining will be because a team has a bunch of early 2007 birthdays and their kids are 8-11 12 months older than our kids.

My son played with a big kid all through youth and HS. He was probably 6 ft in 6th grade, he's in college now and may have only grown 2 inches since then. The comments from opposing parents once they saw that he was also an excellent player were embarrassing. "Where's his birth certificate?" "Play with your own age!" "Did you drive to the game?" Some kids are bigger than other kids their age, some kids are better than kids their age, and some are bigger AND better than kids their age. That doesn't make them cheaters.

Agree with the lol....

Didn't team 91 go 2-5 in HOCO last year?

Yes, that is a well informed conclusion. Bigger = older