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Use this thread to discuss the Boys 2024-7th Grade Fall 2018/Summer 2019 Season

Express, TAZ and Wolfpack the best 2024s

See Madlax in Denver?......NOT

Denver is a crap tournament. But feel free to claim it's a WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.

MadLax beat TAZ and WP enough on the East Coast. Why do they need to do it out west?

Now that tryouts are over, any big changes at T91MD, ML, BLC, and Hawks?

madlax 2023 Team is stacked.

They have a really good team. Players from 2023 and 2024 grad years - they are impressive

13U world championship.

Mad lax had their chance to go, but that was last year, with the ‘23’s. Mad lax actually did go to Denver last year, but not for the WSYL. Went one of the easiest tourneys of the summer. Heard they didn’t even win it. Not one decent team there.

Any kid that chooses to play up has my respect. Doesn't happen much these days.

Im from NY and happen to know several parents and kids in the BLC / Madlax universe. Hate to say this, but every single one of them have said the same thing, the kid is a legit 2024.

There has to be a best player in every age group. Regardless of whether that kid plays up or down, there is a best player for every age.

Thats because the other kids are all catching up. Good lacrosse player . Blends right in now. Does not stand out anymore then the next kid. That’s why Mad-lax is on the decline

Im from NY and happen to know several parents and kids in the BLC / Madlax universe. Hate to say this, but every single one of them have said the same thing, the kid is a legit 2024.

There has to be a best player in every age group. Regardless of whether a kid plays up or down, there is a best player for every age. [/quote]

Nice try Madlax guy, but you didn’t fool anyone with your lame impersonating as a Long Islander. The DC stench gives you away every time!

Size and skill separate a player tremendously when in grades 3-7th but once other players start to get better skills and others mature, the playing field starts to level out more. All players on Mad-lax are good players

If you want to know the top teams, or the top players, just look to see who is criticized the most. Jealousy brings out the worst in people.

But this one dad is a terrible reflection on the rest of the team. Let's keep it classy and quit singling out kids.

his coaches didn't kick him to the curb. U r 2 funny... maybe my sons team will finally beat ml. Cm has 2 kids on the 24 team. he will make sure they r competitive. I heard something about grabbing fogo from crabs. Could be wrong about it.

Nice try Madlax guy, but you didn’t fool anyone with your lame impersonating as a Long Islander. The DC stench gives you away every time!


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Didnt say I was from Long Island. Said I was from NY. Its a pretty big state. He's a legit 2024

So how come the mighty Madlax barely beat Looneys 6-4?

It’s a novel concept...called fall ball.

Madlax will be just fine, they'll run the table again. They still have their star attackman and they picked up a new man-child at middie. The kids got to be 6 feet tall and 160lbs. Runs well and really can't be stopped when he's running downhill. Question is why did 91play a bunch of teams this weekend that are barely A caliber teams after shooting off their mouths about only playing the best of the best. Hawks and BLC have to be the favorites for the Spring.

It’s called, they got VERY lucky they didn’t get smoked. Plain and simple. They looked awful. No biggie midi. No Madlax. Have fun in the B tourneys!

Ditto...I was just about to say the same thing about 91. NXT has great tournaments but their Nightfall was a weak line-up. A teams at best, some B level.

Hasn’t ML lost their last four in a row to Md91? Not sure what running the table “agaIn” means. Also not sure how Hawks 2024 is a projected powerhouse. BLC on the other hand is legit and getting better and better. Regardless they are all good teams and we will see in the spring!

Word from this weekend's events is that there are 10 teams competing in the 2024 "Elite" Divison this year, I think it waters down the league. What are the qualifications to compete at this level - that the program wants to so they can say they have an elite team? With FCA, Next Level, Breakers and Rough Riders joining the elite ranks it shows that any team can enter? These teams are solid A team but get smoked when they play the low-level Elite teams like Loonies and Crabs. I would even question Crabs this year as deserving to play in the Elite level. To be in the league you have to be able to hang, compete and beat some of the other top teams - 91, BLC, Hawks, Madlax. And will everyone play everyone else, it's a 7 game schedule so who gets to play all the newbies and pump up their records? The season should be extended to a 10 game season with a playoff for the top 5. Otherwise, these teams will end up succeeding or getting falsely pumped up depending on who they draw.

Right, and the last time the Hawks and 91 MD played it was 10-0(91MD). It will be a great spring, if they dont water down AA with A teams.

Let me translate. Man-child = cheater. Repeating 7th grade. 1-2 years older than the other kids. Instead of developing stick skills, using size as an unfair advantage. Not surprising for an organization like Madlax. Coach has to recruit older kids rather than developing the kids he has.

I actually know the new middie. Not a holdback--parents are tall and were also athletes

Every top team in the DMV has Private school kids correct! Then by rule every top team has older kids on the team! You can not have a large number of private school kids and not have older kids. This is a fact.

Who cares.

I know lots of private school kids that didn't repeat 7th grade. Maybe it is common in Bmore but it is not common in DMV.

wrong...its beyond common in DMV

He is 100% a holdback. Huge kid. Madlax has reloaded with new kids and will be the #1 team nationally. Again.

Madlax added another player Other than that the team really hasn't changed. Owner still doesn't play the best kids at attack (my personal opinion). So Madlax has a lot of the same weaknesses that it had last year.

Madlax will be the team to beat this year. Next year forget it. To many 2023 will be heldback and become 2024's. Everyone enjoy the older holdbacks this year, as next year all top teams will have them. It is the new norm.

Saw his parents at Battle on the Bay. They were pretty big themselves. But I have to say, his muscular development and movement makes it look like he is a year or two older than the other kids. Regardless, that advantage doesn't last. Next year the rest of the kids will catch up.

This is not true the magic you guys keep hoping for, The catching up will not happen. The reclass kid no matter which one will still be a year to two years older this is not how math works people. Your kid might hit his growth spurt but the hold back kid will have the advantage of playing with his size for a full year or two. Your son will just be learning his new 3 inches of height and how to move. They will just all look the same size but this is only if the hold back has stopped growing. But most boys grow for 18 years not 11 or 12. Just ask your self this what does a 19 year old and and 15 year old look like???? Or a 17 and a 19 year old?? The advantage never goes away. You can maybe argue it does in college.

Next year things even out because it will be 8th grade and he'll have to deal with the kids who reclassify.

This will not even things out I have lived this twice. There will just be more big older kids beating on your on age son. If they do not kick your son down to a B level club.

So what you're preaching is, Madlax has the cheating game down better than anyone, and they are the best team at this grade level, as a result. And you obviously take great pride in the organizations prowess at playing this game.

Sir, you and your like-minded friends, who are void of all moral character, are exactly what's wrong with travel lacrosse and the world at large. Dishonesty, cheating, stealing and worse.

Enjoy your short term gains, but from my experience, what goes around comes around. In the end, you and your moral-less brethren, will get what's coming to you.

The new huge kid on Madlax 24 played for DC Dogs 24 last year. Total holdback.