BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums MID-ATLANTIC LACROSSE MARYLAND FORUM Boys 2022 -9th Grade Fall 2018/Summer 2019

Amateur hour. Good luck coach Phipps.

All the DMV teams did well at the Terrapin Fall Classic Playday:
Blackwolf 2-1 (loss to Patriot)
Madlax 3-0
MD Roughriders: 3-0
Next Level: 2-0-1 (tied Southshore)

A few other teams were undefeated also (Sweetlax FL, Iron Horse Dallas). Too bad they didn't have playoffs.

Strange playing these games on mini-fields carved out of baseball diamonds. Maplezone is nice for baseball. Not great for lacrosse past 6th grade.

Blackwolf, AKA Evergreen South, beat two teams that were a combined 1-7-1 for the weekend. Pretty impressive.

Blackwolf, AKA Evergreen South, beat two teams that were a combined 1-7-1 for the weekend. Pretty impressive.

The NAL - North American Lacrosse Fall Invitational 2018 looks to be one of the best events of the fall. Look at this line up of teams. (Is DC Dogs the old Club Blue 2022 team or are the 2023 DC Dogs playing up?)

Annapolis Hawks
BBL Elite Black
DC Express
Express North - Bell
Fighting Clams
Georgia Tigers Elite
Igloo Artic Blast
Iron Horse - Austin
Iron Horse - Dallas
Juiced Cherries
Legacy Rebels
LI Express - Chan
Madlax - Capital
Madlax DC Dogs
NH Tomahawks
Orange Crush
Patriot Elite
Philadelphia Freedom
Predators
Prime Time
Richmond Hawks
Rising Sons
Sweetlax - FL
Sweetlax - NY

The NAL - North American Lacrosse Fall Invitational 2018 looks to be one of the best events of the fall. Look at this line up of teams. (Is DC Dogs the old Club Blue 2022 team or are the 2023 DC Dogs playing up?)

Annapolis Hawks
BBL Elite Black
DC Express
Express North - Bell
Fighting Clams
Georgia Tigers Elite
Igloo Artic Blast
Iron Horse - Austin
Iron Horse - Dallas
Juiced Cherries
Legacy Rebels
LI Express - Chan
Madlax - Capital
Madlax DC Dogs
NH Tomahawks
Orange Crush
Patriot Elite
Philadelphia Freedom
Predators
Prime Time
Richmond Hawks
Rising Sons
Sweetlax - FL
Sweetlax - NY

DC Dogs are the 23s. Yes, they are playing up.

Which means they are playing on age.

Which means they are playing on age.

You better hope they do not go 3-0 on Sunday then what will you be saying about this team???

The NAL - North American Lacrosse Fall Invitational 2018 looks to be one of the best events of the fall. Look at this line up of teams. (Is DC Dogs the old Club Blue 2022 team or are the 2023 DC Dogs playing up?)

Annapolis Hawks
BBL Elite Black
DC Express
Express North - Bell
Fighting Clams
Georgia Tigers Elite
Igloo Artic Blast
Iron Horse - Austin
Iron Horse - Dallas
Juiced Cherries
Legacy Rebels
LI Express - Chan
Madlax - Capital
Madlax DC Dogs
NH Tomahawks
Orange Crush
Patriot Elite
Philadelphia Freedom
Predators
Prime Time
Richmond Hawks
Rising Sons
Sweetlax - FL
Sweetlax - NY

Their are some good teams listed fortunately for them they were scheduled against the lower end B/C of that age group. They would have played better competition playing local at the Battle of the Bay or the Terps Playday a few weeks ago and saved some time and $$.

Why don't more fall events include playoffs? Do most people really prefer a playday? Who wouldn't want to see the best teams challenge each other?

[quote=Anonymous]Their are some good teams listed fortunately for them they were scheduled against the lower end B/C of that age group. They would have played better competition playing local at the Battle of the Bay or the Terps Playday a few weeks ago and saved some time and $$.

Its about the money (give backs, you scratch mine, I'll scratch yours) from the Club Owners, Greater BW private school players are better off playing for their high school teams and bagging club fees. You're not getting what you pay for parents: you're getting ripped off......But alas, you're only sheep... And don't feed me the recruiting fear stuff: I'm more experienced than you... With the recruiting window having been pushed back two full years and high schools playing more in the summer and fall, club matters less and less. Yes you are fighting the last war (out dated strategy, tactics and weapons).

Missing the best teams from MD based on the summer tournaments, Roughriders, Team 91 and Crabs.

Why don't more fall events include playoffs? Do most people really prefer a playday? Who wouldn't want to see the best teams challenge each other?

Well the truth about this is these tournaments at 9th grade and above are to make the college coaches happy not the who has a better team crowed. This format allows the college coaches to see the best teams/ players on their schedule so they can plan ahead. You can really see it at the larger tournaments. There might be 8 fields with 11th grade teams playing but only two of the games has 10 or more college coaches. In a playoff format they would have to stay all day maybe to see this matchup they really came to see. Here is another bit of info people do not really know. The coaches have a list before they show up and they plan their day around that list of kids they are coming to see. They will make notes and add names true but most of the time they see the kid they came to see and move on to another game or tournament.

What is the deal with Hawks and St. Mary’s school social media feuding

I don't think it's a Hawks and St. Mary's issue, I think it's just Ripley being Ripley

Real talk are Madlax DC Dogs 2023 better than Madlax Cap 2022?

Real talk are Madlax DC Dogs 2023 better than Madlax Cap 2022?

Based on scores today, I’d say so.
DC Dogs 2-1
Madlax 0-2-1

Not a great day for most DMV teams at NAL
DC Express 1-2
Hawks 2-1

Easy on DC Express--like many teams missing key players for football and now hoop. They did show up well in last game beating LI Express by several. This team will be very good when all the pieces are in place.

Any scores for the golden standard?

Hawks had three good games but dropped a tough one versus the LI Express Chan by a goal. Fall ball is about evaluating players and experimenting as a coaching staff especially in a play day format (no playoffs or championships). Many kids are coming off of fall sports and may already be involved in winter sports so these fall tournaments are more for brushing off cobwebs and evaluating where kids are athletically versus winning every game. Every high school and college coach will tell you the same thing: Rec and club coaches don't always have this developmental perspective.

If you want to evaluate players and experiment, call up some of the local teams and play each other. It's a lot cheaper and more flexible than paying a ton of money and traveling all over the place to a big event only to play a couple random teams. If you are going to bring all these teams together from all across the county, have a playoff.

I get that you may not have you best kids available and playing at their best, but most of the summer teams change their line ups week to week also, but they still have playoffs.

I think you are really missing the point of why these events are created. Not that long ago 2022 class (Freshman) would be in the thick of recruiting. As it stands they are just getting started. As they boys move forward, most event are there for coaches to evaluate players who are already on the radar through recommendations, emails, showcases, camps...Have your son start emailing coaches and let them know the schedule. The larger the event and more teams = more coaches will attend to see more players. At this level and moving forward, winning t-shirts and bragging rights just is not as important as it was in middle school.

I think you are really missing the point of why these events are created. Not that long ago 2022 class (Freshman) would be in the thick of recruiting. As it stands they are just getting started. As they boys move forward, most event are there for coaches to evaluate players who are already on the radar through recommendations, emails, showcases, camps...Have your son start emailing coaches and let them know the schedule. The larger the event and more teams = more coaches will attend to see more players. At this level and moving forward, winning t-shirts and bragging rights just is not as important as it was in middle school.

Except that coaches are not evaluating or even interested in 2022s at this point. How many coaches did you see watching any of the 2022 games on Sunday at NALFI? Right, so why no playoffs?

So if playoffs then Hawks don’t make it knock out in pool play.