BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums MID-ATLANTIC LACROSSE MARYLAND FORUM Girls 2025-6th Grade Fall 2018/Summer 2019

College lacrosse coaching is much more valuable than travel. A culture is created at each college-either positive or toxic. Travel is about throwing girls out there on middie lines to impress coaches by forcing to goal and showing off. Teams with the best middies usually win. I could replace all the M&D and YJ coaches with parents that coach at midlevel teams ansd the results would be similar.

I'll disagree unless you replace every team's coaches with parent coaches. Good coaches, parent or not, attract better players and then all the other things take place: line depth, player skills and so on.

Agree-we have an amazing parent/ coach and our team is improving dramatically each year. He has also produced a positive club culture for the parents and that is becoming very important.

Coaching is so important at this age. My daughter went from a dad Coach who never played, to a mom coach who just happened to play and coach at the D1 level. Practices are focused, drills are specific, and the growth is tremendous. Meanwhile the old team with dad coach still scrimmages for 90% of the practice because he doesn’t know any drills and the team struggles

We had the opposite experience . Our mom d1 coach was not very good-only in it to make $$$ . We are now with a dad coach who is fantastic with a tons of girls trying to get on the team each year. The point is that the coach is ciritical. I prefer the coach not be as entrepeneurial and into player development.

It helps if the highly qualified coach also has a daughter on the team

NEMS ties Hero's and loses by one to HoCO. Nice to see a team on the rise.

Hard to see NEMS being in top 4. LBC 2-0 start helps, M&D, HOCO, Hero's, Pride and Skywalkers favorites for the top 4? How would you rank out the top 4?

My guess is that M&D and NEMs will finish 1 &2 in their division and LBC and Hero's in the other. Skywalkers and HoCo would round out the top 6.

Were literally 1 week into the season. Do we really already need to start ranking 12 year old girls? Let's not forget the M & D upset last year. Goes to show it can truly be anyones game. Just enjoy the journey and support the girls talents

We're week 1 into the season, do we really already need to start ranking 12 year old girls? Let's not forget about the M & D playoff upset last season. Goes to show it can truly be anyone's game/season. Just enjoy the season and appreciate the girls talent.

Lighten up buttercup. If you and your daughter aren’t up for the competition discussion jump back to rec and save yourself a thousand bucks.

How can anyone forget that game? I think I still hear the LBC coach yelling just to hear herself.

Impulse Lax tourney schedule up for summer. Looks like LBC and MD United dropping down to sandbag and avoid the top teams.

Sandbagging at the 6th grade level. Beautiful.

Can NEMS win out? Only 4 teams make the playoffs at 2025? Will 5-2-1be enough to get in the top 4?

Unfortunately for NEMS, Sky Walkers will finish 6-2 (unless Sky Walkers can beat NEMS, which would make it 7-1).

Probably not, Skywalkers got handed a cupcake schedule on their crossover games. they will probably end up 6-2, if they lose to MND and NEMS. They also don't have to leave the beltway. Seems like all of the skywalkers teams don't leave the beltway.

Sky walkers will also have to get past Pride 2025.

If NEMS beats SW the Pride game will be huge for both teams.

NEMS beat TLC 15 - 0

Sky Walkers got spanked all over field by M & D (lost 19 - 1) on Saturday, but then beat Coppermine 16 -4 on Sunday. We'll have to play more consistent to beat NEMS and Pride.

I predict 3 spots are taken M&D, LBC and Hero's. The last spot probably will take 6 wins. I am going to say Pride wins last 4 games to sneak into playoffs with tiebreaker head to head vs HOCO.

SW took at BEATDOWN from MND, looks like a 1 horse race again this year!

I believe 2 teams from both divisions make the playoffs. MnD is a lock for the north with NEMS and Skywalkers playing for the 2nd seed. I think NEMS is the better of the 2 teams but just got handed a tough schedule (both Hero's, HoCo and MnD). Assuming they win out they will need help to get in. In the south Hero's looks to be the favorite with 4 more teams battling it out for 2nd (Or possibly 1st).

That is what M&D thought last year.

You could almost say that SW got the harder schedule. NEMS just barely lost to HOCO and SW has to play NEMS. Pride beat HOCO and SW has to play them. SW already played MND.

I think the rules say top four teams. Not top 2 from each division.

I just reread the rule and you are correct. Though that is odd especially since there are 2 divisions. This should make things very interesting for the teams battling out of the last 2-3 spots.

Redshirts vs Skywalkers, Stars vs Hoco and Pride vs MD united seems to be the close games this coming weekend. Predictions? Not many close games this coming weekend. I am going to predict- Skywalkers, Stars and Pride

Hero's 25 Green stronger then ever!! Looking for that repeat championship. We are going to be tough to beat!!

Hoco vs Hero's and NEMS vs Skywalkers almost must win for HOCO and NEMS for any chance at playoffs. What chance do you give them to win. I say Hoco 20% chance and NEMS 55% chance

NEMS will need some help from pride to get. That is assuming they beat SW. they just got a tough draw with their division and having to also play mnd.

guess we will see who has improved more since the fall in the last regular season game.

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Guess we have a lot of parents (and trolls) that haven't found anything better to do with themselves!

Got salty? Guess you have nothing better to do that comment on troll comments by leaving a troll comment.

One game at a time there, daddy.

If either team M&D or Hero's lose before the season finale I will be very surprised. Almost impossible.

SW pulls off a tough win to pretty much guarantee a spot in the playoffs. Looks like:

1. M&D
2. Heros
3. SW
4 LBC

It is still pretty complicated. Winner of Hero's vs M&d top seed for sure. Skywalkers looks in anywhere from 2-4 seed. 4 seed scenario Skywalkers loss, M&D loss and Hoco beating of MC Mid and LBC and higher seed on GA which looks probable. Lots of possibilities left, better to say M&D, Hero's and Skywalkers in the playoffs with LBC and HOCO fighting for last spot. HOCO vs LBC tie would probably get HOCO in on GA. So games to watch for this weekend:
1. LBC vs Hoco- LBC needs win tie would go to HOCO
2. M&D vs Heros for top seed. Hero's loss no worse then 3 seed and M&D loss no worse then 2 seed.