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That is not true, LI teams don't have holdbacks.

Only true for the Maryland teams, Long Island would rule the world if not for holdbacks in Maryland.

Madlax will run through Loonies defense.
Stick skills always trump size.
Getting ground balls and maintaining possession will equal defense frustration, which equals penalties and man up goals. More losses than wins next spring.

This was the funniest post of the day. It also shows your ignorance

Huge aboutface on Long Island last 2 years. Major holdbacks now across the bored

No one talks about LI teams in this forum, maybe in the Northeast forum, not in MD.

No one here cares about LI


It still blows my mind that there are grown men, talking, arguing and bashing each other over middle school lacrosse. No dog on the fight but it’s surely entertaining to read!

Btw- until you beat hawks regularly, which no one has done yet- it doesn’t matter. They are #1 until further notice.

With a little bit of lick hoco will be held in the spring and this will all be settled then.

If LI and PA teams want a shot, play hoco, only a short trip down 95

Uhhhh, isn't Spalina a hold back?

Unless this is sarcasm, please stop. Read some of the Chaminade or St Anthony's forum and you'll see whining in there about hold backs.

So True,,,not just LI,,,whole country is holding their kids back for lacrosse. MD should be proud of the garbage they started,

Go back to your entire garbage state and shut up Vinny

Agreed. Can we move on from this topic. It can’t get more boring.

At least you have a new excuse for holding back your kid in middle school now, during what is already the the most embarrassing stage of their lives, puberty. “The corona made us do it!”
If you are going to do it, do it in kindergarten please. Save your kids the hit it will take on them socially when you do it to them in 7th and 8th grade. Fact- using Sept 1 as the cutoff, ALL teams have holdbacks. This topic has been beaten down more times and just won’t go to rest. Stop caring so much because it won’t matter later and if you use it an an excuse for your own kid not excelling, then plan on your kid not playing. Coaches don’t care what you think.

I have news for you; coaches promote the holdbacks.......shocking right!!?? Next topic.

Agreed it won't matter in HS but it 100% makes the difference in many games now. Wrong that all 2026 teams have holdbacks using 9/1/7 as the cutoff.

All of the top teams do. Who are you claiming does not?

Agreed, name the top team that doesn’t have hold backs. You also probably don’t have access to the kid’s birthdays anyways which is probably a good thing.

Also, can we move on from this topic?

Easy there holdback dad. Dont get upset that you need to hold your kid back to compete. Some kids just arent able to compete against their on age peers.

Can we start of thread just for holdback discussion to keep it out of every single other board every single day?

Big changes coming next summer on the Hawks 2026 Roster. Rumors are now fact and the PLC boys will be replaced.

Lol. What?

You sound familiar. Your kid was cut right?

Good luck replacing the goalie!

Go away with your BS.

New to this Forum. Who/what are the PLC boys?

The dynamic duo will be no more; fact

Your facts are checked about as well as Trump’s.

No idea.

Who are the plc boys and how many?

what is that?

You are a weird guy.

Agree; I am all in favor of provoking the insecure Hawks Dads on this board, but this is amateur hour. Let's go back to talking about their "four holdbacks."

Entire new defense next year; big time talent on the way

Are these the guys their best player has been practicing with for months

Weird I heard the defense was safe, but the Hawks were overhauling their attack. I heard they were going to cut the hold-back twin towers in exchange for two smaller but quicker and more athletic kids who are not hold backs to eliminate all the hold back talk and get ready for the WSYL.

I heard the Hawks were giving up their sticks altogether and taking up soccer.

This would mean 2 new coaches. Not happening

You all do realize that this obsessive and ridiculous talk about Hawks Hawks Hawks just feeds their crazy Dads, right?

How about this - my son plays for Madlax so could somebody call me a cheater and a bad parent or ask how I can give money to that guy? please??

What? You mean daddy ball exists within the Hawks organization? I see a crack on the armor!!!

I detest the color orange

Ms Lippy’s car is green...

...Billy likes soda