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sounds about right. The '26 HHH team has been struggling to compete for years in the NLF. HHH flat out abandoned the youth teams below '26. Might as well bring bring in the Tigers to keep up the brand.

Makes total sense gets them into the NLF events which they never would be able to do as the Tigers....Team 10 going to follow suit?

Since HHH and Tigers have finished #2 or #1 at the NLF for 3 years in 2025 and 2026 that idea is out the window.Some of the older HHH do scrimmages with the Tigers to get better and play more. My kid in played one of scrimmages, it looked like a college game. HHH is the best at 2025 and Tigers is the best at 2026.They partner and friends but no merger. Moving my kid to HHH 2025 because they play so much more than my kids team before.

Good luck getting Tiger to comment on here there notIntelligent contract states they cant talk

Ha, parent contract?

The 2025 and 2026 look like a college game....really? What college?

Yup 10 pages of rules!

Who do you contact to get 2025 look for scrimmage?

Probably smart

Thanks Tiger coach Q

I'd love to see this NDA the Tiger's Parents have to sign. Can anyone copy and paste it in here? It's an anon board baby! fight the power!

Nobody is forced to sign the "NDA/Contract". They can always play somewhere else. The funny thing is in 2 years.....the "top" 2026 team is never the top team. The other kids catch up quick.

True, They have slipped a bit.

ooooohhhh right. there is still freedom of choice in America. right I had forgotten that nobody was forced to play for a particular club team. thanks for the refresher.

It is funny that if you DO IN FACT want to play for the tigers, you DO have to sign an NDA.

Well....that is their choice. I personally would not sign an NDA based on a local travel team for a bunch of 6th graders. It is insane but if parents feel that is a good option for their 12 year old...have at it. It's all smoke and mirrors until they get to high school anyway. I know clubs that are at best .500 but will have better high school players then the greatest 12 year old in the Philly area.....well maybe not as good as the guy who said the 2025 team was better then college teams (hahahaha).

Tigers actually signed up for the NXT spring leagues this year. They are a great squad but glad they finally agreed to play local comp to see where everyone really stands in the Philly area. Now we can see if all the hype of Tigers as clear #1, Roughriders #2, Freedom #3 and everyone being "the rest" is accurate.

RR guy there parents wont bite because they can't allowed to comment,,worse you showed it was you because we played them a bunch,,so have fun.

So, with high school starting practices and no 2020 season to gauge, what are the guesses for the top teams around philly?

In no particular order Malvern Prep, Lasalle, Haverford School. Good news they all play each other so we will soon find out.

Inter Ac is another level but if we are talking PIAA....LaSalle, Downingtown East, Bishop Shanahan, Conestoga, Garnet Valley. Radnor always seems to put a good product on the field. Never count out Springfield. Salesianum will have a very good team in Delaware (I list it because many PA players go down there).

This year it will be Garnett and Kennet, from the true public schools. LaSalle, like St Joe Prep in football is a joke that they play in public league

Kennett is very strong this year. Avon Grove also puts a good product on the field. Chesmont may be up for grabs. DEAST is supposedly stacked this year.

Chesmont will be interesting. DEast and Kennett should be strong, DWest and AG have some good players, Shanahan will be down this year. How is WC East and Henderson?

Kennett has some real strong players like Freebery that huge LSM, etc. Good D1 kids.

ANC and Lasalle good teams for the non Inter AC privates.

But I think Malvern is cream of the crop this year in PA and pretty darn high nationally. My son has to play them and the offene is crazy good, funny thing is they were probably even better last year.

No one cares about Nurry and his cronies breaking down Chester county lacrosse. Unless you sippin that bad kool aid

Hahahahaha so true, they are all a joke

What is a Nurry?

Good point....except for the 13 schools in the Chesmont and the 3 private schools....but other then that, you are correct.

You can't be serious, but I'll play along. Two Words: Brotherly Love. To quote Biggie Smalls, If you don't know, now you know.

Funny since Nurry's kid doesn't go to any of these schools.

Looking through Tourney Machine at the Mid-Atlantic Spring League. Oddly see a team I've never heard of...Philly Special 2025? Anybody know who this is?

HHH 2025

Oh. Why would they use a different name? There is a hhh 26 team listed.

A certain guy doesn't want to upset the NLF Powers that be. Pretty weak move.

They will crunch every opponent by 10 plus.

The kids want to play, the coaching staff doesn’t. So you have Philly special and not HHH.

A real kid's first program......

Avon Grove will be well-disciplined and conditioned like always. The talent level has decreased however so they don't have that "it" or "clutch" factor anymore. Expect a Mid-Districts Run from them but they'd have to be lucky to get into the state tourney this year

The 25s used that Philly Special moniker last year as well. Its just a couple petty adults making things more difficult than they need to be. That team is legit though, whereas the 26s are going to struggle in the NXT Spring league going against legit national powers in Tigers, Jersey Express, RoughRiders and Freedom plus a much improved NXT squad (who took some HHH 26s).

HHH 2026 has some good guest players this year and a solid core. Some of their core players also play for the Tigers. I wouldn’t count them out yet