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Madlax 2 best offensive players are not playing in the fall and may not be back at madlax. 1 is a hold back and the other is not.

Of the five teams in Poolesville that are planning, hoping or rumored to be playing HoCo elite this spring, it looks like the rankings are:

Crabs
Leading Edge
Top Caliber
MadLax
FCA

It looked to me like all five teams had a lot of holdbacks judging by their size.

Actually one of them played this weekend in Poolesville and did much of the scoring, but it was not enough. Talk about a team on the decline.

Of the five teams in Poolesville that are planning, hoping or rumored to be playing HoCo elite this spring, it looks like the rankings are:

Crabs
Leading Edge
Top Caliber
MadLax
FCA

It looked to me like all five teams had a lot of holdbacks judging by their size.

Madlax was missing players Saturday that played Sunday. Top Caliber did not beat a full Madlax team.

Crabs scored 83 goals on the weekend.

Very athletic at every position - rotate poles through close and LSM interchangeably - new feeder from X is a game changer on Attack from them - two very strong face off kids - fast and relentless at midfield. Very impressive team - they are going to be tough to beat are in a different league from the rest.

How do you think TC and ML would compare if both had full rosters?

Leading Edge is playing HoCo this Spring? They are located near Rutgers U...but they are coming to Howard County every weekend in the Spring? Hmmm...

Not the best way to judge it. My kid is nearly a head taller than his entire team and he’s a January birthdate. It’s kind of annoying when people ask, as if to belittle his play.

Lots of the holdbacks I know are smaller, which is why they held back. Obviously not always true but…

Crabs wont even beat 91 this year in HOCO!!! You heard it hear first!!!

Funny you should say that Madlax didn't have everybody since one of the TC kids noticed his cousin was playing for Madlax 26s, when he's already a holdback on Madlax's 25 team. Obviously your a bitter MadLax parent who can't take the loss. Any kids that they were missing from their team was subsidized by their 25 team. As I recall a year ago their 26 team was kicked out of the Hersey Tournament for the same thing. Everybody assumed that since it was a MadLax Tournament it was expected.

Seriously? It would be easier to drive to Long Island and play just as good if not better lacrosse. 8 hours of driving every weekend for 1 game will get old real quick.

Less than 3 hr to Blandair. Weekend traffic to Suffolk is probably 3hr!

Crabs wont even beat 91 this year in HOCO!!! You heard it hear first!!!

So who will be in the elite division this spring? BY my count, in no particular order, these teams are hoping/expecting to be there. Twelve teams??

Crabs
Hawks
MadLax
Leading Edge
VLC
DC Express
Looneys
91
FCA
NextLevel
Top Caliber
TRW Wolfpack

So who will be in the elite division this spring? BY my count, in no particular order, these teams are hoping/expecting to be there. Twelve teams??

Crabs
Hawks
MadLax
Leading Edge
VLC
DC Express
Looneys
91
FCA
NextLevel
Top Caliber
TRW Wolfpack

Good list but need to add in True Annapolis Green. Highly doubt leading edge comes in but possible and don’t think Hoco has exclusions as long as they can play every Saturday. Early Spring tournaments will shake everything out. Don’t think TRW makes the jump, Top Caliber may come up but but would have to unseat a politically connected club like FCA or Next Level. They will not go to 12 teams but could go to 10.

PP here - I forgot about True - of course they belong on the list so actually there are 13 contenders.

Of course they’ll be tough to beat. They are a team full of boys who should be in 9th grade. They would have a tough time playing against kids their own age.

Only half full. Give their on age kids some credit. They are the team to beat, but to every human other than a Crab every win will have an asterisk next to it. Do what you got to do to win, but running up the scores with your starters all game, that’s your classiest move yet. Congrats Ryan.

[quote=Anonymous]So who will be in the elite division this spring? BY my count, in no particular order, these teams are hoping/expecting to be there. Twelve teams??

Crabs
Hawks
MadLax
Leading Edge
VLC
DC Express
Looneys
91
FCA
NextLevel
Top Caliber
TRW Wolfpack[/


If this is Elite, who is going to be AAA. Some of these teams don’t belong in Elite

Calling BS on this…HS coaches don’t care how old they are just how good. Nice try though

Only half full. Give their on age kids some credit. They are the team to beat, but to every human other than a Crab every win will have an asterisk next to it. Do what you got to do to win, but running up the scores with your starters all game, that’s your classiest move yet. Congrats Ryan.

Obviously you were not there Ma'am. Playing time was evenly distributed; in fact they had LPs playing attack in most of the 2nd half of games and Middies taking FOs. Again the Crabs have no more holdbacks than any other team playing in the Elite Level; they are just better all around then most teams. So keep hating and keep making excuse to why your on age kids and holdbacks can not hang. #workethic

Of course they’ll be tough to beat. They are a team full of boys who should be in 9th grade. They would have a tough time playing against kids their own age.

Only half full. Give their on age kids some credit. They are the team to beat, but to every human other than a Crab every win will have an asterisk next to it. Do what you got to do to win, but running up the scores with your starters all game, that’s your classiest move yet. Congrats Ryan.

Outside of the parents on the Crabs they are laughing stock. Area High School coaches think it is overkill when you speak to them. Usually the Make A Wish situation is an admirable endeavor, but when you apply it to 2025 lacrosse kids letting them play 2026 it really cheapens the organization.

Obviously you were not there Ma'am. Playing time was evenly distributed; in fact they had LPs playing attack in most of the 2nd half of games and Middies taking FOs. Again the Crabs have no more holdbacks than any other team playing in the Elite Level; they are just better all around then most teams. So keep hating and keep making excuse to why your on age kids and holdbacks can not hang. #workethic