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Last time I checked both teams had to play on the same fields....but excuses are like....

The M&d swb game was played at 730 and the field was covered in frost and the girls on both sides were slipping . Great game and congrats to swb. Field was fine for hero’s game. Still trying to figure out how swb lost to capital who bounced back nicely after the 18-1 demolition from Hero’s.

Apparently Capitol was missing key players for the Heros game on Saturday.

embrace the competition! Wins dont really matter much anymore. All about getting ready for high school and playing best teams. These should be competitive games that can go either way, Best ones to watch!!!

Only the parents care about the wins and losses. Coaches are there to look for players.

Very true!!! Any particular players stand out this past weekend?

Come on. Coaches aren't watching 25s very much. Enjoy the last year where it's still fun for the girls and stop putting recruiting pressure on them that isn't there.

The coaches were all at St. Paul's this weekend...

They must have all had clones, then. Every top school was at Prime Time on Saturday.

Maybe there is more than one coach per college team?

Point was they were watching 23s and 24s...not 25s.

Some of the worst refs I have every seen were concentrated at Genesse valley.

Sure they were.

Exactly

The point is that the parents are so worried about which club is best or why this team got beat. Obviously the 25s are not looked at till the summer earliest. Just make sure your D is a top player on her team.

I talked to a college coach this past weekend at Rivalry. They said coaches are laser focused on finishing the 23 class last weekend in MD and this coming weekend in NJ. Then they are turning all their focus to the 24s at Presidents Cup. The 2025 class isn't even a consideration.

Everyone that's not delusional already knows this. lol

NXT level nine tourney weekend! Feel the excitement! Last tourney of the year! maybe? Let the those farts who say "Who cares its all about how your daughter gets recruited blah blah blah" stuff it. Predictions are fun. Four groups winner of each makes playoff. 1- Cap, AIM, Copper, and BBLnorth 2- NXT, Pride, Salt city, Integrity 3- M&D, mass elite, BBL black, Grizz 4-Skywalkers, sound, liberty and DEWLAX. winner group 4 is easiest Skywalkers easy. Group 2- I would go Salt city over Pride. Group3 M&D over Grizz but I am not sure. Group1 I am going to go AIM in an upset over Cap. Playoffs SW vs Aim and M&D vs Salt city. SW and M&D final. S&W win

Not for 25 players ! Fact

M&D gets revenge for the Chesapeake loss for the W over SWB.

What's the deal with Cav Lax? Why did they play in the lower brackets for all of their tournaments? They won all of their games, mostly by large margins. They are ranked number 14, hopefully they act like it for the Summer Tournaments and play in the top brackets.

What happened to M&D?

This didn’t pan out, did it?

Heard they were running new plays and switching things around. Noticed some lines were moved around as well. Haven’t gotten it down yet. M&D and Skywalkers did not fair as well as expected……

Most of these teams were missing players in fall so everyone on same playing field there. Ex. grizzlies was half a and half b team players. M&D tied good teams. SW white won in B division, SW Blue made it to championship and lost by 1 in a 20 min championship game. Bottom Line there are lots of good teams out there. Good competition. Congrats to the teams that made it championships and to the winners. Lots of great players.

They had 2 ties against 2 really good teams… they were winning both games for the majority of the game and had too many costly turnovers and missed shots that led to the ties… they’re 14-15 year old girls, they’re not perfect…at the end of the day the scores are merely interesting side notes for parents to discuss..glad they played good competition as opposed to some teams that were there.

Hero’s and Monster had a great game. Both teams looked good until Hero’s pulled away with it in the second half. Hero’s went 3-0 for the day. Nice

Picked 2 out of 4 division winners? Mass elite is underrated no more. Hardest path to final as well, impressive.
Tip of the cap to NXT and AIM as well. They need to play in tougher brackets and tournaments. For being so close to MD,NJ and NY.

Sorry but when these teams like M&D who have the pick of the litter under achieve it is not OK. All teams this fall were missing girls-I have watched them multiple times and they are not the strongest team player or coaching wise.

Similar to STEPS. In STEPS/YJ run tournies, STEPS always in the easy bracket to get to the playoffs.

Truth. Charlie is blatant about it too. And now creating tournies for his team to advance further where sw, heros and mnd won’t be at.

Pick of the litter ? That’s funny. All the top teams have advantages in their area. Heros, m&d , sw all get really good talent and the out of state teams have them too. Underachieve is another funny word. Coming from a parent most likely means nothing. Sorry your kid didn’t make the team.

I don't think anyone from M&D is making excuses. Make not mistake though, when they are full strength they are a very, very good team and hard to beat.

watching M&D during the fall season, it looks like the team went away from playing team ball, to girls trying to put on a show for the cameras.

Don’t think it is particular to M&D. Seems like each team has that one or two girls who do not play team ball. You can watch it happen in every game.

The coach should have pulled them and sent them around to get all the camera time they wanted. Oh wait they were the coaches daughters. They need to concentrate on producing on the field.

Sounds like a disgruntled M&D parent....

SW has one on their team who isn’t a team player. She gets the ball in her stick and doesn’t look up to pass and flops to get the free position when she can’t get through the 4 girls defending her instead of passing it to the open girl in the middle or backing out to make the pass. Every team has one or two and those girls will be detrimental to the success of their teams.

Well these girls are doing something right. They are getting noticed with articles and watchlists. Usually the lead scorers as well.

There are no true watchlists for 25’s. Those lists are made up of girls who are nominating themselves by filling out a form online.