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Hawks 28 dads, bad group? What’s the deal

Getting two events in under your belt before WS shouldn’t be a problem but explaining to the players/parents that are of age that they won’t get much playing time because of the added outside players for this one event could be a headache for the coaches.

Is there a geographic requirement i.e. players need to live within x miles to play on the same team?

Or will national teams be allowed as long as they play 2 tourneys together prior to the World Series?

100 miles and you have to be part of the regular roster. The old organizer never verified this. For that matter, the old organizer didn't care who entered so long as the check didn't bounce.

How many teams do you know have any players on a 7th grade club team with players living over 100 miles away?

Sweetlax, FL has kids who live in Baltimore on the team.
So yes, it happens.
Pathetic, but it happens.

True, 3D, Mad Dog, ADVNC, UNRL, etc all have national teams with kids from multiple states that play together in some tourneys. I'm guessing many of the western teams draw kids from over 100 miles i.e. West Coast Starz, Colorado Kings, Texas Mustangs.

I'm sure the tourney doesn't want to discourage these western programs from participating . . . but including these national programs would change the feel of the event. I'm not sure of the best way to address this.

Not sure if you want the names of clubs or if this is a competition to see who can name more.

Sorry your son got bumped. Have him Hit The Wall !!

The Colorado Kings pull from a 40 mile radius in south Denver. They are not a national team. The Texas Mustangs pull from the Dallas area.. The Colorado Kings have a WSYL team, but I don’t believe the Mustangs will have one as several of their players age out.

What do you expect? MD kids will always beat out FL kids.

They aren’t discouraging the clubs, they are discouraging the club’s national teams. Highly unlikely it will be enforced.

Can’t wait to see the quality of the qualifiers.

So the Kings didn’t have players from Texas on the squad that won NLF in the summer? I heard otherwise.

They did. I don’t know the affiliation between the 2 clubs but they do seem to coordinate.

I had no idea that any part of Texas was within a 40 mile radius of Denver.

I guess geophagy wasnt your best subject

I know that folks are trying to pull WSYL together, but I will be surprised if it happens. Qualifiers are in just over a month, and it would need to be further along if it was for real.

Mustangs were at NLF as well, so don’t think they coordinate. They are a Denver club.

You guys just can’t cope with losing to a team from Colorado. Give props where it’s due. That team is good and not a national team. The Kings and Mustangs play together at Nationals LC. That’s it.

HOCO Rules!!!

Do we have a list of the elite teams for hoco yet?

MadLax
Hawks
NextLevel

Same as last year, no change: Hawks, NL, ML, Crabs, FCA, Team 91, Team MD, Sidewinders.

No way sidewinders are in elite. When was the last time they won a game?

I thought True Annapolis had to move up because they went undefeated in AAA…?

Sidewinders picked up a bunch of MESA players since they folded. They had wins against DCE and VLC and tied Madlax this fall so could make an argument to stay in Elite IF they wanted.

DCE? So they played up? Tying Madlax says more about how far they have fallen.

Madlax to AAA?

hahahaha, CM would blow a gasket.

You wish. still butt hurt from that 9-2 beat down?

Yeah that must be it. Now go get your dangles untangled from your zipper 1/4 zip dad.

Was there actually player movement with Madlax, or is it just fallball where they don’t have their full roster?

Was there actually player movement with Madlax, or is it just fallball where they don’t have their full roster?[/quote]

Sorry Madlax dad, Cabell doesn't do fall rosters when he's constantly holding tryouts and trying to imtimidate players. Madlax fell off because of the ridiculous merger with the BLC coach and players. The player movement was some of their better players leaving for VLC, BLC and NL. Madlax is still a good team though and should challenge for 2nd place in HoCo

Sorry Madlax dad, Cabell doesn't do fall rosters when he's constantly holding tryouts and trying to imtimidate players. Madlax fell off because of the ridiculous merger with the BLC coach and players. The player movement was some of their better players leaving for VLC, BLC and NL. Madlax is still a good team though and should challenge for 2nd place in HoCo[/quote]

"challenge for 2nd place" to who?

Next Level is loaded and is super well coached!!!

I'm calling fake news on this. The only way Sidewinders is playing in Elite is if Ricky is forcing them to do so. They want no part of that again after last year.

Hello Mr. Heeter

Sorry Madlax dad, Cabell doesn't do fall rosters when he's constantly holding tryouts and trying to imtimidate players. Madlax fell off because of the ridiculous merger with the BLC coach and players. The player movement was some of their better players leaving for VLC, BLC and NL. Madlax is still a good team though and should challenge for 2nd place in HoCo[/quote]

Madlax was a much stronger team with the merger at first. They had about 35 players to choose from that they would double roster in fall tournaments. They they cut a bunch of BLC players and the weaker ML players for the spring. After that is when the families got tired of the BS due to the BLC coach taking over and that's when players left. The team will be lucky to challenge for the final four.

Madlax doesn't do fall rosters because it's easier to shuffle Capital kids to DMV games to keep that ranking/placement heading into the spring HoCO season high.

You mean Madlax shuffles players from sideline to sideline at the same tournament like they did last fall.

Madlax was a much stronger team with the merger at first. They had about 35 players to choose from that they would double roster in fall tournaments. They they cut a bunch of BLC players and the weaker ML players for the spring. After that is when the families got tired of the BS due to the BLC coach taking over and that's when players left. The team will be lucky to challenge for the final four.[/quote]

Or they got cut because they played the same position as BLC coaches kid!