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You can’t put any stock in elite 6. Kids were playing all over the place, no poles, no face offs etc. iirc, they got beat pretty bad by the two Hawks/FCA teams and maybe beat a Delaware team? Just not much to goon there.

Totally agree on Elite6 not being anything to go on. I’m just saying B level teams struggle to catch and throw. I didn’t think the diamondbacks were there.

If that’s the first time you’ve seen a kids skills questioned in the last 176 pages on botc then you need to open your eyes.

What do you call a face off kid who never (against my kids team) wins a clean clamp and pop but then wins > 50% as ground balls? Btw - that description can be used to describe many fogos…

When you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail. It doesn’t mean everything is a nail.

Fair.

If they can score 27 goals against air they should be in aaa. My son is on a very good team and I don’t think they have ever scored 27.

I bet you are either a holdback or a parent with a child born between Sept and Dec. Never ceases to amaze me how many hypocrites are here like you Karen

I know hoco wants 8-10 teams but there is a huge drop between 6 and 7 of elite if his is the list.

Here come to boo birds, but here it is: Madlax B team would be A or AA, either way, we’ll above BLC Orange. The BLC Blue team really doesn’t belong in Elite, but there’s a shortage up there. So they’ll likely get slotted in Elite, and won’t win a game— other than MAYBE against True KP or VLC, assuming one of those two is the 8th team. Blue Claws could also jump up, but theyll go winlesss if they do.

There is a board for that!

Whatever you might know about True Baltimore might be correct, but I don't think that's accurate for True VA.

I mean when you playing Blc orange who someone said are as bad as swarm its not very difficult but the boys on NL red are huge they have at least 5 boys over 5'7 no holdbacks

True dc went undefeated in the NXT mid Atlantic so they should bump to AAA

what division was blc orange in last year? because they should go 2 divions down

Elite
1. Hawks
2. Madlax
3. Next Level
4. FCA Blue
5. Crabs
6. True Annapolis Green
7. BLC Blue
8. True KP

AAA
1. Blue Claws (fighting against going to Elite)
2. FCA White (disappointing year but can get it done)
3. VLC (could get crushed, hard to tell)
4. Hawks Black (could probably go to AA)
5. Team MD (undefeated at AA)
6. Next Level Red (will have a decent season)
7. Sidewinders (did well at AA, could get crushed here)
8. HLC (deserves to stay at AAA)
9.True DC (not sure where to put them, with them advertising they have "spots for elite players at every position" in November)

AA
1. T91 (1-6 @ AAA last year)
2. Cavaliers
3. Forest Hill
4. Preds (has not won a game yet so who knows?)
5 Cannons
6. BLC Orange( most likely to come in second in this division)
7. Cannons


A
1. True Annapolis B
2. Catonsville (stunk at AA last year, physical team with a single stud who is now at Hawks)
3. Swarm (stunk at AA last year)
4. Baltimore Elite (undefeated at A, lost in playoffs)
5. LTLC
6. HoCo Black
7. Rockfish
8. True VA (Several NOVA kids that started for True Baltimore last spring)

B
1. Diamondbacks
2. True Baltimore / KP Blend Team (won't have ringers from VA and DC this spring, True starters left)
3. Sidewinders B Team (28-the 30s)
4. Tribe (28-29)
5. Zingoes



This is my somewhat improved rankings
sincerely MOCO LAX DAD

Everyone is slotting BLC Blue in Elite division, where they went 0-6 last year with 19 goals, 76 goals against. Prob time to drop to AAA and let Blue Claws or someone else to jump up and give it a go. Getting decimated week in and week out is not good for the kids on that team, they’ll get too discouraged and quit.

Has HoCo every considered a system for AAA and below where the games are adjusted each week depending on scores. Could have same window of time for games and teams just have to deal with the window each week.

There is just too many unknowns. Too many new teams and reconstituted teams. Several teams ranked in AAA above just because they have been there every year.

Hoco can make this work if they so desired.

Lest anybody think the only lax drama is at Elite:

Last winter, all 3 starting attackmen and the #1 middie for True Balt flew the coop (3 to Baltimore Elite, 1 to Team 91), forcing Kevin Totaro (who built up the True MD program....such as it is.......... and was in charge of building the True VA program, to bring 5 kids up from NoVa from his budding True VA program. HoCo League said OK to the last minute roster change (this is mid-April). The VA boys helped push the team to the A playoffs vs HoCo Black.

And that's where it gets fun.

While the league had (at least verbally) approved the roster additions, someone at True or the league dropped the ball on confirming the VA boys were ACTUALLY on the True roster. The HoCo Black coach asked for a roster check prior to the playoff game, and 5 "True Baltimore players" (the VA kids) were told to remove their gear and leave the field immediately. All 5 VA kids had become True Balt's core starters, and despite "training more," True was annihilated by a very lackluster but well coached HoCo Black team.

People have argued it's not True's fault. But that would be ignoring that the HoCo Sportsengine page didn't show the VA kids on the roster, all season long, which the coaches *surely* saw. And either did nothing or did "not enough" to ensure it was fixed.

This story is also the answer to the question, "Why did only 8 kids show up to the True Baltimore tryout this fall?"

Thanks NL Red Dad - but try again.

My son is 5’7, he’s the biggest kid on basically every field he plays on. He’s 99.8% for his age and he’s a true 28.

If they actually have 5 kids over 5’7 there is some amazing statistical anomalies going on.

Correct. Just to say you have 8 teams doesn’t make sense from a child growth perspective. Relative to the rest of the country those kids are amazing lax players, it would be a shame to send them out to 10 goal losses every week.

5 Divisions with 6 to 8 games would probably make for closer games and even competition. It's no fun to win or lose by 15 goals.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Elite
1. Hawks
2. Madlax
3. Next Level
4. FCA Blue
5. Crabs
6. True Annapolis Green
7. BLC Blue
8. True KP

AAA
1. Blue Claws (fighting against going to Elite)
2. FCA White (disappointing year but can get it done)
3. VLC (could get crushed, hard to tell)
4. Hawks Black (could probably go to AA)
5. Team MD (undefeated at AA)
6. Next Level Red (could definitely go to AA but they will do fine )
7. Sidewinders (did well at AA, could get crushed here)
8. HLC (deserves to stay at AAA)
9.True DC (not sure where to put them, with them advertising they have "spots for elite players at every position" in November)

AA
1. T91 (1-6 @ AAA last year)
2. Cavaliers
3. Forest Hill
4. Preds (has not won a game yet so who knows?)
5 Cannons
6. BLC Orange( most likely to come in second in this division)
7. Cannons
8.Next Level Red(will have a heated rivalry with madlax and blc)
9.Madlax capital(don't forget about them these boys played great last year)

A
1. True Annapolis B
2. Catonsville (stunk at AA last year, physical team with a single stud who is now at Hawks)
3. Swarm (stunk at AA last year)
4. Baltimore Elite (undefeated at A, lost in playoffs)
5. LTLC
6. HoCo Black
7. Rockfish
8. True VA (Several NOVA kids that started for True Baltimore last spring)

B
1. Diamondbacks
2. True Baltimore / KP Blend Team (won't have ringers from VA and DC this spring, True starters left)
3. Sidewinders B Team (28-the 30s)
4. Tribe (28-29)
5. Zingoes



I think these are more fair just adding some more teams don't know if they will end up in hoco just a guess and NL red could probably stay AAA but would as we've heard " will smoke" teams in AA.

Teams get blown in every bracket. That’s how sports work mate.

BLC will be fine.

By the way my son plays for Blc Blue

Cool, then not a peep from you about how awful the parents are for letting their kids play for a team that beats them 24-3.

Arguing over 6th grade lacrosse. Good Lord

Says the guy posting on and reading about 6th lacrosse - on a message board.

Dude you're on this message board that's what it's there for

It's a crapshoot as many teams are still forming and figuring out if they are even fielding teams. So my super-early call for MD area rankings for this summer:

1) 91
2) Hawks
3) Next Level
4) FCA
5) Crabs
6)Team MD
7) MadLax Cap
8) True Annap
9) Preds
10) Cannons)

Private School Parents...enough of the chatter. Hudson's Tesla is not better than Raphael's Land Rover. Let's get back to the HoCo division discussion.

What did you get this from the 25 MB because I sware I already saw this

Agreed I don't care if Neds pickup has 4 wheel drive and your navigator got a scratch, so shut up and only speak 2028 Lax oky there a lot to talk about so let's get on it we've got a long winter

lets make the best of are free time

Summer rankings seriously

Yes Seriously, If you arent thinking elite and what your sons future is at this time, No D1 for you. Frankly. you might even be to late . Better teams get you recruited, Time to join the best teams.

Is that supposed to be a 28 list?

Madlax too high on that list

No he’s lost, he thinks he’s in the 2024 board.

I saw this on the '25 board

True "DC" (MoCo) had guest players from other True DMV area teams, it was basically the True DMV all-star team. That's not who will mostly play for True DC next year.

So did Hawks ‘27 FOGO and Goalie both reclass to ‘28?