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I thought both were playing up at '27, so neither reclassed.

Fogo did. Goalie did not.

Yeah right.

Very familiar with the 27 age group and the fogo was good but young. sideline chatter was that he was playing up but liked the old 28 coach who son is also a 28. Probably a late 09 bday.

This is correct.

Fogo was a late summer bday who reclassed I think. Like way late summer. August maybe.

Might just be easier to say on age or not on age to avoid the nuance.

Hawks had a group of kids playing on age with the 27s - who are now playing on grade 28s.


This is tiresome to continually revisit as it really doesn’t matter.

If he was a 27 and now he’s a 28. He’s a holdback. Period.

Are they 2027 graduation year or 2028?

If you do not understand how holdbacks work, maybe you legitimately need to barf your way through the holdback Thread.

No respect for holdback parents! They shouldn’t be allowed on this thread.

Why, because the holdbacks are are on top teams and are top players. Deal with it !

holdback parents are looking for the path of least resistance for their children. What happens when they run into resistance and can’t holdback their way out of it?

Deal with it? Really ! Sorry your kid is soft and can’t hang!

Thanks Rockfish dad or is it Thanks Breakers dad. Some bootleg money grab rec lacrosse bs. Also, most of the parents of the true elite players do not hang out in BOTC

Since your on here I guess it’s safe to say your kid stinks all while being a holdback.

They do it again!

My kids team canceled practice next Saturday for Christmas. Club lacrosse is so soft.

Lol yeah - they do.

Dear Maryland area teams,

If your team is looking to play the best teams in the north east the tournament to join to see the most of them will be the Tristar Lax Clash, so far 3D NE and 4 Leaf are signed up, you’d have to imagine Express and express north will be there for sure as it’s an express event, and all the other too Long Island teams SHOULD be there (91, legacy, S2S, rush, rebels, turtles & igloo), and I’m sure others from New England/Jersey will be there! You bring the old bay and crab cakes and we’ll bring the bagels, and BECSPK

Yours Truly,
Long Island Dad

Most LI teams are soft ! Why go North

BECSPK on a roll?

What’s the deal with 3D NE? Are they an all star team? When I saw them everyone had a different helmet.

Has anyone done any of the Apex events? Are they worth it or just a money grab?

Even you know that’s not true

No idea but the marketing is way exorbitant.

Their parents said their helmets just hadnt been delivered yet when we saw them in DE. They were an excellent team - big and athletic dpoles and a really good goalie.

Well let's back up and remind ourselves that if anyone is losing money at organizing lax events, they are doing a poor job. These cats (event company owners) are all making great money. So of course it's a money grab but by extension, so is every tournament and every skills camp.

I don't think there is a ton of value for MD based 6th graders, in the Apex events. If your kid is playing AA ball or above, he already has access to every resource Apex is selling. And given the turnover rate in collegiate coaching, how much time do I want to spend courting a college coach to watch my kid in 6th grade.

Make no mistake, the Apex events (like Trilogy) are in the I-95 corridor not FOR US, but for the rest of the kids around the country who are looking for the same level of access to coaching talent (and opponents talent) that our boys are all used to receiving.

LI isn't soft, they are just athletes with no sticks.

In Maryland, we call the kids who are just good athletes, with no sticks, "public school kids."

And, we call the “private school” Maryland kids with sticks, something that rhymes with sticks, starts with a D! Or, you can replace St with Pr as well.

When you get tired of losing to the private schools, just start hitting the wall, somehow come up with the tuition dollars, and we might let you redo your freshmen year and join us. But you probably wont see any playing time until your senior year. You'll be good depth for us, though.

No helmets? Biden's fault.

NEW TOPIC QUESTION.....What is the magic number for kids on a roster. My son's team has 24 kids and I think that is too many and so do a lot of the parents. Obviously if you play everyone equal time the team talent/record will suffer. Seems like the better teams don't have huge rosters. I'm hearing Team 91 has 27 on the roster.

No magic number but anything more than 20 pretty much guarantees there will be at least a few kids picking splinters out of their behinds.

This changes when you get to see specialized mids who only play offense and defense- then The number goes up.

No, team is made of up kids from around Boston. Roster has been very stable since they've started in a few years ago.

If anyone is soft it’s the Maryland private school kids and their parents.

Very fair assessment

Also, who’s puts ketchup on a bacon egg cheese. Grosssss

We have 25 and it's too many from a lacrosse perspective, but they all pay dues so . . .

Ideal number for a team that plays mostly tournaments, but also HoCo is between 18-21.

4-5 attack
7-8 middies (including fogos)
5-6 poles (including LSMs)
2 goalies

Fewer and you run into problems when kids have conflicts. Once you get much above 21, hard to kids into games. For a HOCO only 6th grade team the ideal number is probably like 16-18, but you have to take tournaments and absences into account.