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Why are the Hawks giving up so many goals?

Okay SC

One thing is for sure. SC will take care of his....Good luck to everyone else!

Not really - assuming VLC takes care of business against 91, the winner of the Friday night DCE/True game gets the fourth spot. Those are two good, evenly matched teams. I would not say that either team has a harder or easier path than the other.

I am not SC.

And to clarify, what I meant in the last sentence is that the club's leadership seems to have given up on operating the club as a going concern. No communications with parents, no uniforms this season, no off-season workouts or training, etc.

In addition, the Looneys Lacrosse LLC (formed in 2019 when the new director took over) is not in good standing with the state of MD.

That doesn't mean anything at all - they probably simply haven't filed their annual report.

👆🏻feel sorry for some of these boys who have been with Looneys for years and now at the most critical time will be scrambling to find teams. Does anyone on the board know what team will be having tryouts this summer?

At this age, the word "tryout" is a bit misleading. If a great player wanted to change teams, or if a team needs a player at a certain position, teams will take him at any point in the year. They will tell him to come to a practice and that is his tryout. Most teams will hold August tryouts, which are basically pre-season practices for the returning players, and a chance to upgrade with a new player or two. The good teams are fairly baked in at this point.

That said, I have watched them play and they have a lot of good players. For example, their goalie is very strong. (no, I am not the Looneys goalie Dad or Mom). Honestly I am surprised that they are not doing better in AAAA. If the team does fold, most of the players will land on elite teams, and those who do not will land on good second tier teams. But it is a good group of kids, and if they do scatter after playing together for several years, that would be sad.

Thanks for your concern and I hope this helps!

Rage’s only in game adjustment is switching the goalie at half.

And quickly switching back

With the final weekend of the regular season coming up, curious on thoughts on how the overall season has gone versus expectations, how you've seen this age group develop over the last few years (or not), overall strength of age group and what position group overall you think is best (O, D, MF)?

The parity is great. Crabs are the best, but 4-5 of the other seven teams are capable of beating them. Of the remaining 7 teams, most of them could beat any of the others on any given day. That speaks well for the development of the age group as a whole.

Imagine the parity minus the fly ins

The parity is great. Crabs are the best, but 4-5 of the other seven teams are capable of beating them. Of the remaining 7 teams, most of them could beat any of the others on any given day. That speaks well for the development of the age group as a whole.[/quote]

Imagine the parity minus the fly ins[/quote]

What numbers are flying? Where from?

Imagine the parity minus the fly ins[/quote]

What numbers are flying? Where from?[/quote]

Crabs fly in four kids from Florida. They will be boarding at BL next year and are holdbacks. Two of them are very good. #24 and #12. They flew in for DCE and Hawks games and will be returning for the playoffs. stinks to be the local right attack and Fogo as those holdbacks are taking their playing time from now on.

Madlax has also been flying in kids who are normally on their summer National team to try and stem the bleeding.

I’m assuming all these kids were proactively placed on the rosters before the fourth game per HoCo rules.

What numbers are flying? Where from?[/quote]

Crabs fly in four kids from Florida. They will be boarding at BL next year and are holdbacks. Two of them are very good. #24 and #12. They flew in for DCE and Hawks games and will be returning for the playoffs. stinks to be the local right attack and Fogo as those holdbacks are taking their playing time from now on.

Madlax has also been flying in kids who are normally on their summer National team to try and stem the bleeding.

I’m assuming all these kids were proactively placed on the rosters before the fourth game per HoCo rules.[/quote]

They should hitch a line to the guy who coaches the crabs and float up on him!

Those teams have great defenses look at looneys and 91 goalies seeing thousands of shots game.

What numbers are flying? Where from?[/quote]

Crabs fly in four kids from Florida. They will be boarding at BL next year and are holdbacks. Two of them are very good. #24 and #12. They flew in for DCE and Hawks games and will be returning for the playoffs. stinks to be the local right attack and Fogo as those holdbacks are taking their playing time from now on.

Madlax has also been flying in kids who are normally on their summer National team to try and stem the bleeding.

I’m assuming all these kids were proactively placed on the rosters before the fourth game per HoCo rules.[/quote]

You can find out by protesting the roster for a deposit of $50 and made within 1 day of the game during the regular season. The protest has to be made within 1 hour of a playoff game. It's been done before and done successfully.

What numbers are flying? Where from?[/quote]

Crabs fly in four kids from Florida. They will be boarding at BL next year and are holdbacks. Two of them are very good. #24 and #12. They flew in for DCE and Hawks games and will be returning for the playoffs. stinks to be the local right attack and Fogo as those holdbacks are taking their playing time from now on.

Madlax has also been flying in kids who are normally on their summer National team to try and stem the bleeding.

I’m assuming all these kids were proactively placed on the rosters before the fourth game per HoCo rules.[/quote]

Who cares. Let these people to their own and wasting their kids life dragging them around like fools. While they are driving to and from airports we can enjoy life and our kids are out with friends and already forgot if they won or lost. Not taking off their shoes or going through TSA to board a plane. There's 100's of kids in MD going to awesome schools and will play MIAA lax traveling 15 minutes from their house. Be glad you aren't the schmuck and leave them alone. That's not even touching on the embarrassment of repeating a class and being the oldest kid in the room by 2 years.

Crabs fly in four kids from Florida. They will be boarding at BL next year and are holdbacks. Two of them are very good. #24 and #12. They flew in for DCE and Hawks games and will be returning for the playoffs. stinks to be the local right attack and Fogo as those holdbacks are taking their playing time from now on.

Madlax has also been flying in kids who are normally on their summer National team to try and stem the bleeding.

I’m assuming all these kids were proactively placed on the rosters before the fourth game per HoCo rules.[/quote]

You can find out by protesting the roster for a deposit of $50 and made within 1 day of the game during the regular season. The protest has to be made within 1 hour of a playoff game. It's been done before and done successfully.[/quote]

Who cares if they fly in, as long as they are officially on the roster it is legit. Some people are desperate for 15-20 min of playing time, spending their weekend traveling, and spending tons of money for Maryland lacrosse.

I can see some teams folding/losing players/adding players after this spring. Looneys for sure, probably going to lose best players, goalie. FCA is going to lose a few players, probably the two best midfielders and FO. 91 will probably lose the one attack man and the three best middies and possibly their goalie. Hawks will subtract and add, same with Crabs. DCE will definitely add to their team. Not sure about the other teams, but that’s probably the breakdown

Crabs fly in four kids from Florida. They will be boarding at BL next year and are holdbacks. Two of them are very good. #24 and #12. They flew in for DCE and Hawks games and will be returning for the playoffs. stinks to be the local right attack and Fogo as those holdbacks are taking their playing time from now on.

Madlax has also been flying in kids who are normally on their summer National team to try and stem the bleeding.

I’m assuming all these kids were proactively placed on the rosters before the fourth game per HoCo rules.[/quote]

Who cares. Let these people to their own and wasting their kids life dragging them around like fools. While they are driving to and from airports we can enjoy life and our kids are out with friends and already forgot if they won or lost. Not taking off their shoes or going through TSA to board a plane. There's 100's of kids in MD going to awesome schools and will play MIAA lax traveling 15 minutes from their house. Be glad you aren't the schmuck and leave them alone. That's not even touching on the embarrassment of repeating a class and being the oldest kid in the room by 2 years.[/quote]

Best post on here in a while….

What numbers are flying? Where from?[/quote]

Crabs fly in four kids from Florida. They will be boarding at BL next year and are holdbacks. Two of them are very good. #24 and #12. They flew in for DCE and Hawks games and will be returning for the playoffs. stinks to be the local right attack and Fogo as those holdbacks are taking their playing time from now on.

Madlax has also been flying in kids who are normally on their summer National team to try and stem the bleeding.

I’m assuming all these kids were proactively placed on the rosters before the fourth game per HoCo rules.[/quote]

I am surprised we havent seen LI Express, Tigers, Leading Edge, Igloo or Towermen helmets on HOCO teams yet.

Way more movement after this year. Players and parents willing to travel that extra 20-30 minutes to practice if need be with less of a time commitment necessary for club lacrosse for the HS players. Wait until tryouts and you'll see.

Crabs fly in four kids from Florida. They will be boarding at BL next year and are holdbacks. Two of them are very good. #24 and #12. They flew in for DCE and Hawks games and will be returning for the playoffs. stinks to be the local right attack and Fogo as those holdbacks are taking their playing time from now on.

Madlax has also been flying in kids who are normally on their summer National team to try and stem the bleeding.

I’m assuming all these kids were proactively placed on the rosters before the fourth game per HoCo rules.[/quote]

I am surprised we havent seen LI Express, Tigers, Leading Edge, Igloo or Towermen helmets on HOCO teams yet.[/quote]

Maybe they get a helmet from the team they are playing for so you cant tell........

Nobody from 91 is leaving. The only movement you will see is Looney's talent spreading out.

Looneys talent? Oxymoron?

Agreed, 91 probably going to lose that one attackman and the goalie. They’ll probably take the Looneys kids.

Worried your son is going to lose his spot? Looney's goalie is better than most of the elites. They also have a couple of elite attackmen and a close pole who can play on most elite teams..

Elite attack men? They can’t even score against Top Caliber!!!

91 attack man and goalie would not start on any other elite team except maybe FCA

The key phrase here is most of the elites aka FCA & 91. 1 attackman to crabs or DCE.

Crabs fly in four kids from Florida. They will be boarding at BL next year and are holdbacks. Two of them are very good. #24 and #12. They flew in for DCE and Hawks games and will be returning for the playoffs. stinks to be the local right attack and Fogo as those holdbacks are taking their playing time from now on.

Madlax has also been flying in kids who are normally on their summer National team to try and stem the bleeding.

I’m assuming all these kids were proactively placed on the rosters before the fourth game per HoCo rules.[/quote]

I am surprised we havent seen LI Express, Tigers, Leading Edge, Igloo or Towermen helmets on HOCO teams yet.[/quote]

ML fly in 1-3 an Att/Mid, Mid, Def on summer roster and on spring roster.

Probably another MadLax starter or two will emerge on VLC.

And don’t be surprised if Crabs is adding and subtracting from their roster.

Wish the best for the loonies kids trying to find a new team this summer. Going to be hard to join a new club in 9th grade. Hope they find a home and continue to play.

Get it straight…3 kids from Florida and none of them are going to BL next year.

Kids are looking to switch for the summer months, or are you talking about tryouts later in the summer?

DMV posters already think there are too many teams in their area.The VLC Black Ops (WS) team attracted a lot of talent. DCE coached the team and was able to attract many of those 2026 players to DCE this year. Keeping talent playing together is the key to continued success.

The goalie is 4' tall

Will be a a best if he ever grows.

The goalie is 4' tall

Will be a a best if he ever grows.

?????? He's let in the second most goals in the division. Nice try JE