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Look who came of hiding, Goalie Dad, Hi There

Website is wrong. Final standings are:

1. Crabs
2. Hawks
3. DC Express
4. True

The cream rose to the top, like it usually does. VLC is who we thought they were.

Looking forward to a fun playoff.

How did Madlax almost knock off the crabs?

One team flew kids in. One team didn’t.

Who says something like this?

Imagine how much more competitive and better these games would be if they were all actual local middle school 8th grade boys, the way it was intended to be. Without manipulating rosters to get an edge. That game showed that crabs without the Florida players is on level with most of the other teams.

Crabs must have brought their FL boys cause Madlax doesn’t have out of town kids

Nah they didn’t have their FO kid and a few others. Plus they were trying new things/ lines for the playoffs. They’re heads and shoulders better.

That’s sort of funny. Crabs took MadLax so lightly that they didn’t bother flying in their out of town kids.

Trolls throwing shade....

FL kids (2) have been up once this year to play in HOCO p

Just crushed our season!

Excuses, excuses… if your local players are so good and are “head and shoulders” better then everyone else, play the rest of the hoco games without the Florida guys. Say whatever you want but you’re the only team that flies in players for hoco because you’re scared to play without them. They look dense for coming all the way up here for middle school lacrosse and you look weak.

ML does on occasion fly atleast one player in

Will the Florida kids play for Stealth or the Crabs in the summer?

A close game between those two teams, at this point in the season, is easy to explain:

(1) lots of parity in the elite division; any team can beat any other (or at least come close) on any given day.
(2) MadLax has a lot of talented players; their problem is culture and lack of chemistry; if their studs get hot they can run with anybody; but coming close and actually winning are two different things, so no surprise that MadLax fell short.
(3) Crabs looked at MadLax record and assumed it would be an easy win and took them lightly. Plenty of other teams (including MadLax itself) made that same mistake during the last couple of weeks in the season.

When you add 1, 2, and 3, a close Crabs win is the result.

Will the Florida kids play for Stealth or the Crabs in the summer?
Are you sure about that???

ML did not fly anybody in for the crabs game. It was same team with 4 injured players in the sidelines. See you all this summer.

Spot on. Hit the nail on the head….

Why would they fly a kid in for the Hawks game but not the crabs game?

Definite Hawks response lol; how are those PA boys working out?😂

NOT TRUE, all the time? when is the last time BBL and Stealth beat them? I know that the didn't even play Stealth last year and they beat BBL 2 times 8-5 and 13-4.
Get the facts straight.

Sweetlax Upstate 2026 has only lost to LI Express over the past 2+ years. Correction, 1 loss to Towermen as well. Not to hard to figure out… simply head over to US Club Lax and review the records.

Exactly right. It’s all on there. LIE and Towermen were only team that has beaten them since June 2021.

No fly ins and losing #13 to suspension meant ML played a very different Crabs team. ML didn’t just suddenly get better in one week. They lost to FCA for crying out loud, and won a whole 2 games this spring. TWO. After making the playoffs the previous 2 HOCO seasons.

As of now they are garbage until CM and HH recruit their way out of this mess. Keeping some of the current guys will be even harder. Families are fed up with bad culture, bad coaching and regression of once promising players. Honestly it’s a disaster until further notice.

You forgot to mention that they should all be in either 9th or 10th grade at this point. Posers. The dads of these kids pounding their chests that their kid is so good beating up on real 8th graders.

Sweetlax lost to BBL before Maryland Virginia tournament in March and lost to Stealth at Florida tournament around New Years and Towermen last year And to Express since 2016.

Been hearing alot about Crabs, I mean who hasn't? Watched the game and was kind of wondering what all the hype was about. You ask me, these boys had their hands full the entire time.

It was great watching Fat Coach berate a player coming off the field. Truly a person who knows how to motivate younger kids. Nothing but a bully waiting on a heart attack.

They obviously played down to the competition and their worst game of the season yet still won. Enjoy the summer

They have excuses. Just wait for them. Cheddar popcorn is best for reading.

Play your age!

It is a wonder how this guy is considered anything in the lacrosse community other than obnoxious. Listen to him announcing a BL game, he yells occasionally at ref or players on field while announcing? Never seen anything like it . Why does BL admin allow that? Crazy stuff .

They played well. Part of the defense that DCE only scored 4 goals and shutout DCE in the second half.

Second fewest goals given up in the league. Held DCE to 4 goals and none in the second half.

So did you kid get cut last year or 3 years ago

"...played down to the competition..." I see what you did there.

Anyone know when GHCLC will post the playoff game times?

Sorry Mr Cleans but you can thank your FOGO for the second fewest goals. Your defense is a weak.

Who are some players to look out for?