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Long Island dad here. It's funny to see this board now complaining about reclassing. "Can't win in 2027 so you drop down" etc. This whole disaster of older kids playing younger kids to look better was started by all of you. Now some team that you feel like you should be better than beats you at your own game (holding kids back in middle school for lacrosse) and they are the "Astros of 2028".

Anyone from Madlax that complains needs to check themselves...you all have been rolling out a kid WAY bigger and stronger than everyone for years.

BTW- we all know what's going to happen this summer. Madlax going to lose in Hocon (??) and then pull the "guest" players in for the summer. All because they would rather inflate their record than win/lose with their own kids. And the world turns...

I’ll say it again. Madlax has one kid on the roster who has ever been in the 2027 class. We all know who it is. So just stop with the reclass accusations you’re just flat out wrong.

I’ll say it again. Madlax has one kid on the roster who has ever been in the 2027 class. We all know who it is. So just stop with the reclass accusations you’re just flat out wrong.

I'll say it again. Whether you have 1 or 11 holdbacks, ML benefitted GREATLY from the lax holdback rules. Without your 14yr old, ML is not top 20 in the country. Stop whining about holdbacks hypocrite!

Crabs 28 have an attack who played 2027 last year.

But apparently NO HOLDBACKS

Any news on BLC heard they got 2 madlax kids and a Player from BBL

He’s a true 28 has played up your years. Something most of you on here could never claim. Get your facts straight before you post something on here

How many 28s will reclass after this season? Will there still be zero crabs dad?

ML dad here. FCA is the team to beat this year. They have always played us tough even when they were little. Some matchups are like that.....but they are vastly superior to last year. Sure we were short handed, but I have to assume they were too (???). I "maybe" like our odds with everyone playing and a goalie without a broken hand....but they are legit.

I know people are going to scream HOLDBACKS.....but whatever....that's how the system works. FCA is a great organization and I don't have any dislike of them whatsoever. Other teams better be ready.....

You missed the previous poster’s emphasis on “this is not the FCA team of past.” Madlax has never lost to them. Ever. But from before the bell rang, you could see they had picked up 5-6 new, and huge, kids… a few holdbacks, and so what that’s within the rules, but also just som pubescent 12-13 year olds. The game was even in the first half, but with no goalie in the second and only 4-5 subs, the outcome was never really in doubt.

FCA will lose to the Hawks. FCA might be the champs of the Fall, but time will tell. Hawks dropped a 20-piece on them in HOCO.

It depends on expectations. Prospect clinics are supposed to (key words) mimic a varsity practice at the prospective school. Pace, tenor, intensity, etc.

1) If your kid is the best kid (top 5, maybe) at the clinic, expect some attention from the staff and a followup request. If you take a tour, it should then absolutely include someone from the coaching staff. "Possibilities" for scholarships, team roles, etc may be thrown about but no commitments. May offer to "walk through" your kid's application if his test scores and grades aren't in the top 25% of applicants. Ultimately he will still need to make tryouts in February of 9th grade year, so.....

2) If your kid is not the top 3-5 kids at the clinic, it's really just for the sake of getting to know the vibe and pace of how the varsity players and coaches act and interact with each other on the field. The coaches will address the group of players but you won't get any personal time and your son won't specifically be remembered. Attendance is a good thing to mention when you reach out to the coaching staff during the application process.

Watch the 2027 BOTC board this winter, or look back at last winter's 2026 posts. You will see a whole lot of Dad Smoke about "this school is EXTREMELY interested in my son," "Oh yeah all the coaches are calling my kid," etc etc etc and in the end probably 50% of those kids don't even get admitted to the private school that Dad wants them to attend. So levity / relativity should be part of your focus as a parent.......very few lax kids will get lax scholarships, and most of those are 10% scholarships anyway, and 100% of them go to kids who the staff think will make varsity in 9th grade (very, very, very few kids in MIAA schools).

And another tip, unless your son is in the top 10 of an elite club lax roster, don't make this process all about lacrosse. The education and the brotherhood are important, whether you are talking Dulaney or Mt. St. Joe or McDonogh. Good high schools are intended to be a boot camp for high level college education, so "high school fit" is critical. Especially since lax coaches quit and get fired like anybody else.

Some good teams playing this Sunday and next in FallBrawl and B'More Fall Classic.

I'm sure Hawks vs Predators is going be very exciting hahah

Team 91 MD gets to see how good they are. Are they elite? Hawks will tell them.

First look at the new BLC squad. New head coach and new additions from other squads. Preds, VLC and FCA White may not be much of a test for them.

First look at the new BLC squad. New head coach and new additions from other squads. Preds, VLC and FCA White may not be much of a test for them.

BLC vastly improved but I’m not sure they’re head and shoulders above ANYONE at this stage.

First look at the new BLC squad. New head coach and new additions from other squads. Preds, VLC and FCA White may not be much of a test for them.

I recall BLC beat Preds 17-2 a year ago, so let's see what the differential is this year.

BLC and Team MD are hard to really judge at the moment in terms of where they belong.

The bucket of 91/FCA White / Predators / VLC all seems to make sense though.

When was the last time BLC went 3-0 in a tournament?

Hopefully there is a playoff bracket and BLC gets a crack at Crabs. Will be a good barometer of how much better they actually got.

BLC dad....if Preds, FCA White or VLC comes close to beating BLC you guys can erase the Elite button.

Madlax May only have 1 kid that previously played 2027, but Madlax 2028 has multiple kids that SHOULD be 2027s that have always played as 2028s (in other words multiple kids born before September 1, 2009). You are arguing semantics when you say they aren’t holdbacks because parents were savvy enough to “hold them back” in kindergarten. Doesn’t change the fact they are not on age and should be playing 2027.

It is savvy to hold your kid back in kindergarten, or later, for many reasons, social, academic, and sports. Most families are not thinking about 7th grade lacrosse when they made the decision 8 years ago, but they were thinking about the many short term and long term benefits.

Public school parents love the cut off nonsense....."born after this date, no this date, no this one".....even tho many states have different dates. This is a sport, not a school. And unfortunately for the whiners, this sport in paprticular doesn't care what the poors think. Like it or not, that's how it works and it will never change.

Ppl always single out ML, but my son goes to school with many BLC and NL players and they def don't fit the public school on-age standards the bench player dads cry about on regularly on BOTC.

It is savvy to hold your kid back in kindergarten, or later, for many reasons, social, academic, and sports. Most families are not thinking about 7th grade lacrosse when they made the decision 8 years ago, but they were thinking about the many short term and long term benefits.