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This is to talk about 2033 grads playing in the HoCo league, Tourneys, and school teams

2024 Hoco League Lineup

2033s

AAA:
Annapolis Hawks
Bethesda Blue
Clippers
Crabs
Madlax Capital
Next Level Blue
Team 91
True Chesapeake Black

AA:
HLC
HoCo
Legends
Next Level Red
ProStart
Wolfpack
VLC
Zingos

A:
Baltimore Swarm
Cannons Select
Kelly Post Grey
Madlax DMV
Team Maryland
Ville Lacrosse

Posting in the youngest groups: At the second youngest of ages in Hoco in 2024, which teams are drawing the most talent? What is talent? Stickwork, running, size, aggression, Lax IQ? At this age, big boys sometimes just run through the D and team matters less. Good teams force the passing over goals and it eventually pays off when they get older as boys can sling the ball around and score as a team.

2023 HoCo Regular Season Final Results

2033s

1. Next Level
2. Madlax Capital
3. Annapolis Hawks
4. Crabs
5. True Annapolis
6. Bethesda Blue
7. Sidewinders (now Clippers)
8. Wolfpack

2033s
New to the HoCo elite mix in 2024: Team 91
Moved to AA: Wolfpack

National Top 2033 Teams after Summer 2024 (rev 1)

Note: Tournament-only/National/All-Star teams not included, but recognized at end if they play town teams. Where there are conflicts, more weighting given to a. full games over shortened multi tournament games, b. good wins, c. good losses, d. avoiding bad losses)

1. Madlax Capital (Hoco undefeated, winner Championship 7-4, won NA Championships, DE, beat Sweetlax Upstate twice, beat Sweetlax Fl 8-4 in championship)

2. Next Level Blue (Hoco #2 team, beat Annapolis Hawks 9-2, won Millon Summer Invite, Md)

3. Annapolis Hawks (#3 Hoco, beat Crabs 7-1)

4. Stealth Black Ops (Win Tri Star Clash, NY, beat 91 Nitro, Crabs, Rebels Kraken)

5. Crabs (#4 Hoco, Close Runner up to Stealth in Tri Star, beat Rebels Kraken, at Crabfeast wiped out BTB Renegades)

6. Sweetlax Upstate (won NA Lacrosse Summer Invite, beat BBL Shore, BBL Black, runner-up Rebels Kraken (who beat Duke's Elite, BBL Black))

7. 91 LI Nitro (won Natl Summer Showdown, beat Rebels Kraken)

8. Towermen (beat Next Level Blue 5-3 in first game of NXT Meltdown, Pa., in Tri Star Clash, NY lost 13-2 to 91 Nitro, lost 11-3 to Stealth)

9. Igloo Avalanche (won Prime Time, NY, beat BBL Black, Team 91 Navy, Shore2shore, Orange Crush)

10. Orange Crush (close #2 Prime Time, NY, beat BBL Black, Team 91 Navy, Shore2shore, won Saratoga Shootout, NY)

In the mix:
-Rebels Kraken* (in Tri Star NY, beat Shore2shore, BBL Black, BTB, close losses to Crabs, Stealth In NA Lacrosse Summer Invite, was runner up to Sweetlax Upstate, beat Duke's Elite, BBL Black. Could be a tournament all-star team)
-3D Garden State (won Battle at the Beach, NJ, beat Team 91 NJ, BBL Northstars, Mad Dog Shore)
-Turtles (won LI Lax Fest)
-BTB Renegades
-Blue Star Destroyers (won NXT Trident, Pa)
Tournament Teams:
Sweetlax Fl* (regional tournament team, includes some Stealth, SW Fl normally features other out-of-state recruits, beat Madlax 8-7 in preliminary game NA Summer Championships, DE, lost to them 8-4 in Championships

Kraken and Sweetlax FL are without a doubt top 10 teams. Igloo and Orange Crush should be off this list. Consideration should be given to Rebels Seahawks and ECE. BTB on cusp but has not even hung with proven teams that they have played. Turtles are an A team and should not even be considered at this level of competition because they haven't played any of the teams listed (played 34's at LI LAX Fest).

Kraken is not top 10. They @chillinlax. They will never be top 10. This age group is ranked in 3 years from now. They won’t even have a team at that point. Best players are leaving this year for nitro, ask around.

The fact that you're hating on a top youth club team from LI, on a Maryland post, speaks volumes. You 91 guys think that just because you've beaten The Kraken that kids and their parents will jump ship? Just bow down and leave? Do you really think that their families want to put up with the type of pompous BS that you all have to offer? I've asked around. Nobody really likes you. You lied.

Why are the Kraken pushers commenting here without any reference or knowledge of Maryland teams?

Sweetlax Florida is a regional national tournament team (practicing almost exclusively right before the tournament) made up of clubs as much as 5 hours away from Stealth in South Florida to Sarasota, Tampa, to Jaws in Ponte Vedra and, includes, especially at the older age groups, a substantial number of out-staters. Often their players are in multiple teams, including other national teams such as Sweetlax Navy, 3D Georgia, Florida Lacrosse Club, Nationals and Nations Best.