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Historically, 91 at the middle school and youth levels is not very good. No development. They don't make cuts and will keep your kid as long as you pay. But might not play you.

Previous poster is right. They are just a money maker for the HS programs. Which is fine. Just know how they are structured. Their only value is at HS. They do a good job with placing kids in colleges. But good luck making those hs teams. Complete roster turnover in 8th grade.

91 Md only began lacrosse teams for the youngest kids last year, 2023. Someone said here that the 91 Md 2032 was created when the Wolfpack team left for 91. It takes time for recruitment, years of tryouts, and yes, development. 2033 last year was made up of more than half 2034s, the only team like that. Other teams like Hawks amd Crabs (and now defunct Breakers) had young youth development teams far longer.

Missing the point entirely. I'm talking about the track record of the 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030 teams for 91MD. I know that for the 2026-2029 squads, 91 started in 3rd grade. Every team they field is something like $60-70K gross profit, and about $18K net profit to the owner, so if HoCo is offering a league for that grad class, 91 would really, really, really like to field a team.

If they weren't offering a 2032 team, it's because most "new" 91 youth teams are composed of kids/coaches brought over from other clubs. But this happens irregularly to the benefit of 91, and as a result, there are frequent year-to-year gaps in team offerings.

For comparison, Crabs also starts in 3rd grade, and in the last 12-13 years they had *one* age group they couldn't field a team, for *one year.*(2029s). And frequently, Crabs will add a 2nd team in middle school grad years. Other clubs at the youth level just don't seem to have this youth recruiting problem unless they are in the process of falling apart (Breakers, Looneys, 3D MD, Ground Control, Rough Riders MD, Rebels MD, Green Turtle, Koopers in the past 5 years). Not saying that 91 is struggling whatsoever because they aren't. But it's an interesting phenomenon to share with those other clubs that fell apart.

Maybe reputations shouldn't matter, but they apparently do.

91 MD Club director ( we all know who he is ) is developing teams for the future. So many people have no idea what has gone on with this club. Two teams got all the resources for the last years. Two players got everything thrown their way for years while they came up to High School.

I suspect he will get along just fine as no one remembers the past it seems. I can still remember , " Throw it to the 9th grader " as the opposing team 7th grade boy came by him. Or the " Break his arms to the 8th grader" those were the days. The recent highjinks filmed by MTV guy were great too. Nothing like garbage talking a player in the handshake line after you get beat. Now that is sportsmanship