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Unfortunately there was a real ugly hit this weekend at the Aloha tournament at Blandair park. Kid on Clippers took a terrible hit to the head, was down for a fairly long time and did finally walk off on his own. Hopefully he is alright now. There have been a few ugly hits like this that have popped up over the spring / summer and now into fall. I thought this incident was handled well by the tournament trainers, coaches, etc. Referees also made the correct call to eject the player who laid the hit. For me the question becomes is there a way to deter these hits anymore than they already are? I am not sure what that would look like in terms of suspending players or what? Or is this just an unavoidable reality? Just par for the course with the current age windows and enforcement. It's a bogey with the over-agressive coaching. Perhaps there should be more pre-game warnings on this stuff but ejection and 3 minute non-releasable with a coach warning and coach ejection on the next one would put an end to it right away. I think it's unavoidable, unfortunately. Even NFL refs with decades of experience often need slow motion replay to figure out if elite athletes who have been playing their sport for decades committed targeting vs making hard but legal contact. I don't think it's realistic to expect youth lax refs making $75 a game and two to an entire field and a bunch of 15-year-olds to somehow perform to a higher standard. Youth football places a lot more emphasis on concussion awareness and safe tackling so it would probably be possible to improve things somewhat, but I don't think you'll ever eliminate the risk entirely.
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Why are there no scores in tourney machine for terrapin classic after the 10am games? Annoying. Cabell has paid Tourney Machine to not post any more scores… it was not a good weekend for them I would disagree with this. ML lost 8-5 to Red Hots and 4-3 to Leading Edge. Yes, you want to win, but these games were competitive. ML goalie kept them competitive in the LE game. Hey goalie dad, it's been a while! Nope, you got the wrong guy. I am an LE parent, but I pay respect where it is due. Kid played great. nice try
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Top 10 in the DMV after Fall Tourneys:
1. Hawks
2. DC Express
3. FCA Blue
4. Crabs
5. Next Level
6. Madlax
7. Clippers
8. Team Maryland
9. Team 91
10. Clippers
11. DC Express Orange
12. True NoVa
13. FCA MD White
If you are going to add the FCA White team, I added some other DMV teams in the rankings. looking at the local DC teams: DCE - how did they go from one of the weakest teams in HoCo this spring to #6 nationally? MadLax - They keep getting new suckers (oops, new players) from somewhere and remain competitive. Next Level - I don't know what it is with this team. they have been almost good for awhile but can't get into a grove. VLC - it is a shame they did not get a team together - all three teams mentioned have oversized rosters (not the mention players on their B teams who want to play) to support one more good team in the region. missed opportunity.
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Unfortunately there was a real ugly hit this weekend at the Aloha tournament at Blandair park. Kid on Clippers took a terrible hit to the head, was down for a fairly long time and did finally walk off on his own. Hopefully he is alright now. There have been a few ugly hits like this that have popped up over the spring / summer and now into fall. I thought this incident was handled well by the tournament trainers, coaches, etc. Referees also made the correct call to eject the player who laid the hit. For me the question becomes is there a way to deter these hits anymore than they already are? I am not sure what that would look like in terms of suspending players or what? Or is this just an unavoidable reality? Just par for the course with the current age windows and enforcement. It's a bogey with the over-agressive coaching. Perhaps there should be more pre-game warnings on this stuff but ejection and 3 minute non-releasable with a coach warning and coach ejection on the next one would put an end to it right away. I think it's unavoidable, unfortunately. Even NFL refs with decades of experience often need slow motion replay to figure out if elite athletes who have been playing their sport for decades committed targeting vs making hard but legal contact. I don't think it's realistic to expect youth lax refs making $75 a game and two to an entire field and a bunch of 15-year-olds to somehow perform to a higher standard. Youth football places a lot more emphasis on concussion awareness and safe tackling so it would probably be possible to improve things somewhat, but I don't think you'll ever eliminate the risk entirely. Not talking about eliminating risk but reducing it by not giving 30 second releasables to obvious late hits and cheap hits like one-handed hatchet checks from behind and 10 yard clear out hits. Maybe some insane dad coach of the double reclass/future reclass player wants this type of play but few others do.
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Unfortunately there was a real ugly hit this weekend at the Aloha tournament at Blandair park. Kid on Clippers took a terrible hit to the head, was down for a fairly long time and did finally walk off on his own. Hopefully he is alright now. There have been a few ugly hits like this that have popped up over the spring / summer and now into fall. I thought this incident was handled well by the tournament trainers, coaches, etc. Referees also made the correct call to eject the player who laid the hit. For me the question becomes is there a way to deter these hits anymore than they already are? I am not sure what that would look like in terms of suspending players or what? Or is this just an unavoidable reality? Glad to hear the player will be ok. Very glad to hear the other player was ejected. There are too many intentional late hits that get a slap in the wrist. And they are happening all the time lately. Glad to see a ref finally set a kid straight. Hopefully it sends a message to the coach as well.
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Top 10 in the DMV after Fall Tourneys:
1. Hawks
2. DC Express
3. FCA Blue
4. Crabs
5. Next Level
6. Madlax
7. Clippers
8. Team Maryland
9. Team 91
10. Clippers
11. DC Express Orange
12. True NoVa
13. FCA MD White
If you are going to add the FCA White team, I added some other DMV teams in the rankings. looking at the local DC teams: DCE - how did they go from one of the weakest teams in HoCo this spring to #6 nationally? MadLax - They keep getting new suckers (oops, new players) from somewhere and remain competitive. Next Level - I don't know what it is with this team. they have been almost good for awhile but can't get into a grove. VLC - it is a shame they did not get a team together - all three teams mentioned have oversized rosters (not the mention players on their B teams who want to play) to support one more good team in the region. missed opportunity. The original VLC 2028 roster was littered with kids who are now on some of those other teams you mentioned - they completely blew it.
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