BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Boys 2021 Fall 2013/Summer 2014

They are under another name and still practicing together in a secluded cave out east , word has it they are looking to play in B bracket again to take another victory from Smash as one poster had recently said smash will beat most A 2021 teams but lost last year to a non organized low budget pick-up team in Stony Brook championship.

I heard they disbanded. Some to Igloo, some to other clubs.

The reality....

If WildCats had stayed together this year they would have contended with any team in 2021 on any day and they would have won a lot.

91, Team LI, and Igloo are lucky.

Just saying.....It would have been an eye opener to these teams that charge crazy prices so you can pay the "Lacrosse Elite" to sit there and say 2 words to your kid.

Coach was a little "Intense" but the kids responded. They needed one more year.

Like I predicted the bigger clubs would talk the 8 or 9 good kids away from Wildkatz so the team folded. I know a few went to Igloo. Two or three went to team Long Island. Two or three went to 91 and I know of one kid who went to Express.

He is now an Igloo dad. That is why he shut down the team.

After watching yesterday I am excited to be heading down for Crabfest. Here is the line up.

1 Crabs 2021 MD
2 Team Igloo Long Island
3 Orange Crush NY
4 Leading Edge New Jersey
5 Rising Sons Philadelphia
6 Team Long Island Long Island
7 Bethesda U11AA MD
8 Sweet Lax Upstate, NY

So what happened? 91 and Icon we in the championship game. Care to rethink your predictions for the next tournament?

Igloo got punched in the mouth by the Rising Mennonites and couldn't recover. Good job by Icon and 91

Yes-10/11 year old kids got " punched in the mouth" by losing by 1 goal in a fall tourney.
No doubt a 91 parent who has paid $2,000 per year to lose every tournaments, league play and every matchup to igloo. See you in the spring when you cry your way back to your tent for a Budweiser and a Marlboro.

Yes-10/11 year old kids got " punched in the mouth" by losing by 1 goal in a fall tourney.
No doubt a 91 parent who has paid $2,000 per year to lose every tournaments, league play and every matchup to igloo. See you in the spring when you cry your way back to your tent for a Budweiser and a Marlboro.

Shouldn't Igloo have played in the 6th grade bracket? This was a grade based tournament.

It didn't matter...

The great Igloo team played down and lost. Yes they should have been playing in the 6th grade bracket.

The great Igloo team played down and lost. Yes they should have been playing in the 6th grade bracket.

Igloo got punched in the mouth by the Rising Mennonites and couldn't recover. Good job by Icon and 91

But the tournament was by GRADE. A player in the 6th grade should not have been playing in a 5th grade bracket much less a 2021 team. Whether or not the one player makes a difference or if other teams are doing it is irrelevant. Those were the rules and why certain towns hold all their kids back. But since you know that no tournament director or league official will ever question a kids age or challenge a roster I guess its OK to cheat. It was very obvious that the out of state teams at Shamrock all had older kids. But they entered allot of teams and paid allot of money for multiple days, so play on.

Just a question, if a parent went to the school on Friday and filed paperwork to have him moved down to 5th grade, then Monday morning filled out paperwork to have him put backin 6th then it would be all good right ? Thats why this grade thing is idiotic.

I think the problem people have with igloo here is that we always listen to them point to US Lacrosse age brackets to justify having 6th graders on a 2021 team. They claim they never cheat and play within the rules. Well here one can argue they did not play within the rules. If they want to play in grade based tounaments they should call themseves a 5/6 grade team not 2021. It is not right to want to be known as THE BEST 2021 team and enter in grade based tounaments as a 5th grade team with 6th graders. We are not talking about the great player(S) they have who are in 5th grade and should be in 6th. The problem is the 6th graders playing in a 5th grade bracket. Igloo is not a true 2021 team. They are a 5/6th grade team when playing grade based games and should play against 6th graders. Having said that they are the best 5/6 grade team and I think 91 for now is the best 2021 team until someone beats them with all 5th graders.

I think the problem people have with igloo here is that we always listen to them point to US Lacrosse age brackets to justify having 6th graders on a 2021 team. They claim they never cheat and play within the rules. Well here one can argue they did not play within the rules. If they want to play in grade based tounaments they should call themseves a 5/6 grade team not 2021. It is not right to want to be known as THE BEST 2021 team and enter in grade based tounaments as a 5th grade team with 6th graders. We are not talking about the great player(S) they have who are in 5th grade and should be in 6th. The problem is the 6th graders playing in a 5th grade bracket. Igloo is not a true 2021 team. They are a 5/6th grade team when playing grade based games and should play against 6th graders. Having said that they are the best 5/6 grade team and I think 91 for now is the best 2021 team until someone beats them with all 5th graders.

Just a question, if a parent went to the school on Friday and filed paperwork to have him moved down to 5th grade, then Monday morning filled out paperwork to have him put backin 6th then it would be all good right ? Thats why this grade thing is idiotic.

Bottom line is you should play in a bracket that is concurrent with the grade of your highest grade player in a grade based tournament. If you have even 1 6th grader on your team regardless of age of that 6th grader, and the rest are in 5th grade, that team should be registered as a 6th grade team period. Its a very simple concept. If you want a 6th grade kid on a 5th grade team that badly then play 6th grade. Many grade based tournaments now make this a requirement in their tournament announcements.

I lot of haters on this thread - there is a long tournament season ahead!