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When do results come out? Like tryout results?

My daughter is a 2015 and has played teams from all over and let me throw my thoughts in on this state by state

Maryland- by far the best players and coaches (and I'm from L.I.) very smart and talented

Florida- Fast girls but lack stick skills and lax I.Q. don't see them being better than Md. Or L.I. anytime soon

Texas and California- Big strong girls and very fast but the game and the coaches are still very new. not very good stick skills or lax I.Q.

Up State, Mass, Conn.- Very Smart, and good sticks but lacking something, If they find it they will be trouble for both L.I. and Md.

N.J. - very talented and good sticks, getting very aggressive a real problem

Penn.- east good west bad, neither a threat.

mid west and Georgia- coming on quick , not good sticks or I.Q. but getting their but not soon

Canada- good in close to the goal with good sticks and high I.Q. but need work on a full field, another problem for both L.I. and Md.

Colorado- Big girls, a lot of attention, but no sticks or I.Q. not very good

In short , I don't see any other region being a problem in my kids lifetime. But lets grow the game and see how it goes

That aint paradise over there, trust me. Wait until the rosters come out and the 4 kids that got dropped to play with PM find out. This board is gonna light up.

Come on, you actually believe that kids that get dropped are the ones who deserve to go. Not in the 2020 group, 3 kids who will stay on top team and should be dropped won't.

My daughter is a 2015 and has played teams from all over and let me throw my thoughts in on this state by state

Maryland- by far the best players and coaches (and I'm from L.I.) very smart and talented

Florida- Fast girls but lack stick skills and lax I.Q. don't see them being better than Md. Or L.I. anytime soon

Texas and California- Big strong girls and very fast but the game and the coaches are still very new. not very good stick skills or lax I.Q.

Up State, Mass, Conn.- Very Smart, and good sticks but lacking something, If they find it they will be trouble for both L.I. and Md.

N.J. - very talented and good sticks, getting very aggressive a real problem

Penn.- east good west bad, neither a threat.

mid west and Georgia- coming on quick , not good sticks or I.Q. but getting their but not soon

Canada- good in close to the goal with good sticks and high I.Q. but need work on a full field, another problem for both L.I. and Md.

Colorado- Big girls, a lot of attention, but no sticks or I.Q. not very good

In short , I don't see any other region being a problem in my kids lifetime. But lets grow the game and see how it goes

Upstate girls are in the same category as LI & MD. Agree with MA & CT and pretty much everything else you stated.

The reason I say upstate girls are on the same level is how well they do in the state championships. Downstate does not dominate.

Ok ... when you say agree w Mass and Ct, I assume you mean they are very good but missing "something". I won't really argue the point because as a whole that is probably true. But Mass, in particular, has produced some truly top players, many of whom populated the great NW teams (including their HOF head coach btw). But I am curious what you both think is the missing "something". Is it just not enough of those players to create enough true top end depth? Or are you referring to a style of play? Or something else? I respect your opinions and am truly curious. Thx

for the ones that know already or everyone else?

When do new players Yellow Jacket teams come out?

When do new players Yellow Jacket teams come out?

When do new players Yellow Jacket teams come out?

Come on, you actually believe that kids that get dropped are the ones who deserve to go. Not in the 2020 group, 3 kids who will stay on top team and should be dropped won't.

My favorite 19 parent is the one who screams " Pass it to @&$!? (his daughters name) then berates his daughter for making the correct pass instead of going to the goal ( which is all he ever wants to see) too funny!

Every region will have excellent players come from it. Great athletes are every where. But what makes Long Island, Maryland and yes Virginia (mostly northern, most people consider that part of the greater Maryland D.C. area) so much "better"? I can't really say, maybe dedication, familiarity, or history? What makes Tom Brady so good? Why are the best football players so consistently from Texas, California, and Pennsylvania? Who knows, but it's been that way forever and probably will never change, and neither will the strong hold Long Island and Maryland have on Lacrosse

I'm not sure about that. Texas, California, Florida have more than just the best football players. They have the best baseball, track and field, soccer, swimming and just about any other sport they focus on. I think it just comes down to MD and LI having a strong tradition in the sport and therefore the best athletes view it as the sport to play. As the sport grows in popularity in other places (something I think we all hope will happen) the LI and MD dominance will naturally diminish. Just my opinion.

When I look at overall athletic prowess of a region, LI and MD wouldn't be anywhere near the top of the list. In fact if that were what we were looking at, and wanting to evaluate smaller areas/states, I'd put Mass ahead of almost anyone when you look at the number of high level athletes that come out of there across many sports. So I think it will be whether the sport takes hold as a "tradition" as you put it. And you will be right if nowhere else embraces it the way LI and MD do. I hope that isn't the case in the long run because I think it is the best girls/women's sport on the planet.

Smithtown 2019 still a good "town" team. Connectquot 2019 is better. Neither can keep their town team together. Prediction: Mt. Sinai will be the best because they are keeping it in house.

That's laughable , what sport besides Hockey would Mass even be in the conversation. Florida , California have the best athletes in general . Men's , Women's lacrosse and men's wrestling are about the only sports that Long Island is in the conversation of top 5 area in the country . Any other sports that are up there for LI ?

Upstate girls are in the same category as LI & MD. Agree with MA & CT and pretty much everything else you stated.

The reason I say upstate girls are on the same level is how well they do in the state championships. Downstate does not dominate.

That's laughable , what sport besides Hockey would Mass even be in the conversation. Florida , California have the best athletes in general . Men's , Women's lacrosse and men's wrestling are about the only sports that Long Island is in the conversation of top 5 area in the country . Any other sports that are up there for LI ?

I was saying Mass as compared to smaller states/areas ... so in comparison to Maryland and LI for example. I think Mass for sure has produced more pro athletes than LI with similar populations. Hockey of course, but also baseball, football and other sports. I mean come on, Long Island? Similar populations, Mass wins hands down on that comparison across just about every sport. So if Mass focused on Lax as much as LI does, my contention is that it would produce more great lax players. If Cal, Florida or Texas does, then they will no doubt become the center of the lax world.

It is just time for LI ers to come to grips with the fact that they are only producing so many "great" lax players because no one else has cared about the sport. The bravado needs to be taken down a notch or three is all.

There are only two ways this will go. Either lax stays a cozy little niche sport and LI ers can go on thinking they are the best because they r sooo awesome at it, or it will grow rapidly and then LI ers will have to wax poetic about the good old days.

I was saying Mass as compared to smaller states/areas ... so in comparison to Maryland and LI for example. I think Mass for sure has produced more pro athletes than LI with similar populations. Hockey of course, but also baseball, football and other sports. I mean come on, Long Island? Similar populations, Mass wins hands down on that comparison across just about every sport. So if Mass focused on Lax as much as LI does, my contention is that it would produce more great lax players. If Cal, Florida or Texas does, then they will no doubt become the center of the lax world.

It is just time for LI ers to come to grips with the fact that they are only producing so many "great" lax players because no one else has cared about the sport. The bravado needs to be taken down a notch or three is all.

There are only two ways this will go. Either lax stays a cozy little niche sport and LI ers can go on thinking they are the best because they r sooo awesome at it, or it will grow rapidly and then LI ers will have to wax poetic about the good old days.