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That is funny.

not sure club owners make a killing unless they also run tournaments -- madlax, Hogan, crabs. Events are were the money is

12 yr old...he must be the child of one of the Crab 2017 players!

The heart of the 3rd - 8th grade club teams now is the spring club leagues which does not leave time for High School or College coaches to work with the kids when it matters the most.

Then shame on you for picking that club. There are plenty of clubs out there that have HS Varsity coaches coaching the club teams and not someone's daddy.

The way I see it, the travesty of the current environment is that parents of kids that aren't good enough to play for the top couple clubs, have to pay $1500+ for their kids to play lax with their friends instead of $150 to play rec. For most clubs, you aren't getting anything different then you did from rec. My rec council can no longer field anything above a B team and at Lightning they are only having multiple C teams. The real winners of this landscape are the club owners. [/quote

In Balt area stupid MYLA hooking up with Howard County Recreation and starting the grade base club league two years ago has lead youth lacrosse to this. No reason their league wasnt age base. Crabs and a couple other clubs were salivating to go grade base for a couple of reasons( accommodate MIAA holdbacks, early recruiting, etc) and Howard County Rec Club league was the light to the fuze. Howard County Rec should hold a special place in the hall of shame for Balt youth lacrosse. NPYLL followed suit within a year to keep up. In less than two years all Club teams are grade base and stupid MYLA is going the way of dodo bird for mid to top level competition.

Several of the clubs run and own the tournaments.. Is there any YOUTH U15 and below that is not owned by a club team in Balt/Wash area ??

He is but lets tell the rest of story..the child is only in 1st grade and has a big time commitment to Hopkins.

Soccer started this with club. So did aau basketball. Club lax is refreshing because the rec politics don't exist unless you play for a club that consists of the same kids that were in the same rec. maturation of the sport. This is a good thing for md. Enjoy it.

same kids-same daddy coaches at club. Look it up. Its all over in Baltimore. The coddling of their kids

It is good for the better players and the 100-200 players that are going on to play at a high level. The 1000 others who are are rec players are chasing a dream at a high price. Clubs have a place in sports but not dominating youth level sports. And very few clubs don't have politics involved in some way. With more clubs this will only increase.

This weekend was much better for the Crabs at the Autumn Classic.

Annapolis Hawks 3-1-0 75%
Freedom 3-1-0 75%
Legacy Taz 3-1-0 75%
Edge 22-7-1 73%
VLC 14-5-1 70%
Crabs 25-9-2 69%
Bethesda 7-3-1 63%
Sentry 4-2-1 57%
Breakers 12-10-2 50%
Thunder 2-2-0 50%
Looneys 7-7-1 46%
FCA 3-3-1 42%
Mesa Fresh 2-2-1 40%
Madlax 7-12-0 36%
Leading Edge 4-7-1 33%
Bulldogs 2-4-0 33%
Phillie Elite 2-4-0 33%
LWLC 1-2-0 33%
MLC 1-2-0 33%
St. Francis Xavier 1-2-0 33%
C2C 8-18-1 29%
Apex 3-8-2 23%
MDX 3-12-1 18%
Cape Kings 0-3-0 0%
Deep Dish 0-6-0 0%
Koopers 0-3-0 0%
LI Outlaws 0-3-0 0%

Played Legacy Taz 1-1 50%

The VLC stats are overblown they have not placed a team in the A bracket all fall from U15 and down. So they are playing there top team in B div. all year.

Tough weekend for 2020 crabs

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And winning the Autumn Classic event for HS teams is a joke. It is incredible how watered down Crabs / Aloha events are. The best 2016s and 2017s were at Philly or fl$ in 3d and so were most of the top coaches. Crabs / Aloha can't get the best LI or other Tri State teams, West Coast Starz, Denver Elite or the top Philly teams to even bother to come anymore. Let's face it, intramural Crabs tournaments are inches away from being the new Hogan Fall Brawl. Did they hand out trophies and t-shirts too for pretty pictures?

Total joke.

Crabs teams and tournaments have been on a downward trajectory for a couple years now. The 2015s are their last great team in the system now, but the 2018s may be great eventually. The growth of the game spreads more talent around, but another reason is the relative value of the Crabs strategy of encouraging holdbacks has been widely adapted by other clubs. It's a lot harder to be bigger, stronger and faster every time when you're not always older.

You're right. They should be totally ashamed of themselves for losing by a goal in the finals. Those 7th graders should no that is totally unacceptable.

2018 Team is going to be VERY VERY GOOD.
Just getting used to each other and the sky is the limit.

All of the clubs have one money maker that is not that well attended by coaches.

So What.....

Curious as to why the 2020s received a bye in the first round of the playoffs resulting in the other division winners having to play an extra game while the crabs rested.

2016s - excellent
2017s - excellent
2018s - excellent

Get a life

Any reclass or holdbacks on 2018?

Any reclass or holdbacks on 2018?

only a few.

Who did well in 19s ?

Who played edge who won.

Maybe they are winners in your hearts, because they can't win real tournaments. Autumn Classic was the leftovers after Philly and 3d last weekend. Thanks for playing.

Fall Brawl actually had quite a bit of talent this year. Several top Npyll & HoCo teams, Team 91, Canadian clubs,MN clubs etc.

So what? Most 2017 and 2018 teams will go to two maybe three one day events in the fall and that's it. That is not a lot of lacrosse to leave on the field during the fall season which is all these kids have to show for in this recruiting cycle since college coaches can't see high school games because of their own season. For 1/2 or 1/3 of the fall to be a throw away because your club owner is doing his money grab, it is a very big deal. Especially when you are paying big bucks for these quaint affairs with five other middle tier teams and a few coaches while most of the action is in Philly. If I were a parent of a 2017 or 2018 Crab and my kid was stuck in the no looksie money grab while kids who played in Philly are getting all the looks and attention, I'd be furious. I think it speaks volumes that all the top clubs from this event last year skipped it this year leaving Crabs with themselves and their VLC step childs plus some middle fill teams.

What teams are playing in the Baltimore Invitational this coming weekend?

Why obsess over other programs? Worry about your own son.

And more important-"What coaches are comimng?"
THANK YOU

You people are idiots. Crabs 2017 wasn't even at the Autumn Classic. They were however at the Dukes HHH Big Four last week and of course will be at the Baltimore Invitational this week. The 2018s played at a recruiting event at JHU against Team 91 and FCA last weekend. Maybe, Ryan just has better coneections and can get the teams into these smaller showcases. Just because they aren't at a tournament does not mean that the boys aren't being seen.

I guess you did not hear about the "INVITE ONLY" at Hopkins last Sunday.

ONLY 3 teams-13 D1 college Coaches.
They only had to watch 3 games.

CRABS, TEAM 91, FCA.

Thats it....

Just all those schools and our 3 teams.
Have your kid work harder.

And LI Express and Dukes are coming to Crabs invite this weekend

Thanks Ryan

Although you are correct about the Crabs getting plenty of exposure, Crabs 2017 WAS at the Famous Autumn Classic.

It was a combined 2016 and 2017 team playing in the 2016 division.

Sounds like the better 2017s were at JHU....

Any other teams? Any idea what college will send coaches? If any? Philly Freshman is the same weekend

LI Express will be sending it's lame team (not the Turtles) and Dukes will be sending their B teams. Onondaga Community College, Lynn University, Cabrini College and Slippery Rock College will all be in the house for the Crabs invite. Nine more will make 13, and that would be really great.

Your a [lacrosse]....

I think you mean "you're" and no, that was awesome!