What Mass people don't understand is :Lacrosse is a religion in Md, LI , part of Westchester/Upstate NY. Therefore the Rec leagues and High schools programs are very competitive with a much larger number of teams/programs that are good to very good. In Md and LI I bet there are 20-30 HS In each regions that are very competitive . NJ has mayber 10-15. Mass I bet 3-4 HS teams and none could run with MD, NY, NJ top teams period. It's called critical mass! Overall Mass is light years behind unless you scrape the whole state for 1 team. Hence Mass Elite. NY ,MD could put 5 ME TOGETHER EACH!
In NJ, summit and Ridgewood were the two best high school teams this year and both finished high in the national rankings, particularly summit. And neither team was allowed by their high school coaches to try out for Under Armour as it xo flirted with the high school season. I am sure there were other top schools in NJ and NU where this was the case as well. Calm down on Under Armour already. I'm sick of hearing that lax in NE isn't as good as it is in LI or Maryland. It has caught up, The NE region was the best by far in under armour this year. This tournament was for the best players in every region, NE killed teams, the NE team got praise from many college coaches.
