Obviously you have no idea how private schools work in MD. The girls schools don't offer a prefirst grade that the boys school do. Why? Because the idea is that boys with Spring and Summer birthdays benefit from starting school a little later. That is where a lot of the older boys come from, not necessarily from repeating a grade. It is very, very rare for girls to repeat grades. And it is very, very rare for girls to do a prefirst year as the girls' schools don't offer it. My daughter's 2021 team has 2 girls born in the last two weeks of August 2022. Other than that, every girl is after the 9/1 school cutoff date.
Who really needs to come up with a better excuse is the LI parents as to why MD teams easily run circles around their teams. Especially considering that there are a lot of very good teams in MD that the girls are spread between. Whereas on LI, YJ is the only team that can compete with M&D, SW, Heros, Stars, etc. [/quote]
No excuse the Maryland teams are great. But lets be honest about a few things -Does Maryland have Middle School Lacrosse? I believe not, so while the Long Island Girls are playing school, Maryland girls are playing/practicing with their clubs.Huge advantage to play together. Most Long Island teams have a week or two of practices before we head off to our first tournament. -Weather is big factor in getting the Long Island Girls on the field. Maryland spring is much earlier. The one thing I have seen more than years prior that on any given Sunday.... Monster beat SW, Liberty beat YJ you never know. Your thumping your chest about how great you are - how many commits do you have in this grade? How many does LI have? Its not about your T-Shirt on Sunday, its about clubs making money and our daughters going to college. [/quote]
Maryland does have middle school lacrosse but LI girls are allowed to play for Varsity teams which I would argue is much more advantageous to their development then playing on a middle school team of mixed abilities. However, MD has a spring club league which i agree is an absolute advantage at the beginning of the summer. Why LI does not do the same thing is beyond me.
Congrats on YJ having so many commits. All that proves is that the parents and/or YJ pushes those girls hard on the colleges. Do you honestly believe when all is said and done that YJ will have more committed girls than SW, M&D, Heros, etc?? Committing in 8th grade is only important to the parents. I had no idea what I wanted to do in 8th grade and am thankful that my daughter now has the time to really make an informed decision instead of committing because everyone else was.[/quote]
What Counties in Maryland have Middle School Lacrosse? Please tell me how they practice 2x week and games on weekends with club and still play school ball?? Spring club league is a huge advantage. LI cant do it because of the weather and some egos from directors. Why do you dismiss YJ commits? Youll thump your chest about winning a half of one game and a tshirt but not give credit where it is due?? One more clue for you MD fans Long Island is an area not a state. PS Not a YJ Parent [/quote]
Baltimore county middle schools as well as all private schools have lacrosse. The girls have school practice/game up until 5 or 5:30 and then club practice at 6 a couple days a week.
I didn't dismiss the commits on YJ. They are very good players. But the only reason that they have more than M&D and SW is because they really pushed for them. You really think there aren't girls on those MD teams as good if not better than the YJ commits?[/quote] You come up with one county that has middle school lacrosse? You Maryland people are unbelievable - age based tourneys no show and then bash the tourney. Oldest kids on our teams are all 2003 not 2002. You have a High School team that hasn't lost in like 20years they wouldn't be undefeated for one season on Long Island. Oh and then the winner is YJ parents pushed themselves on college coaches that's why they got offers. I better go push my daughter on a college because that's all it takes according to MD. There is a Maryland forum?? Um nobody cares or goes on it. Your teams are great no need to bash us and get off your pedestal your best team lost to Monsters. It happens but don't dismiss every team on Long Island you have 2 top teams, maybe we have 1, not a big difference that you all think there is. We have 2 counties on Long Island your teams have kids from several states be real. Look at your own words "My daughters 2021 team has two kids with 8/2002 birthdays, on LI they would be 2020. Enough said...
