Scroll up and look again. In that tournament the age requirements are so screwy you can have an old 5th grader (11 year old) born before August 31 2002 on the field with a young 8th grader (13 year old) born after August 31 2000.
My son plays on an eighth grade team where some kids would fall into this group and they have not been left or held back.
If you entered this event as a straight 2021 you would most likely have gotten destroyed.
My point is the system is so broken it is laughable.
I don't see the problem though. Isn't this type of age-based tourney what all the LI'ers want? The ages are within 24 months of each other.
The bigger issue lies in the grade-based tourneys. In those you will see a gap wider than 24 months.
