Yeah, it would be great to have only the 2-4 top hotbed teams there for each division. Not. The reality is only the top hotbed teams have a chance and, yes, like in U11, unless you have played a AA hotbed team before, it is hard to appreciate how much better they are.
That said, Palm Beach Storm beat Rising Sons 2020 twice last year at [lacrosse]'s in close games and they have since merged with another program and gotten better. Which is not to say Rising Sons 2021 isn't much better than last year's team (though they only beat the Breakers this Fall 11-7, who were dominated by GT and Hawks). The Charlotte team only lost to Madlax 9-8 in a U11AA championship this Summer. 757 isn't far behind Charlotte. Cannons versus all those teams might be good games.
I expect Team Igloo will be the only untouchable team in U11, but we'll see. Non-hotbed teams are at least improving. At least [lacrosse]'s actually has age rules that are enforced, so don't have to worry about, or listen to complaining about, holdbacks.
