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One of the 2023 Igloo coach decides to bring his travel team to play under the Huntington banner! But "they decided to leave early instead of play in the championship", some of the parents must of been worried about the traffic on the way back to Manhasset!

Stay classy!

I can say I'm surprised. Huntington is getting that rep. They did that a few times last year, too. I'm guessing it was the same guy. It just doesn't make any sense to me. I heard they were asked not to play.

So if Huntington doesn't have a 5th grade travel team who is registered at Blatant under Huntington?

It's usually code for Igloos pickup team

It's usually code for Igloos pickup team

They should be thrown out of Blatant tournament if this is true. It's in sportsmanship. Who is the coach who is teaching the kids to cheat??

Just get rid of town tournaments altogether and make divisions. Teams have been cheating for years and now coaches think it's ok to do it. Connetquot has been stacking their team, SYAG, Huntington, Commack, etc... have all been doing it too. And those are just the teams that bring in multiple players that I know about. A kid here or a kid there. It makes a difference. We've all seen how one kid can carry a town team. Move that kid to a team that already has a few good kids and they will dominate. I won't enter my team in any more town tourneys, that's for sure.

It is sad that coaches do this. What ever happened to town pride and developing from within. I guess winning a t-shirt is more important than a State Championship on the HS level.

What a true loser move to enter outlaw/igloo/manhasset/ with a few express players thrown in and call it "Huntington" to beat town teams to a pulp. This is one of the slime bag daddy coaches from igloo that set this up. Real winner. Don't get rid of the tournament. Ban the jerk that cheated so blatantly.

Don't discount the smarts of the players. These boys have been playing town and travel for a few years now. They know what town players live in. They play them in PAL games. some play on the same travel teams. They also know how old the boys are based on seeing them on fields and which grades they play with (PAL has always been age based). The lax world gets smaller as the boys get older. Cheating teams and players will start to be called out much more often. And let's not forget -- it's the parents who drive the boys to the tournament-- not the coaches.

I'm sure they're losing a ton of sleep over this. This goes on all the time and am confident plenty of others did the same throughout the tournament. Take this over to the complaint forum.

That's the problem! They don't think twice about it. It still doesn't make it the right thing to do for the growth of the game. Some people out here care about the love of the game and not the chase of the t-shirt! Lacrosse has always been about sportsmanship and community. It's starting to lose that and more and more people are getting into for selfish reasons. Everyone worries about their kid and their kid only, it's the problem with our generation. It used to take a village to raise a child, now most parents are offended if you tell them that "Little Johnny" is being an idiot! The parents are the issue and the coaches that pull this "BS" are the ring leaders! Parents need to step back and thing is this the right lesson to teach my kid. Step up and be a parent and make the right decision, and yes sometimes that might be the hard decision!

What a true loser move to enter outlaw/igloo/manhasset/ with a few express players thrown in and call it "Huntington" to beat town teams to a pulp. This is one of the slime bag daddy coaches from igloo that set this up. Real winner. Don't get rid of the tournament. Ban the jerk that cheated so blatantly.

You, my friend, have had too many concussions and it prevents you from thinking clearly. Cheating to beat defenseless kids in a tournament DESIGNED for simple town teams does not equal toughness...its cowardly. Get an MRI.

Why are you surprised? This is same guy who helped AA keep a now 6th grader on the igloo team last year. Once a cheat always a cheat. More surprised about the parents who let their kids play.

Is the 6th grader on the team now?

And parents that's why Igloo is banned from NLF and similar multi-team opportunities. Cheating just not accepted. Good luck with those showcase invites someday.

So you're saying Igloo is banned and Crabs are not?? Legacy, Crush have several holdbacks as well. Including a kid blatantly in the grade above, not even bothering to reclass. It's ok for all of them bot not Igloo, C'MON! You can't be serious?

Yes. That's exactly what I'm saying.
You must be new. There's a big difference in lacrosse between having holdbacks and having someone lie about their grade. Lots of teams have holdbacks. And that's within the rules, even if you don't like it. But you can't take a kid from an older grade regardless of his age. Some teams sometimes play age-based tournaments in which kids of different grades may participate. But that's not what Igloo did last year. Oh and by the way, its only one of the reasons why they got blackballed.

Best kids should be invited to showcases not cause of what team your on, a lot of talented kids that are more deserving than some that were invited FACT!!

Bigger clubs don't want a club like Igloo to succeed, that is why they are blackballed. Not because AA isn't liked. The whole purpose of the NLF was to push smaller clubs out and put a monopoly on recruiting. If the NLF was truly about getting the nations best talent in from of the college coaches, then the NLF would invite the best talent. If Igloo or any other club has some of the best talent and is blackballed, then clearly the NLF would lose if it hasn't all ready lost its integrity.

Understand that college coaches could care less about NLF; what they care about is getting the best talent out there. And if Igloo or any other club is good, the college coaches are going to want to see them. So it really doesn't matter.

Doesn't 91 have a frequent visitor from a grade higher, 2 years older play on the Dad's team? Hold back and playing down ...Pot meet Kettle