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There were no changes made to Elite in the updated listing for 2026 - 10 teams remain. Changes were made to AAA, AA & A.

Like it or not, it is a ten team division. The six teams that are not loaded with holdbacks may surprise you. That is why they play the games. Whoever you are, come back in May and let's see if you are right that four teams dominated and six did not belong.

Has anyone heard when the schedule will be out?

based on prior experience we'll get a schedule about ten minutes before the first game face-off

Like it or not, it is a ten team division. The six teams that are not loaded with holdbacks may surprise you. That is why they play the games. Whoever you are, come back in May and let's see if you are right that four teams dominated and six did not belong.

I will. 91, Hawks, Looneys and Bethesda. To the rest.....Good luck.

Madlax is the enigma. They haven’t played any of the top HoCo teams in ages. No idea how good or bad they are.

The only recent data point is they lost to WCS by 1 and Hawks destroyed WCS BY 6 last weekend.

Crabs, Hawks, Looneys, BLC in that order.

91 is average at best, they will struggle in HoCo, they will not make playoffs.

Hawks, Looneys, Crabs and Madlax.

There is no data on Hawks vs Looneys. Hawks wins because of their history. Looneys has beaten Crabs x2 and Madlax x1 in the fall and summer. I believe Crabs beat Madlax also in the summer. But...who really knows how all this shakes out. Kids hitting puberty right now can completely change a team.

Good Luck to all the kids, coaches and parents! We all put in a lot of work and money into the craziness.

Hawks
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VLC
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Troy Park - Field 2
2:00 PM EDT
Crabs
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BLC Blue
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Troy Park - Field 2
3:30 PM EDT
True Annapolis Green
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FCA
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Troy Park - Field 1
5:00 PM EDT
Madlax Capital
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Looney's
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Troy Park - Field 2
5:00 PM EDT
Next Level
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Team 91
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Troy Park - Field 1
6:30 PM EDT

AAA
Sidewinders
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Saltwater
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Troy Park - Field 4
2:00 PM EDT
Breakers Blue
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TRW Wolfpack
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Troy Park - Field 4
3:30 PM EDT
Top Caliber
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Shore Kaos
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Troy Park - Field 4
5:00 PM EDT
Zingos Black
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Roughriders
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Troy Park - Field 4
6:30 PM EDT

AA

MESA
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Cannon's
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Rockburn Park - Field 5
5:00 PM EDT
PLC
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Forest Hill
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Rockburn Park -Field 6
5:00 PM EDT
Eastside
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True KP
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Rockburn Park - Field 5
6:30 PM EDT
HoCo Pink
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Swarm
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Rockburn Park -Field 6
6:30 PM EDT

A

True Annapolis
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Kooper's
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Blandair Park - Field 2
5:00 PM EDT
Madlax DMV
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Green Hornets
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Blandair Park - Field 3
5:00 PM EDT
True Baltimore
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Team Maryland
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Blandair Park - Field 2
6:30 PM EDT
HLC
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BLC Orange
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Blandair Park - Field 3

B

Blue Claws
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Kelly Post
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Howard High School
9:00 AM EDT
Breakers Orange
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Zingos Blue
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Howard High School
10:30 AM EDT
Ville
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Rockfish Copper
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Howard High School
12:00 PM EDT
Hard Lax
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ALC Bay Raiders
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Howard High School
1:30 PM EDT

Here is a sensible pre-season prediction. Happy to revise after Sunday games.

Top Tier (no particular order): Hawks, Crabs, Looneys
Second Tier (in no order): BLC, MadLax
Third Tier (not in order): True, VLC, NextLevel, FCA, 91

Monday will be fun in here......

Going to the store this weekend to stock up on popcorn. It will be fun.

The schedules are found here: https://www.ghclacrosse.com/page/show/6198190-boys-2026-divisions

Thank you for posting this! Does the person who posted happen to have the 2028 schedule as well. Have another son in that age group and our team is not always the fastest in passing along the schedule.

And your prediction for AAA?

Have the Hawks played VLC recently? If so how did things go? Same fro Crabs and BLC. Any recent games?

Monday? You think the critics will wait to post until Monday?

To keep the dialog interesting can we all promise not to mention holdbacks as an excuse. It is getting old.

I heard Looneys didn’t win a face off on Sunday. If they can’t figure that out take them out of that group.

Agreed. Looney’s has everything in place but without a FOGO or at least a chance to win a FO they will not win a game at the elite level. Madlax walks through them 10-2.

Looney’s beat crabs twice without winning a face off. So.... I think they can remain where they are.

Looneys..Cmon..It’s a bar for goodness sakes.
Bottom of elite this year.

No chance. Looneys still wins by at least 3 goals.

Looneys has one kid. He has a pole, he faces off and he’ll play attack. He will be a Hawks next year after Looneys loses 75% of their games this year in Hoco and summer

Welcome to Elite VLC

Not as old as your holdback son. When I was a kid, there was a word for boys whose parents arranged for them to play sports against younger kids.

Hawks
Crabs
FCA
Looneys
Next Level

My Predictions;
Hawks 9 - VLC 4
Crabs 8 - BLC 4
FCA 6 - True 3
Madlax 7 - Looneys 5
91 8 - Next Level 2

You heard it here first - True will start the season 1-0

I can see that. FCA is not very good.

This prediction will not age well.

https://worldseriesofyouthlacrosse....quit-max-wsyl-il-13u-14u-world-rankings/

WSYL/IL 13U Preseason World Rankings:
1. Annapolis Hawks (MD)
2. LI EXPRESS CoachC (NY)
3. Tigers XXVI (PA)
4. Sweetlax Upstate (NY)
5. Towermen (PA)
6. Orange Crush (NY)
7. FCA Upstate (NY)
8. 7 Flames (GA)
9. Madlax (DMV)
10. True IL 2026 Premier (IL)
11. Jersey Express (NJ)
12. BBL Elite (NJ)
13. Express North 2026
14. Sixers (CO)
15. 2Way (CT)
16. Evolve (CAN)
17. Igloo (NY)
18. Prime Time (NY)
19. True MN 2026 AAA (MN)
20. Eclipse (CT)
21. Team 91 LI (NY)
22. ADVNC (CA)
23. Southern Stars (NC)
24. Evolve BC (CAN)
25. Thunder LB3 (GA)

Watchlist: Saltwater (MD), VLC Black Ops (VA), Tri-State (NJ), True Annapolis (MD), TRW Wolfpack (VA), Top Caliber (VA), Alcatraz Outlaws (CA), SoCal Express (CA), True UT (UT), Legacy (NY)

#23. Southern Stars won the South Regional this past weekend and #8 7 Flames went 1-3, so don't put too much stock in the rankings.

Correct. Don’t forget that these rankings are based on the performance in the fall of the 2026 teams which include holdbacks that are present on most of these teams.

Yes it will BLC Dad - your boys are actually going to be smoked by more than 4!

Funny that you think the 91 vs NextLevel game will be the biggest margin of the day. 91 only beat VLC by 2, and those three teams (91, VLC, NL) are projected to be in the bottom 5 of this division. I expect 91/NL to be a close game.

Good point.

I’m not a BLC dad but nice try 91 dad.