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Calls went out at dinner time.

Any update on scores?

So which parents are gonna jump off a bridge cause they are not labeled “Elite”.

So which team won the play-in?

HOCO screwed Looneys. FCA played well and came out on top. Good luck to the team.

The HOCO Championship was included in the rankings last year.

Over Looney's or NL?

Crabs 2026 were exposed today.

Looney’s 6 NL 4
FCA 6 Looney’s 5 OT

Looneys 6-5

HOCO screwed Looneys. FCA played well and came out on top. Good luck to the team.[/quote]

You can’t blame HoCo that a team decided they didn’t want to play in the play in game.

L 6 NL 4
FCA 6 L 5 in OT

The division is determined by Spring 2021 records, not Spring Bloom. The top 7 qualify, and VLC was no. 6.

This aged well.

Yep. Looneys finished ahead of FCA last year, having beaten them 7-4. Both finished 1-6, but Looneys owns the break. NL lost every game last year. With a goal differential of -31 over 7 games! Yet when HoCo decides to go from 10 to 8 teams this year (for the "integrity " of the elite division, per the HoCo commish), FCA and Looneys are out and NL stays elite...huh? When FCA and Looneys make a big enough stink, HoCo makes a it a play-in tourney with only a few days notice while many schools are on Spring break and everyone had the season beginning on their calendar the following weekend. Nice. Then, FCA ends up getting a bye when Top Caliber nopes out. So they watched Looneys beat NL while stretching out and then, after losing for 3/4's of the game (as usual - the last time FCA neat Looneys), Looneys Faded at the end in 4th Q and OT. But still better by a longshot that FCAAAA on any other day. HoCo stinks. Terrible with no integrity. Looneys crushed VLC in Fall and we have always crushed 91. Summer Tourneys will show it

Loomeys crushed VLC in the Fall. Wasn't even close. HoCo is a joke

Looneys is the better team but us AAAA teams wait with baited breath to prove ourselves worthy of you elite teams minus a year or two in age.

How did they get screwed?

The difference in the game was at the dot without question. If you’re wining 80% of possession I would expect a win. However I was surprised it was only by 2. Express dominated the dot as well and won by 7.

They didn’t. They had to play back to back games yesterday. FCA would have as well but Top Caliber forfeited. Top Caliber screwed Looneys, not HoCo.

Well…. Let’s discuss it.
1. Looney had to drop out of a tournament to play this play in.
2. Looneys HC wasn’t allowed on the sidelines. He did not have his badge yet. Still had a week before we were supposed to actually play. We had kids subbing in players because of this.
3. Looneys had to play NL who did not win a game. Why are they even considered
4. Looneys beat FCA last year head to head
5. Looneys had the hardest schedule out of all HOCO teams in 2021. Best goal differential.
6. TC had more of a right to be there than NL.

FCA played a fine game and came back in the 4th and won in OT. Good luck to them. Good parents and kids.

I think FCA simply won even without the boys who left the team to go to looneys. I would love to know what those family’s are thinking now? FCA will continue to grow simply based on their brand while looneys folds.

Yep. Looneys finished ahead of FCA last year, having beaten them 7-4. Both finished 1-6, but Looneys owns the break. NL lost every game last year. With a goal differential of -31 over 7 games! Yet when HoCo decides to go from 10 to 8 teams this year (for the "integrity " of the elite division, per the HoCo commish), FCA and Looneys are out and NL stays elite...huh? When FCA and Looneys make a big enough stink, HoCo makes a it a play-in tourney with only a few days notice while many schools are on Spring break and everyone had the season beginning on their calendar the following weekend. Nice. Then, FCA ends up getting a bye when Top Caliber nopes out. So they watched Looneys beat NL while stretching out and then, after losing for 3/4's of the game (as usual - the last time FCA neat Looneys), Looneys Faded at the end in 4th Q and OT. But still better by a longshot that FCAAAA on any other day. HoCo stinks. Terrible with no integrity. Looneys crushed VLC in Fall and we have always crushed 91. Summer Tourneys will show it[/quote

You struggled to get by NL and lost to FCA. You belong in AAAA. Maybe now we can stop hearing about your "upgrades".

Why did Top Caliber forfeit? Didnt want to play elite I assume?

Going forward they should drop the bottom 2 teams and bump up the top two from the level below each year.

Looneys parents making a strong case to be anointed most annoying on this board. If you were that much better, then go out and win.

At least you are elite in your whining.

How did HOCO screw looneys? Someone said they just started practicing a week or two ago. Sounds like the coach screwed looneys not preparing them and picking up where they left off last year - losing games.

So now that the Divisions have been settled, when will the schedule be finalized? Season starts in 5 days.

Looney’s isn’t elite just ask FCA.

What happened to the St Paul's league? We still pay the same club dues but only get 1 spring league. It went away during Covid and now we only get 8 HoCo games?

Well Looneys could have put all this to rest if they had won against teams that beat a year ago. Just own the loss, this rant is embarrassing and proves AAAA is where this team belongs.

Do you guys really have a quadruple A division. That is just silly. Why not just call it elite, A, B, C, D, which it is.

All this says is the organization is a $&/@ show. Looney’s played a team that didn’t win a game last year but using that as an excuse to why they lost to FCA. My guess is this team doesn’t win AAAA and struggles to continue into the summer.

I'd guess 4 days.

Actually, only 7

Looney’s‘s head coach not having his badge is on him for waiting till the last minute to do his online training. All the other coaches had them. Coach’s fault.

I think FCA simply won even without the boys who left the team to go to looneys. I would love to know what those family’s are thinking now? FCA will continue to grow simply based on their brand while looneys folds.

LOL. FCA a National Brand. Why would any sane person leave FCA for Looney's?????

Looks like the FCA pick ups were better than the Looney pick ups. Wonder if the kids who left FCA for Looneys will try to go back to FCA now.

All I keep reading is blah blah blah blah - would have, should have and could have but didnt

You struggled to get by NL and lost to FCA. You belong in AAAA. Maybe now we can stop hearing about your "upgrades".


The upgrades helped downgrade to AAA.

Great idea Joe!