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I agree Spalding is much improved past few years not among the elite top 4 but their best years are coming soon. Many of TY X 4/5 star Kids are from Spalding Whatever that means think this year will be a strong showing from Spalding

Kathleen Mikowski

Payola, Politics and Cronyism. You don't have to be the best on the team.

Drive from Baltimore to Annapolis for outside box in the winter? No thanks.

My son has been on PrimeTime for a number of years. What I like is that they have only one team at each grade level and the organization is fully committed to those players. The program director knows each player and family. There is no money grab secondary team distractions like many other programs. Yes, rosters are more fluid at the younger grades, but stabilize at the high school level with few roster changes in those years. It is much harder to crack the roster at the HS level.

M&D vs Heros Green - 4 games decided on who wins the last draw and gets the last shot.

Because you said the college coaches were sprinkled in!, suggesting there weren’t a lot of coaches. There were also many college players (including some great ones). Each team had a college assistant working as the HC.

It was very expensive
The pinnie return was a joke

But it was as advertised, you got what you paid for!

Who did BLC beat in the fall? To me, they’ve been a very good team since 2019 NGLL.

I expect SW to improve over the next few seasons, had a late start compared to most of these teams.

It says if equal. Read again.

Have any teams signed up

Yes, they are good. The better 2nd teams are 91, Express and Rush. They are all organized, have good coaches, and that will translate into a positive experience. All might not win every game, but the commitment and is there. Igloo and Shore to Shore have 2nd teams, but don’t know much about them. The rest of the 2nd teams you probably want to do your research on.

Most are now True Annapolis.

^^^^^^ lmao. I’d bet money you are correct.

Yeah seriously. Put it in D1 first. Almost ever game is streamed. Again replay is in every other NCAA sport that is a NON REVENUE-Baseball, softball, volleyball, soccer, field hockey, so why not lacrosse. It makes no sense not to have it.

If they can’t see off the streamed version then don’t over turn it. But put it in the game so when it matters they have it. There was a blatant crease call in one game for example.

There are things that refs don’t see based on angles etc..not fault of theirs. So like other sports it would be a nice aid
To get it right. There has to be a reason that they don’t have this, but pass every other meaningless things.

@365Lax Boys' Recruit: Sachem North High School (NY) 2022 Defense Tyler Davide of Hitmen Lacrosse has made a verbal commitment to play lacrosse at Fairfield University.

High school: Sachem North High School (Lake Ronkonkoma, NY)
Grad year: 2022
Position: Defense
College committed to: Fairfield University
Club team: Hitmen Lacrosse
Lacrosse honors: Ranked Top 40 Junior by BOTC
Academic honors: National Honor Society
Expected major: Biological & Biomedical Sciences
What other colleges did you consider? "LIU Post, & Siena"


365Lax, the official college commitments sponsor for BackOfTheCAGE.com Boys' Recruits, congratulates Tyler Davide on his commitment to Fairfield University. 365Lax provides lacrosse-specific services year round (camps, clinics, showcase teams & more) and they specialize in helping all athletes maximize their full potential and specifically specialize in training players to get prepared for the next level while implementing a NCAA training regiment performed by a variety of the top colleges in the country. For athletes of all ages & prospective student-athletes looking to enhance their game, visit 365Lax.com to train with their highly decorated & experienced coaches.

@365Lax Boys' Recruit: East Islip High School (NY) 2022 Defense, LSM Stephen DeAmicis of East Coast Elite has made a verbal commitment to play lacrosse at SUNY College at Cortland.

High school: East Islip High School (Islip Terrace, NY)
Grad year: 2022
Positions: Defense, LSM
College committed to: SUNY College at Cortland
Club team: East Coast Elite
Lacrosse honors: 2019 Warrior All American award, 2020 Team 91 Invitational Honorable mention, 3 year varsity player
Academic honors: High Honor roll or Honor roll Every quarter
Expected major: Education
Why did you choose SUNY College at Cortland, Men's D3? "I chose SUNY Cortland because of the amazing lacrosse program, the excellent coaches, and top notch physical education program. I am excited for this opportunity and feel that Cortland is a perfect fit for me!"
Is there anything else you would like to share? "I would like to give a huge thanks to my club Coach Doug Meehan. He has lead by example on and off the field and has supported me all along the way. I would also like to thank my parents for constantly encouraging me to achieve this goal of mine."


365Lax, the official college commitments sponsor for BackOfTheCAGE.com Boys' Recruits, congratulates Stephen DeAmicis on his commitment to SUNY College at Cortland. 365Lax provides lacrosse-specific services year round (camps, clinics, showcase teams & more) and they specialize in helping all athletes maximize their full potential and specifically specialize in training players to get prepared for the next level while implementing a NCAA training regiment performed by a variety of the top colleges in the country. For athletes of all ages & prospective student-athletes looking to enhance their game, visit 365Lax.com to train with their highly decorated & experienced coaches.

His grammar is off but his point is spot-on. Time for Looney’s to look in the mirror and make some changes!!

hi, i am woo from Sweden and i want to explain any thing about "pandemic". Please ask me

Tr

True blue is irrelevant at every age level and Kat is the worst thing that any kid could have to experience. Who has true blue beat ? Thats right no one let’s think again for a second yup still no one. Tell yourselves whatever you need to but the reality is win lose or draw run far away from true blue and the Kat clowns

1 player made the difference for sure.

Not negativity. It’s truth. Play the top teams and then beat your chest

Most prep schools are inflated hype for rich people. Often it is a place for kids who, for various and valid reasons, just aren't thriving in their public school or in their personal development. Makes sense. Parents rich enough to try something else can afford to send them away. Oddly it is students who already come from very rich towns with great public schools who dominate prep schools. I mean boarding schools, not local day or Catholic schools. Though those places also are full of kids from rich towns.

Top prep schools are excellent and provide an amazing experience not public HS can touch. But most aren't any better than a decent public HS. I'd say 90% of preps offer nothing better than a Bronxville, Scarsdale, Pleasantville etc can offer in terms of academics.

But this is about lax. Prep schools have completely ramped up their devotion to sports, though, and recruiting mixed with facilities means they are just like college sports these days. Preps have holdbacks, college connections, and are surging in lacrosse, especially in the Northeast.

Thanks for having some common sense. Yes they would be the people who run the tournament. The only one that was this weekend for this age group!

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The MadLax roster cheating that I am aware of has involved lower divisions, where MadLax plays its combined teams in the lower grade, rather than the upper grade like they are supposed to. For example, they will play a combined 2025/2026 B team in a 2026 B division, knowing that they would get killed if they played up in 2025 B. Shady behavior yes, but it does not affect the higher divisions that readers of this forum care about, such as HoCo Elite. I only know of one instance of roster cheating in an elite division, and that was by the Canadian team Evolve at Hershey in 2019. They had kids within their program running between games and playing for two different aged teams, and were DQ'd when parents of an opposing team (Team Maryland) saw it and turned them in. I do not think that roster cheating happens very often, but if anybody knows of another example(s) go ahead and share.[/quote]

Key phrase "that I am aware of..." Madlax also did the same thing at Hershey and recently double rostered players in a Fall 2020 tournament. That's 2 more and there are much more. Most area teams are keenly aware of how Madlax operates and openly ask questions at the start of games and question whether they are playing a registered roster.

The end of every Madlax defender sentence has something to do with college commits. Unfortunately, as you track their commits on their own web site the quality of those commits gets worse and worse. The 23's will boost it but that's only because that team was brought over by a defunct club.