Five 7th graders were brought up to JV at ESM three are Top Guns and two are Yellow Jackets. It's not always some huge conspiracy and club affiliation - sure, if you look for a reason you will find it.
The girls brought up are great players in there age group-same thing done last year - its starting to be a pattern at ESM-its a small school so not that unusual - the talent pool is not that large and bringing the younger kids up early gives them more practice and game time as opposed to MS lax which is a joke. By 9th and 10th grade there are only a handful of girls that still play -most get disgusted and quit because of politics and favortism
ESM may be a small school but they have multiple teams in each age group in SCGL and other leagues. Think about that, some age groups have 30-40 or more kids playing. Now add the fact that by the time they get to HS they are drawing players from 7-12th grade. Maybe 5 or 6 players from each age group will be playing through varsity. Reduction of 30-40 kids to 5-6 leaves a bitter nasty pill to swallow. That's what we are seeing here on these threads. Cut throat environment, don't envy ESM.
