The sentence below is right from the rule book governing New England boarding schools athletic age eligibility
"Age: NEPSAC regulations state that a student who is 19 years of age or younger on September 1st of a given school year is eligible to compete in interscholastic athletics."
So If you're wondering why the Laxachusetts players look a lot older, the rule above explains it. If you play at a prep school governed by NEPSAC you can enter your senior year as a 19 year old, turn 20 after September first, and you are eligible. All but four players on the 2018 Laxachusetts team fall into the above definition (they'll be 19/20 years old their |Senior year) according to one of the dads we spoke to down at Adrenaline. It is legal, but as Ty Xander tweeted out, there is a pretty big physical difference between those Laxachusetts teams and the Long Island teams they played, whose players will be 17/18 year old seniors, not 19/20 year old seniors playing under NEPSAC.
Just FYI...New [lacrosse] State:
NYSPHSAA, Inc.
BYLAWS and ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS
1.AGE AND GRADE: Regulation of the Commissioner of Education: A student shall be eligible for interschool competition in grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 until his/her nineteenth birthday. If the age of nineteen years is reached on or after July 1, the student may continue to participate during that school year in all sports.
NY State regs seems to be more reasonable imo.
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