Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
I hear Crabs had a very successful tryout process picking up good players from all of the other Central Maryland programs (FCA, Breakers, MLC, Hawks, Looneys, etc). The strength of the NPYLL, the level of competition in the Crabs-run tournaments and inclusion in the newly formed NLF were all reasons given for kids moving to Crabs. I have to think that they remain the top program in Baltimore when you consider the other programs in their entirety.



They also lost kids to several of those same clubs for reasons that had more to do with conflicts in philosophy. Would agree they are the top across the board more likely due to the fact that they are older at each grade level than the teams they play. Good talent but not great talent; just bigger, faster, stronger because older.


The "older" thing does not happen until the kids get to 9th grade and repeat that grade. Only 3 players from last year's 2019 are on next year's 2020 team. That is a historically low number. Last year, seven 9th graders repeated.


The "older" thing happens on their 4th grade team and up.. Many kids that were held back in the made up grade in Private schools called pre-first are on the Crabs. Crabs have the most " held back " players , but many are getting some of these playing down players.