A bit off topic, but in perusing these forums today, I came to appreciate that middle school teams are a thing in NY. In MD, outside of the private schools, no such animal exists. This probably explains the dearth of talent coming out of the Maryland publics when compared to those in NY.
Long Island usually fields 7th and 8th grade MS teams but it just glorified rec ball / babysitting. Nothing really being taught but they do run thousands of shuttles so that's something I guess!
