Or any parent outside of LI or MD where there simply aren't enough lacrosse players to support teams or league participation based on one calendar year.. I don't know what you people keep referring to anyway but all Rec sports ((where all kids get introduced to different sports to see what they like best) combine ages or grades. U9, u11, u13 etc.. This includes football, soccer, baseball, basketball, lacrosse. One year you are the younger player and the next year you benefit from being older. Just one naive and simple minded statement after another.