The point is that NXT also has Meltdown which is a few weeks before NXT Cup and takes place in Downingtown, PA and had more Philly and MD based teams than NY.

At the youth level they had:
BBL, Bethesda LC, Looneys, Mesa, Brotherly Love, Blue Star, Team 91 MD, and HardCor from Canada.

Definitely a notch below NXT Cup; however, do any of the HHH teams beat any of the teams listed above and all of them are good to very good.

Six weeks of getting your [lacrosse] handed to you in June and July traveling to LI while their friends are at the beach....that is why your tryouts were so lightly attended.

Again, All the respect for what HHH once was and in my opinion the best middle school teams in the country but it is different now and if they are to regain their status as best club team in Philly it starts with beating the best teams in Philly.