This spring who will be the best town teams? And why do some town teams feel the need to recruit outside that town?
There is not formality to "town teams" - on LI, basically it is either PAL or travel club lacrosse. That some towns choose to assemble a travel club that is predominantly comprised of kids from their town/PAL/school team is just a choice. But, like with any travel team, you need to have sufficient numbers, and maybe some go outside their town for that reason, or they do so to bring in a kid that is associated with someone else on the team, or they are just doing what most travel teams do: make their team more competitive via a more skilled player.