The solution to the holdback nonsense that is played by the Baltimore clubs that feed to the MIAA schools is to follow US Lacrosse guidelines and go to age based classification this fill. The "eighth grade" teams that are being fielded by Crabs, FCA, Loonies, etc. are a joke. Teams full of 15 year olds pretending to be 8th graders. In Baltimore the term "elite" is interchangeable with "reclassed". If your kid can't compete - just have him repeat a grade....
