Originally Posted by Anonymous
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....


Some of these 8th grade teams are HUGE.. It is hilarious when you hear "look at that great player" as he mows down a player 1-2 years younger.

Worst part is there actually are a few Huge true age 8th graders..But now they get lumped in with all the rest of the holdbacks.

Wont change as MIAA schools completely support this holdback/reclass/prefirst garbage due to having the majority enrolled in their schools.
And if you are a very good lacrosse player..MIAA is where you want to play ! So get used to it in Maryland.