The way I see it is like this, seeing as Maryland/D.C. Is the center of cheating and corruption in every aspect of life, they only seem to avoid age based tournaments using cheap, half baked excuses to not attend. You badmouth any age based tournaments saying that they are B level and not very good, but the truth is if you were to attend you would have to do so entering on an even playing field, leaving you "re-classed", or "hold backs" behind. The truth is that with N.Y. school cut off vs. Maryland's, you naturally have an advantage, but that is still not enough for you to compete with us, you need to to come up with a further way to gain an advantage so you cheat in true Maryland/D.C fashion. If you look at the top H.S teams today they are dominated by your "re-classed" prep schools, and even with that, our schools are still very prominent. All of us up here on Long Island know you have no moral compass down there by our nations capital, so make all the excuses you need to sleep well at night.