I would concede that the Eclipse team wasn't the most talented team, but they are by no means a C team. Their offensive game plan was to use their 170 lb midi's to run over the wolfpack 70 lb midi's, which the ref's allowed. That fact made it a bit challenging at times for the 11 year old's, which were far more skilled. If not for an inadvertent whistle, that was another victory for the 6th graders.
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170 lb middie 7th graders??! What kind of hold backs are we looking at there?! [/quote]
I'm not a WP parent but that is the boldest 2024 team in the tri-state. Reality check, they are a 6th grade team playing 7th graders.
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I'm not sure I understand your statement. I think the general consensus is that they are a 6th grade team that should be playing against 6th graders. Just because the coaches chose to play in fall tournaments with historically weak 2024 competition, does not make it right. As a 7th grade team, there is no reason to play them. It's a no win situation. If they beat them, then it is expected because they're older; however, if they lose or even play a tight game, the 7th grade players (not parents, the kids themselves) feel incompetent. No one wants that. There are plenty of tournaments that they could choose. The coaches do it as an ego boost for themselves and then we have to hear excuses from all of the parents about how the kids were so big, their kids were being run over, etc...
There are divisions for a reason. [/quote]
Lacrosse tournament "divisions" are a disaster - fall is even worse. Huge issue for the sport as you never know what you're going to get in most tourneys . . .
