Did the good Maryland teams boycott the WSYL qualifier? If so, why? Just curious.
It's not so much that they boycotted the qualifier, it's their 7th grade teams have too many kids that don't meet the age qualification and they don't want to send their 6th grade teams.
Fake news! The best team there is a MD Elite Division team.
So what? Crabs isn't there because of this. Hawks aren't there because of this. Sure, one HOCO Elite team showed up. Great. Haven't played a league game yet.
Certainly isn't the only reason. But Crabs had to retool their roster in 2015 when they went and they got destroyed by a Team 91 Crush team that didn't have to retool. The top-level MD teams see that, and that's why most of them don't go. The hold-back phenomenon hasn't taken nearly as big a hold on Long Island, and that's one reason why those teams dominate that age-based tournament. Plus, they do play really good lacrosse up there.
Plus, there are a lot of great tournaments in the area. You don't have to travel to play great competition when you're in the mid-Atlantic.
