The u-19 invite list had 17 kids from MD and 25ish kids from LI (more from upstate). The population of LI is nearly 25% bigger than the state of MD. The black population of MD is 29% and it’s 9% in LI, so the population of kids playing lacrosse is much smaller (happily the game is growing and you see more black kids but I don’t see many on the LI teams we play.) You’d agree that u-19 is age based right? You’d agree that that the first grade holdback advantage (while wildly exaggerated) should largely be gone right by 18-19? You do watch Long Island/MD 7th and 8th grade lacrosse and see almost no difference in the size of the kids right? 91 2022 Smash looked as big as any team I’ve seen last summer. So can we agree there is a lot of good lacrosse in both places? Long Island has a slight edge (but not sure how much in adjusting for population). Great tough athletic players from up there and you should spend more time enjoying how well they play than complaining here.