Elite 1. Hawks 2. Madlax 3. Next Level 4. FCA Blue 5. Crabs 6. True Annapolis Green 7. BLC Blue 8. True KP
AAA 1. Blue Claws (fighting against going to Elite) 2. FCA White (disappointing year but can get it done) 3. VLC (could get crushed, hard to tell) 4. Hawks Black (could probably go to AA) 5. Team MD (undefeated at AA) 6. BLC Orange ( one 1 game against TM '29) 7. Sidewinders (did well at AA, could get crushed here) 8. HLC (deserves to stay at AAA)
AA 1. T91 (1-6 @ AAA last year) 2. Cavaliers 3. Forest Hill 4. Preds (has not won a game yet so who knows?) 5 Cannons 6. BLC Orange 7. Next Level Red (maybe should drop to A, but won't) 8. True DC (not sure where to put them, with them advertising they have "spots for elite players at every position" in November)
A 1. True Annapolis B 2. Catonsville (stunk at AA last year, physical team with a single stud who is now at Hawks) 3. Swarm (stunk at AA last year, lost starters and coach to 91 MD) 4. Baltimore Elite (undefeated at A, lost in playoffs) 5. LTLC 6. HoCo Black 7. Rockfish 8. True VA (Several NOVA kids that started for True Baltimore last spring)
B 1. Diamondbacks 2. True Baltimore / KP Blend Team (won't have ringers from VA and DC this spring, True starters left) 3. Sidewinders B Team (28-30s) 4. Tribe (28-29) 5. Zingoes
Unknown: MDX, Top Caliber, Any PA teams.
Whatever you might know about True Baltimore might be correct, but I don't think that's accurate for True VA.
Lest anybody think the only lax drama is at Elite:
Last winter, all 3 starting attackmen and the #1 middie for True Balt flew the coop (3 to Baltimore Elite, 1 to Team 91), forcing Kevin Totaro (who built up the True MD program....such as it is.......... and was in charge of building the True VA program, to bring 5 kids up from NoVa from his budding True VA program. HoCo League said OK to the last minute roster change (this is mid-April). The VA boys helped push the team to the A playoffs vs HoCo Black.
And that's where it gets fun.
While the league had (at least verbally) approved the roster additions, someone at True or the league dropped the ball on confirming the VA boys were ACTUALLY on the True roster. The HoCo Black coach asked for a roster check prior to the playoff game, and 5 "True Baltimore players" (the VA kids) were told to remove their gear and leave the field immediately. All 5 VA kids had become True Balt's core starters, and despite "training more," True was annihilated by a very lackluster but well coached HoCo Black team.
People have argued it's not True's fault. But that would be ignoring that the HoCo Sportsengine page didn't show the VA kids on the roster, all season long, which the coaches *surely* saw. And either did nothing or did "not enough" to ensure it was fixed.
This story is also the answer to the question, "Why did only 8 kids show up to the True Baltimore tryout this fall?"
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