Yes and No. The winter league was privately run and while it was geared to town teams, as you know at times travel teammates were used to fill in. Coaches had to reserve a spot in the league ahead of time without knowing conflicts in the girl’s schedules. I guess it was easier to ask a travel teammate if they were available to play than have a younger girl play up.
As far as Suffolk Girls Lacrosse (only boys are PAL) you might see some players play for other towns only if their own town does not field a team for their age. There are only 17 towns which fielded 6th grade teams this year.