All this talk about the Jesters is taking away from the U-13 Team of the Tournament(forget Madlax National and their director/coach)
I am talking about the Grand River Ironmen. This group beat every single team which finished 3rd-9th enroute to their 2nd place finish.
In Pool Play they had wins over eventual: 4th place - Jr Mammoth 8-2 5th place - Red Devil United 6-5 6th place - Tampa Elite 4-3 7th place - Cannons Select 8-3
In Bracket Play they had wins over eventual: 9th place - Team Minnesota 13-6 8th place - Ironclads 11-9 3rd place - FCA 11-5
They did not face a single cupcake the whole weekend
Games between eventual 2-8 were all competitive - most other teams had at least 1 blowout loss to one of these teams
Anyone who played Madlax got blown out. But very good point. This was excellent team who played well all tournament.
Madlax was a very athletic, skilled and well coached team. Not sure what previous issues with coach/owner but this team was far and away the best team in the tournament.
