At these showcase events some kids play up, and sometimes there are teams that are a blend of school years. Just last weekend Dukes the Philly club had two teams entered in a tournament, one 2017 and one "uncommitted" team with kids sprayed all over in terms of grades. This Madlax post is silly, there are 2017/18 teams and 2016/17 teams in every tournament now. It is one of the casualties of the committed stuff. It looks like some clubs need to hustle to field teams once the committed kids drop out of sight from club tournaments.

Now, how are these kids who committed in 9th grade then check out of club lacrosse expecting to develop enough to play college? Seems like soon as they do, victory is declared and they blow off doing the work.