US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums MID-ATLANTIC LACROSSE MARYLAND FORUM Boys 2023

It seems appropriate to break down the discussion by age/graduation year like the LI forum since many discussions get really confusing.

Best Maryland 2023 teams

Bethesda
Crabs
Hawks
FCA
Next Level
Lonney's

2023 AA Howard County Spring League teams
Rough Riders
Looney's
FCA
Madlax -Capital
Hawks
Bethesda
Crabs
Next Level
Club Blue

What are the biggest summer tournaments in the area?

Week 1:
Hawks 8, Bethesda 4
Crabs 11, Madlax 8
FCA 11, Next Level 10
Club Blue 13, Looney's 8

MPLL
Looneys 10, FCA 9

Great league and very competitive. I Know kids on every team and what a great bunch of talented kids. Scores were all very close and I can honestly say the parents made for a great weekend of 5th grade lacrosse. Great bunch of future all-stars in this league. Keep up the great work and parents and please don't get caught up in the negativity of this forum...Lets make lacrosse great starting with this age group.

Did Zingos 2023 beat Lonney's Orange 2023 13-2 in the MYPL league or was that score posted wrong? If that's correct huge improvement for that team

Talking about 5th graders is beyond sad.

Perhaps. But at what point does become not sad? Check out 2023 on long island board. Discussion is about what clubs are best for college recruitment

The score is incorrect. Looneys Orange beat Zingos.

Does anyone know anything about Team 6? They beat the Rock 21-1 last week. Are they that good, or is the Rock that bad, or both?

Rock has kids on the team who should be 2025, that should tell something about the team.

Any thoughta from anyone who saw this past weekend's games? Saw a couple of the scores on the site

Crabs 17 Rough Riders 5

Looks like Crabs, Club Blue, and Hawks are the teams to beat in the league.....

Crabs 2023 loaded with hold backs....I mean that Rough Riders team beat Lonney's the day before and to loose by a score like that....I smell cheating

Crabs 2023 not going up to LI this weekend with many of the other Crabs teams?

FCA defeated Looneys by 2
Hawks defeated Club Blue by 5
Crabs by 12 over RoughRiders
No posted result between Bethesda vs Next Level

Only Crabs 2021 team is going to LI. No other teams are going.

Seriously? Do you think kids are repeating grades in 5th grade? Get a grip. These are 11 yr old kids you are talking about. God forbid they play well and beat a team by 12. It's Roughriders you are talking about after all. Not like they beat a top club by that score. Crabs only beat Looneys by 3. They are 11. Some days they play better than others.

I know for a fact that one kid on that Crabs 2023 team is almost old enough to drive

You sure they are 11?? Maybe more like 12 or 13???

I can almost guarantee Crabs 2023 does not win again this week in Hoco league play

Good call since they don't play this weekend.

Yes, I wouldn't have any doubt that Crabs 2023 has holdbacks. That program will do anything to win at any age. This is how Ryan cesspool works his teams and organization. Ryan and anyone associated with that organization is just part of the cesspool smell they give to youth lacrosse. lastly, how much of an assh*le are your to put down a team on an open forum. Your statement "it's Roughriders you are talking about after all" is way out of line but coming from a Crab cesspool dweller it doesn't surprise me.

Are you not doing the same thing with all of your Crab bashing. Hypocrite....

Dude you are an idiot....Obviously you know nothing about what you are saying and there is not a club director out there that would back up your stupid response...

Noticed that 2 of the top teams last years in HoCo's 2023 league are really struggling. Are the teams that came over from the NYPLL that much better.. Glad my sons team moved down to A . It ould have made fore a long season because we didn't evens come close to beating those top teams last year

. Well Dude boy, I agree with the other poster about Crabs, it is a dishonest organization run by a total assho*e known as Ryan McClernan. Their 2023 team, who known, but with Crabs nothing is impossible. Ever hear of guilt by association? Well it applies here. And stop your stupid sh*t of trashing other clubs like a Crab fan did with Roughriders. Completely classless, that is what other club directors would say about Crabs and Ryan. I have heard it several times, he and the organization are not respected. If you don't believe it, then Dude, you are the idiot.

Totally agree. It's well known that the Crabs 2023 is loaded with pre-first and holdbacks. Ridiculous the ways these guys cheat... It explains a lot and they have no business playing our 2023 boys.... Someone should challenge their roster and complain to HOCO league administrator..Ridiculous

I do not think that the NYPLL teams are better. Crabs and Hawks teams just poach all of the better players from those said clubs because parents are tired of playing for Dad coaches and looking for a better lacrosse experience

I really don't see what everyone is complaining about. Everyone knew that NPYLL was the better competition last year. Crabs are undefeated (likely because their kids are older-legally in 5th grade), but the 2nd place clubs are as expected at 2-1 also (Club Blue, FCA, Hawks, Bethesda). Club Blue is probably older as well getting those Mater Dei kids.

I can see the Crabs poaching from the other clubs in the area (Koopers, Breakers, Rock, Looneys), but who is Hawks poaching from? What other clubs are in the Annapolis area? Hawks develop kids.

yeah Hawks/Hogan lacrosse is the best...Hey...by the way.. Can someone tell me how to get off the email list from Hogan tournaments? The spamming is way out of control. My kid played in one of their tournaments like 5 years ago and I still get emails from them....Enough already!!!!

Preach brother Preach please someone answer this question on this site please

Seriously? The flow is Cannons and Diamondbacks move to Hawks in Middle School. Hawks move to Crabs in High School. It's the way it's always been. Hawks doesn't develop kids any better than anyone else.

The clubs just provide the vehicle to play lots of good games and get the good practice in. The kids and the parents of these kids are what develop them into the best they can be. 9 out of 10 clubs in this Lacrosse hotbed are making your sons better players. Your blood lines and your wife's blood lines are what make them D1 nothing else sorry.

Just look at the successful clubs who have over 1/2 the team intact since 3rd and 4th grade. That is all development.

Upon mutual agreement the association has agreed upon the following guidelines for age grade uniformity among its members:

Grade/Birth Year
2020/2001
2021/2002
2022/2003
2023/2004
2024/2005
2025/2006

Well no I would call a good group of player on one team early. And when this team played the other teams.The best players from those teams saw these core group of good players and jumped ship one by one to create a really good team. Go to any top 2020 team or 2019 and ask each kid how many years they have played with this club and it will only be half and the other 1/2 will be kids who wanted to win and jumped ship to join that group from 3rd grade.

Crabs clinch 1st place today with our win over hawks today. Really good game. Hawks defense and goalie is the best we have seen all season.

I wrote some numbers down for sure haha

BLC 2023 Hoco Champs. Beat Crabs 12-8 in final.

Congrats Bethesda on a great season.

Ouch, my older 2025 is February 2007...

My april 9th 2001 is a 2019.

Good luck with that

Pg pride is claiming a Md state championship. What tournament was this?

Dude that is a Rec Program... Who cares

Aloha Beach Lax = Terrible fields, Terrible Officials, and overall terrible tournament. It's not even close to a real lacrosse game. The fields are so small that one missed pass and its a turnover. Timeouts are useless and games are so abbreviated to keep on schedule. Just a giant waste of time and really just a money maker. Did absolutely nothing for my kids lacrosse experience except he had fun hanging out with his buddies on the beach. May want to come in with that mindset because not great lacrosse was played this weekend....Uhhg unwatchable....

Kyle Harrison posted it as well. What possible tournament (rec or otherwise) could make them claim MD State Champions? Strange.

They really should break it into 2 weekends - girls beach lax and boys beach lax. Then maybe they can have enough good fields, give the kids more than 3 games, and have qualified refs. The top teams may return as well. Very weak at AA this year at all ages.

How are Maryland roughriders.

Fine How are you?

They probably won SMYLA which is rec league for Maryland Counties that surround DC. Good for them. Nobody other than the participants and their parents care about who won in your AAA elite national showcase tournament for $2000/yr clubs beside the participants either

They won their Rec league... Southern Maryland Lacrosse League....Not exactly a Maryland State Lacrosse Championship but Congrats to them...It's a good fairly new Rec Program with a bunch of great Volunteers and coaches bringing lacrosse to PG county...

My kid won in kick ball today at Recess. Baltimore County Champs!

There are some tournaments run for charity but I don't think you are wishing your sons played in them rather than beach lax. All others are money makers.The fields where they had club divisions at the River Soccer complex were excellent. A bunch of fields in one place. Parking wasn't a problem. I only made one of my youngers games in the rec division at the Worcester Rec complex. Fields also good but parking was an issue. A missed pass should be a turnover. Officiated is poor everywhere. It ain't easy being an official. You ever try know it all dad? I bet you your son had fun all weekend despite your grumpiness. If not it would be on you and or his coach. Kids games are for the kids not for the adults watching. Unwatchable?

You were lucky to play at RSC... I did hear the fields were better there.... SCA fields on the other hand were basically pockets lacrosse fields loaded with Deer ticks and barely any grass. Goat tracks and unsafe

Glad your had a good time Mr Aloha...Fields at SCA were horrible....Barely playable

Ok thanks. Just a little dumber now that I read your response.

next time register your 2023 in the club division and you'll be on nicer fields in delaware.

not true donkey.. Most of the 2023 AA club team played at SCA

Lighten up grouchy smurf....That [lacrosse] was funny

I hear the coach is a hot head.

Their parents and Kyle Harrison - one of the best players in the MLL - so apparently it has more visibility than you think.

A lot of MLL players kids play Rec lacrosse....It does not mean anymore for that program...Give me a break PG Pride parent...Your season is over and congrats on your Rec Lacrosse Championship...Stop throwing around MLL players names to try to make your kid and your program look better.. Every program in Baltimore has former and current MLL players working with them as well as College All Americans...

Nice Uniforms

I AM NOT A HOTHEAD!!!! WHAT THE HECK DO YOU MEAN BY THAT!!!!

Sorry Gargamel. Guess I don't get Maryland jokes.

You from True lacrosse trying to find out how the team is?

Ok my bad mr douchey pants. thought all club teams played in delaware. i hope your son and his teammates can recover from their terrible experience. Over the years my kids have played on every one of those fields. Some years they've won and some they've lost every game. Been 8-9 years straight and it's been a blast every year. Hoping my youngest kids teams keep going. If you view the experience thru how nice the fields are, the officials or how your kid played or if his team won, you are going to be miserable everywhere you go. And you'll ruin it for your kid.

Sincerely
donkey

Lax parents are funny...You got all of that from a few posts about how bad some of the fields are at a tournament..Get off your high horse and quit preaching to some text on a website....It's anonymous donkey and no one cares how you feel

[/quote] Glad your had a good time Mr Aloha...Fields at SCA were horrible....Barely playable[/quote]

next time register your 2023 in the club division and you'll be on nicer fields in delaware. [/quote] not true donkey.. Most of the 2023 AA club team played at SCA[/quote]

Ok my bad mr douchey pants. thought all club teams played in delaware. i hope your son and his teammates can recover from their terrible experience. Over the years my kids have played on every one of those fields. Some years they've won and some they've lost every game. Been 8-9 years straight and it's been a blast every year. Hoping my youngest kids teams keep going. If you view the experience thru how nice the fields are, the officials or how your kid played or if his team won, you are going to be miserable everywhere you go. And you'll ruin it for your kid.

Sincerely
donkey[/quote] Lax parents are funny...You got all of that from a few posts about how bad some of the fields are at a tournament..Get off your high horse and quit preaching to some text on a website....It's anonymous donkey and no one cares how you feel[/quote]

If you don't care why did you reply? Touch a nerve? Your last one confirms I am spot on about you. I'll see you out field you nutty lax parent.

PG Pride scrimmaged Crabs and Hawks this year...How did that go?

Top 5 2023 teams anyone?

Play off was put together between Rec league winners from MYLA, SMYLA, WMLA,and AYLA u11,u13, u15.

See HOCO league results.

Who won Beach lax?

Annapolis Hawks (aka HOCO semi-finalist)

1 Bethesda
2 Crabs
3 Hawks
4 club blue
5 fca


You know lie, t92, and igloo are in there also.

2023 parent from LI here. Looking for suggestions for a last minute place to order some food for our team while we are at the tournament this weekend. Something close to Annapolis high school.

Giolitis

Perfect. Thank you. Looking forward to watching some good lacrosse this weekend.

Just got the joke. Thanks. We destroyed them in the semi's of the NSCLA after a close preliminary game. 10-2 and it wasn't that close. Love those Coaches with the matching sneakers. Roughriders coach called for a stick check when we went up 3-1, please man they are 10/11 year olds. They got humbled real quick.

LI Express over shore 2 shore 6-5 in 'ship.

Watched game. S2S the better team - controlled the game. Up 5-2 and looked like they got tired...

Yeah.....Rough Riders a bunch of good kids but a mid level team in Maryland....I am pretty sure your LI Outlaws team would get destroyed by some of our AA Maryland teams judging by your scores at that tournament.

Why don't more 2023 teams play in the Maryland lacrosse tournament that happened this weekend? Great Venue with some good competition???What gives?

Crabs 2023 pretty amazing bunch of 5th graders to watch...Dominated at this weekend Maryland lacrosse Tournament

The kid they pulled from Madlax is the real deal. He did damage. They also dropped at least one kid from their 2022 team. They will do anything to win. Already a good team. Can't imagine being a kid or parent on that team and being good with kids dropping down from 2022 or ringers from other clubs.

Was the 2022 kid one of their face off kids?...pretty sure that would [lacrosse] me off as a parents as well

From where I stood it looked like every face-off was won by the 2 Crabs midfielders.....can't win games if you never have the ball....Strong goalie play as well....total team effort with assisted goals coming from multiple players...Ringer, not sure how you can say that but if that works for you then OK....

They dominated the X. No doubt about that. I only call someone a ringer if they are not on a team and a team picks them up for a tournament. In this case, the kid plays for Madlax and was the best player on the field for Crabs.

I believe he has been with them all summer since Madlax season ends in the Spring....Madlax has tryouts after spring for their summer teams...I do not think he was brought in just for that tournament. He asked for a tryout for the summer tournaments and was able to secure a roster spot based on an evaluation...Like I said if Ringer works for you....Some may argue your simple evaluation of a kid that he is the best on the field as well....Sort of swaying things your way by saying that based on a linited evaluation of a team...Trying to make Crabs into a monster and in this case it is not true

No one said monster but you. Only said crabs allows 2022 kids to drop down and picked up Madlax kid. Doesn't make you a monster but it does mean you embody all that is wrong with youth lacrosse. Previous poster said parents of kids who have been on the team all year should be mad. Hard not to agree with that. Some are blinded though if kids are on a team that wins a lot. Problem is that winning teams don't always test kids especially goalies or defense. Those kids suffer.

Wow...Crbas 2023 just made a big run today at Young Guns....Beating some of the best teams in the country to win the tournament...winning against Brotherly Love, Igloo, and Bethesda.....

Good thing they picked up that former MadLax kid or they wouldn't have won anything... Their best player by FAR!

not a factor...Please

Uhhg..whatever....kid learned too much selfish play to be a determination....too much to be unlearned in a short amount of time.....Please angry Madlax parents....relax..Crabs plays as a team and not as individuals...Take a page from our book...we will keep winnining...you keep on loosing

Do you mean crabs/Madlax 2022/2023 combo team?

There were no 2022 kids with Crabs 2023 this weekend. The Madlax kid switched teams after the HOCO season.

Funny you say that, there was one kid who had a different Crabs uniform that rest of team. All the kids jerseys said 2023 except his.