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HAHAHA DiamondBAGS!!!

Ummm FALSE. Obviously you are not at the tournament. Stop trolling and get your facts straight. Madlax won that game. API and TX team both 2-1. Came down to a difference of 2 GA for seeding. API not second if TX loses tomorrow morning (unlikely but still a fact) Go back to your B tournament, win your trophy (maybe) and keep hiding from competition.

Crabs knocked out by Hawks

Get your facts right.

Actually Madlax beat Mesa. Good hard game, but ML won 8-6. Sorry to disappoint you.

Watched Dbacks today. I will be worried if we play them. Running up and down on them, scoring at will, could make our guys tired for next game

Why are you talking trash on kids???

I didn't know you played lacrosse ...why is it that everyone wants to talk trash about the Diamondbacks you scared ..

Coach is not a very nice guy. Kids are fine.

Hawks only MD team in Big 4HHH playoffs. 9-1 MD knocked out by Big 4HHH. Madlax knocked out by Edge. Mustangs the 4th team in playoffs.

Madlax and API second place in pool play with Crabs third in pool play. None making the playoff cut. HOCO league no longer best in nation. Hawks have to go elsewhere for consistent competition on their level.

None were in top half of HoCo. Go elsewhere with your comments.

Hawks is going to be team to beat at grade base tournaments . I'm a API dad and the Hawks look very strong .congrats on your win

Forgot MD91 who were in top half and also knocked out and lost to Madlax after that. So you were saying?

Saw the Hawks today. Wasn't ready to believe the hype, but they were legit. Definitely the best I've seen this season for this grade level. The starting goalie was very legit. Liked his intensity and quick feet in goal. #22 at attack seemed to be older and bigger than most kids but dude had game. #4 seemed age appropriate (but you're never really sure) and his game was nice. He was a little cocky but to his credit, he backed it up against tough prime time and Edge defenses. Btw, those Edge defenders and #27 were massive and strong. To beat these guys, the better teams will need to match their intensity and minimize errors.

Number 4 is a holdback he is 14 .

False. Aug 2003 Birthday.

All HOco playoff teams present except for Bethesda(#2 in hoco) and RoughRider(#3). You would expect a top tournament of this caliber to bring in the top teams from every state who could test anyone and they didn't disappoint. Great job Big 4HHH.

Wrong

in Pa he would be a hold back. 9/1 is the cut off thought it was the same in MD.

Aug 2003 birthday should be a 2021. My son is Aug 2005 and he is a 2023.

.....and my son is October 2005 and is 2023(Should be 202. Families and situations are all different.

I don't know that kid or family so who am I to speak on their decision. If you are getting beat by a kid born a month early, tell your kid and team to hit that wall!!!!

D-backs are a good team but their fortunes rest with their 2 middies (#9 and #27). They are definitely beatable. I will say they were in probably the most competitive, most balanced pool this weekend with the Mustangs (TX) and BBL (NJ). D-backs beat BBL 9-6, Mustangs beat D-backs 9-3, and BBL beat Mustangs 7-6. Mustangs made it out of pool play on goal differential between the 3 teams. If you can keep a lid on the D-backs 2 middies and figure out their zone defense, they are a team you can take down. That said, still a good team and will battle you.

Depends on the counties school system.

Agree. Doesn't turn 14 until after the summer tournaments are over.

Just an excuse

Doesnt matter what reasons are.., He started school late, Heldback, prefirst, parents thought it was good for him,etc,etc...

He will always be older than the majority of 2022 players except other heldback/started late players. The majority of players born in Aug 2003 play 2021 except the minority of holdback/started late players.

No excuse , but these type of players get an advantage others dont.

I personally think it should be age guidelines for YOUTH , with anyone born May to Aug prior to Sept 1 USL guidelines wanting to play down allowed to. This should take care of all the heldback players and allow them to play with their grade. Then if you want to play down go for it. But at least anyone that wants to play down can...not just a select few of players that are heldback.

Watching this kid play (#4), I suspect he would be good as a 2021. Tough kid played with a lot of spunk. As for his size, my son is a 2022 who turned 13 3 months ago. This kid wasn't much bigger than my kid. So size wasn't necessarily benefitting him. Perhaps a wiser player that age but no doubting his will to compete.

Both Canadian teams will be very good at the WSYL.

Are they allowed to be older, because the school age is different in Canada?

I think they are older because the days are longer in Canada. The sun stays out longer the farther north you go.

Good luck you hosers!

Canadians are allowed to play down one complete year as Edge has done in past. They figure most will be doing a PG year so why not play at the earlier grade now.

It is ..he is a holdback

WSYL schedules out. https://goo.gl/ewgzEy

All Long Island final four?

You sound like Trump. He is half wrong. The kid is a holdback. Turning 14 in August means he should be a 2021 in MD. Hence he is a holdback.

Your life will be much happier if you stop obsessing over the age of a 14 year old boy.

So what, even if he is a "holdback" or 14......he has a 2017 7th grade report card so its not cheating, its just you wishing your kid was a better athlete....

All "holdback" haters should either:
- Read the rules and realize there is no issue, and not cheating
- Hold your kid back so your kid can play at a competitive level
- or just SHUT UP

Or I guess do what parents of hold backs do:
-Reward your child for not doing well in school
-Tell the child it's okay that they're being held back cause they aren't a good enough athlete to compete with kids their
own age
-Teach them the importance of not being honest or cheating their way through life
-Or spend the money on getting your child a TUTOR

That's just brilliant!!! Guess the Apple doesn't fall far from the tree