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Elite Invitational, Fall Classic, NLF will be the top tourneys of the fall, but that shouldn't mean teams cant do others. Some teams only play in one fall tournament. The more competitive teams play in 3, but then again, Fall tourneys are just a way to keep the kids interested and working in the off-season. They don't mean anything.

None of the tourneys mean anything. They are 9th graders. Let them have some fun and give the parents something for their money. Give some playing time to the express team with 4 goalies.

Blatant is a youth tourney in october (no recruiting), 90 teams is pretty good.

It was a waste of time for the Warriors. They were well beyond the best team. That wasn’t a real “A”bracket and the “B” bracket was barely a C level. The tournament has gone down hill.

Never a waste of time when boys are outside playing lacrosse all day. I don't care which team it was. Best team or the worst, kids learned something. The only ones that wasted the day were the kids on their phones or playing video games all day.

AGREED.. the NLF is not all its cracked up to be anyway.. 91 runs the tourney. MONEY GRAB.

Yeah , I guess you're right. There is no difference in competition between Blatant & NLF.

LOL

4 goalies on 1 team???? Why????

I'm not going that far. The NLF tournaments tend to bring in some of the toughest competition around. Maybe not all of the best teams (S2S and Igloo are not invited, so they come to mind), but there are generally no weak teams. I think those tournaments are great. Fall Classic and Elite Invitation are also two fall tourneys that bring many highly competitive clubs together. But that doesn't mean that any of the other tournaments are a waste of time by any means. As long as the boys are outside working on their craft, seeing what other clubs/players are doing, and trying new things, then the experience is a valuable one. I think tourneys are important to the boys. Practice can get monotonous and tourneys are a great bonding experience for the team. The tailgate/tents, the food, the music, the kids joking between games; all of these make it fun.

Goalie Wars!

What teams will be at Elite ?

Last year was the first year for our age group. Bandits, Express, Prime Time, S2S, Warriors and Leading Edge played. I would probably expect a larger field this year because the 2022's had a lot more teams last year.

Orange Bracket:
Eclipse
Warriors
Express CoachMor
Express Haugen
Prime Time
Legacy

Red Bracket
Rupoop
Empire
Express Pomps
Express North Pearsall
Rebels
BBL

Thought more teams would have showed up.
No S2S or the Bandits? What other tournament is going on?

The better teams will be at the Maryland Elite Invitational