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Was this Terps Black or other Terps?

It was the Regular Terps with a bunch of Terps Black players also playing.

Was a great game that could have gone either way. Both teams very talented and all the boys belonged on the field!

It was the Regular Terps with a bunch of Terps Black players also playing.

True blue killed the jesters yesterday but the jesters came back today and beat fl$

The only "Black" players playing are theone that play on both teams, please make sure you have your facts correct.

I have my facts straight there were Terps Black players playing on the Terps! You admitted it too! 6-8 Terp Black players make the Terps an A team rather than the low level B team they are on there own.

Jesters 8th grade Black team did indeed take a beating from True Blue.

They beat the Snipers, they beat fl$ and tied the Outlaws. I would say overall they had a very good weekend.

True Blue is very good and they smacked everyone around. I would say True Blue is probably one of the top teams in the age group right now, theyll be tough to beat. Big, fast, and strong, and very well coached. I watched them totally dismantle my sons team pretty easily.

Right now I would have to say that True Blue, Gladiators, and Terps Black will be the teams to beat this summer.

Jesters Black will be competitive with most teams at the age group as well, but they would have to play perfect lacrosse to compete with the aforementioned top teams at the age group.

Long Island lacrosse at the 2017 age group will be a force to be reckoned with.

The Jesters played horrible in the outlaw game

It looked like most of the Jester's starters spent most of the second half on the sidelines.

The scores/games between and among fl$/SNIPERS/TRUE BLUE/OUTLAWS were all over the map with True Blue coming out on top. fl$ and Outlaws both beat Snipers by eight goals each. Jesters beat fl$ by a bunch and tied Outlaws. Outlaws lost to True Blue 6-2 (TB face off middie was the difference in the game, big, strong, talented overmatched the Outlaw faceoff middie) so I would disagree with "smacked everyone around" with respect to the Outlaws. Outlaws played them this past fall and game was tied until the end and ended up losing 5-4.

As to "starters being on the sideline" - what does that mean besides trying to come up with an excuse for not winning?

Please stop for a reality check

TB completely dominated that outlaw team - anyone who watched simply would agree that the outlaws are not on the same level as TB. yes, even if Outlaws won every off

It means, simply, that most of the Jester's starters were on the sidelines most of the second half. At the half the Jesters were up by 4. That's all, just an observation.

Good games overall

I have my facts straight there were Terps Black players playing on the Terps! You admitted it too! 6-8 Terp Black players make the Terps an A team rather than the low level B team they are on there own.



This statement above shows that you have no idea what your talking about. It was the Terp team that played. There were 4 Players (not 6 or 7) that are true Terp players first but they also get to play when the Black Terps Play. Please Stop with the BS. To call any of them a low level B team only means you have something against the Express.... Move on.

It was the Terp team that played. There were 4 Players (not 6 or 7) that are true Terp players first but they also get to play when the Black Terps Play. Please Stop with the BS. To call any of them a low level B team only means you have something against the Express.... Move on.

The Terps parents are very defensive that 6-8 Terps black players have to play with them for them to win. If it bothers you guys so much complain to MC that you want your own team! Include ALL positions and you know that it's not only 4 Terps black players that played with the Terps!

As usual you do not have the facts. The only ones that are bothered are you the outside "wannabe's"! We all know you wish you could be part of the Terps/Terps Black. Anyway thank you, your jealousy is welcome and flattering.

I along with a few other Terp parents have expressed concern to MC about this situation so yes some of us are bothered. Nothing has been done and I doubt anything will be done but we have at least let our feeling be known as the customer!

What seems puzzling to me (not an Express parent) is why the need for the few players to play on both teams. Obviously they are good enough to belong on the terps black. Why not just keep them there permanently and fill the terps roster with other express players. There seems to be a large talent pool at this grade level and there shouldn't be a need to have players on both rosters. If I were the parent of a player who looses playing time to the terps/terps black players I'd be asking questions also.

As usual you do not have the facts. The only ones that are bothered are you the outside "wannabe's"! We all know you wish you could be part of the Terps/Terps Black. Anyway thank you, your jealousy is welcome and flattering.

If it isn't your team why so concerned that you need to ask the questions here?? Go bug your own coach!

You're right I shouldn't care.

I guess I'm caught up in all the posts that go back an forth about whose on what team, who was missing from the roster when they lost, who was added to the roster when they won, who's paying once for twice as many games, whose paying once for less games, who got moved up because they complained, etc. It's like a fender bender on the LIE(xpress), you don't like the fact that people slow down to look but you can't look away either.

Seriously though, one of the issues with youth sports has always been the controversy over players playing “down”, either in age or skill level, to give a team an unfair advantage. Accusations are always being made and defended. I think this topic rubs people the wrong way because Express is now openly having players play “down” on the Terps.

It’s like a B level team entering a tournament in the B bracket and then bringing several A players with them. The other B teams would take acceptation. Additionally, given the size of the Express organization and the number of 2017 players that were at their tryouts, it’s hard to defend this practice. Having a flexible roster doesn’t appear to serve any purpose other than to give the Terps an unfair advantage.

Now before anyone get’s their panties in a bunch, I’m not saying that any of the Terps or Terps Black players are not age appropriate nor am I saying the Terps are a B level team. Terps and Terps Black are two of the best teams at this age group. I’m simply saying having the flex roster that brings down players from the next level team gives them an advantage over many of the teams they play.

Terps and Terps black both play A in tournaments, so your logic doesnt work...

I am a Terp parent and I love having the Terp Black kids playing with us, the kids get along,the parent's are nice people. It's good competitive lax.