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Cool story Crabs daddy

Cool story Crabs daddy
Not again with the Towermen

Agreed

NLF ranks look most current with spring games. World Series rank was before the qualifier so not as current. US Club Lacrosse ranking was updated through January 19, 2021.

Team 91 LI at 4 and over LI Express?

BBL at 6?

HHH at 16?

BBL finished 4 at the world series and did well along with Madlax, Blackops, Jersey Express. Outside of top four and 91 name a team that should be ranked ahead of BBL that isnt listed here.

Unfortunately, coaches and club owners allow and welcome this culture. They don’t care who they screw over in the process. The only thing they care about is winning tournaments and will do whatever they need to do to win.

Give it a break, Towermen will be ranked on the WSYL with the best teams in the world. Have some respect.

Not associated with Crabs in anyway. Nice try though bud. The Crabs record speaks for itself. Personally I am not a fan of how they operate with all those holdbacks as it gives them an unfair advantage to teams with players that are all on age, but their record this spring speaks for itself. They’ve only lost to the hawks in close games. Do the math. Their 2025 players are clearly helping them.

Not associated with Crabs in anyway. Nice try though bud. The Crabs record speaks for itself. Personally I am not a fan of how they operate with all those holdbacks as it gives them an unfair advantage to teams with players that are all on age, but their record this spring speaks for itself. They’ve only lost to the hawks in close games. Do the math. Their 2025 players are clearly helping them. /Quote

This is pretty funny. Looking at HOCO score board reveals they played Hawks twice. First game Hawks blew them out. Second game was championship, which I attended while standing in a driving rain storm. While score was close Hawks dominated play and left maybe 10 goals on the field do to poor weather conditions. In the championship, like when they played my son’s team in the semi’s, the Crabs were a divided team. Clearly older looking boys played entire game, while the on age kids stood on the side line and never stepped foot the field. Shame to see, but by next year there will be little standing around as word is a handful of kids plan to repeat 8th grade next year in order to join the team.

NLF rankings are a joke. Highly inaccurate

First of all Team 91 isn’t even top ten at the 2026 level. Secondarily, here are some of the teams better than BBL listed in order based on games this spring

Hawks
Tigers
LI Express
Sweetlax Upstate
Crabs
Madlax
Express North
Tommyknockers
WCS
NJ Express

As a Towerman parent please stop mocking us. It is not nice to do to our kids or team. We know we were 3-2 at the World Series and have not done anything impressive in any tournaments and we did not qualify, but we are happy we got a lucky break with the international teams dropping out and hope to put up some wins before we go to BBL or LE next season. Maybe we can put together a run we are working hard.

What’s your point? Are you saying the Crabs aren’t 5? If that’s your point who would you put above them?

Haha. Good one. You forgot to mention that we haven’t lost to a NJ team in 3 years and we’ve played everyone of the them multiple times. BBL, LE, and Jersey Express will all have their shot at us this summer but until then we are the best team in NJ.

Tommyknockers? Get that you know what out of here .

don't sleep on 3d NE. sleeper pick. will be at 2026 nationals in MD

Question inspired from a post a few pages back....

How are teams splitting playing time between two goalies at this point? My kid's team in the AA bracket of Hoco and carried two goalies. The goalies generally split time each game...one would play each half.

I get the sense that is more unusual than not in the Elite division. Is that true? Do kids alternate games? Do the #2 goalies barely get to play?

Obviously, the kids are getting older and this is the natural progression that will come with high school and top lax. Just curious if it started already for these teams.

At this stage clubs should split time generally equally, point of club is to develop skills, plus you are spending money. If not playing you should find new club. HS different and should be based on performance.

Depends on the team, the goalies, the game. Are you going to pull a goalie who is hot in a big game? Can’t really answer the question because it is a case by case situation. There are elite and AAA who carry second goalies who do not see much time. There are others who split. Too many factors involved.

Disagree. High School club becomes equal playing time for recruiting purposes. Goalie has a better chance in high school club splitting time than in youth level were it’s still about winning tournaments alongside developing players.

The pp was about HS teams not HS age club teams.

No matter who it was about, the above info is correct. High school is about winning, high school club is not.

NAL Brackets are up on TourneyMachine.

Black Pool - Hawks, Igloo, Express North, Team United

Blue Pool - LI Express, Crabs, Leading Edge, NXT

Green Pool - MadLax, NJ Express, Predators, Tommyknockers

Red Pool - Sweetlax, Primetime, VLC, Legacy

Silver Pool - Tigers, PA Roughriders, True Annapolis, Bethesda

White Pool - 2Way, BBL, Towermen, FCA MD

Should be some excellent lacrosse. Hope the weather cooperates with all of the games on grass.

Did Laxachusetts decline an invite?

Crabs and Express in pool play. Must see.

Can the Tommyknockers survive the Green pool?

Tigers with some competition in the Silver pool.

Pool winner predictions

Black Pool - Hawks

Blue Pool - LI Express

Green Pool - Tommyknockers

Red Pool - Sweetlax

Silver Pool - Tigers

White Pool - Towerman

Towermen sweep White.

LXC is at NLF next weekend with some of the best.

LXC missed the boat on this one. These are best teams at 26, who else is there?

Heard they weren't up to the challenge. Didnt want to lose to many at start of summer.

Pool winner predictions

Black Pool - Hawks

Blue Pool - Crabs

Green Pool - Madlax

Red Pool - Sweetlax

Silver Pool - Tigers

White Pool - Towerman

Laxachusetts will play the Tigers and Express in the NLF summer kick off. We'll see if they are any good real quick

LXC is a top national team. Anyone thinking otherwise is a fool.

Can you all go talk about this in a zoom?

How many kids born prior to 9/1/7?

Most probably

Keep coming back to see if conversation has changed at all…don’t you people ever get bored going around the same track?