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ON saturday the "true" express terps C team played their 2 games.Than on sunday express terps "black" B team played. All in the b division.I guess express terps "black" B team did not want to play in the 8 th grade "A" division against team 91 orange ,gladiators , jesters and laxachussetts.so, express terps "black" B team need their own tournamnet at " field of dreams "............

CLASSIC

If the Gladiators won they would have played 91. They lost to Laxachussets & 91 beat them decisively. How is that bracketing?
Part 2 turtle poles should not play in a B division.
Part 3 Did 91 remove the Terps Black or TB From the tournament or did they drop out?

Part 4 Its bracketing because 91 AVOIDED Gladiators in pool play to insure a playoff spot
Part 5 turtle pole?

Part 6 Dropped out? I doubt HIGHLY that Terps Black and TB dropped out of the little LI Laxfest "A" division. Both those teams are in Baltimore playing in crabs tourney, like them or not but those two teams don't duck anyone.

Part 4 Its bracketing because 91 AVOIDED Gladiators in pool play to insure a playoff spot
Part 5 turtle pole?
Part 6 Dropped out? I doubt HIGHLY that Terps Black and TB dropped out of the little LI Laxfest "A" division. Both those teams are in Baltimore playing in crabs tourney, like them or not but those two teams don't duck anyone.

What team is your son on??? Please share, try not to lie.

OK, I faced it...I had my son, who has played with/against all of these boys for years, look at the list of 20 boys picked. He felt all of them (including both coaches sons) are incredible players who should be on the team. Are there 1 or 2 that might be interchangable with 1 or 2 of the players called back for another tryout this weekend? Maybe. From what we are told, they are picking 5 more players & putting together another team. Great idea...maybe you guys from this site should do the evaluating for that team because you all sound very unbiased. Hahaha (that was a joke:) It's not all "who you know" Its how talented you are, how hard you work & catching the attention of a very good coach! Thats the lesson you should be teaching your children, not this ridiculousness!Please stop taking away from these VERY talented boys!!

terps black, (and for all those who don't have a kid on the team I'll clarify) did not play in laxfest. Terps black and it's players that are not on both teams and are the better players played laxachussets. call it aaa players, aa team, whatever your heart desires. so some regular terps got to put black decals on their helmets and say they are on the team. if that's what the parents want for their kid then that's nobody's business but their own. so these kids get to play on the reg terms team that they were on originally in tourneys like laxfest.

So your a terps black parent admitting that your team is "B" team? Are you the person who typed that Terps is "C" and Terps Black is "B" and than capped it off with the word "CLASSIC"- was that you?

Where can I buy Terp Black decals for my son's helmet? They sound nice, he would be excited to say he plays for them!

So is this what the 2017 group has to look forward to after each tournament this summer?

Yes, I am on the 'Terps and Terps Black should not share players' band wagon but I don’t think we should resurrect that topic every

Perhaps, then, the onus should be upon the organization committing the sleaziness? You seem to be like the abused wife, excusing the offender. Good lesson. Maybe the Express should be able to tie in the B divisions, using A and AA players, keeping those teams whom are working hard to improve from earning this accomplishment.

It seems that after each tournament the threads on this forum focus on the age of the out of state teams, how the brackets lined up, and how many Terps Black helmets were on the field. There was some very good lacrosse played last weekend in Farmingdale and all we seem to care about are the rosters.

Let's face the fact that teams and school districts outside of Long Island have different age cutoffs. We are going to see this all summer long. Also, unless an independent auditor performs the seeding, someone will always be upset with the brackets. And lastly the only thing Express is going to do about the Terps/Terps Black rosters is to continue to tick off all the other 2017 teams on LI.

We wait all season for the summer tournaments and this is what we want to talk about!?

[quote=Anonymous]Here are the rankings from this weekend. Looks like everyone stays the same. 91 beat Jesters easily. Gladiators beat fl$. 91 didn’t play Gladiators? Garden city and Terps tied. True Blue didn’t play any of the top teams at Maverick.

You say 91 beat Jesters "easily", please it was Jesters 4-3 at the half way point. 91 then had a run and result was 9-4 after Jesters changed goalies. Yes, 91 won, but relax you have a good face off kid and second goalie option for Jesters was weaker.

I don't think any PLAYERS on either side would say easy....

But you will put it on your goalie? 91 only has a good face off kid & second goalie option? We're you at that game? It was tight @ half but, in the end the score was 9-4. Very good play all around! What was Gladiators score with laxachussetts & how did Black do against them in the morning?

It was a good game.

I agree that 91 had to win games to be crown champions yesterday in their tournament and i know 91 is a really good team! But, you can't avoid the strong tournaments if you are suppose to be a "elite team".

Hand picked opponents by the coach, not the kids fault at all! Is 91 in the Crab tournament in early July?? I heard the list of teams is TOPS in the Nation in 2017!

I agree that 91 had to win games to be crown champions yesterday in their tournament and i know 91 is a really good team! But, you can't avoid the strong tournaments if you are suppose to be a "elite team".

Hand picked opponents by the coach, not the kids fault at all! Is 91 in the Crab tournament in early July?? I heard the list of teams is TOPS in the Nation in 2017!

please read through slowly, and note where this banana goes off the rails. One team's losing a game put them out, NOT tourney directors.

Positioning (in pool play) is HALF the battle with two day tournaments. I don't like bananas.

Please.... 91 6th grade had one game on Sunday. Well rested for playoffs .

[quote=Anonymous]Here are the rankings from this weekend. Looks like everyone stays the same. 91 beat Jesters easily. Gladiators beat fl$. 91 didn’t play Gladiators? Garden city and Terps tied. True Blue didn’t play any of the top teams at Maverick.

You say 91 beat Jesters "easily", please it was Jesters 4-3 at the half way point. 91 then had a run and result was 9-4 after Jesters changed goalies. Yes, 91 won, but relax you have a good face off kid and second goalie option for Jesters was weaker.

I don't think any PLAYERS on either side would say easy....

It was a good game.

Tryouts were 6 months ago but now the Brine Nationals are a week away. Final rosters after some adds/drops are posted on their website. Anyone thoughts on the teams?

Hearing a few injured players not making the trip - 2 Turts and an fl$. Still a very deep North team.

If you know anything about brackets the top teams aren't to meet each other until the semis/finals...91 played Jesters & Gladiators played laxachussetts in the semis (the top 4 teams) Exactly how it should have been set up! Gladiators lost, & 91 kept winning (without any new players added on) Never have, never will.

fl$ and Jesters are not one of the top teams. They are good teams but that is it. The Gladators and 91 will beat them 9 at of 10 times.

True Michigan at last check beat jesters and lost to 91. True would have beaten laxachussets too. So which was the better bracket? not all about the lLI teams!

Totally agree. Both teams are good but not at the level of the top teams.

Please explain or justify- last yrs 2017 Orange kids, Turtle pole, etc. Please work up a nice excuse, then stick with the club for more reaming. Great example