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Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352383 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous "Break his ankles" is a coaching phrase that I don't particularly myself, but it is a metaphor and not a call to injure somebody. Maybe the 91 coaches were saying something similar? There are tons of over-intense hammerhead box coaches at elite levels of youth lacrosse, so it is hard to judge a program over one dense comment. It was clearly Break His Arms according to all the chatter. No mention of ankles that many are familiar with. He had more than one dum comment, had a nice run there for awhile. Been quiet lately. Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352387 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous "Break his ankles" is a coaching phrase that I don't particularly myself, but it is a metaphor and not a call to injure somebody. Maybe the 91 coaches were saying something similar? There are tons of over-intense hammerhead box coaches at elite levels of youth lacrosse, so it is hard to judge a program over one dense comment. It was clearly Break His Arms according to all the chatter. No mention of ankles that many are familiar with. He had more than one dum comment, had a nice run there for awhile. Been quiet lately. Ungrateful Quitter Maddox is definitely my vote after he banned the Dukes Nationals teams from entering the Club Nationals in FL. He is such a joke. Can’t beat em? Ban em. Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352396 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous "Break his ankles" is a coaching phrase that I don't particularly myself, but it is a metaphor and not a call to injure somebody. Maybe the 91 coaches were saying something similar? There are tons of over-intense hammerhead box coaches at elite levels of youth lacrosse, so it is hard to judge a program over one dense comment. It was clearly Break His Arms according to all the chatter. No mention of ankles that many are familiar with. He had more than one dum comment, had a nice run there for awhile. Been quiet lately. Ungrateful Quitter Maddox is definitely my vote after he banned the Dukes Nationals teams from entering the Club Nationals in FL. He is such a joke. Can’t beat em? Ban em. Can you provide more details on that? This past year in Orlando there was a team named Nationals in the 2027 division that was an all star team, with players from other teams doubling up and playing for Nationals in the same event. Maddox did NOT kick them out of the tournament, but a lot of people thought that he should have. Is this the same incident or something different? Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352401 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous The 2026 teams playing at Blandair park this Sunday are Crabs Hardshells, Dark Horse, Leading Edge, Looneys, Predator, and VLC. Only two of the Elite division HoCo teams from last spring. With no fall HoCo I was expecting more teams to play this event. And yes, I am dying to see how the Predators do! How funny would it be if they actually turned out to be good. What is Crabs Hardshells - is that their B team? And why aren't the good 2026 teams from the elite division like True, Hawks, Crabs playing? Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352406 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A All of the good talent will be in DE this weekend. Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region TheBackOfTheCage #352407 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous [quote=Anonymous]What is Crabs Hardshells - is that their B team? Yep (from their website): 2026: HARDSHELLS TEAM, HEAD COACH JIM HUELSKAMP * Our second team at 2026 (8th grade) will focus on development. Preparing the boys for the rigors of high school lacrosse.Notable Alums include Tewaaraton Award winner Patrick Spencer, JHU attackman Luke Shilling and 2021 1st team All Centenial Conference Player Tucker Booth from Dickinson College. Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region TheBackOfTheCage #352409 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous [quote=Anonymous]What is Crabs Hardshells - is that their B team? Yep (from their website): 2026: HARDSHELLS TEAM, HEAD COACH JIM HUELSKAMP * Our second team at 2026 (8th grade) will focus on development. Preparing the boys for the rigors of high school lacrosse.Notable Alums include Tewaaraton Award winner Patrick Spencer, JHU attackman Luke Shilling and 2021 1st team All Centenial Conference Player Tucker Booth from Dickinson College. Originally Posted by Anonymous All of the good talent will be in DE this weekend. At what event? Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352412 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous [quote=Anonymous]What is Crabs Hardshells - is that their B team? Yep (from their website): 2026: HARDSHELLS TEAM, HEAD COACH JIM HUELSKAMP * Our second team at 2026 (8th grade) will focus on development. Preparing the boys for the rigors of high school lacrosse.Notable Alums include Tewaaraton Award winner Patrick Spencer, JHU attackman Luke Shilling and 2021 1st team All Centenial Conference Player Tucker Booth from Dickinson College. Originally Posted by Anonymous All of the good talent will be in DE this weekend. At what event? nothing on tourney machine Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352414 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous The 2026 teams playing at Blandair park this Sunday are Crabs Hardshells, Dark Horse, Leading Edge, Looneys, Predator, and VLC. Only two of the Elite division HoCo teams from last spring. With no fall HoCo I was expecting more teams to play this event. And yes, I am dying to see how the Predators do! How funny would it be if they actually turned out to be good. What is Crabs Hardshells - is that their B team? And why aren't the good 2026 teams from the elite division like True, Hawks, Crabs playing? I know Crabs and 91 going to FLA in Dec - maybe saving up for that? Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region TheBackOfTheCage #352416 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous [quote=Anonymous]What is Crabs Hardshells - is that their B team? Yep (from their website): 2026: HARDSHELLS TEAM, HEAD COACH JIM HUELSKAMP * Our second team at 2026 (8th grade) will focus on development. Preparing the boys for the rigors of high school lacrosse.Notable Alums include Tewaaraton Award winner Patrick Spencer, JHU attackman Luke Shilling and 2021 1st team All Centenial Conference Player Tucker Booth from Dickinson College. Originally Posted by Anonymous All of the good talent will be in DE this weekend. At what event? nothing on tourney machine Just go search ML8 Events and you'll see it on their site. Last edited by JMLax1; . Reason: Event Links not allowed. Contact us to help you advertise your events Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352423 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous [quote=Anonymous]What is Crabs Hardshells - is that their B team? Yep (from their website): 2026: HARDSHELLS TEAM, HEAD COACH JIM HUELSKAMP * Our second team at 2026 (8th grade) will focus on development. Preparing the boys for the rigors of high school lacrosse.Notable Alums include Tewaaraton Award winner Patrick Spencer, JHU attackman Luke Shilling and 2021 1st team All Centenial Conference Player Tucker Booth from Dickinson College. Originally Posted by Anonymous All of the good talent will be in DE this weekend. At what event? nothing on tourney machine Just go search ML8 Events and you'll see it on their site. Yes, the SweetLax Sweet 16 tournament is at the DE Turf complex this weekend. Three of the top HoCo elite teams will be there - Hawks, NextLevel, FCA. Plus VLC and Looneys will play each other in Maryland. Lots of great teams. Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region TheBackOfTheCage #352446 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Hard shells are the Crabs’ non-reclassed team. Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352451 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous [quote=Anonymous]What is Crabs Hardshells - is that their B team? Yep (from their website): 2026: HARDSHELLS TEAM, HEAD COACH JIM HUELSKAMP * Our second team at 2026 (8th grade) will focus on development. Preparing the boys for the rigors of high school lacrosse.Notable Alums include Tewaaraton Award winner Patrick Spencer, JHU attackman Luke Shilling and 2021 1st team All Centenial Conference Player Tucker Booth from Dickinson College. Hardshells are their second team from various areas...usually Eastern Shore players with a mix of whatever they can find, Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352464 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Sweet 16 Schedule out. Hawks only doing 1 day Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352470 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Sweet 16 Schedule out. Hawks only doing 1 day What else is new. Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region TheBackOfTheCage #352472 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Hard shells are the Crabs’ non-reclassed team. Correct . Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352501 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Sweet 16 Schedule out. Hawks only doing 1 day What else is new. Coaches son needs to rest. Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352509 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Sweet 16 Schedule out. Hawks only doing 1 day What else is new. Half the team is playing football on Saturday - SR, OM, GORC and Panthers Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352512 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous The 2026 teams playing at Blandair park this Sunday are Crabs Hardshells, Dark Horse, Leading Edge, Looneys, Predator, and VLC. Only two of the Elite division HoCo teams from last spring. With no fall HoCo I was expecting more teams to play this event. And yes, I am dying to see how the Predators do! How funny would it be if they actually turned out to be good. What is Crabs Hardshells - is that their B team? And why aren't the good 2026 teams from the elite division like True, Hawks, Crabs playing? Hawks are in DE this Sunday. Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352513 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous [quote=Anonymous]What is Crabs Hardshells - is that their B team? Yep (from their website): 2026: HARDSHELLS TEAM, HEAD COACH JIM HUELSKAMP * Our second team at 2026 (8th grade) will focus on development. Preparing the boys for the rigors of high school lacrosse.Notable Alums include Tewaaraton Award winner Patrick Spencer, JHU attackman Luke Shilling and 2021 1st team All Centenial Conference Player Tucker Booth from Dickinson College. Originally Posted by Anonymous All of the good talent will be in DE this weekend. At what event? nothing on tourney machine It's on there now. Sweetlax Sweet 16 Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region TheBackOfTheCage #352527 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A 2026s at Blandair: Crabs Hard Shells Leading Edge Dark Horse Looney's VLC Preds 26s at Sweetlax: 3d NE Hawks Buiding Blocks LI Express NFC Triad Red NJ Express Next Level Sweetlax Upstate Team 10 Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region TheBackOfTheCage #352534 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Express goes 6-0 Sweetlax 5-1 Hawks 1-2 NL 0-6 Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352538 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Express goes 6-0 Sweetlax 5-1 Hawks 1-2 NL 0-6 And Preds 2-1 Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352545 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Express goes 6-0 Sweetlax 5-1 Hawks 1-2 NL 0-6 And Preds 2-1 The Preds will get skunked across all teams and ages. Doubt they even keep it close. Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352582 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Express goes 6-0 Sweetlax 5-1 Hawks 1-2 NL 0-6 And Preds 2-1 The Preds will get skunked across all teams and ages. Doubt they even keep it close. Are you drunk? Predators will win the 2022 PLL championship Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352595 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Express goes 6-0 Sweetlax 5-1 Hawks 1-2 NL 0-6 And Preds 2-1 The Preds will get skunked across all teams and ages. Doubt they even keep it close. Are you drunk? Predators will win the 2022 PLL championship By 6 Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352601 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Predators go 2-1 - who is the team that you predict will beat them? Sounds like that team belongs in the hall of fame. Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352602 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous 2026s at Blandair: Crabs Hard Shells Leading Edge Dark Horse Looney's VLC Preds 26s at Sweetlax: 3d NE Hawks Buiding Blocks LI Express NFC Triad Red NJ Express Next Level Sweetlax Upstate Team 10 Shouldn't they call it the "Sweet 9?" Or maybe the "Sweet 3 and Not So Sweet 6"? Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352614 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous 2026s at Blandair: Crabs Hard Shells Leading Edge Dark Horse Looney's VLC Preds 26s at Sweetlax: 3d NE Hawks Buiding Blocks LI Express NFC Triad Red NJ Express Next Level Sweetlax Upstate Team 10 Shouldn't they call it the "Sweet 9?" Or maybe the "Sweet 3 and Not So Sweet 6"? I'd be real curious to hear which team your stud 8th grader plays for, not listed above. Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352629 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous 2026s at Blandair: Crabs Hard Shells Leading Edge Dark Horse Looney's VLC Preds 26s at Sweetlax: 3d NE Hawks Buiding Blocks LI Express NFC Triad Red NJ Express Next Level Sweetlax Upstate Team 10 Shouldn't they call it the "Sweet 9?" Or maybe the "Sweet 3 and Not So Sweet 6"? I'd be real curious to hear which team your stud 8th grader plays for, not listed above. True Baltimore, why? Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352645 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Lol, True Baltimore. You don’t have any room to talk about “sweet” teams Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352652 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous 2026s at Blandair: Crabs Hard Shells Leading Edge Dark Horse Looney's VLC Preds 26s at Sweetlax: 3d NE Hawks Buiding Blocks LI Express NFC Triad Red NJ Express Next Level Sweetlax Upstate Team 10 Shouldn't they call it the "Sweet 9?" Or maybe the "Sweet 3 and Not So Sweet 6"? I'd be real curious to hear which team your stud 8th grader plays for, not listed above. And who does your stud play for? Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352658 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Express goes 6-0 Sweetlax 5-1 Hawks 1-2 NL 0-6 And Preds 2-1 The Preds will get skunked across all teams and ages. Doubt they even keep it close. Ouch, Someone's team lost players to Predators, Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352661 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Express goes 6-0 Sweetlax 5-1 Hawks 1-2 NL 0-6 And Preds 2-1 The Preds will get skunked across all teams and ages. Doubt they even keep it close. Are you drunk? Predators will win the 2022 PLL championship By 6 Only way it would be 6 if Preds put brakes on in 3rd quarter and Starters left to accept their invitation to be in Hall of Fame. ..Game, Win , Ship Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352702 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Express goes 6-0 Sweetlax 5-1 Hawks 1-2 NL 0-6 And Preds 2-1 The Preds will get skunked across all teams and ages. Doubt they even keep it close. I hope the Predators win. Good people running it, they took some great talent away from other teams, kids who play behind parent coaches kids, on age kids who lost spots because of older kids needing to reclass to shine on the field. I hope they succeed and silence their haters. It will be a breath of fresh air in this area if they can do it. Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352736 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Express goes 6-0 Sweetlax 5-1 Hawks 1-2 NL 0-6 And Preds 2-1 The Preds will get skunked across all teams and ages. Doubt they even keep it close. I hope the Predators win. Good people running it, they took some great talent away from other teams, kids who play behind parent coaches kids, on age kids who lost spots because of older kids needing to reclass to shine on the field. I hope they succeed and silence their haters. It will be a breath of fresh air in this area if they can do it. Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Express goes 6-0 Sweetlax 5-1 Hawks 1-2 NL 0-6 And Preds 2-1 The Preds will get skunked across all teams and ages. Doubt they even keep it close. I hope the Predators win. Good people running it, they took some great talent away from other teams, kids who play behind parent coaches kids, on age kids who lost spots because of older kids needing to reclass to shine on the field. I hope they succeed and silence their haters. It will be a breath of fresh air in this area if they can do it. I don’t think anyone hates the club. It’s the people on this forum that are claiming they will take over the local world of lax. I’d be curious to find out where they pulled some of their players from? Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region TheBackOfTheCage #352742 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Looney's will be the most improved team this year in HOCO Elite; additions at FO, Middie and Defense has improved this team tremendously and they will compete against the top teams in the Elite Division. They go undefeated this weekend and dominate. Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352749 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Looney's will be the most improved team this year in HOCO Elite; additions at FO, Middie and Defense has improved this team tremendously and they will compete against the top teams in the Elite Division. They go undefeated this weekend and dominate. +1 Looneys has reloaded big time. Looking at this weekend's opponents, I doubt anybody comes within 5-6 goals. This team is for real. Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352750 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Express goes 6-0 Sweetlax 5-1 Hawks 1-2 NL 0-6 And Preds 2-1 The Preds will get skunked across all teams and ages. Doubt they even keep it close. I hope the Predators win. Good people running it, they took some great talent away from other teams, kids who play behind parent coaches kids, on age kids who lost spots because of older kids needing to reclass to shine on the field. I hope they succeed and silence their haters. It will be a breath of fresh air in this area if they can do it. This is the first intelligent post that I have seen about the Predators. Thanks for providing info. The prior posts have been so silly that I didn't even realize the Predators are an actual team. Let's reserve judgment and see how they do Sunday on the field. Like Reply Quote

Re: Boys 2026 Grads - Mid Atlantic Region Anonymous #352751 A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Originally Posted by Anonymous Originally Posted by Anonymous Looney's will be the most improved team this year in HOCO Elite; additions at FO, Middie and Defense has improved this team tremendously and they will compete against the top teams in the Elite Division. They go undefeated this weekend and dominate. +1 Looneys has reloaded big time. Looking at this weekend's opponents, I doubt anybody comes within 5-6 goals. This team is for real. Last HOCO season (Spring), Looneys lost several games by one goal with no FO specialist. No FO middie or FOGO is a big weakness for any team, especially at the Elite level. They added two since then. Like Reply Quote

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