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once again I will say. Express is clearly the best team in Long Island, that is their top AA team. They have shown that their other teams are Ok at Best. no different then most teams. The Express AA team is not great due to anything more then their marketing machine. Each and every year they poach players that have been developed on other teams to be on their team making it stronger. So lets stop bashing all the other teams in Long Island because they are essential to Express AA successes. Past Express, Igloo and 91 are the next level. Then there is another rung down for some other teams, then probably the full B teams. Which is fine, because as I said look at where all the new guys that Express Igloo and 91 poach they come from all the other teams, and then some express rejects who dont want to be on their B and C teams, go and play in another org. The only thing that sorts this out is the marketing. Express happens to be the best at it, and 91 is right there with them. All the others are second tier marketers and if they dont have the money and infrastructure around them they fail, like FLG.

No they are sticking with that. Will have 4-5 Venom kids

Haa, He wants this one , Be interesting who he brings in

Need Bored MD Dad to chime in. But I suspect the 8 teams in Elite will be:

Hawks
Madlax
FCA
Next Level
Crabs
True Annapolis
BLC
VLC

VLC is most of the old Cavalier team, and a few others from out there in Loudoun County. Lot of good rec lacrosse out there. This fall was their first year as a ‘28 team, and they’re big and athletic. They would blow through AAA, and while there should probably only be 6 Elite teams, VLC and BLC will fill it out to 8. And the gap should narrow as these boys get older

Last two years the Madlax 2028 team has brought in two kids from Sentry in Dallas. They did not move the needle, but I suspect it gives him access to some TX kids should any of them blossom into ringers. Frankly, it weakens the team due to a lack of continuity. As someone else noted, the Capital DC team would beat the “Nationals” team if a tilt was feasible.

Word is Express North “National” is the one bringing in the Ringers.

Finally get into a real conversation and the hold back simps chime in.

So who does that put in AAA?

Not a hold back. Write about something else or start a new thread because your cry baby daddy opinion won't change club how lacrosse is run. Ever. Get over it.

Probably cause No. 47 is 16 and the rest of the kids are 13/14...congrats. Happy 16th!

How to say the "minority" kid without saying the minority kid...

As we all start to wind down work for a few weeks, let's fire up some discussion. HoCo brackets?

Signed, Black Ops Dad (AAA dad so that is where my attention is)

Elite
1. Hawks
2. Madlax
3. Next Level
4. FCA Blue
5. Crabs
6. True Annapolis Green
7. BLC Blue
8. True KP

AAA
1. Blue Claws (fighting against going to Elite)
2. FCA White (disappointing year but can get it done)
3. VLC (could get crushed, hard to tell)
4. Hawks Black (could probably go to AA)
5. Team MD (undefeated at AA)
6. BLC Orange
7. Sidewinders (did well at AA, could get crushed here)
8. HLC (deserves to stay at AAA)

AA
1. T91 (1-6 @ AAA last year)
2. Cavaliers
3. Forest Hill
4. Preds (has not won a game yet so who knows?)
5 Cannons
6. BLC Orange
7. Cannons
8. True DC (not sure where to put them, with them advertising they have "spots for elite players at every position" in November)

A
1. True Annapolis B
2. Catonsville (stunk at AA last year, physical team with a single stud who is now at Hawks)
3. Swarm (stunk at AA last year)
4. Baltimore Elite (undefeated at A, lost in playoffs)
5. LTLC
6. HoCo Black
7. Rockfish
8. True VA (Several NOVA kids that started for True Baltimore last spring)

B
1. Diamondbacks
2. True Baltimore / KP Blend Team (won't have ringers from VA and DC this spring, True starters left)
3. Sidewinders B Team (28-30s)
4. Tribe (28-29)
5. Zingoes

New this year: VLC, Preds, Cavs returned (sort of).
Gone this year (as far as I know): 3D, Ground Control, MDX, HoCo Pink, KP B Team (mixed w True Balt now), Breakers, others?
Does NL have a B team I am missing?

I wrote the comment above. Have no idea what his race was but nice to know that’s how you think 🤔

And of course he knows the kid but doesn’t answer the question.

And of course he knows the kid but doesn’t answer the question.

Blue claws
KP
FCA white
Hawks Black
Forest Hill
Cannons
91
True DC
Team MD
Predators

Blue Claws has a B team too. Not sure where they would slot. Probably A or B.

Next Level red is the B team who beat Hoco and Tob Caliber as well as destroying Blc Orange 27 to 3

Replace Predators with HLC and this is probably AAA.

Supposedly Preds wants to play AAA but unless T91 wants to move to AA there is no room.

The only way AAA has less than 10 teams is if HoCo starts a B division which is possible.

As we all start to wind down work for a few weeks, let's fire up some discussion. HoCo brackets?

Signed, Black Ops Dad (AAA dad so that is where my attention is)

Elite
1. Hawks
2. Madlax
3. Next Level
4. FCA Blue
5. Crabs
6. True Annapolis Green
7. BLC Blue
8. True KP

AAA
1. Blue Claws (fighting against going to Elite)
2. FCA White (disappointing year but can get it done)
3. VLC (could get crushed, hard to tell)
4. Hawks Black (could probably go to AA)
5. Team MD (undefeated at AA)
6. BLC Orange
7. Sidewinders (did well at AA, could get crushed here)
8. HLC (deserves to stay at AAA)

AA
1. T91 (1-6 @ AAA last year)
2. Cavaliers
3. Forest Hill
4. Preds (has not won a game yet so who knows?)
5 Cannons
6. BLC Orange
7. Cannons
8. True DC (not sure where to put them, with them advertising they have "spots for elite players at every position" in November)

A
1. True Annapolis B
2. Catonsville (stunk at AA last year, physical team with a single stud who is now at Hawks)
3. Swarm (stunk at AA last year)
4. Baltimore Elite (undefeated at A, lost in playoffs)
5. LTLC
6. HoCo Black
7. Rockfish
8. True VA (Several NOVA kids that started for True Baltimore last spring)

B
1. Diamondbacks
2. True Baltimore / KP Blend Team (won't have ringers from VA and DC this spring, True starters left)
3. Sidewinders B Team (28-30s)
4. Tribe (28-29)
5. Zingoes

New this year: VLC, Preds, Cavs returned (sort of).
Gone this year (as far as I know): 3D, Ground Control, MDX, HoCo Pink, KP B Team (mixed w True Balt now), Breakers, others?
Does NL have a B team I am missing?

As we all start to wind down work for a few weeks, let's fire up some discussion. HoCo brackets?

Signed, Black Ops Dad (AAA dad so that is where my attention is)

Elite
1. Hawks
2. Madlax
3. Next Level
4. FCA Blue
5. Crabs
6. True Annapolis Green
7. BLC Blue
8. True KP

AAA
1. Blue Claws (fighting against going to Elite)
2. FCA White (disappointing year but can get it done)
3. VLC (could get crushed, hard to tell)
4. Hawks Black (could probably go to AA)
5. Team MD (undefeated at AA)
6. BLC Orange ( one 1 game against TM '29)
7. Sidewinders (did well at AA, could get crushed here)
8. HLC (deserves to stay at AAA)

AA
1. T91 (1-6 @ AAA last year)
2. Cavaliers
3. Forest Hill
4. Preds (has not won a game yet so who knows?)
5 Cannons
6. BLC Orange
7. Cannons
8. True DC (not sure where to put them, with them advertising they have "spots for elite players at every position" in November)

A
1. True Annapolis B
2. Catonsville (stunk at AA last year, physical team with a single stud who is now at Hawks)
3. Swarm (stunk at AA last year)
4. Baltimore Elite (undefeated at A, lost in playoffs)
5. LTLC
6. HoCo Black
7. Rockfish
8. True VA (Several NOVA kids that started for True Baltimore last spring)

B
1. Diamondbacks
2. True Baltimore / KP Blend Team (won't have ringers from VA and DC this spring, True starters left)
3. Sidewinders B Team (28-30s)
4. Tribe (28-29)
5. Zingoes

New this year: VLC, Preds, Cavs returned (sort of).
Gone this year (as far as I know): 3D, Ground Control, MDX, HoCo Pink, KP B Team (mixed w True Balt now), Breakers, others?
Does NL have a B team I am missing?

why is blc orange in both AA and AAA could you not decide?

I think a B division is basically guaranteed, even a few of the A level teams dissolving over the last 18 months (3D, breakers, Ground Control, KP B team, etc).

Team 91 and Preds both need to be in AA, skill wise. In another year most people expect Preds to be headed (slightly) up and 91 to be headed nowhere. Then 91 will reshuffle the deck (put all current players on 91's practice squad) at the beginning of 9th grade and go on their usual recruiting blitz.

And since T91 took all the starters from AA Swarm who got absolutely clobbered last year (another good justification for 91 being at AA and not AAA), what's left of Swarm goes to A for sure. If not B.

Typo. The AA is supposed to be Next Level's B team. Red I think.

Forest Hill is not a AA team - they are AAA.
Cannons is AAA.
Sidewinders is AA.
BLC Orange isn’t better than any of the above and should be AA at best.

At Elite 6, Arden was definitely not B level bad. I’m think somewhere solidly in AA.

Agree on Forest Hill at AAA - they were the best defensive team in that bracket by far last spring.

No idea with the infatuation with BLC orange but there aren’t close to AAA.

FOGO, Yawn! Faceoffs should be to start each half and that’s it! Most boring part of the game.