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Imagine giving up your senior year of high school lax with your buddies just to play a couple of years at Mercer, etc.

Hawks - still more talented than any team at this year
True - definitely talented and grabbing the hawks left overs in the area
DC Express - all-star team made up of BLC, VLC and Next Level
Looney's - no FOGO last year and added some talent from FCA and Breakers

Crabs are overrated and weak in transition (midfield) defense and in goal. All they have is a FO kid and an attackman. They are bottom feeders this year; you heard it first!!

Come on, You cant be that ......If it is one year by age, It is only ONE year difference from top to bottom. ... As it is now one year with grade, you can technically be any age difference even tho the vast majority everyone is talking about are generally older from one day to over 18 months ,,, Worst is that a player exact same birthday plays down and another one plays on age. How is that good for youth...Get your advantage in HS and college

Saying all that, it isnt changing due to the Private School influence on lacrosse,, Where majority of holdbacks roam. Sad state

The only reason it is enforced now is due to so many double holdbacks in MIAA. Years ago, it was turned a blind eye to the double holdback as there were so few. Now with single holdback explosion, more are going the double holdback. Still isnt that many doubles,

Got it Hawks dad, Might want to tone down acting so Hawkward

Crabs defense is weak? Im no crabs nutswinger but this take makes your whole post invalid. They easily have the best D this year barring injuries. Looney's? ok......lol

Looney's - no FOGO last year and added some talent from FCA and Breakers


LOL....talent from FCA and Breakers

So a team that is supposedly all holdbacks and ran through the fall like a hot knife through butter including a win over LI Express CoachC is going to be 500 in the HOCO? I know this board is for stirring the pot but, come on you surely don't believe that nonsense.

Calvert Hall has at least one D1 commit who can not play this year because he aged out.

Where did the Hawks add players from?

No need to add; we develop what we have!!

So the kids from PA are homegrown lol

So you think that all those teams can beat Crabs but Madlax can't?
And if all good VLC and NextLevel players went to DCE, are those teams dropping down to AAA?

Hawkward !!!

Developing players vs keeping the kids of the coaches drinking and hippy lettuce buddy's are not the same thing. Hence the decline over the years.