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Happy to. None. Legacy and Rebels and LI Express have all played a lot off the island and they can’t even compete with Hawks, Madlax, Next Level from MD. Team 91 is 1-2 against those 3 Maryland teams.

I’m sure 91 is good. But don’t tell us that LI teams at the 2028 are good, they’re simply not. At all.

Top teams nationally:

Hawks
Madlax
NL
WCStarz
91
True National
Express North
3D NE

Hawks are team to beat.

Play one on age tournament and let’s see, just one!

It’s an algorithm picks up wins and losses plain a simple. At one point JM3 was the number one team in the nation because they won the only tournament that was around. Same w true Illinois after they won club nationals.

91 probably a decent team, but they’re 1-2 against the big dogs from MD. The rest of the LI teams have gotten smoked on a consistent basis by Hawks, Madlax, and Next Level.

What could the algorithm possibly calculate to have 91 FAR AND AWAY at #1?

Serious question.

Exactly.

And the Rebels prove they can beat these teams on any given day

Hawks
Madlax
NL
WCStarz
True National
3D NE

Let's see which of these teams are competitive next year for the U13 World Series.
Hawks didn't even qualify this year.

I posted early it’s useless especially this time of year. Mid June - mid July is where is gets some credibility (if any at all) when teams start to venture out of their local areas.

It picks up wins and loses nothing more nothing less - I highly doubt it has a true RPI and or SOS component to it.

Teams like JM3 (can you even call them a team) true Illinois, express N, hawks 91 all have held the top spot at one point or another.

Personally, I think the winner of the HOCO deserves it over any team. But the catch to there is each of those teams have suffered a minimum of one loss which impacts the flawed rankings.

To say that 91 hold it far and away is just wrong.

Fake news about the hawks. They didn’t even enter a team. Neither did Madlax, next level, Crabs and pretty much every other team from the Maryland area. I’ll give you one guess why …….

Bingo
Take a look at the winners of the World Series for the last several years. Look it up. The fact is it’s one Long Island team after another. And the reason is because it is a true age based tournament.
Yes the 2028 teams from Maryland are overall better than the Long Island teams. But they are not the same age. So after you’re done looking up the winners from years past, do a google search on the development of muscle mass, strength, and speed through the different stages of puberty. Plenty of articles out there. It’s a remarkable increase with each stage of development.

For those still struggling to comprehend I’ll break it down for you.

The boys on Long Island 2028 teams tend to be slightly younger than the boys in Maryland. It’s a fact.

That slight age difference is why it’s tough for a 2028 team on Long Island to beat a 2028 team from Maryland. It’s a fact.

The one tournament that is truly age based is the World Series. The results show that Long Island teams tend to do quite well. It’s a fact.

Correct

Thanks and I know I am correct. And I’m going to add to what I said before. When you come on here claiming how the teams here can’t compete with the likes of the hawks, what is your response to my factual evidence as to why? I detest being a devils advocate, but I feel it is necessary here. There will be no response because I am right. You know it and therefore can’t respond. I’m not looking for an apology. And I’m not looking for you to retract your statements. I am looking for you to keep these things in mind when talking tournament wins and rankings.

It is officially travel season but I need to make one last PAL comment. Yesterday my son played against a team where the coach made such a scene he embarassed himself, the program and his family. These coaches should not be allowed to coach and ruin young minds. I am sure kids will quit lacrosse because of how this parent/coach acted yesterday. He mentally abused his team and everyone in the stands was shocked. PAL should have a rep at every game so this kind of nonesense does not happen. He should be reported but PAL is over so nothing will happen to him. I hope he reads this and realizes what a donk he acted like yesterday.

The Maryland crowd will never concede. They will say your kids soft, you can’t hang, it’s in the rules, good luck making varsity or playing D1.