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It's getting to the point where most/many of these boys know each other and were co-mingling a lot yesterday. Was cool to see.

From the boys that we knew on other teams (which to be clear, is not everybody or even close) it looked more specific than just playing time adjustments vs last year.......players in different roles than they have been in the past, and thriving. I also saw coaches at the AAA-AAAA HoCo level using timeouts very strategically (that's new, it's been haphazard for years at this level).

Also, watching the AAA/AAAA teams take on Hawks and at least not being scared out of their shorts from the first whistle, was a nice change. The "sub elite" cadre of players is starting to settle in, perhaps.

it was a weird day of pretty good and fast lax being played unless you are a hawks parent.

the tourney results pretty well explain it

1st crabs 3-0......by a large margin, the best team there. arguably played down to the competition

2nd blc 2-0-1 tying predators of all things
3rd TIE - dukes, 91 (2-1).......both teams were very well coached and the players were running hard
5th TIE - fca white, hawks (1-2). be much happier here as a fca white parent than a hawks parent lol
7th - predator 0-2-1 - 1 pt loss to fca, tie blc, 5 pt loss to hawks........surprisingly not horrible
8th - vlc - saw them play twice. looked lost. what in the world happened to this team since winning hoco aaa in may

Team 91 and Crabs appear vastly improved, but they played FCA White (AAAA team).

Perhaps half the Hawks were playing Madlax in the youth football playoffs?

Crabs played b teams. It showed nothing about whether they are better or not.

91 MD prob solidified the 8th spot in Elite, True Chesapeake and BLC right before them. Team MD stays in AAA (No more AAAA), with VLC, Team Money, Predators, FCA White, Blue Claws, Sidewinders and possibly Hawks Black.

Seeing as how Team MD beat 91 head to head, the only reason this makes sense is the fact the Team MD probably doesn't want to go to elite, whereas Millon believes it's written in the stars for all his 91 teams to go to elite.

91 MD has a big, strong attackman (#81) who seemed to take over the game in second half vs. Hawks defense. Scored at least a hat trick. Is he new to team? Looks to be a tough guard for elite level defenses.

Well they could be weak OR dense. It’s not always the case it’s both (though with ML it usually is).

not sure what you wrote makes sense?

Disclaimer, I am not his parent, and our kids don't play on the same team. #81 is a former Kelly Post kid. Most of the Towson kids know him very well.
He has to be guarded with size and physicality, but even Preds were able to lock him up (scored 1 on Preds this summer, KP beat them 8-5 or 8-6). You cannot play tired kids or non-physical defenders against him, even if they are also big kids. He has a pretty high IQ for the geometry of shooting space, screens, etc. Which I know he was not coached at KP. A big athlete who has natural sports IQ? Yeah he is a threat. Hawks should have coached around him, and sure did not.

Perhaps the holdbacks are primarily for academic reasons based on the reading comprehension of the parents and what they may have passed on to their slow children?

Well now I’m rooting for you and your dim-witted progeny. I thought reclassing was about compensating for the athletic deficiencies you passed along but now I realize is cognitive and I feel bad. Special needs are special needs.

take it to the holdback forum already, sheeesh.

Team 91 MD have their holdbacks when they beat Hawks and FCA or were Hawks and FCA missing their own holdbacks?

This conversation is a waste. Every team at Fall Brawl had sufficient players of size and skill on hand. Hawks pulling players from multiple states as usual, and this time could not get it done other than the five point win they dropped on Predator.

I know VLC lost one of their defenders

I live out in Loudoun County and am looking for a competitive travel lacrosse team. From what I am reading I will need to drive in closer to DC... Any thoughts on a team? If this is the wrong forum, I apologize ahead of time.

Holdbacks are here to stay and frankly, are better players. Maybe stop moaning and hold your son back. If not, hopefully D2 is there for you

Hawks, 91, Crabs, Dukes and even Preds had really good skilled attackman. Didn't appear to be too many lock down defenders. Where are they hiding.

Competitive relative to what, is kind of the key question. And at what cost.

VLC and Team Maryland are both pretty competitive (top 100 nationally) teams and sort of, kind of in your commuting area. Richmond Hawks too, though I know it's probably 2 hours for you (they don't play in a spring league, so there's that at least).

Madlax used to have some Loudon players. Top 5 team in the country but an awful commute from your area. Responsible for high numbers of future D1 players and high numbers of kids who quit the sport and detest lacrosse (and team sports) for the rest of their lives.

Loudon Tribe, MD Rebels (used to be MDX) and True VA, True DC are not really viewed as competitive. But all offer a good 1 year transition from rec ball if that's where your son has been up to this point. Tribe and MD Rebels are a good price. True is expensive for what you get, and most families move on after 1-2 years.

Hammers is in Loudon. Do Not know if they have a 2028.

Overlooked the Hammers, based in Loudoun and actually fairly competitive. Great training facility at Ion. All turf, lights in winter, etc. If your kid is Elite, he should go Madlax or Next Level. If anything other, I’d try Hammers

Thank you for the information. I do know people have talked about TRUE having the National team that seems like it could be a cool experience. I really appreciate you replying and will check out VLC and Team Maryland.

You are in the right place. It would help to look closer to DC. So basically there’s a few things you need to consider. Hopefully you held your son back in Kindergarten and you may want to hold him back in 8th grade. On top of that a PG year is a great idea, then hopefully with hard work he can dominate the kids 3 years younger than him in H.S. and college. Upon graduation if he doesn’t get drafted to a pro league for a hefty 35K a year he can always start his career in his chosen field 3 years later than everyone else. Good luck, you’re going to love DMV lacrosse.

You took a long time to write this post making fun of how much money you pay for your kid to play lacrosse.

Hawks losses not a good look. But Madlax got embarrassed two days in a row by B teams from Colorado and Georgia. Sad!

These two rosters about to get significantly older!

Madlax will go 0-3 next week at NAL.

Pretty terrible fall for HoCo Elite teams thus far.

That said - Dukes Elite isn’t a B team. They have better wins than your so called HoCo elite teams this fall.

I saw one post saying that the huge player who carries the team departed MadLax moved to another pram, which I assume is fake news; can somebody confirm if that is true?

Embarrassed?

Saturday ML started the day missing 8 players. After the 2nd game their offensive middie who also takes FOs had to leave to Virginia for his football game. Also, their other middie who splits FOs pulled his hamstring in the 2nd game and was sent home. So down literally 10 players with a brand new backup goalie in their 3rd game.

Nothing to be embarrassed about. Relax, its Fall.

What is sad, is you thinking that fall means anything. Dummy.

People detest the national teams overall but it's generally been a neat experience for our son. Worth the money? Probably not. We're taking a year off.

Be aware that True's National Team out of MD is actually their 2nd or 3rd tier national team. The "real" national team is out of IL. Still probably a fun experience. But just be aware.

So True!!

You must be new to lacrosse, or your son only plays one sport. So, I will explain this to you. Fall Lacrosse means Nothing.

You see, some kids actually play a multiple of sports. Some kids play a multiple of sports at a very high level. Some teams have a few kids like this on their team. Some teams have more than others.

I really hope your kid is actually good at the one sport he plays and sees the field (but I doubt it). Or that would be really sad!

Yes I can confirm. You are clueless on all fronts.

Definitely a holdback Dad. News flash if he wasn’t playing against younger kids he would be on the bench.

Hawks losses and 6 point win over Preds not very good for their outing, but Duke's Elite is a very good team, 91 MD is much better and Preds are a different team from last year. Team 91 Georgia is not a B team. They would place top 4 in Elite in HoCo. Remember the more competitive teams that are in the DMV the better for everyone.

Duke’s Elite are a really good squad, controlled that game from the beginning…they ARE better and stronger than that Hawks squad!
Maybe hold your kid back another year and you’ll beat their 29s.

Ok genius. Who do you think will beat them?

Igloo Northmen (#79)
Philadelphia Freedom (#18)
NXT Black (#40)

Not exactly correct. Several players from True Chesapeake ppl are on the top National team.