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I thought that MadLax did not have a DMV team?

Fascinating anonymous prediction with zero risk or accountability. Really helpful.

Maybe some MadLax 2029’s had to bump up. I’m sure they had to save face and put a team in.

91 needed a lot more than a FOGO.
Played Crabs in the fall. They’re better, but not that much better.
NL and DCE are the real wild cards. Both could end up challenging the Hawks and FCA. Heard the 47 from Madlax is now on NL, which makes them very dangerous.

The best classes are at BL and CH by a considerable margin.

As someone from DMV— I’m assuming the Hawks and FCA kids go to BL and CH? Those are the kids who will have an impact in MIAA

I think Hawks are spread out between St Mary's, Broadneck, Severna Park, and Spalding more than anything.

accountability? like someone should be fired from their job if they are wrong? anonymous and no accountability (whatever that means) is the point of this board and every post on it!

Early season tourneys… March Kickoff in MD in March 10th (I think NLnis the tournament host). Who is playing in this one?

Another early season event the same day is Spring Thaw, a Hogan event. Assume we see Hawks at this one, who else?

Should get an early glimpse into how these teams have progressed over winter

Spring Thaw:

Hawks
Crabs
Madlax
Jersey Express
Freedom
Barnstormers
NXT Black
True Baltimore

Huh, wonder why DC Express and Next Level are not there?

I’d imagine this group will be broken into the 4 AA teams and the 4 B teams:

Hawks
Crabs
Freedom
NXT

Madlax
Jersey X
True Balt
Barnstormers

Hearing Madlax wouldn’t let them play again out of fear of getting worked over…

Actually, they’re both playing in the NL event same day. March Kickoff.

No, meaning that randomly throwing out a prediction is meaningless blather and no one cares. If that was your post, it was worthless and added nothing.

That post added enough to get you to post twice about it.

Gold.

They may be called the Madlax Minutemen that day

Yet you cant keep from posting, Must have an ego the size of Montana, Says more about you than him.

I believe ML DMV went from playing in AA in 2019 to playing in B this year, so for all purposes, they do not have a team. It would appear the rumors about the former DMV kids ascending to ML Cap to ride the pine (and save spots for the fly-ins) may be true.

Well, I'm hoping this poster expands even further and predicts AAA, AA, A, and B... And then follows up with a combined 28 Hoco power ranks with a few 29 elite teams sprinkled in for fun.
Because ADDS entertainment and discussion, unlike your salty hypocritical drivel.

Point of order. I believe only one of the DMV kids went to Cap. For you ML haters out there, the reason for the division change was that most of the DMV kids left for top caliber and true nova. Most of the new DMV kids seem to be pretty new to lacrosse I didn’t talk to the parents but I would guess that these boys are just trying to get ready for highschool ball next year. I’m pretty sure I know who is posting all of the anti ml stuff on this board and if I’m right you can take a big step back and your own face

So you think it’s one person on here posting the anti ML stuff? Haaaa…. You have NO IDEA. Maybe a new parent to that cesspool.

ML DMV teams almost always collapse because the owner pays almost no attention to them. I know this thread only likes to focus on Elite, but a lot of kids just do it for fun or focus on other sports. There is more to the story of the ML 28 DMV imploding, however. Last summer, the 28 DMV team was in a championship B tournament and their goalie was invited to the Vail tournament as the back up goalie for the CAP team. All well and good, but the problem was that CM, who controls the 28 team, didn't tell the DMV parents or find a replacement....so they showed up to their tournament and had to forfeit. I'm not an ML parent (thank god), but several DMV parents told me they were very pissed off because they were trying to text him while he was in Vail (a tournament CM himself got kicked out of, mind you) to see what was going on and he didn't respond.

This is all factual. ML can try to spin it anyway they want, but I know 3 parents with kids on the old team.

HoCo divisions and schedules are set.

ELITE

Crabs
DC Express
FCA
Hawks
Madlax
Next Level
Team 91
Team Money

AAA

Blue Claws Red
Cannons Select
Clippers Blue
Crabs Blue
DC Express Orange
FCA White
ProStart Blue
Team Maryland White

AA
Coastal Lacrosse Academy
Hawks Black
HLC Black
HoCo
MDLL Select Red
Next Level Red
Predators
Team Virginia Lacrosse
True NOVA Black
Wolfpack

A

Clippers Red
Blue Heron
MDLL North 2028
ProStart White
Top Caliber
True Baltimore Black
True Chesapeake
Ville Lacrosse
Zingos

B

Blue Claws Blue
HLC White
Legends
Madlax DMV
MDLL Select Blue
Team Maryland Red
True Baltimore Green
True NOVA Green

Any factual updates on who is going where and what schools landed the most talent? The deadline is March 1 so I imagine all the top talent has picked where they are going.

Do your research before signing those contracts. If your kid was “recruited “ to a certain school but wasn’t promised a spot on varsity, little Johnny will most likely be on jv his freshman year and maybe even his sophomore year depending on who was promised spots on varsity. Some of these coaches already have rosters picked well before tryouts begin.

Why should a parent be worried about which kids parents negotiated a spot for them on varsity? If your kid is good enough to contribute on varsity they'll get their chance to play. If they aren't then they need the pt on JV to improve.

This is 100% true. And CM got kicked out of the final day in Vail for “putting his hands on a ref” and didn’t think to let his team or the parents know about this until he showed up the following morning between games. Clown of epic proportions.

The Hawks are spread out amongst multiple schools:

St Marys
Severn
Spalding
Gilman
Broadneck
Severna Park
Boys Latin
St John's DC
Landon
McDonogh

HOCO week 1 3/23/24 Troy Park field 1
Madlax minutemen v Team Money 8a
Hawks Green v FCA Blue 9:30a
NL Blue v DCE black 3:30p
Team 91 v Crabs 5p

What a joke. Nobody is looking at 99.9% of 14 year olds, without having seeing them play against 18-19 year olds, and making a legitimate promise about their varsity status. If you got a promise you thought was legitimate (and you're not a private school trustee or donor), you got taken. All it takes is one kid from TX who plays your son's position, to enroll over the summer, and poof, bye bye "promised varsity roster spot."

How many of these promises do you think have been made and broken over the years? Compared to the ones that were kept. Coaches answer to the school's trustees and to a lesser extent to donors/boosters. Those guys have sons who are 2028s. They have leverage over the situation. Who's your kid and what leverage do you have to make the school keep that "promise?" My son has played with and against almost every MD Elite and AAA roster over the years (and most of the PA and DC rosters) and there's maybe 8 kids (all holdbacks, by the way) who would be difference makers in 9th grade at a real HS lax program (top 4 in DC or MD league), to the extent that anybody would promise them anything like a 4-year varsity roster spot.

Where the above post is accurate is that yes, varsity rosters are 80% settled by the time tryouts start, but that's because of off-season workouts and promises to 11th and 12th grade parents, not "Oh yeah I made a promise to a dad with a patagonia vest, about his fast kid who is 14yo and 5'7"."

Some great matchups Week 1. In fact, this may be the most competitive Elite HoCo we’ve had… there are 3-4 teams who could go 5-2….or 2-5. Should be a ton of great games.

The Hawks-FCA and DCE-NL games week 1 are particularly compelling.

100% true, except the Dad might be wearing a quarter zip instead of a vest.

Yellow and Blue Quarter Zip is all the rage.

We get it, CM didnt give you son a position on team. Maybe look inward. Might find something

Madlax is a B team masquerading as Elite. They literally may go winless in HoCo.

I am excited to see the Madlax vs DC Express game. Also, is it official that Madlax lost their big leftie to NL?

March Kickoff schedule March 10th is up. Some good action.
NL playing DC Express (3rd time in 3 months), FCA, Leading Edge, and Red Hots. The gauntlet. Could go 4-0 or 0-4 against those 4.

DCE playing NL, Leading Edge, Red Hots, and Nationals LC. They, too, could go 4-0 or 0-4.

FCA only playing Sunday— NL, Leading Edge, and the mighty Clippers.

Early in the season but should get an idea where these teams stand. Great way to find out.

Great information!

BL, Spalding and CH probably ended up with the strongest classes. No out of town players for McD. They lost all their recruits to other schools except for two lefty attacks.