It's HS. Who cares how old they are? As long as they aren't 19 when they start their senior year it's within the rules. BL has an amazing load of talent in the current sophomore and freshman classes. I get that complaining about the holdbacks in middle school grade based lacrosse. So what is a freshman went to prefirst and is 16? That means they are the age of a normal sophomore playing against a lot of juniors and seniors. My son is on age, but this whining is ridiculous. They're in high school.
Well you are correct but also missing some of the point. How many people on this site know of a High school coach or college coach who had their own kids reclass/ start school late at any sport not just lacrosse? I can think of at least 4 coaches I know of. Now ask yourself why would people in the know reclass / start kids late? They know how this game works. If you reclass you get 20 to 40 more Varsity games played. Because you are really 15 and a half as a Freshman you get on the field your first year in high school. The 14 year old freshman has to play JV lacrosse. Do you think it helps to get that top D1 spot when you get to say you are the schools leading scorer or near the top of the list at these better programs? My point being the advantage does not go away when high school starts.
