The wolverines are a very good team. We played them several times in OB. I would hardly call them a B team and their coach is a varsity coach who appears to do a great job!
In 2018 the hierarchy of things for Express is A Terps, B Wolverines, C Piranahs. Its is not a slight calling them a B team Its just the facts. Their coach was supposibly MS but he has really not been involved. Dont know who their current coach is. The fact that this team of talented players isnt being given the chance to travel and play away tournaments is just sad.
Sad? Sign me up. Why travel? you can play the best competition right here. Let the other teams travel here. Last I checked the No 1 HS team in country in 2012 was from LI. Oh and the current 2013 No 1 is from LI. If the rest of the teams out there want to play the best, let them travel here. Drive all the way to MD and play teams that play down, no thanks.
Yup your right. Live in your bubble. Wake up lacrosse is no longer a long island sport. You do have the rankings down but no idea what is going on outside of LI. I can assure you the there are parents on those teams that are not happy about playing only on LI. It's also about the experience and camaraderie. It's not that playing on LI doesn't give you quality competition. Its what was advertised. Travel summer team away tournaments etc.
This LI parent refuses to burn an entire weekend traveling to and from MD to play club lax. On Friday ... traffic on the Belt Pkwy, Verrazano Br traffic, Staten Island Exp traffic, Goethels Br (or Outerbridge) traffic, NJ Tpk traffic, followed by Philly traffic followed by Eastern Shore weekend traffic. That is a nightmare. And then do the whole thing in reverse on Sunday, which is much, much worse.
Not worth it. NJ, CT, Mass, and maybe Philly ... no further. I bet 90% of LI parents would vote for all LI tournaments if they were asked. No reason to travel over a bridge, when it already takes an hour to get anywhere on this dopey sand bar on a summer weekend.
