Okay, let us now get some posts going on:
1. HS. Bville utterly destroyed JJ. Somers almost beat Pac. Pville racking up stats until they play tough comp. Pelham, Mamo, Scars all crushed weaker teams. Wish Ytown, Mmnk, Iona would play each other this season. How many underclassmen start at Stepinac?
2. How may HS are having modified seasons for 7/8? Seems better lax schools doing it but smaller or weaker schools skipping. Rich get richer. Can we change the name "modified" to anything else. Out of state family assume my kids are in special ed sports.
3. Does your town travel youth team have das coaches or hired guns?
Two years ago i spoke with a Katonah lifer, who played in college and coaches both youth and club, that hardly anyone with lax experience and has the ability to coach, is moving into the area. As a result, he said that JJ HS will be on a downward cycle.
For the other teams you mentioned, B'ville, Pville, Pel, Mamo, Scar & Y, well they all play Briarcliff and I have said before, watch out for B'cliff. They may be the new power house that has stability.
I'm in a weaker school district and we have modified. The varsity level is BAD and it should consider folding the Varsity level in the coming years and just allow the modified level to develop. Since my son is on modified, i know that Carmel, Haldane and Pawling had to drop the modified teams this season.
I agree that the term "modified" is strange. I just refer to it as the Middle School team and my friends outside the area say that's cool that we have a middle school team.
Our Rec town program still relies upon volunteer parents to teach, which has directly led to the slow death of the HS team. However, the HV league is almost there in making all youth coaches be USL certified, which will help raise the level of player development in the weaker towns.
