Done with the politics of section 1 all Americans, glad to see the Briarcliff middie on there though, well deserved. Its all about what school they are attending and what they did last year. Mamaroneck should not have two all Americans after losing Section. Certain players given all American just because they got it last year. Even if a kid has the talent, you have to have an unbelievable season to become AA. Lastly as an unbiased 3rd party, Rye LSM snubbed because he is not going D1, was the best LSM in the section this year.
Firstly, you do realize the AA status is determined based on the regular season and does not take in to account the post season correct? Lastly and most prominently, you're quite a whiney "unbiased 3rd party."
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BUT fully agree this post. Some juniors from last year who were AA automatically given it again this year but performed worse or missed bunch of games. Rye FOGO, Rye LSM and Briarcliff LSM couldve been named and surely were debated.
These are seriously misinformed takes.
AA does take into account post-season, it's why they meeting takes place after sectional finals.
Nothing is automatic. A returning AA is not automatically "given" it in senior year. They are earned. And only this year's accomplishments are considered. Maybe someone had a down year in comparison to last, but perhaps, so did the section as a whole (I am not arguing the truth of that, just giving an example)
The number of spots is determined by US Lacrosse based on a percentage of teams that play in their area. Section 1 has about 51 teams playing, they need 5-10 more teams to get a 10th spot.
The panel making this list is made entirely of section 1 head coaches with each class represented. Players are nominated by the coaches, stats, performance, opinions of opposing coaches are all considered. It is a thorough process. It is tough to get down to 9, but it would be hard to argue that the 9 on here aren't deserving. Every year there are more than 9 that probably deserve it, but the list is 9.
