Originally Posted by Anonymous
Agree with the refs. I like the physical play as long as anything near the head is whistled. NGLL was horrible. Couldn't touch another player without a whistle. I also noticed the refs. called "Empties" whereas NGLL they was rarely called. You can't check a players stick when they are scooping if they don't don't haver the ball in their stick. Not sure why this rule is often ignored??

I agree. Admittedly, I prefer they don't call it at the 5th and 4th grade level otherwise you'd have a whistle every ground ball, but at this level it should be called.