Honest question… outside of the obvious (madlax, hawks, next level) teams… using hoco as a benchmark, what would you define as AAA?
Everywhere else in the country, basic standards are
NLF (generally top half of HoCo elite)
AA Ball (covers HoCo AAA and lower 1/2 of HoCO Elite)
A Ball (covers HoCo AA and maybe some A teams)
B Ball: Lax Federation and A-Ball at Aloha events: rec-club, rec all stars, teams you've never heard of generally. Aka "who knew that 3D had a team in Mississippi?"
I haven't heard of "AAA" level except in baseball, and the "elite" thing is of course, made up.