Long island lax plays on their age level or plays up sometimes. The other states have older kids on them, due to that the school cut off date is sept 1st not dec. 1st as in ny. Some parents do hold kids back and if they go to a prep school they repeat that school year over.
And you base this observation on what? I know for a fact that there are some LI girls that are held back a year as well. This excuse from LI to explain why MD is blowing past you is laughable. The Skywalkers and M&D teams may have 1 or 2 girls max that are a few months older. In fact, the 2021 M&D team had no overage girls and actually had a third grader on the team this year. Both of my son's transferred to one of the Baltimore Preps and neither was made to repeat a grade. This is a fallacy created to explain why LI is no longer the dominant lax hotbed that it once was. Guess what, neither is MD. The sport is growing so fast you go to tournaments and struggle against teams from FL, TX, NC, etc. Let the girls play and stop making excuses. Maybe the reason YJ is falling off a bit is because the parents on here are the most insane lax parents I have ever seen. Do you see any of this crap on the MD board? The infighting between the parents here is both humorous and sad. I check in from time to time to get a chuckle out of what nonsense is being thrown around. Most of which seems to be from the 2020 age down. These are 12 yr old girls or younger. Do you not realize how much these girls are going to change in the next few years? Cheer for your daughters, cheer for their YJ team. Enjoy your tournament wins(From the tourneys that M&D/Skywalkers skipped:) and stop the madness.
