2027 Boys Recruits

[Anonymous]

Congrats to the '26 Hilltop team playing as 27's and finally getting called out at NLF. It's rumored they had to forfeit after teams having said enough is enough.

[Anonymous]

That is crazy if true - has anyone else heard this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That is crazy if true - has anyone else heard this?

Why is it crazy? Sounds like a day ending in y.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to the '26 Hilltop team playing as 27's and finally getting called out at NLF. It's rumored they had to forfeit after teams having said enough is enough.

Looks like they took the MadLax bros behind the woodshed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to the '26 Hilltop team playing as 27's and finally getting called out at NLF. It's rumored they had to forfeit after teams having said enough is enough.

What if they're thinking about PG'ing? What then?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Congrats to the '26 Hilltop team playing as 27's and finally getting called out at NLF. It's rumored they had to forfeit after teams having said enough is enough.

What if they're thinking about PG'ing? What then?

That's no longer in the rules in most tournaments of any substance. The ones NL runs still allows it but not tournaments like NLF or Naptown.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can’t wait to see the brothers play together this afternoon.

I thought he was never playing 26's. Will be fun to see him next year as a '27.
Nothing to see here. Everyone's wrong. Why do you hate this player. Why are you obsessed.
Did I cover them all?

Quote one post that said he wouldn't be playing as a 2026.
Yes, you are obsessed.

Why is the player of the year playing as a summer 2026? Why would a player of that caliber have to pg?

[Anonymous]

Academics? No roster spot till following year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can’t wait to see the brothers play together this afternoon.

I thought he was never playing 26's. Will be fun to see him next year as a '27.
Nothing to see here. Everyone's wrong. Why do you hate this player. Why are you obsessed.
Did I cover them all?

Quote one post that said he wouldn't be playing as a 2026.
Yes, you are obsessed.

Why is the player of the year playing as a summer 2026? Why would a player of that caliber have to pg?

Because he committed on May 30 his senior year and you cannot get in to a Naval school at that hour for 2025-26. So it's PG or bus tables in the meantime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to the '26 Hilltop team playing as 27's and finally getting called out at NLF. It's rumored they had to forfeit after teams having said enough is enough.

Saw them play a few times this summer. Even at this age, they were noticeably bigger than everyone else. They still aren't that much better but I doubt one kid was younger than 17, and I would guess there were likely several 18 year old's playing. I hope it's an awkward feeling for their parents as they watch their '26 son (who is thinking about reclassing or doing a PG year) play younger competition. I don't have an issue with holdbacks in HS, but I do take issue with a team that promotes itself on its' ability to give players a place to experiment with playing down a year. What a joke, and good for the NLF for DQ-ing them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to the '26 Hilltop team playing as 27's and finally getting called out at NLF. It's rumored they had to forfeit after teams having said enough is enough.

Saw them play a few times this summer. Even at this age, they were noticeably bigger than everyone else. They still aren't that much better but I doubt one kid was younger than 17, and I would guess there were likely several 18 year old's playing. I hope it's an awkward feeling for their parents as they watch their '26 son (who is thinking about reclassing or doing a PG year) play younger competition. I don't have an issue with holdbacks in HS, but I do take issue with a team that promotes itself on its' ability to give players a place to experiment with playing down a year. What a joke, and good for the NLF for DQ-ing them.

If they were dq'd, why did they play one more game?

[Anonymous]

Naptown wasn’t age verified. NAL was - players are not allowed to play younger than the grade they just completed. So if you were a 26 in the 24/25 school year, you play 26 this summer in NAL - even if you are reclassing to 27 for the 25/26 school year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Naptown wasn’t age verified. NAL was - players are not allowed to play younger than the grade they just completed. So if you were a 26 in the 24/25 school year, you play 26 this summer in NAL - even if you are reclassing to 27 for the 25/26 school year.

Hilltop played another game after the supposed forfeit. Did they play with a shortened roster? Why weren't they forced to forfeit the other 2 games.

[Anonymous]

NLF let them play the weekend out since they were already there and other teams wouldn’t miss out on playing a game. They just couldn’t advance to the championship bracket even though they went 3-0 in pool play. More than 1/2 the team was ineligible, so they let them all play so they had enough to field a team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NLF let them play the weekend out since they were already there and other teams wouldn’t miss out on playing a game. They just couldn’t advance to the championship bracket even though they went 3-0 in pool play. More than 1/2 the team was ineligible, so they let them all play so they had enough to field a team.

Hopefully they bought everyone a round for the trouble they caused.