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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's an illegal stick?[/quote]

It means the pocket is deeper than regulation, and not allowed in girls lacrosse because it gives an unfair advantage. A deeper pocket means it’s much easier to keep in your stick,for one thing. Sticks are checked at the beginning of the game so if 4 girls had illegal pockets in one short half it was intentionally done most likely - you can rig it to appear legal for the ref check and then punch it back to be illegal again.[/quote]

You clearly don’t understand how stuck checks for girls work.  The refs actually put a ball in the pocket for a stick check. A pocket that is legal at the beginning of a game can, especially in rain, become stretched out and no longer be legal later in the game.  It’s nit that unusual nor is it that big of a deal.  Plus you are talking about a tiny difference. The pockets weren’t egregious just slightly too deep.  I have no connection to Visi by the way. [/quote]

And girls don’t “punch” their strings either - at least not girls who know what they are doing. That’s not how you work the strings in a girls stick. [/quote]

Explain all you want but it smacks of cheating either way when four sticks were illegal in one half.  And the point earlier about those girls posing with the illegal sticks post game just shows they were proud of flaunting the rules.[/quote]

ok desperate holton parent. you kid isn't good enough. move on.

Given weather conditions, it just smacks of science. [/quote]

Wouldn't the Holton sticks be the same way too?  Why were the illegal sticks all Visi's?  Why did Visi have an illegal stick in the game against Stone Ridge on Saturday, when it was sunny and in the 90's?[/quote]

Assuming that there was a stick check that was passed on resumption, my guess is that the Visi sticks were closer to the line barely passing the stick check and the Holton sticks had a greater margin. [/quote]

Yes.  The Visi team has far more serious players who use their sticks all the time and the strings get stretched - its the end of a long season and the best players were playing all Winter, Fall and Summer last year too.  Holton doesn't have nearly the number of serious players.  Visi also didn't ask but for one or two stick checks  Holton asked for them constantly.  It was ridiculous.  Slightly deeper pocket depth doesn't win championships.

This is nothing but Holton trying to cast shade on Visi's win.  The truth is Holton just is not as good of a team.  Holton's win over SSSAS was a fantastic moment but it doesnt mean the Holton team is a great team.  Its a decent team that played their hearts out in that game and beat the odds.  Any team can beat any other team once.  Lets see how Holton does next year and the year after that.[/quote]

I get it now, Visi has much more serious players and is far more superior to Holton.  They use their sticks so much more, which is why the strings are all stretched out.  Holton doesn't have serious players, is mediocre and just lucked out  by beating SSSAS.  Got it.  Whatever it is you're taking, please keep on taking it if it makes you feel better.

Visi only asked for 2 stick checks because they were only allowed 2 if the sticks came back clean, which they did.  Holton was able to ask for more because they kept coming back illegal.[/quote]

NP here. That looks like cheating to a non biased observer. Illegal sticks are a huge advantage in women's lax. An illegal stick check should result in expulsion from the game and 2 goals for the non cheating side each time.[/quote][/quote]

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