2025 lost 16-1 Sunday. I watched it. This Club is going downhill fast.

Anonymous wrote:As a Stars parent with a daughter on the Black team, at our grade level, I don't see the difference in resources. Which seemed to be the point of this thread. We practice at the same time, on the same field.

There are obvious differences in talent, but other than that, they basically do the same things in practice.

In 4th, 5th, 6th, the primary objective is to make the experience one where the girls want to come back the next year, and hopefully learn some lacrosse skills.

Some of standouts quit the sport in high school. Others develop later.

Stars is a good program. Pride is a good program...

Neither of them can compete with the Baltimore area programs and it's not all about coaching talent, or the talent of the players. Those programs simply practice more. An additional 3 hours of practice a week...every week of course pays dividends...

Stars has 1 2 hour practice a week...some of the MD programs have 2 - 3 practices a week...

THAT is a substantial competitive advantage. But time will tell if those girls burn out early...and hate the sport by high school.

+1

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Stars has 1 2 hour practice a week...some of the MD programs have 2 - 3 practices a week...

THAT is a substantial competitive advantage. But time will tell if those girls burn out early...and hate the sport by high school.

I think time has already told us that all of the top Baltimore players populate the top d1 programs in the country along with LI players. I have never heard of lacrosse being a high burnout sport.

Specialization at the age of 9, 10, 11 is new...kids are burning out in all sports as a result. A rapid increase in repetitive use injuries, major tendon and joint repairs, etc. Is unprecedented at the ages where we are now seeing it.

Anonymous wrote:
Stars has 1 2 hour practice a week...some of the MD programs have 2 - 3 practices a week...

THAT is a substantial competitive advantage. But time will tell if those girls burn out early...and hate the sport by high school.

I think time has already told us that all of the top Baltimore players populate the top d1 programs in the country along with LI players. I have never heard of lacrosse being a high burnout sport.

As a Stars parent with a daughter on the Black team, at our grade level, I don't see the difference in resources. Which seemed to be the point of this thread. We practice at the same time, on the same field.

There are obvious differences in talent, but other than that, they basically do the same things in practice.

In 4th, 5th, 6th, the primary objective is to make the experience one where the girls want to come back the next year, and hopefully learn some lacrosse skills.

Some of standouts quit the sport in high school. Others develop later.

Stars is a good program. Pride is a good program...

Neither of them can compete with the Baltimore area programs and it's not all about coaching talent, or the talent of the players. Those programs simply practice more. An additional 3 hours of practice a week...every week of course pays dividends...

Stars has 1 2 hour practice a week...some of the MD programs have 2 - 3 practices a week...

THAT is a substantial competitive advantage. But time will tell if those girls burn out early...and hate the sport by high school.

Anonymous wrote:As the parent of a DD in MGLL, I have found this thread fun and interesting. But clearly people get way too carried away about this stuff.

Stars is good and is basically the only NoVa team that competes in NGLL, so I don't see what people are arguing about.

Is it an "elite" team though? For our broader area probably not. While it is generally competitive and stronger than MC Elite, I think we all know that the top teams are Hero's, M&D, Skywalkers and Coppermine.

So unless your kid is playing for one of those teams or plays HS at Glenelg or McDonough, trying to argue about who's the best is really arguing about who is the best of the second tier.

It doesn't really matter.

Baltimore parent here. The top Baltimore area teams that are placing girls into the best college programs year in and year out are Heroes, M&D, Skywalkers, and TLC. Definitely not Coppermine, that is out of left field.

Haha I tied to post that earlier.

Coppermine WTF!

Anonymous wrote:As the parent of a DD in MGLL, I have found this thread fun and interesting. But clearly people get way too carried away about this stuff.

Stars is good and is basically the only NoVa team that competes in NGLL, so I don't see what people are arguing about.

Is it an "elite" team though? For our broader area probably not. While it is generally competitive and stronger than MC Elite, I think we all know that the top teams are Hero's, M&D, Skywalkers and Coppermine.

So unless your kid is playing for one of those teams or plays HS at Glenelg or McDonough, trying to argue about who's the best is really arguing about who is the best of the second tier.

It doesn't really matter.

Coppermine? Are you kidding?? They have very mediocre teams. Shouldn't even be mentioned in this discussion.

Neither does first tier. It's just a game.

As the parent of a DD in MGLL, I have found this thread fun and interesting. But clearly people get way too carried away about this stuff.

Stars is good and is basically the only NoVa team that competes in NGLL, so I don't see what people are arguing about.

Is it an "elite" team though? For our broader area probably not. While it is generally competitive and stronger than MC Elite, I think we all know that the top teams are Hero's, M&D, Skywalkers and Coppermine.

So unless your kid is playing for one of those teams or plays HS at Glenelg or McDonough, trying to argue about who's the best is really arguing about who is the best of the second tier.

It doesn't really matter.

Anonymous wrote:Or panty wringing. Wannabe lax kids go to High Point

Don’t kid yourself — we want the best for our kids just like any other parents. Scholarships are not the reason our kids play. They are all going to college (most of them very good colleges) with or without lacrosse. If they choose to play beyond high school, that’s their choice. But it’s not our goal because it’s not necessary.

Why is a M&D parent lurking in the Stars Lacrosse forum if Stars Player’s are just a bunch of wannabes? Seems like there is some interest in what’s going on. M&D parents are the craziest out there, rude to other parents and girls, if God forbid, their team is losing and Worrying about college recruiting since their daughter was in 2nd grade. Get a life outside of your daughter’s lacrosse club, you may actually have other things to do than stalk other Clubs.

Or panty wringing. Wannabe lax kids go to High Point

Anonymous wrote:As an M&D parent, I love watching the hair wringing and cattiness over a club that hopefully sends their daughter to High Point.

Bunch of wannabes

"Hair wringing"?

Anonymous wrote:Sadly I believe that is accurate. It might be a result of when they held tryouts, but in my DD year they didnt make any cuts and lost players to other teams over the last couple of years.

Yes, we have seen several girls leave Stars to go to PRIDE. Quality players, who chose to go elsewhere.