I am not sure that he is the best Middie in NJ in the 2020 class as Russo, Connell and Kirst probably have more upside and I think head to head the kid Aimone is really good as well. With two of those kids already committed to us (Aimone is committed as well) and Kirst taking a long look at us, (yea that is Kyle's fourth son) we have a shot at having a very good year in NJ as there are lots of kids from NJ littered in the Ranking.
I think he is the best one. combination of all of them. Very good player. The Kid Drago is also rated way too low, he is flat out nasty
not committed yet and I think Rutgers has a shot at him as well. If BB called kids on 9/1 I would imagine that Drago and Kirst were two of his first calls. There are a lot of good kids in NJ not on that list. remember this list is based solely on kids who played at an Inside lacrosse event. i know for a fact that the top goalie is not on this list. Craven is really good but their is another kid how is just lights out.
Yeah he committed as a freshman. Damn good player though. His sister started RU this fall.
Great for him, I saw Joe Borgese at the alumni event and his son is a 2021 middie at Yorktown who played last year as a freshman. He is a good looking kid.
Last year NJ had over 100 division 1 commits which would put it in the top 4 or 5. Nj has consistently started to develop and produce real talent. Not like NY or Maryland but as much as anywhere else.
That is very impressive...what Tommy did last year. That is my point...I'd like to look and find guys that are younger, that have made these lists because to me, that is even more impressive considering what goes on in terms of reclassified kids or PG kids...I get it's part of the landscape in many places out east...and people have the right to do what they want with their kids...but that was and mostly still is a very foreign concept in our area. You see a only a few cases, and trust me, it provides a distinct athletic advantage to the kid that's 12-15 months older than the kids they are competing against.....both my boys played in the grade they were supposed to play in based on age. Early in the process were told by a big ten school based in Michigan (you can figure that out :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:) that they wanted my son, but he needed to take a PG year...we said thanks but no thanks. It all worked out for both my guys...so far anyway...
would love to see this as well, as it is becoming more common now in lacrosse and we are starting to see the "double repeat kid" he repeats a year generally 8th and then PG's somewhere else. In my experience we see repeats more in private schools than in public schools. I know on the club circuit it is next to impossible to regulate unless they go to an age based system but you would have to get the "Big 3" (Maverik, Blackcard and Under Armor) events to do this or it would be tougher. one of our teams this summer played another high level club team who was coached by a friend of mine. They were huge!!! I asked how many repeat kids they had (grad year 2021) he said oh not many and they said it was 12, we we had no repeats and actually had a kid a year younger. He said that he played teams with an entire roster of repeats.
It is funny that you mention Naptown that’s where my story happened but it was a 2021 game. I thought it was a great event and my son and his team had a great weekend, ( he made the all tourney team for the 21 class) but it is. Tough playing against kids a year or two older. The difference between 16 and 14 physically is huge.
Naptown is a good event, strong field...my only issue with it is having all the different locations...tough to keep an eye on multiple age levels...but agree it's a good event...
