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Is your team out of an allstar gym? or are they registered to a town league? our kids register under the Commack youth league, we are a town organization, we have football, cheerleading, basketball and lax. We play/compete against other town teams- we are coached by volunteers, we are non for profit and we answer to our board members.They didn't go rec because they had minis on it, they went rec because that is where it was determined they belonged last season. Note that they only won once, against one other team. They started practicing with the same team they finished with. The rosters were simply combined in August, after signups but before practice started, to avoid turning away kids. The tiny team (half year as well), did not go rec because they did not belong there. That team didn't win once all season, and that was fine, but they didn't come in last at everything either.
Cheerleaders consist of the town residents- everyone who pays- plays...
We do not own a facility, pay our coaches nor have access to 55-255 other athletes to fill in if needed. We are not an allstar team, we do not get a pay check.
These are some of the differences between rec and prep. It does not warrent 1 of my teams being a rec team (because we think thats where they should be) and 1 team being prep. You compete at the level that you truly are not where the coaches think you will do best.
Thats known as sandbagging. I can take my sr 4 team and make them a sr 3 team at a few competitions because I know they will kick butt- but thats cheating and Im not for that. I say stand up give it your best - and if your beat by a better team- then work harder for the next competition.
We competed at UCA high school nationals 2 years in a row- yr 1 got 3rd and 4th yr 2 - got 3 out of 12 1st and 1st (youth and jr got 1st sr got 3rd) so we stood up and worked harder.
And Maybe Im taking your posts wrong and if I am Im sorry- Maybe you are a true rec team who took the challenge and went up a level into prep, in which case kudos to you and your team, and hopefully the hard work will eventually pay off.