I've been following this website for quite sometime now, and I am quite disgusted with southsidelaxman. Every article that he has written about lacrosse in the midwest has been derogatory. If you look at the past articles about the Chicago shootout you will notice how he belittles any midwest team. Seeing as how I am from the midwest I take great offense to that. Granted the play might not equal that of New York, but it's not that far behind. If I remember correctly Brother Rice, a high school team from the midwest, beat Landon the supposed number one high school program in the country. There are great players west of the appalachians. It's a shame that they aren't recognized just because they aren't from Maryland or New York.