of course midwest lax isn't as good as the east coast, I wasn't saying that at all but our all star teams can and do compete against eachother. All I am saying is that with a little more focus on midwest programs, we can take our better athletes against your fancy stick skills and have ourselves a brawl. This is coming from a Junior in high school, I know that there are a FEW players coming out of Illinois that will be D1 players....with enough work starters. Wait 10 years and you will see buddy.