by fundamental » Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:45 am
I have to agree, that the top four teams in 10U are Crunch, AA's, Franchise and Victory (In no particular order). In my opinion, Crunch may currently be "the team to beat", with AA's and Franchise close behind. All three teams were at the TCS Fall Turkey Bash in Palmdale. Crunch beat AA's in the semi's, and then got beat by Franchise in the Finals. Before that, Crunch ran through everyone (AA's, Franchise, HB Firecrackers) in round robin, then beat Franchise again in the Finals of the Candy Cup Invitational. This past weekend, AA's beat Franchise 9-3 in the Finals of the HB Classic, after suffering their only loss of the tournament, the day before to Franchise 2-0. Both teams each outscored their opponents something like 35-2 going into the Championship game. Crunch probably outscored their opponents by at least that much at their friendlies this past weekend. I haven't seen Victory in tournament play yet, but they are no doubt a top team. I do know, that they have either tied or beaten all three of the other teams at least once or twice in the fall. Victory has also picked up some key players over break, as did AA's and Franchise.
At this age (10U), among the top teams, it really depends more on who "shows up" on that particular day. The four teams mentioned in this post are all very good and will be really hard to beat by any other 10U team in the country.
Good Luck in the 10U's....especially if you're playing one of these teams.