During a long break between 14u games I walked over to watch part of a 9u game. They were part of an academy that puts all its 17u A team in D1. While chatting with a few dads they believed because their kids were in the program at 9u they were going to play D1.
I knew someone whose kid played for the 17u A team. He said there were only four holdovers from the 13u A team. 13u was his son’s first year in the program.