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it was really sad to see the 91 2025 white team forfeit their game against 91 2025 orange 15 mins in so orange could go to a championship . Way to go coach Gavin chamberlain way to show 6 and 7 year olds who to compete. How could you do that to little kids, and the parents who spent all that money to travel up there, that shows what type of person you really are. And 91 got what they deserved in the long run, they got beat by a 15 player less experienced "TOWN TEAM" yes a "TOWN TEAM". Little brother or little sister still a "TOWN TEAM"

Next year you coach the team dope. Gavin Chamberlain is a close personal friend. take your kid and put him on another team next year or start your own. you're right they're 6 or 7 years old......the only one who cared about them playing in or winning a championship is you. what did you go home and stomp your feet like a two year old? did you yell that's it...next year we're winning the 8 year old championship and I'm coaching the team!!! Guy relax it's 7 year old lacrosse. don't be that idiot parent no one wants to sit next to in the stands bcuz of your big mouth. I'm more than positive it's not as serious as youre making it. they have plenty of time to "compete" for a championship tough guy. relax they're 7.

Thats a shame, you should chose your friends better buddy. He has no right coaching kids, he has no clue. You don't show little kids it's ok to quit so another team can go further. I don't even have a kid on his team Einstein, so why don't you go tell Gavin he needs to wake up and start caring about the kids and not just collecting a pay check. That your queue to call him ding dong. Go be a friend and let him know where he went wrong.

91 won beat syag saturday, syag beat 91 sunday. 2 great games. Kids had fun , went to eat candy, go on rides, and went to choclate factory like 8 yr olds should do. That syag team is not a town team. There are probably more different kids from different towns on syag, then 91. Its ok. There is norhing wrong with that. Just don't say 91 lost to a town team because that isn't true. Congrats to both teams, boys all had fun.

7 YEARS OLD!!!!! Not ten or eleven!!! It's not teaching kids anything. they don't care!!!! I'm coaching twenty years.....give them two or three years. then they care. I know who's stirring the pot here it's syag parents. and they know why. they see the name Chamberlain that's why. go back to the banks of lake ronkonkoma syag parents and hitch your trailers. A-HOLES.

White was down 4 or 5 to 1, 20 minutes into the game. The building lost power, lights went out, fans were shut down for half of that. The end result of that game was already determined, so all the chatter on here is nonsense. Kids safety comes first, believe it or not. If it really is a bunch of SAC parents posting on here, focus more on teaching your kids how to play the game correctly rather than 2 kids running the team and committing cheap fouls. Rest of the SAC families should be pissed their kids didn't see the ball. 91 will be just fine going forward when it matters. For the rest of the SAC kids, great job this weekend. Keep playing the game the right way, you have a lot to be proud of.

I am the author of the post immediately above this one, and I have no connection whatsoever to anything in Sachem. According to tourney machine the game referenced above and the GC were played at the same field (which I believe is the indoor field). Did it get fixed in time for the GC? Did they move the GC outdoors and just didn't update tourney machine? As for the outcome being in doubt, this is not necessarily true, since Orange needed a win, and to beat out Mootown for the tie-breaker. If it was goals against, its possible White would have scored some as the game carried on.

White was down 4 or 5 to 1, 20 minutes into the game. The building lost power, lights went out, fans were shut down for half of that. The end result of that game was already determined, so all the chatter on here is nonsense. Kids safety comes first, believe it or not. If it really is a bunch of SAC parents posting on here, focus more on teaching your kids how to play the game correctly rather than 2 kids running the team and committing cheap fouls. Rest of the SAC families should be pissed their kids didn't see the ball. 91 will be just fine going forward when it matters. For the rest of the SAC kids, great job this weekend. Keep playing the game the right way, you have a lot to be proud of.

Forfeit means you didn't play. They played half the game, they were down 4 goals. Power went out, fans shut off, bathrooms were locked, it was like playing in a sauna. The game was over.

If that's true, then that is really weak. It's OK to lose. Losing makes kids want to win that much more. It teaches them life lessons about the value of hard work and setting goals. Forfeiting teaches acceptance of failure. Not something that we should be allowing young kids to get a taste of. That's shameful.

It was 5 or 6-1 and his kids were getting pounded. The coach did the right thing. I watched parts of it from the space between the fields adjacent to the bubble to see kids whose parents I know. I saw they played with heart but according to the parents their schedule was both finalist teams and the boys were out of gas. From the few minutes I saw it was not competitive but the kids did not quit. The coach made a good call.

The team that got the wrong end of things was Moontown (I have no idea who they are or where they are from). As per Tourney Machine, the forfeit was for the last scheduled game, and it ensured that Orange made the CG at the expense of Mootown. The heat can not be used as an excuse because if it was too hot for the forfeited game, than it was too hot for the CG.

91 appears to be a great organization. They clearly know how to coach, and I can only assume the kids have fun and are getting better, simply because there are no shortage of families lining up to have their sons play with them. This seems to have been a poor business decision. This is a 91 owned tournament that appears to lack enrollment other than from 91 owned teams. What are teams going to think when word spreads as to what happened to Mootown? Not the best action to take if you want to attract non-91 clubs. And please, spare me with the "they are only 8 years old ... who cares ..." nonsense. If this is true, than why even have a championship game? I am sure the Mootown kids would have liked to have had an opportunity to have one more game.

It just seems to me that if I am running a for-profit tounament I would want the most teams possible. More teams means more profit. If it were also true that teams from clubs I own were competing, I would do everything in my power to be as gracious and sporting to my "guests" as possible, and eliminate even the perception of favoritism for my own clubs. I would think this would attract more business in the future. I know 91 wants to win 'ships for marketing purposes, but they will win plenty on merit alone.

Your missing the point. Not everyone had the same amount of games per day. Hear the point before you just type. The power shut down, bathrooms were unusable, there were no use of the fans. Kids were almost, it was like 110 degrees indoors. They were playing on fumes. In this rare situationx coach made a good call. Taking my child to hospital on a hershey 8 yr old lacrosse tournament would have sucked. The field was like playing in a dessert. I never , ever quit, however this was a wise call.

Mootown should have been in the championships not 91. The other team forfeited so the A team could be in the championships.

Your missing the point. Not everyone had the same amount of games per day. Hear the point before you just type. The power shut down, bathrooms were unusable, there were no use of the fans. Kids were almost, it was like 110 degrees indoors. They were playing on fumes. In this rare situationx coach made a good call. Taking my child to hospital on a hershey 8 yr old lacrosse tournament would have sucked. The field was like playing in a dessert. I never , ever quit, however this was a wise call.

Hey do you read prior posts, or do you just write. The point, for the 3rd time, it was awful conditions. It was 110 on the field, power went out, do you get it. No power. No bathrooms, no fan ventilation, field was extra large. Kids were going to pass out. Going to hospital to get iv shots at hershey dosent sound fun. The game I agree, no team should stop until final whistle, this was a rare case. Do you understand. Just watching game we were drenched. Kids were so wet, it looked like they went swimming. Its like playing in a sauna. Now lets hear another genius post its not good to quit.