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That comment about "one org up in dutchess county ..." seems totally off base and not accurate. Somebody with an agenda writing that.

Eclipse couldn't finish today. Lost to the LIE A team in the finals 7-5.

Express North had two teams in the Legacy Columbus Day Tournament on Long Island. Their 2020 B (or as they call it single 'A') team and their 2023 team. Their 2020 B team went 0-3 and their 2023 team went 0-2-1. You can see it on tourney machine. Its too early to tell anything about LIENorth yet. The first tournament for their 2020-2022 teams is next week at the Halloween Havoc. We'll get a better feel for the caliber of middle school players in this organization during the next two weeks.

I think some expected this organization to be the second coming given the success of their 2018 team, but the 2018 team wasn't a product of LIENorth. It was started by Superstar and moved to LIENorth. Don't know the exact story behind it. Only time will tell. I wish them luck and hope they play some of the other Westchester/CT teams. We need more local tournaments/scrimmages.

2018 Express North has always had the same coaching staff.

Those are the people who are driving the broader Express North program. Superstar (good club in their own right) had little/nothing to do with success of Express North 2018 team.

I suspect Express North will continue to be a highly competitive program overall in the years to come.

Eclipse couldn't finish today. Lost to the LIE A team in the finals 7-5.

I watched that 2021 LIE North Champ Game. They came down to LI to win an easy championship. Why are they afraid to play A. Whats the worst that can happen. You loose and learn from what went wrong.

ExpressNorth 22AA struggled against top teams yesterday . 2020AA Express North won AA bracket . 2021 won A bracket by a large margin

AA = A
A = B

People use that method so they can sell the program as not having a "B" team. No one wants to tell people their kid is on the "B" team and that is a problem. It's ok to have "B" teams, and it is also OK to play "B" lacrosse if that is the level you are currently at. Why we need to try to justify a lower level team is beyond me.

USA Hockey has AAA, AA, and A tiers, but that isn't the case in lacrosse, so program directors are doing their best to make this their model. Now a kid can choose program 1 because they gave him a spot on the "A" team over team 2 which gave him a spot on the "B" team, even though they are the same level.

I coach HS and club lacrosse. I played college lacrosse. My son isn't old enough to play organized yet but I check this site because my parents brought it to my attention and I wanted to see the madness for myself.

If my son decides to play lacrosse, I will pay for the team that he makes and deserves to be on. The team that he is comfortable on. The team he is excited to wake up and go to. If he is the best kid in the B bracket I will say that proudly. If he is a third line middie on the A team I will say that proudly (if asked). If he decides he doesn't like lacrosse anymore, I will say that proudly.

AA = A
A = B

People use that method so they can sell the program as not having a "B" team. No one wants to tell people their kid is on the "B" team and that is a problem. It's ok to have "B" teams, and it is also OK to play "B" lacrosse if that is the level you are currently at. Why we need to try to justify a lower level team is beyond me.

USA Hockey has AAA, AA, and A tiers, but that isn't the case in lacrosse, so program directors are doing their best to make this their model. Now a kid can choose program 1 because they gave him a spot on the "A" team over team 2 which gave him a spot on the "B" team, even though they are the same level.

I coach HS and club lacrosse. I played college lacrosse. My son isn't old enough to play organized yet but I check this site because my parents brought it to my attention and I wanted to see the madness for myself.

If my son decides to play lacrosse, I will pay for the team that he makes and deserves to be on. The team that he is comfortable on. The team he is excited to wake up and go to. If he is the best kid in the B bracket I will say that proudly. If he is a third line middie on the A team I will say that proudly (if asked). If he decides he doesn't like lacrosse anymore, I will say that proudly.

No doubt prime time in the hay day had the best players. But with all these new programs popping up. That is changing. It's really sad. But it's true. Primetime had a monopoly in the area. As an example. They were unable to field a 4th grade squad this year. Again. Sad. But reality

Can't argue with the showcase numbers. Someone still believes PT is still the premiere program up here. If not PT, then who?