BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Boys 2017 Fall 2011/Spring 2012

The Brine team is a great experience. Why all the anger? It's a few days of high-level coaching and very competitive games. If nothing else, its fun for the boys to have some local pride and compete against and meet kids from around the country. Its probably half the cost of most camps. Chill out buddy.

We didn't know anyone, made the team. They have a real good site on the world wide web (not hard to find). Brine has been doing this all star team for a few years. Pay attention, do your research & stop crying.

After the results of this past weekend there can be no arguing the Turtles are the best 2017 team in the country. At Crabfest they dismantled all the teams they played including an 11 goal win against the Maryland Crabs and a 11 to 1 win over a Laxachucettes team that played hard at the LI Laxfest 2 weeks ago. There are about 5 teams bunched together for next best the Baltimore Breakers, the Crabs, Express, TB and Team 91. I would give 91 the nod as the top of that heap as they have beaten all the others, but on any given day that mix and some of the other very good teams such as Laxachucettes, The Gladiators, or the other 2017 Express team could up end anyone.

You realize you are talking about 12 year old boys, right? Do you want a cookie?

You realize you are talking about 12 year old boys, right? Do you want a cookie?

I hear the Turtles are going to Finland to play the US U19 team. Really, they don't duck anyone.

STEPS 2017 beat both LI Express Orange McManus and LI Express Piranhas (Piranhas by a lot) at the LI Pridefest. Where do they rank?

Also, there is a reason the STEPS team is "2017". Go back to math class if you think they are older, just better.

All are US Lacrosse eligible. You are wrong, but pretty persistent in your argument. Just accept that your team lost to a better team for once and stop looking for excuses as always. Is this what you teach your son? Look for an excuse every time something adverse happens? Also, STEPS is not the first 2017 team I have seen with "big kids", maybe we grow them bigger in NJ, but I guarantee all are US Lacrosse rules eligible. End of story.

All are US Lacrosse eligible. You are wrong, but pretty persistent in your argument. Just accept that your team lost to a better team for once and stop looking for excuses as always. Is this what you teach your son? Look for an excuse every time something adverse happens? Also, STEPS is not the first 2017 team I have seen with "big kids", maybe we grow them bigger in NJ, but I guarantee all are US Lacrosse rules eligible. End of story.

You talk about what people teach their kids? Ill break it down for you,

1- if you are leaving your kid back to gain advantage you are teaching the biggest SHORT CUT move there is. So get off your high horse.

2-You "don't grow them bigger in NJ", its freaking Jersey, not Texas.

3-Also, you beat HALF a 2017 Express Orange team, 5 or 6 kids where in MD. and I think a couple of 2017 Express Piranha kids were in MD also.

4-Your Steps team don't rank because they don't play in any strong tournaments or in any "AA" brackets. So stop making noise.

5- If you played a few 2016 LI teams with 14 year olds (like your Steps team) . Go play 14 year olds like 2016 Express Orange or Blue, go play 2016 Team 91 Orange- your boys would get rocked.

6- Dont reference US Lacrosse, they are a joke.

You are a total joke and just plain wrong. Oh, "we were missing kids" - please. What a lame excuse. You are also really stubborn. You conclude the kids are older because they are bigger? You have no idea what you are talking about. Lastly, I highlight again, always, always excuses when you lose to a better team. We were missing kids, your kids were older/stayed back - how lame you sound. Oh yeah, and now US lacrosse is lame according to your response but you were the one who brought that up as the guidepost in your last response.

wrong grade bozo

Obviously if you are a 14 year old you have no business on a 2017 team. If you are you were either held back or left back. Ive seen 12 year olds competing at the 2017 level, obviously kids who could have been "held" back the extra year. In any case you can enjoy it while it lasts because you cant hide in High School where Long Island lax dominates Jersey anyways.

Obviously there are multiple posters. I think we can end this argument with a simple question. How many 14 year olds or very late 13 yr olds are on the Steps "2017" team? Long Island teams typically are 13 years old at the 2017 grad year, some 12 year olds as well. Oh and sorry to burst your bubble but common sense would dictate that if a kid is much bigger than all the other kids hes usually older, obviously its not always the case but most times its a good indication. We lose to better 2017 teams all the time here on Long Island, teams we know are definitely 7th grade age appropriate teams and there are no complaints. It wasnt just one team that noticed the obviously many older kids on your team, it was multiple teams. So end the argument already and answer the question.

Word on the street, that Kormem"s 2017 team is breaking up,

Reposted from the Tournaments Forum in the wrong thread

does anyone know who won the Yale 2017A bracket

You are correct,

Teams in 2017 that battle each other all year on LI-
-91
-fl$
-Express Orange
-Express Piranhas
-Gladiators
-Turtles (but they play up)

Who does your "Steps"team play during the year in NJ?

Is it true that the Gladiators beat the 91 orange at Yale this past weekend and also won the championship game to give the Gladiators a 4-0 record.

Real simple - 0 14 year olds, mostly 13 year olds and a few 12 year olds. I am done and exhausted from this argument, particularly since you will never accept Express Orange and Piranhas got beat by a team of 12/13 year olds who happen to be "bigger" (and better). And I don't want to hear you were missing kids - please. STEPS was missing 3 kids as well.

The team only plays in two summer tournaments because it supports the town team model and the boys play 3 summer tournaments with their town teams, and the two with STEPS.