BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Boys 2026-5th Grade Fall 2018/Summer 2019

Just found this Forum. Heard about it at a tournament last week. WOW!

My son plays for the Hawks he is 10 he turns 11 July 18. He is a starting midfielder and above average size. I also coach many of the Hawks in Football and Basketball at travel and AAU level. If you think the Hawks have big kids go to a Football or basketball game for a higher level team. Our kids are not big when you think of the elite athletes in our area. LI dads would not want to see some of those kids with a lacrosse stick in their hands big fast coordinated nasty and yes they are all the correct age.

Point is better athletes are playing lacrosse and the day of the little guy with the great stick dominating is over. Look at college. The best teams their best players are all former standout football and basket ball players. MD, Loyola, Yale, Penn. UVA, Ohio st,, Duke etc. Read the bios. The common denominator is big fast strong tough. Not LI or MD PA or NJ. At least the best players.

My 8 yr old is the same size as my 10 yr old so I can’t wait in two years to watch all the crazies scream at him and tell him he should be driving to the game etc.

Was the 91 team that played at the Millon tournament the top team for LI 91?

OK, I'll take the bait. In this order:

1) Hawks
2) Tigers
3) LXC Black
4) BBL

Everyone else is a mixed bag through #10.

Hawks are number 1 until someone beats them (Last year, they were number 2 as Laxachusetts Black did beat them). They just won in MD and only tough game was BBL.
Tigers are number 2 as they beat Laxachusetts by 1 in a back and forth game at NLF. Tigers had many more man up and LXC couldn't bury them in first half when they had a 70/30 possession edge. Won a lower level tourney in NJ (Trilogy Rider Tourney).
Laxachusetts Black (LXC) has beaten everyone else (could easily be #2 and flip with Tigers). One loss to Tigers, then one goal loss to Eclipse (they should have won going away). They destroyed Eclipse (8-4) in the title game the next day. Beat up everyone in LI to win Lax Clash.
Don't know much about BBL other than they took the Hawks to the wire (lost 4-2). BBL will hopefully see LXC Black at Prime Time Summer Invitational CT in 2 weeks.

BBL is well coached, but they have played the Hawks 3x in the past two weeks and have lost 6-1, 8-2 and then 4-2. What it does show is that you can beat the Hawks are far from unbeatable and coaching matters.

Me and my 5th grade LI kid are not spending the summer driving up and down 95 to play travel lacrosse in the heat. He played plenty of good lax this past year. We're spending our summer weekends handing out with friends and family - at the beach, playing other sports in a relaxed setting, etc. We'll probably get serious about travel lacrosse in a few years. You and your kid will be burnt out then and then you'll hold him back so he can play against younger kids. We will probably never see you on the lax field as a result. But my little Jimmy is pretty good. He may not get a full ride to Hopkins but if he decides to focus on lax in a few years he will likely play college ball just like I did. It's a marathon not a sprint my friend. Anyone getting worked up about 5th grade travel lax teams doesn't understand that. Good luck.

Me and my 5th grade LI kid are not spending the summer driving up and down 95 to play travel lacrosse in the heat. He played plenty of good lax this past year. We're spending our summer weekends handing out with friends and family - at the beach, playing other sports in a relaxed setting, etc. We'll probably get serious about travel lacrosse in a few years. You and your kid will be burnt out then and then you'll hold him back so he can play against younger kids. We will probably never see you on the lax field as a result. But my little Jimmy is pretty good. He may not get a full ride to Hopkins but if he decides to focus on lax in a few years he will likely play college ball just like I did. It's a marathon not a sprint my friend. Anyone getting worked up about 5th grade travel lax teams doesn't understand that. Good luck.