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

CoachC already starting the recruiting to get all the top kids from the top teams to form his Express 2026 WSYL team? Same stuff every year.

Would not be surprised by this rumor.

Would make the trips to LI more competitive for the top programs...

I wouldn't expect him to use older kids like the MD teams. He'll keep the age to prepare for the WSYL.

Once again the Maryland teams are nowhere to be seen at the WSYL. Having to show those birth certificates will get you every time.

But we will see the Hawks and Laxachusetts in 2 years at the WSYL..........Right??? Daddies keep saying they are on age....Right???

It must be hard to go on with your day to day life with the Hawks owning so much space in your head!!! LOL

He was replying to a comment from the previous day. Highly doubt someone from LI thinks about MD or MA teams for even a second of their day. It's obvious where the real aged based competition is. Keep telling yourself that your boy is the same age as his LI competitors if it makes you feel good. You're still wrong though.

Keep eating those L's

Who is Coach C? Excuse my ignorance

You sound like a parent that thinks he's on the team. Now we know why you like to have your boy playing against younger boys. If your son doesn't win it ruins your day.

Imagine how awful of a tournament it would be if this age group was only represented by the suckers who head to Denver to play each other...
Is it open to town teams?

Who is Coach C?

mike CoachC

Congrats LI Express you didn’t lose today. Wait you didn’t win either. darn rain

Not an express parent. Real pathetic that you’re posting about a youth sports team like that. That’s really pathetic. Low life.

Long Island Lacrosse club is having evaluations for the 2026 age group on two dates.
July 15, 2019 at 730pm at Port Washington PAL 325 Main St. Port Washington.
August 14, 2019 at 730pm at Port Washington PAL 325 Main St. Port Washington.

The program which would be in its third full year at this age group would include season from September through mid June. Fall practices and league winter training and speed and conditioning and spring practices with tournaments and friendly games scheduled throughout the year. Program cost is $1500.

More info please go to longislandlacrosse.club or email ssombrotto@icloud.com

I hear they may be adding teams to 2025 and 2026

hawks folks need to get a grip. top end talent is better elsewhere.

seeing that they are having tryouts next week before all the big club names I think that you assumption is correct.

CoachC taking on the 2026 team for himself. They could afford to get another 2026 team; that B team may have been the worst performing B on the Island.

The B team was pretty bad. They had the St Anthonys varsity coach but its crazy they charged almost 4k for that team

NLF National Club Championship teams/groups for 2026 posted on Tourney Machine. No schedule yet. Thoughts?

Tommyknockers is the dark horse, they have dominated out west.

Laxachusetts or Sweetlax

How are they are they a dark horse if they've dominated?

Laxachusetts Black has to be the favorite, correct? And the Tommyknockers have dominated, as illustrated by their record...but out west. That in itself casts doubt on the level of competition. LI Express and Team 91 are good teams and known quantities, as are the other CT/NY teams like Eclipse, Primetime, 2Way and the Express Norths. Less familiar but likely good are True IL, Sweetlax Upstate, Madlax Capital and Denver Elite. Big4HHH is a work in progress.

Ouf of all these teams listed Laxachusetts is hands down the best team - well coached, depth and they are big/physical

Laxa Black
LI Express
2Way
MadLax

Those are my guesses in order.

Yes-Laxachussetts big at every grade level. Wonder why.

If u have 2-way in the conversation, you’ve lost your mind..they played nap-town this weekend and got smoked

Those boys are rec talent at best...hard to watch “club” team that can’t catch and throw....

That's because it's probably a 2way parent writing that...

It become blatantly apparant, the center of the lax universe at 2026 age is no longer Long Island. That is now Maryland. Suggestion as a concerned lax parent is to have a mega merger between the best of 91 and Express. In most age groups, that would due it. But not here. We may need to poach a few of the Eels and S2S. Maybe, just maybe that group wouldn’t embarrass themselves in MD. It really is a shame. Such a void at 2026. It’s the only solution.

91 has many boys from Wantagh and Massapequa. Many of them do not belong on what’s supposed to be a top level team. If that gets fixed the team would be fixed. Plain and simple.

The Hawks, and Laxachusetttes at 2026. Everyone else is single A at best. Naptown baby!

I’m a Long Island dad and it’s true. Long Island is dominant in 2024 and 2027. We either don’t have the talent at this age group or they are just spread to thin with so many travel teams.

I have noticed that with competition amongst clubs not all the best talent is running to 91, express. Both of these clubs charge close 4K for their A teams.

Other clubs are offering faceoff training, goalie training and skills training at a fraction of the cost. A lot of them also respond to emails and telephone calls.

To be fair as a Laxachussets dad it is: Hawks, Tigers, Laxachussets, BBL, Long Island Express and that is it. We did not play the Hawks this year (we beat them last year in OT but regrettably failed to advance at NLF to play them) & Tigers were dominant over us the whole game winning at NLF winning by 2 (& were only team to bring Hawks to OT this year & I watched them have the Hawks until 2H at NLF) & we beat BBL handily today but they are popping up at the top a lot at tournaments. Long Island Express is also always there. Other than that the list trails off. Anyone else ? Thank you for a great season so far. - Laxachussets Dad

Hey Tigers daddy...next time you go for the old "impersonation" routine, try not to be so obvious...rookie.

Hey Tigers daddy...next time you go for the old "impersonation" routine, try not to be so obvious...rookie.

4K for club plus 2K in travel expenses? WOW....that's a ton....I'll make you a deal, send little Johnny down to MD with my son for a week or two and I'll save you a few bucks....and he might actually learn how to catch and throw...