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Tommyknockers getting you nervous

agree but laxachussets on their owns site says they are #1 in 2026? funny! they lost a bunch of times this summer to teams we beat. they must be eating their own chouder to much, these chouder heads know the Hawks are #1. lxc is going to have a tough time claiming they are #4. as if

Says the non Long Island dad.

[ChillLaxin] to the Boston, Philly, Maryland Forums, Not interested in hearing what you are doing.

So they are getting you nervous. Go get a slice a pie and fuggetaboutit Vinny!

Yes Tommy knockers are amazing, so well coached and unbelievable players, now that you have your self fulfilling ego fuel, go on to your maryland forum. Let us worry about how to develop our weak kids in LI so that one day we may hope to just be worthy to be on the field with the likes of the tommy knockers or hawks, Im conceding you guys are the greatest.

This is a Northeast forum. We can all agree that MD and/or CO or any other state west of Buffalo and south of Philly would not classify as such. But last time I checked, Massachusetts was in the Northeast...so tough garbage. You'll continue to get the LXC chat here...and yes, they were the National Champions and therefore ended the year at #1. 160 kids at 2026 tryouts so the rich only get richer. You'll find out next summer...

Where are the Tommyknockers from?

Just dont lose in the semis

The Midwest not Maryland

Tommyknockers = Littleton (Denver), CO

There is a maryland Forum, a Jersey Forum and a Philly forum as far as i see. Boston, god your not even important enough to have your own forum, geez,, I guess we will have to listen to your ramblings,,,

Didn't lxc lose in the semis at NLF in June & never got to play our #1 Hawks in the final? Hawks are 42-0 and we won the NLF tournament we where both at. lxc lost to Eclipse this summer and probably other teams haha.lxc would be lucky to be ranked #4 with all there loses & you tommyknockers stunards wouldnt make top 20.

The reason your "#1 hawks" weren't at the NLF championship is because the your hometown Crabs exposed the hawks and all of your holdbacks. Fact

Don't you have a LI forum?

HAHA, ok

has to hurt having a hotbed state like colorado come east and smash everything in their path up to the laxachusetts semi final. ask anyone, they were the two best teams, the championship was a formality. time to realize that better athletes are playing the game, not many great athletes, but better ones than any time prior. LI has to find better athletes.

You sure you got the right year their chief. Crabs wouldn't have come near NLF. They didn't win a game in their own division in Maryland this year from what the parents said.

You lost me on this one! Please explain this to the lacrosse community. We played 2 NLF tournaments, played in our own 2 - thats 4 tournaments we booked. All Hawks teams only play in 4, no more no less. If you go to the website in September all of our tournaments will be listed for next year

Does anyone know of a 2026 Long Island team in need of a goalie?

Most teams will always arrange to look at a goalie. Even if they have one, ideally you want two.
Just email the teams you are interested in or call them, and they will probably arrange for your kid to come down and be evaluated.

All of them!!!

I can't imagine a team not taking another goalie on, unless they already have 2 solid, which is extremely rare.
Did your son try out anywhere? Or is he new to club?

Now, how much playing time he'll have is another thing . . .

Goalie dad advice from a goalie dad. These people above are all correct. You need to go to the teams websites you are interested in, all of them provide the coaching contacts and send emails to them and you will 100% get a reply. Goalies are a rare breed and you'll have a lot of options as soon as you get your name out you have a goalie looking for a spot you will get a lot of calls.

It is not age specific. It was posted here because the discussion was brought up about the hawks not being at the NLF championship. It was across the board for all age groups though. Any original 6 team can move to have another team not participate. This was the case for this situation.

Apology accepted

Incorrect! Hawks were never scheduled to play in the NLF Championships at 2026. If we arent age approriate then why did we get invited to play in NLF Summer in LI and NLF in Philly

You are clueless about the 2026 Hawks

FLG does have a 2026 team - only took several 2027 from last year

I am not trying to create an argument. This was done MONTHS before the NLF Championship. I don’t know nor do I care about the Hawks schedule, age or roster. What matters is that the kids get got training and have fun while doing so. I know for a fact that the Hawks were not at the NLF Championship ecause of the above stated reason though.

The hawks were not there because it was in august. Coaches wanted a break to spend time with family. The tournament schedule for hawks comes out in Sept and did not include the championship in mass. If it had, they would have gone.

Screw them hawks....let’s talk about how True is going to run the table...best team in MD

Seems to me that the older hawks got called out and the only thing you have to say about it is oh no my son got called out for being older. Wait, he had his schedule way in advance. No way could my older sons team be denied because of age discrepancies. FYI- the date of the NLF championship wasn’t out last September. That’s why it wasn’t included in your older sons itinerary. Poor guy. Don’t be depressed. The crabs denied the Hawks. Deal with it.

Here is a fact, the Crabs did not deny the 2026 Hawks or any Hawks team from playing in any tournament associated with the National Lacrosse Federation.
The Crabs organization will not prevent any team from participating in a NLF tournament. Whoever states this is mis-informed and does not have direct knowledge of how the team selection and tournament format works with the National Lacrosse Federation. An invitation was presented to the director of the Hawks organization, and they respectfully declined the invitation as they complete their season with the Naptown Challenge. No Hawks team played after that tournament.

No matter what level of competition, we have always encouraged the best teams to participate.

- Crabs Coach
Different age group than this one

Thanks Hawks dad

The old I’m a crabs coach- different age group though. Nah, doesn’t fly with me. Good try though Hawk coach.

Can we stop arguing about this. Both sides need to create their own forum thread if they want to take the PS out if each other like juveniles. Get off the 2026 thread.

So which team picked up the most talent. Let be honest here

No dog in this fight, but it seems like the Hawks live in the brain of some of the people on here. It's like their boogeyman. Jesus Christ

Teams haven't even begun to practice yet. How would anyone know their childs own team talent? Certainly no one knows if other teams added more skilled kids. That will start to be figured out in October.

Honestly from the thread it appears the hawks started by coming onto a northeast forum and trying to root their own horn. They have no business here. But people should just ignore them. But individuals start responding and the nonsense starts on both sides then. Either way. If they are interested in doing that then they should form a separate thread.