BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Girls 2029-5th Grade Fall 2021/Summer 2022

Use this thread to discuss lacrosse pertaining to Girls 2029 (5th Graders) pertaining to the Fall 2021/Summer 2022 season.

Anyone know how many '29 Yellow Jacket teams will there be?

3 According to Yellow Jacket website - Friedman, Howley, Duswalt

Are all 3 teams just for Suffolk? Are there A, B and C teams and if so, who is coaching what?

How are everyones teams looking??

Too early to tell yet.

At this age group, curios to see how many times a week everyone practices? currently going once a week at a mid tier club.

You're right, hope teams were able upgrade some

Whose been to tournaments so far and how we doing??

I was at the Columbus Day 7v7 tournament and YJ Duswalt & Jesters Black looked very good. What surprises me the most is why the coaches aren't promoted making the extra pass when they are up big in a game.

91 Roar team playing up in Fall Classic this weekend. Going to be interesting to see how bad they beat those 2028 teams
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Interesting that I saw multiple posts across age groups promoting 91 yesterday. Just too obvious. Overall the teams on this tournament do not look very impressive so brag all you want.

Perhaps trying to balance out all the bad publicity team 91 is getting over on the 24 thread.

From the 2024 group: For the last four years 2024 threads have complained about the same program. Either leave the program or stop complaining about it. I'm tired of hearing the woas of being a part of 91 when you're doing it to yourself. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over.

Cmon.... the only thing you will see is 4 grown, over-caffeinated (i hope) men, running up and down the sidelines yelling nonsense at the girls playing. Embarrassing.

As they do with all of their teams, boys and girls ....91 enters their own horrible mylacrosse tournaments and says they "play up" . They play up against horrible teams and don't go to the big tournaments. They blow out bad teams . Same with the girls I'm sure . They will never play the beat girls teams from Maryland as they do not leave their own weak tournaments so settle down with the " we play up "nonsense. Get a grip

A year ago they beat my daughter's yellow jackets team Friedman by 1 goal lol....now all of a sudden they're playing up ? Lol what a joke you 91 parents are for beleiving you're playing good teams and that you're really just that good . You're not that special . Go to the big tournaments before you start talking smack ....then do some talking .

91s younger teams are way better than the older. The older ones are no good at all. Parents bying into the spallina gme at this young age.

Didn’t they also beat your YJ team 10-0 next time they played? 91 has completely revamped the girls program- that’s why the younger teams are improving. They are right there w the boys on same type of training schedule. You can detest on 91 all you want but it is a great spot to get your daughter great training in a great environment.

Didn’t they also beat your YJ team 10-0 next time they played? 91 has completely revamped the girls program- that’s why the younger teams are improving. They are right there w the boys on same type of training schedule. You can detest on 91 all you want but it is a great spot to get your daughter great training in a great environment.[/quotek

Not sure where.yot for that fake 10-0 score from lol.....typical 91 fantasies and propoganda. 91 is not a good girls program and they aren't invited to the big tournaments out of state because they're not taken seriously. Keep playing in your weak " mylacrosse tournaments" and blowing people out . Youre amazing . If 91 is so great with the girls why does the spallina who coaches Stony Brook university girls lacrosse have his daughter on yellow jackets .....case closed

Not to mentioned they've had like six different girls directors who have quit over the past 6 years.

91 doesn’t have some great secret for success. Every team works hard. They targets the best players on other teams and they actively re riot them including offering some of them free tuition. As far as the girls go they don’t have a great program now but maybe one day as all the boys 91 parents that want a second child discount will sign their daughters up.

Let’s see in a few years.

For one, the 91 training is second to none...
Its funny how everyone is wrapped up in tournament attendance and where they play. You dont get better by attending a certain tournament, its all at practice.
As for Stonybrook Spallina not involved in 91, the guy lives on the east end, he coaches and gets paid by YJ, he has his own business.
The younger teams are working their butt off...YJ teams are probably working on their " barrel through to the 8 meter and flop on the ground"
We'll revisit the thread come late July

give me a break. talk to me when your daughter is in her recruiting years that tournaments and playing the right level competition don't matter....ridiculous

Never said that...But we are talking 5th grade, right?
Tournaments right now, especially fall, mean nothing...Everyone is worried about what other teams are doing, its great.
Oh by the way, see you in Maryland this summer, then again when your kid is at tryouts in August!!

Spallina has his daughters with YJ. Enough said.

Oh god! The 91 office needs to lay off BOTC. 91 isn’t good! The younger teams had a moment of success last year but are now equal to other 2029 teams on the island. The training is second to none?!? The training ran by 95% men in the tiny indoor space where kids can barely move yet they will cramp in 50-75 kids at a time so make their $. Give us a break and stay off the thread. 91 girls will never compete with legacy, top guns, YJ, or jesters in the long run.

To be fair though, isn't that a different Spallina though?

Let just say you (91) has one good team (29) and you are here promoting your team on and off and said your training is second to none. It's a bit much. Agreed with the other poster that your team (29) could be on par with other teams on the island, but that's it. Haven't seen much of anything from the other 91 teams....

That’s fair. The 30’s and 31’s will also be very competitive. They are very young but they are building solid teams in the younger ages.
The poster talking about male coaches and a small facility are clueless. There are female directors and coaches running or contributing heavily at every session. the “tight” indoor space isn’t hurting the boys now is it? Nobody is saying 91 is the “best” girls program today. What they are doing and have been for the last 2 years coaching, practicing, training has been great. Hope your teams are doing the same for your kids

What I see here is that the YJ koolaid is tasting a little watered down and in turn just want to detest on 91. Dont worry YJ, shes building a complex to make it taste better and raise those tuition fee$$$$

91 is one of the most expensive clubs on the island, goes to no strong tournaments, and puts themselves in their own companies tournaments to recycle the tuition money back to them.

Have fun playing at playing at "my lollipop tournaments" I heard that's what they call them for the boys . Works like this ....91 teams are only entered in weak tournaments that they own ....called " mylacrosse tournaments" where they blow out horrible teams then get a t shirt and go home and say " we blow everyone out 18-0"....combined scores of 85-6....lol....talk about drinking the Kool aid . You're a joke along with your leader . But keep putting yourself on the back and say you're #1 as you blow out B teams

Let me reiterate , Joe spallina (coach of women's stonybrook university lacrosse ) has his daughter on yellow jackets ....you say he lives in the east end ? Well, his son plays for 91. So while 91 is a good boys program, the girls program is not good and will never be good . That's why he has his daughter with yellow jackets and son with 91. Have a nice day

Haha...No clue...We'll see you in Maryland on July 16th, if not sooner, and reconvene this conversation on the Following Monday. In the meantime keep the girls working on their "8 meter flop"!!

It sounds like your daughter is not and never will be good enough to play on the 29 91 team!! Maybe you get lucky and get the chance to face them 7/16!!!

You guys are missing the point. Maybe 91 is the best at this age group right now, but that will all change in the next couple of years because girls will start jumping ship to other programs. It has happened every year for the past 10 years. The main reason is because 91 is not in any top brackets in any tournaments let along any top tournaments. At the end of the day 5/6 years from now it is all about playing in those top brackets and getting seen by as many college coaches as possible. 91 will never be in those top brackets!!! It comes down to the overall program gets no respect from the Maryland/NJ clubs. More than half those girls will be on Yellow jackets or top guns in the next 3 years. Just is what it is.

And watch the 4 male coaches running up and down the sidelines playing Daddy coach and yelling at their daughters. Run from this team as fast as you can.

this is everything...well said and 100% true and has always been true. If I had a $ for every time 91 on the girls side was supposedly turning the corner.....