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All NJ clubs are year to year. No one dominates the scene anymore. The best have been:

2021: Tri-State
2022: Leading Edge
2023: Tri-State
2024: BBL
2025: BBL

It’s going to stay this way so just pick a club that works for you. Doesn’t matter which one. They all get the job done.

I actually agree with you on these but the 2024's can not be determined yet. The three 2024 teams are really equal and have a lot of new parts. LE is missing a top scorer but picked up a stud scorer this season, BBL is still good and would be the best of the three if LE did not take their elite goalie and Tri State is underrated, apparently only missing a real LSM.

BBL 2025 is stronger right now but LE is on the upswing. Tri State 2025 is behind at this age.

LE 2025 can't score. it's all hero ball, until they get coached or grow up they will never beat BBL.

I would say that is not true. The LE 24 team last year was terrible . Watching some of their games this fall, they have added a couple really good additions and seemed to get rid of some of the bottom tiered players.

Looks like they beat prime time this weekend. Last year they couldn’t hold a candle to a team like prime time.

I am not so sure about this thought. They dropped 4 offensive players and picked up 2. 3 of them hardly played. The one kid that was picked up is a stud but the offense is still not that good and he seems to be carrying them. I know that the coach does not have the best history being successful with the 2023's and 2024's so that could be it. Come summer director coach and I think they will improve but like someone said earlier, LE, BBL and Tri State are very close in talent and would all probably beat each other on different days.

Good thread going on here the past few days as not to much nastiness going on.

This post is on point. All three clubs are good. Riot is clear #4 and still gets kids to college. Pick the one that is your best fit and what works for you. Stay with your clubs from 8th grade. If your good enough you'll be fine and you'll get get where you want to go.

Does anyone know what this NJ National team is? They are bringing a 2022/2023 and a 2026 team to Club Nationals in Orlando....never heard of them before.

The Orlando tournament this past weekend was apparently a really impressive event. Someone I spoke to that was there said that there were easily 300+ College coaches. Seems like NJ was pretty well represented as well. Good work.

Just wondering if they were watching 2022's, 2023's and 2024's? I am assuming mostly 2023's.

Sounds good but don’t hang your hat one one game in the off-season. PT is a much different team in the summer. Top players are doing other sports in the off-season.

Gotta give credit when it's deserved. BBL 2024 & 2025 both strong teams. Someone's jelly of BBL[/quote]

Leading Edge passing BBL at 2024 as they tend to do with HS teams. Theyre playing more and against top teams as well. Tristate and Riot are interchangeable at 3.[/quote]

Sorry but watching both 2024 teams play summer and fall, there is no way LE is passing BBL. I expected them to, but LE is not improving while BBL remains strong. Overall LE is trending down now that the founder left and team 91 took over.[/quote]

I would say that is not true. The LE 24 team last year was terrible . Watching some of their games this fall, they have added a couple really good additions and seemed to get rid of some of the bottom tiered players.

Looks like they beat prime time this weekend. Last year they couldn’t hold a candle to a team like prime time.[/quote]

Sounds good but don’t hang your hat one one game in the off-season. PT is a much different team in the summer. Top players are doing other sports in the off-season.[/quote]

Yes. I would say most teams were probably missing some key players that could not go down to Florida because of High School Winter Sports, Including LE and BBL.

23s and 24s. I witnessed one 2023 game with easily over 75 coaches on the sideline.

Another 2 commitments out of the LE program. Bucknell and UMBC. Impressive list for a team that continuously gets bashed here on the forum. Great for NJ Lacrosse as a whole.

Thanks LE dad. No one is really that impressed.

A lot of clubs had more commitments in the past few weeks. LE nothing special.

That’s right. What’s way more telling are the commitments from the kids who left the LE team because they saw the nonsense: Denver, Cornell, Maryland, Merrimack, and more to come.

Lots of talent all over NJ but very much so dispersed across clubs. Imagine they all played together in one program? A NJ team would actually be really good. It doesn’t even happen for UA anymore. Such a shame.

It never really happened with UA either...the rosters are always biased towards the club controlling the team

Early UA years it happened. Take a look back in the day when NJ sent really good teams down to underclassmen.

Leaving LE was the best move we ever made. Total waste.

Best program in state of NJ for HS. Other programs have very good players as well.

LE is a shell of what it was 5 years ago.

Yes it is. They have 11 D1 commits on that 2023 team after the fall. 5 years ago that would be 15 or so maybe.

Not terrible .

Thanks LE dad. No one is really that impressed.[/quote]

That’s right. What’s way more telling are the commitments from the kids who left the LE team because they saw the nonsense: Denver, Cornell, Maryland, Merrimack, and more to come.[/quote]

Leaving LE was the best move we ever made. Total waste.[/quote]

Best program in state of NJ for HS. Other programs have very good players as well.[/quote]

LE is a shell of what it was 5 years ago.[/quote]

Yes it is. They have 11 D1 commits on that 2023 team after the fall. 5 years ago that would be 15 or so maybe.

Not terrible .[/quote]

5 years ago it would have been 20+ kids.

That’s right. What’s way more telling are the commitments from the kids who left the LE team because they saw the nonsense: Denver, Cornell, Maryland, Merrimack, and more to come.[/quote]

Leaving LE was the best move we ever made. Total waste.[/quote]

Best program in state of NJ for HS. Other programs have very good players as well.[/quote]

LE is a shell of what it was 5 years ago.[/quote]

Yes it is. They have 11 D1 commits on that 2023 team after the fall. 5 years ago that would be 15 or so maybe.

Not terrible .[/quote]

How many will actually play in college? 3-4 at most.

Leaving LE was the best move we ever made. Total waste.[/quote]

Best program in state of NJ for HS. Other programs have very good players as well.[/quote]

LE is a shell of what it was 5 years ago.[/quote]

Yes it is. They have 11 D1 commits on that 2023 team after the fall. 5 years ago that would be 15 or so maybe.

Not terrible .[/quote]

How many will actually play in college? 3-4 at most.[/quote]

Tough argument. LE probably has the most top level college contributors of any club program.

Leaving LE was the best move we ever made. Total waste.[/quote]

Best program in state of NJ for HS. Other programs have very good players as well.[/quote]

LE is a shell of what it was 5 years ago.[/quote]

Yes it is. They have 11 D1 commits on that 2023 team after the fall. 5 years ago that would be 15 or so maybe.

Not terrible .[/quote]

How many will actually play in college? 3-4 at most.[/quote]

Tough argument. LE probably has the most top level college contributors of any club program.[/quote]

Although I cannot stand Leading Edge, you are not wrong.

Has anyone heard anything about Tri-state merging with another club?

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3Step maybe but Tri-state doesn't run any tournaments so most likely not. No reason for BBL to buy them.

Another leading edge kid to Yale? I don’t understand. There was so much talk about how weak the team was and now it seems they have 12 commits , with some really quality schools.

Why all the TM went to LE

Wrong

Someone mentioned Tri-state and towermen partnering or combining? Is that true?

Just for box lax.

Yes it is. They have 11 D1 commits on that 2023 team after the fall. 5 years ago that would be 15 or so maybe.

Not terrible .[/quote]

How many will actually play in college? 3-4 at most.[/quote]

Tough argument. LE probably has the most top level college contributors of any club program.[/quote]

Although I cannot stand Leading Edge, you are not wrong.[/quote]

Comparing Jr year commits now to 5 years ago is a flawed argument. The recruiting rules changed and the timeline was pushed back. 5 years ago many programs were finished with recruiting classes before kids hit soph year of HS.

How many will actually play in college? 3-4 at most.[/quote]

Tough argument. LE probably has the most top level college contributors of any club program.[/quote]

Although I cannot stand Leading Edge, you are not wrong.[/quote]

Comparing Jr year commits now to 5 years ago is a flawed argument. The recruiting rules changed and the timeline was pushed back. 5 years ago many programs were finished with recruiting classes before kids hit soph year of HS.[/quote]

Agree . To have 13 commits before spring time, nowadays, is pretty good.

Tough argument. LE probably has the most top level college contributors of any club program.[/quote]

Although I cannot stand Leading Edge, you are not wrong.[/quote]

Comparing Jr year commits now to 5 years ago is a flawed argument. The recruiting rules changed and the timeline was pushed back. 5 years ago many programs were finished with recruiting classes before kids hit soph year of HS.[/quote]

Agree . To have 13 commits before spring time, nowadays, is pretty good.[/quote]

Yes LE and Tri State are ahead of the pack here. Riot and Patriot have a few to. BBL 2023 is a little light but will have a pretty large 2024 class, as will LE and Tri State. Good look for all of NJ.

Rumor has it that BBL is losing some kids mid year ? What’s going on over there ?

Leading Edge involved in tampering again? LOL. 24 or 25 class? Only ones Edge would care about.