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4 TW parents just asked for Roy's number.

Totally. Steps is elite this year. Best Nj 2026 clubs in order:
Steps
LE
Bbl
Riot
Bluestar
3D garden state
Upper level
Towermen

New top 10ish:
LIE
Tigers
Sweetlax
Hawks
3D NE
LE
Mohicans
LXC
91 MD
BBL
Towermen
NXT
DC Express

New top 10ish:
LIE
Tigers
Sweetlax
Hawks
3D NE
LE
Mohicans
LXC
91 MD
BBL
Towermen
NXT
DC Express

Express North above Mohicans

Crabs????

Above hawks

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Okay 2026 is a week year nationally talent wise if you have 3 NJ teams in the top 10 any year. Towermen should eat crow on this message board. Towermen beating the Predators by 1 is worse than losing to BBL by 1 in overtime. I am sure Towermen will say star players had graduation practice all weekend.

Nah. Same team that beat the Hawks 6-2 a few hours earlier.

Run (do not walk) to LE if you can make the team your Freshman year.

Top four already committed to BBL at dinner last weekend.

Nope. Didn’t happen and ain’t happening.

I guess that the 2023's moving to 2024 didn't help either team

Silence on BBL Instagram as well and just highlights. No fist pumping yet this summer season.

Not connected to either 2024 team but both teams went 4-1 in the tourney. One win or loss does not define anything.

Hello in here, anybody home?

Very quiet

Primetime Invitational 2026 Division:
Towermen 4-1 (lost to hawks 5-3 in finals)
LE 3-2 (didn’t advance to bracket)
BBL 1-4

Recruiting Director from Riot left to join BBL. Good pickup for BBL? What’s this mean for Riot?

2027: BBL lost to Madlax in finals 5-3

Towermommy back to her bragging ways. To bad all your top players committed at LE and BBL already for next year when you lost to BBL at Naptown?

Did the top players from Towerman actually give oral commitments to move to BBL and LE or is this just being funny. I am not involved with Towerman but I have been following this on this forum and am curious.

Nah just a troll. The team is staying together. This was the same rumor from last summer. Not one starter has left this team in the last 3 years. No reason to. Highest ranked 2026 team in NJ for that last 3 years and will be again this year.

Good....stay together....the grass is not greener.....you will get recruited on any team your on....scouts are at just about every tournament and if your kid is really good the best schools will be calling...you don't need a particular club to get you into any certain school....every club in NJ has gotten kids into almost every college at some point....good luck staying together though because it will be tough....club directors will be promising you the world.

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Its tryout season baby. All rumors and nonsense happen for the next month. Every year they say the same thing on the Towermen. August hits and silence. Rumors disappear like a fart in the wind.

Everyone that matters is back on the team next year. Everyone knows colleges only look at players on the best club teams. The best players stay on the best teams to get recruited. It is not hard. If you are on a bad team, best to try and make the good team.

Does Towermen have any other teams? If not, just know that your “club” may not have the connections/pull needed to get your kid into top recruiting showcases. Just something to think about as tryout season approaches.

I'm not sure what your trying to say here. Your indicating colleges only look at the best club teams, which is completely inaccurate as they look for the best players on all teams. Even the NXT Tournaments, which are mid level, have 100 schools at the tournaments. The first wave of 300 commits is easy for colleges. Its all the kids who are outright studs and they are well known in each of their respective states. Its the second wave where they want to find the right people for the right fit and who are good enough to play at the collegiate level.

Lastly, maybe you just got your words twisted; your implied your on Towerman, which is not one of the best club teams. Its only one team and no full club. Your belittling your own team.

For LE 2026 do you think they already know who they want before a tryout? Or is the callback for real? Does my kid have a shot coming from not bbl black?

If he got called back for that age I would think he has a shot. If you said 2024 or 2025, it would be a little different I am sure.

All teams are solid. The same BBL team that went 1-4 this week, beat the Towermen team that made the finals, weeks ago. LE seems pretty consistent and probably seperates themselves in years to come like they usually do.

Towermommy back to her bragging ways. To bad all your top players committed at LE and BBL already for next year when you lost to BBL at Naptown?[/quote]

Did the top players from Towerman actually give oral commitments to move to BBL and LE or is this just being funny. I am not involved with Towerman but I have been following this on this forum and am curious.[/quote]

Nah just a troll. The team is staying together. This was the same rumor from last summer. Not one starter has left this team in the last 3 years. No reason to. Highest ranked 2026 team in NJ for that last 3 years and will be again this year.[/quote]

Its tryout season baby. All rumors and nonsense happen for the next month. Every year they say the same thing on the Towermen. August hits and silence. Rumors disappear like a fart in the wind.

Everyone that matters is back on the team next year. Everyone knows colleges only look at players on the best club teams. The best players stay on the best teams to get recruited. It is not hard. If you are on a bad team, best to try and make the good team.[/quote]

I'm not sure what your trying to say here. Your indicating colleges only look at the best club teams, which is completely inaccurate as they look for the best players on all teams. Even the NXT Tournaments, which are mid level, have 100 schools at the tournaments. The first wave of 300 commits is easy for colleges. Its all the kids who are outright studs and they are well known in each of their respective states. Its the second wave where they want to find the right people for the right fit and who are good enough to play at the collegiate level.

Lastly, maybe you just got your words twisted; your implied your on Towerman, which is not one of the best club teams. Its only one team and no full club. Your belittling your own team.[/quote]

Towermen are eight in country. Makes them one of best clubs. Called reading and math.

Did the top players from Towerman actually give oral commitments to move to BBL and LE or is this just being funny. I am not involved with Towerman but I have been following this on this forum and am curious.[/quote]

Nah just a troll. The team is staying together. This was the same rumor from last summer. Not one starter has left this team in the last 3 years. No reason to. Highest ranked 2026 team in NJ for that last 3 years and will be again this year.[/quote]

Its tryout season baby. All rumors and nonsense happen for the next month. Every year they say the same thing on the Towermen. August hits and silence. Rumors disappear like a fart in the wind.

Everyone that matters is back on the team next year. Everyone knows colleges only look at players on the best club teams. The best players stay on the best teams to get recruited. It is not hard. If you are on a bad team, best to try and make the good team.[/quote]

I'm not sure what your trying to say here. Your indicating colleges only look at the best club teams, which is completely inaccurate as they look for the best players on all teams. Even the NXT Tournaments, which are mid level, have 100 schools at the tournaments. The first wave of 300 commits is easy for colleges. Its all the kids who are outright studs and they are well known in each of their respective states. Its the second wave where they want to find the right people for the right fit and who are good enough to play at the collegiate level.

Lastly, maybe you just got your words twisted; your implied your on Towerman, which is not one of the best club teams. Its only one team and no full club. Your belittling your own team.[/quote]

Towermen are eight in country. Makes them one of best clubs. Called reading and math.[/quote]

Is it just me or is Towerman taking over LE as the villain on this message board???

It is so easy to troll Towermen because they are the highest ranked 2026 team in NJ (again), have great multi-sport kids and awesome coaches, went 21-5 this season, and all this for less than half the cost of BBL and LE. And we will know in approximately 2 years and 2 months which of of the three NJ teams will have the most top 25 D1 recruits. Until then, let the haters continue hating. When the trolls reply to this, please don’t forget to remind us that we lost to BBL at Millon and didn’t qualify for the World Series last summer. That really really upsets us when you do that.

8th-grade lacrosse. you have a long way to go.

How many kids were at the callback?

Lots of talent at the 2026 level in NJ. If you took the best 16 players from those three teams you could give the 16 best players in MD a run for their money. Maybe not LI.

You are 100% an 8th-grade parent. LI and MD ring the dinner bell and the kids are running home with their lacrosse sticks. NJ kids are coming home from the beach and have a football, hockey stick, or basketball in their hands.
If you look at the 2022 and 2023 classes NJ might have 1 or 2 players in the top 50. Not saying NJ doesn't have talent but you need to slow down, the top 16 players in MD and LI would beat NJ top 16 players 10 out of 10 times. It's just a different level.

Correct and you most definitely are not. 2026 is not 2022 or 2023. I’m talking about 2026 kids right now, not in three years. Crabs, DC Express, and Hawks have the best talent in MD right now and I’m saying if you take the best 16 players from those three teams and put them against the best 16 players from our best three teams you will have a tight game this summer. In a few years things might be different, but if you know actually know the 2026 talent pool you would probably agree with me.