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You see this stuff all over this site though. Either they don’t know or they are trolling. I figure just trolling at this point. To actually know about this forum and not know how the tournament circuit works, which ones are most competetive, and how teams pick and choose tournaments, I’d say definitely trolling.

So what your saying is that at the 4th grade level it makes more sense to travel / fly/ drive across the country to play kids at the same age level VS staying local and playing against kids at the same grade level in the hotbed of LAX (Long Island)? I just don't see it - Apart from maybe Maryland I can't think of any other spot where if you or your family played lax that your kids would be picking up a stick once they can walk like they do in LI.

Only true religion parents have bounce backs, goal/nets in their side yards. Don't need to travel across country for competition. Am I wrong?

Remember we are talking about 2031 here. If that’s the case why have igloo and rebels played each other about 8 times yet have only played 91 or express once ? NAL in the fall, 91 wasn’t there. Igloo won it. Tri star in the fall 91 wasn’t there. Rebels and igloo were there. At almost every other age group these teams have played each other plenty. Of course they won’t invite the rebels or igloo to NLF this year. Their team will lose by a lot. The NLF isn’t as exclusive as you think. Mooselax, shore to shore and igloo have all been there. If you don’t think there’s ducking going on you you are just in denial. Losing to these 2 teams is bad for business

Spring Jam in couple weeks has 91 Express East BBL Express Chucks Rebels igloo. NO S2S Step up and play

Blatant Town cup schedule is out! Tons of towns coming out this age should be a fun one. Great to see all the towns playing

Think this will be true, but Rebels also positioning themselves nicely for future years with coaches at certain high schools/colleges across the island. They also own an indoor facility now which is great (this weekend for example my sons team gets to practice instead of cancel!)

Think the big 3 will be 91, Express and Rebels.

Rebels have not been, nor will they be, invited to be a part of the NLF; I know that for a fact.
Happy to hear their younger teams are competitive but, unfortunately, their older teams/teams are not. You won’t be joining the NLF because of your 30 and 32 team.
NAL? Maybe. Not NLF

Who cares. Stop acting like the NLF is the holy grail you need to get recruited for D1. Yeah there’s some good teams in there. But there are also some real crappy ones. 91 and express even have their b teams play in it. Igloo, shore to shore and even mooslax have played in it. It’s not as exclusive as you think. And for the record the rebels have played in the NAL

Now that’s funny. 33/32/31 rebels all better than 91-express not even close.wait till u see 34/35. Over 50 kids there now. It’s ok that Rebels are taking over Island

What summer tournaments are the ‘31 Rebels in this summer? There’s an open spot in the youth elite 8.

The best Rebel kids will leave, it always happens, only a matter of time.

Rebels parent here - we loved that tournament last year. Great competition.

The ‘31 Rebels will be the best ‘31 team in the country by tournament time. Just too much talent to be denied.

Troll post - stop. Just let the kids play.

Easy Rebels dad, need to get through NL and ML
before beating your chest about 4th graders

How is the 2Way 2031 team? The 2Way 2030 showed up at Hershey last year and beat everybody, is there 2031 team also stacked?

Not sure about the '31 2Way team, but we'll find out soon enough because they are in the Great 8 '31 youth division, which includes, among others, Next Level Blue, 3d NE Red, Towermen, and Orange Crush.

Spring Jam AA bracket looks solid

I mean they are only 3/4 years old now. No surprise all the younger teams will continue to be extremely competitive, good people involved doing it the right way. These teams will age up and with how young the director staff is the rebels are definitely a club to be weary about in 3-5 years

2 Way 31 team is solid. Dominated by one lefty attackmen last year.

91 still hiding. Pretty much every decent team on Long Island will be at this tourney

91 looks like they are making a showing both thier Warriors team and their Empire Raptors team is there. Do Titans still exist?

That’s what everyone forgets about rebels. Every other club owners and directors are in their 40s, 50s and 60s. Rebels owners and directors are in their 20s and 30s. They aren’t going anywhere, will only get stronger with time and experience! Keep doing your thing rebels

91 Titans imploded. I would think Saturdays team is make up of any 31’s left.

91 Titans still have 20+ players (not playing this weekend). 91 Warriors played 3 fall events and are playing first spring event this weekend. Same roster as the fall minus one. No added players. Strong first and second bracket, should make for a great Saturday.

If I was a 91 parent I would have my kid play for the warriors. They have some great coaches over there if they are present. Masone took his last b team all the way till graduation and had several d1 commits. You then have the former St John’s coach and the current head coach of McArthur high achool. That’s real solid coaching staff

16 Teams in the bracket for Saturday look stacked! Should really set a nice scale on where all the boys stand.

Rebels impressive. Well coached group of kids. Missing a few today and didn’t make any excuses.

Stealth seems to be separating themselves, played missing a few today as well.

Stealth seems to be separating themselves, played missing a few today as well.

Rebels win both divisions. REBELS/it’s the, the, the, oh yeah it’s the place to BE.

Are the rebels playing any tournaments this summer with NL or ML. It would be great to so see LI’s best against MD.

Why do Li teams have to go to Maryland, if anyone wants to play the best team in country(rebels) come and get it. Stealth smoked hawks mad-lax and crabs just last spring.

+1 on this - MD HOCO you guys can car pool and come up here we have good food for after the losses. Also you guys can spend a day at Harbes farms (family fun).

There are no tournaments that anyone values here. Not taking away from wins, but the bigger clubs (year over year successful big name clubs) place emphasis on tradition and knowing that if they pick 4-5 tournamnents they know they will have the best competition at Naptown, NLF, NAL, Crabfeast and a couple of others. Those tournaments all sell out with waiting lists and attract teams from coast to coast. And unfortunately, none of them are here. Maybe when we get some better facilities we could get an NLF part 1 here on the Island. And this exclusivity is what keeps some smaller clubs from being truly successful in the end. No one wants to travel to LI to play in a mylacrossetournament or a blatant event where it’s a gamble on which teams show up. the smaller clubs get squeezed out of the biggest tournaments that are invite only, and their players sometimes get peeled off as well. All a viscious cycle of follow the money. These clubs have created exclusive well known events that are now traditon, in turn they line the same pockets every year.

None of those tourneys are sold out at younger ages. If they want the best 31 and 32 Team on Long island, have them contact Rebels.

All decent points. However if you have a really talented team that is dominant they will get invited to these tournaments. A percent example is Legacy 2024 taz team. The rest of the club is all B teams. Taz was a top team and got invited to all those tournaments. Bottom line is if team is dominant it will get invited to all the top events.

Spring Challenge this weekend. Seems to be same teams. Where is 91? Express, Rebels and S2S keep playing and competing. Igloo as well has entered most. How is it that the so called "Top Club" on LI is unable or unwilling to enter teams into these tournaments?

Spring Challenge Lines:
Single A Bracket to Win Championship
Express East Vitale: - 135
Li Express Meisse: +175
Rush Tidal: +100
S2S Rangers: +450
Double AA Bracket to Win Championship
Express East Par. +220
Li Express Chucks. +175
Rebels Stealth: -800
S2S Armada: -110

This is a new level of fool ! You my anonymous friend need serious help