BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Boys 2032-3rd Grade Fall 2022/Summer 2023

Let’s leave the locust valley guys out of this.

My son is on a 32 Rebels team now practice once a week. Team needs the work club would give us field space .

True Blue 32s dark horse this summer

they went 1-1-1 in a B tournament
they are not a dark horse

True blue only plays B tourneys in B brackets. Not even in top 10.

True Blue still rolling out teams?

Igloo, 91 and Rebels forming the upper echelon with S2S coming up fast. Where is Express?

Is Express even going to try to build a competitive team in this age group? do they just hope to pick off kids from the better programs over the next few years or are they just conceding this age group to 91, Igloo, Rebels?

express lost top kids to Jesters …
Jesters just beat rebels archers twice last tournament
curios to see how they do this week

Express will get their kids, it’s coming in time

Don’t know who those “top kids” were, but they didn’t seem to make much of a difference on Express. I have never seen a competitive 2032 Express team - seems like the club isn’t even trying in this age group.

Express has had a combo 31/32 team, this is the first year of their 32 only team. So last year they were playing in 31 B tourneys. Express will rise above and be on the upper end of rankings, they always do. You think Express owners want to teach ground balls?

I’m hearing Express going to make some noise with coaching announcements, will draw players

If rumors are true, will surly draw players

express announces these big name coaches who coach catholic school they show you 1-2 times and then once school starts you don’t see them till June when it’s over and so is club season

happens every age group

The big names get the talent over

Some talented teams visiting LI this weekend at the Tri-Star, S2S has been very good, can see them taking this tournament

I heard that the 2032 team is a 33/32 team because they didn’t have enough players for a true 2032, don’t know if that’s true or just an excuse for their poor 2032 showing. In any case, it’s surprising that a top level club like Express can’t field a competitive team. And to act like they could if they wanted to, but the coaches are “too good to teach ground balls” is silly.

Sounds like Express is banking on their reputation to attract talent from the better teams in the next couple of years. It may work, kids leave teams all the time, but Express has got a lot of work to do and is going to have to completely revamp their team to even be able to compete with 91, Igloo, Rebels in this age group.

This is what they always do. If you think Express is not going to have a very competitive team by 6th-7th grade you are only fooling yourself. Ask around to some of the folks that have been through this all before. They rarely have a powerhouse team at the elementary levels. Beat them by 10 while you can.

I don’t know, I have older kids and Express used to consistently field powerhouse elementary teams. I remember them being untouchable at all age levels. It does seem like lately they aren’t putting much into their younger teams and are letting them slip.

That being said, I do think they will be a landing spot for top talent seeking opportunities as they get older. Their reputation is strong and there will be players looking to make changes - other teams will have core groups already established, so Express will a good option. The teams in this age group are going to change quite a bit over the next few years.

NOBODY Running to Express and 91 anymore, Your living in the past. Everything Including lacrosse clubs change.

In Delaware last weekend Team 91 Valor, Igloo Yetis and Legacy Black Wolves all went 4-0 in group play.

Igloo beat Team 91 6-5 for championship.

Legacy lost 7-4 in third place game.

This weekend at Tri-Star Legacy, Express, Jesters and S2S frogmen all playing.

Let’s see if Jesters are for real this weekend

How will we know? none of the top LI teams are at the tournament

Let's hope Jesters learned not to use 31 kids. Lacrosse community a tight bunch. Young club, learning its way. 91 did same at Igloo (They should know Better)

Jesters beat Rebels Archers back to back-that's a tough team and beat all the teams above - so imo must be pretty decent - not sure why folks are hating on 8-9 year old kids. Competition at any age is refreshing and should be welcome. Think all would love to see top LI 2032 teams play each other and not have to drive 4 hours to do it. Keep it home. Rooting for the new kids on the block, live the underdogs.

Jester has an easy schedule this weekend - they should definitely win. No one is hating on 8-9 year olds - people just get tired of Jester’s dad constantly hyping his team.

Just create a Long Island lacrosse league and call it a day. Like hockey and all will be decided in a regular season schedule plus playoffs. Get the money aspect of tourneys but would solve a lot the nonsense that gets posted here. Can even expand it to regional play. Still have tourneys showcases but there will be no hiding if forced to play each other.

They are hating when they accuse teams of bringing older kids down …
Jesters dad isn’t hyping , he defending against the fool rebels parents

Anytime Rebels lose, all ages, the excuses start coming. They are a good team, but there are other equally good teams. Rebels invented the shared player approach, I’ve watched them shift 2031s to 2032 fields in between games at tourneys, Rebels parents know this. Igloo and 91 have separated themselves, agree with person above, a league would be great and beneficial to all.

Wow, you sound a little cranky! Wish the lacrosse tournaments would implement age verification like other sports do, then all the nonsense of using over-age players or accusing teams of using over-age players could stop.

Every Tourney that's TOP Notch will be age next year. Ages will be Verified.

This is completely untrue my son plays on the 2032 team and 2031s have never been shifted onto his team.

I know this board is full of trolls, but that’s ridiculous.

Jesters did not make the top four championship bracket on the weekend. The top 4 are (in order) S2S Frogmen, Legacy Black Wolves, Sweetlax Upstate (Albany), BBL Black (New Jersey)

Too bad for Jesters, didn’t live up to the hype, S2S won it all.

Igloo never lost to rebels. If I’m wrong prove the game happened with a tourney machine screen shot. Even when they brought older kids to play against the yetis they still lost. Sorry. Just being honest.

When did they bring older kids to play Igloo?

Rebels never brought older kids to play Yeti. They did, however, win a 2031 tournament with their 2032 team.

Were hoping to get to play Yeti in that championship game, but had to settle for beating the team that knocked Yeti out in the semifinals. Sorry, Just being honest.

This is the most Long Island BadPerson argument I’ve ever witnessed…and I’ve witnessed quite a few

2032 IS SIMPLE ITS
1) Igloo
2) Rebels
3) S2S