US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Girls 2028-8th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024

I’m sorry but no one is going to tradition. The girls on the team openly talk about leaving to go elsewhere amongst themselves on sidelines in ear shot of any other teams nearby. If you look at their rosters yes they have some recruits but so does every other club. THe amount of non garden city kids on the rosters vs garden city residents is a political nightmare. You are trying to break into a group that’s been friends since kindergarten why would you put your kid through that?

We have been going back and forth on a family on tryouts and have gathered the following.

Liberty is a hard no for us for distance reasons but also because the coaches are going after people from other clubs. It makes us think that their small roster is a problem and that they’ll take just about anyone at this point.

Tradition seems to do good by kids but the garden city culture of kids who have been together forever opening their doors at the heart of when these girls start to get into their mean girl walks of life is daunting.

We were thinking about FLG or igloo for a few reasons. FLG practices close to where we live. We looked at their most recent scores and it seems they’re doing decent this summer. We know someone on igloo who talks about how much they were given this year with training practices but also team building stuff. The group is competing with top 50 teams and also seems to be having fun and getting a lot of extra field time.

Our other thought was maybe trying for jesters blue. We don’t know anyone who plays there but they seem to be playing weak teams so we aren’t sure how to gauge the talent level. I don’t think she has a shot at making their black team.

Pretty sure it's not true about their goalie

If you are a superstar, yes, you may not go to Tradition. But if you are a great player, but you don't get good playing time in an A team, you would consider Tradition. The other alternatives in Nassau would be breaking into a group with Manhasset kids or Massapequa kids. If what you said is true about the kids leaving, it would be smart for Liberty/Jesters or TG go after those kids....

Just curious - why would FLG fold? They're having a good season - certainly not a top ranked team, but somewhere in the middle for LI.

At that talent level, you should consider legacy or YJ B and C teams. Legacy probably develops players better than any club on the island. Tradition always loses its top players after 8th grade (look at what happened to the 27 and 26 teams).

FLG develops girls well, too. But the question is do you want to deal with Wink? I have no issue with him, but he rubs alot of people the wrong way.

Igloo is adding a second team this year. Yes, they had a TON of training (practices, film, etc.) - but I'm not so sure it's netting the results they expected. But, from conversations with parents on that team, it was a rather large commitment of time.

If your girl is looking for that kind of intensity, it does look like YJ is having an uphill battle again this year, which maybe means they are going to shake things up....again.

Though distance may be a consideration - I really like what I am seeing program wise with LaxOn,theclubranbyascamarist,theclubranbyascamarist. Same with Legacy. Legacy made a major change with their 2028s a few years ago, and the focus seems to be doing them well.

In any case, I tend to be of the mind that this would be the last year for a 28 to make a change (especially if they were considering playing in college). It feels like this is the point where rosters are set for the girls to work through their HS years as a consistent team.