BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Boys 2031-5th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024

Legacy Blue lost to 91’s second team today.

First game loss for Rebels to Mojo. First half looked like a blowout but Rebels made it a game in the second. 10-9.

They bounced back and won the rest - Also congrats to Chucks on their chip very dominant. Might have to add them to the top three now? Looks like those add ons made a difference.

Easy - basically having a kid who plays and knows most of the top kids and families. It's a small community. Also coaching/ organizational philosophies don't really change unless there is a NEW coach which doesn't happen too often. Just makes it fun, no ones really betting or are they? lol

Updated LI Rankings:

Stealth
Chucks
Igloo
Express East
S2S
Mooselax
Legacy
91

Rebels parents are funny, they love to pump their own tires! Long road ahead in this age group, no rush to claim #1 ranking. All roads lead to Express and 91.

Sorry route 91 is under construction. Might want to take Rebel Road,

Random question: How many days a week do your teams practice for 2031's. A or B doesn't matter just want to hear.

91 down the list... 91 Second Team beat the bottom 2 teams on the list the last 2 events. Chucks, Stealth, S2S and maybe EE all in the mix on any given day and the agreed upon top tier. Let's all enjoy and see how it shakes out the next few years!

Moose lax plays in a B division and legacy AA team lost to 91 second team. Who’s making these rankings LOL

Tri Star Brackets are up!

No chucks Rebel game. Who makes these schedules

Express, and smart by them. You knew they wouldn't schedule rebels. Anyone playing this upcoming weekend?

TRI STAR 2031 PREDICTIONS (A, B, C)

A
2WAY BLACK 1-2-0
EXPRESS EAST PARENGKUAN 0-3-0
EXPRESS NORTH BLACK 0-3-0
IGLOO WINTER SOLDIERS 3-0-0
EXPRESS CHUCKS 2-0-1
PRIMETIME 0-3-0
REBELS STEALTH 3-0-0
S2S ARMADA 2-1-0
91 TITANS 2-1-1

B (RED)
BTB PHENOMS 1-2-0
EXPRESS EAST MASSARO 0-3-0
IGLOO ARCTIC WOLVES 2-1-0
LEADING EDGE 2-1-0
EXPRESS MEISS 1-2-0
REBELS RIOT 3-0-0

C (BLUE)
EXPRESS NORTH ORANGE 3-0-0
EXPRESS HARTOFOLIS 0-2-1
LEGACY SUN DEVILS 0-2-1
RECON KNIGHTHAWKS 2-1-0

Is tourney doing Age verification, that would make 2 way 0-3

lol at “they won the rest”. So we’re deciding wins and losses now based on individuals halves of games? They lost. Get over it. Congrats that they mounted a comeback against the 2nd and 3rd stringers.

Ex East is normally on top of S2S. Titan ppl think they are competitive. If Ex East goes 0-3 they would be PISSED!!! Looking at Igloo/Stealth on their schedule they are looking at 0-2 with Titans being a possible win?

In all seriousness, there’s 11k views of this forum: 5th grade boys lax….

Although your assessment may be valid VS Armada, the strength of schedule is not in their favor. Game 1 VS Winter Soldiers, Game 2 VS Titans, Game 3 Stealth. Also 11k is because 2031s is the deepest and most talented in a while.

Deepest? Most Talented? There isn’t a 31 team who can even compete with a 2030 team. Where as 2030 teams can beat most 2029 because that age group is very weak. Rebels rely heavily on 2-3 players to carry 98% of the workload, so deep is an aggressive term.

The statement is relative to the Age group my friend. Both are not mutually exclusive as we are not in High School. The Assessment is based off the overall totality of Long Island Lax Not Rebels or one particular group. If we made a LI team of the top 2031's I don't think another age group would compare for at least two grad years. All based on the eye test.

TRiSTAR Top 3 Teams Igloo 2way and Rebels. Chucks Plays none of them. Thats weak.

That’s how it works Rebels dad. Stop being a baby and play. Chuck’s will beat you again if you make the final.

Does Tristar have an actual final or bracket format?

Chucks will never ever beat Stealth again. Book it

What are the odds here that the above statement was made by a non Chucks or Stealth parent lol. I say High!
Let's just watch LI LAX stop creating drama.

Found the newbie!


Fall Tri-Star does not have a bracket or championship game. 3 games and go.

Def a rebels parent. 4 foot nothin and living through their 5th grader!!

Newbie here…defense parents…just curious how many of you picked travel with the intent that your son was going to be on D versus just joining travel and they were “picked” to play defense?

In my experience over the past few years, noticed in the younger grades when kids start playing coaches tend to put the kids at defense who are not the most athletic, bigger, and usually do not have the best stick skills. The more athletic kids that can run are positioned into Midfield and the kids with the best stick skills and that can shoot (or are the coach's kids) play attack.

With that being said, everything changes each year, as they develop and grow. But don’t sleep in a defensive position. That’s the most important part of the game. Defense wins championships.

And since you mentioned that you are a newbie. Please ignore 99% of the posts. Most of them are parents stirring up the pot, instead of enjoying an area of the country that has so much youth talent and can’t sit back and appreciate it. This forum is one big pissing contest.

Spot on

Was talking to a lax dad of an older group and he mentioned that a Rebels owner left to start another club. Not stirring the pot just curious if anyone has heard of this other club?

Igloo is definitely not top 3. Hearing mass exodus after this year

Igloo is definitely not top 3. Hearing mass exodus after this yearNah, was definitely a rebels dad

Totally agree with this and the evolution of the defensive player. Having had two kid play defense they both started lax late and were “thrown” into defense because of stick skills. In the end both should have been middies based on their size and speed as their stick skills caught up to them.

False

Obviously they need to make the bracket. That’s pathetic. Meanwhile they give Ex East an automatic 0-3 schedule. I guess that’s the penance for beating last years chucks B team.

Chucks is set up to play one game the whole day!

I saw the game…chucks played better.

Stealth, Igloo Winter Soldiers and 2Way Black and the top three teams at TriStar this year. Think Stealth and Winter Soldiers have proven themselves over the last 2+ years as being solid, competitive despite team dynamics changing for this year.
Let the boys have fun, play and keep learning.

Stealth nice championship vs mad dog west. Smoked BBL national, 3D garden state, and beat mad dog twice.

2 way plays the Sunday slate, believe they debut for the fall.

Express East already making excuses of why they’re going to lose? And EE dragging Chucks through the mud? Chucks seem to be legit having won back to back championships already. What fall tournaments did other teams win?