BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Girls 2030-6th Grade Fall 2023/Summer 2024

This is what club coaches and directors will tell you but that's because they want your money.

There are PLENTY of coaches who will see your daughter even if you're not in the Double Gold AAA brackets. They'll see them at tournaments. You'll do prospect days. You'll do showcases. They'll come to high school games.

And if you're not on the field, they are watching someone else.

Stop focusing on "top X" teams. It just doesn't matter to anyone except the parents. And the club directors who market to those parents.

Everyone worries about the wrong stuff at this age it’s about getting better, hard work and learning the correct way to play the game. Here is the biggest problem PARENTS WITH UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS. Know your kid is she having fun and getting better if that is happening then your in a good spot . My experience is parents ruin everything

But what’s the right way to get better? Riding the pine but practicing at a high level (on a top team) or starting against lesser comp (lower team)?

You have to play in games, at competitive times to get better. Practice def helps but you need to be on the field Gametime

Hoping some of the kids from 2030 Liberty team comes over, would be a Top 20 team.

You also wouldn’t have to deal with the Jesters organization managing your tournaments. You would be priority.

Don’t sleep on Team 91. Huge upset at Summer Genesis with 91 beating M&D black in the playoffs this weekend.

I disagree. Tradition with the dad coaches and the GC parent politics will make it a nightmare of a club. Playing time based on who the parents have drinks with… and GC politics are next level.

Guys come on it was a 20 min game in overtime...the player who started with the ball charged into someone so much so she was still on the ground when the team was celebrating their win. 91 also played in a c bracket all weekend with 30/31 combo teams while m&d exhausted themselves playing top 10 teams all weekend in 97 degree heat.

Play a full 40 minute game against them or put yourself in an A bracket for once and see how good you do.

please see the list of recent commitments and the top commit from out of town going to northwestern

Plus, with a majority of girls playing HS together, it will not be an easy team to break into. Girls don’t pass to girls they don’t know. On any team. Opening it up in the older years doesn’t make any sense if you don’t open it up in the younger years too.

Much agreed that was the non charge call saw around the world

I disagree. Girls even at 6 grades can tell pretty quickly who plays well and who doesn't. If they are team players and want the team to win, they will pass to the right person. Many other club teams have a geographic focus, e.g. Liberty, Jesters. Many of the non-GC 2025 have great recruiting outcomes!

I disagree. The 91 girl tried to run around the (much) smaller M&D girl, tried to dodge her, the M&D girl basically lost her balance and fell into the 91 girl who ran past her. I mean, that’s not defense. It was a good pass at the end.

For the record. I am not a 91 parent. I just watched the game while waiting for our team to play. I thought it was pretty cool and I thought 91 looked solid. If 91 didn’t have some level of skill and talent they wouldn’t have been even able to come close to M&D. But that is just my opinion. Ya’ll are too intense for me. Take it down a notch. It is really not that serious.

Agreed. Girls who care about winning will do what it takes to win. Even if it means "passing to someone they don't know"

What a goofy comment.

Opposing & Rival team parent and we are happy for 91 Fury/Frenzy
Good luck the rest of the way

Fury brought down 2029 Roar best player (who is a true 2030). Shes a game changer and not on Fury team

So, I normally don’t respond on this notIntelligent site About 12 year-old lacrosse, but I feel I have to. First of all 91 was in the second bracket just under M and D bracket. They played 3 games in the blazing heat on Saturday and 3 games in the blazing heat on Sunday so they were pretty tired too. To try and take away from the fact that these girls played their butts off and beat the number one team in the country makes you pathetic. This is clearly Disgruntled coach or parent that can’t take the fact that a lower level team beat a top ranked team. I personally don’t give a @ChillLaxin if my daughter is on the 500th ranked team. It’s about them getting better and having fun doing it. Everyone on this site should be embarrassed when they decide to comment on 11 and 12-year-old girls like it’s NFL football. get a life. By the way they also played MD United in the championship and played amazing!!! They lost 6-3 but played them tougher than anyone that was in the number one division so maybe that says something about 91. Big fan!!!! Go 91

Not true at all.

That is a complete lie!!!!

I have friends whose kids are on FRENZY not fury. And They 100% do NOT bring girls from their other teams. Where are you getting your information, you don’t even know the team name. They actually have an amazing bunch of girls who work very hard and have come a really long way since the beginning of the tournament season and they deserve the credit.

Lax needs to be regulated like youth soccer. Only rostered on one team and teams by birth years

What is not true?

That is an absolute lie. The 2030 team did not bring down a player from Roar. Roar was not even playing at the same location. Make sure you fact check before you spread lies. Just makes you look like you have no idea what you are talking about.

This is so sad the girl is a 2030 … but I bet if we compare birth certificates the M&d team has a ton of 2029 girls when age verification hits 😂

She didn’t play so who cares. Congrats to 91. Everyone just be happy for them and that a LI team beat marylands best

Don’t have a pony in the fight but would just compare the public rosters from last couple of tournaments to this one and you will have your answer.

No strong Liberty girls are going anywhere. This is fake news.

Come on 91, at least give her the same jersey in the team pic on insta for cryin' out loud !

If in Nassau/ wester Suffolk with decent player, would you rank the tryouts you’ll be attending in this order:

1. Jesters
2. Igloo
3. Top Guns
4. Team 91
5. Tradition
6. Liberty

I assume Jeaters is tough to break into, so do we do 2-4?

Thoughts?

What are you looking for in a club? What are your goals for your daughter?

Who’s this Andrew Smith clown I keep hearing about?

I don’t think he coaches the 2030s




Top 25 academic division 1 is the goal

She's 12. How could you possibly know if she's going to be good enough (either athletically or academically) for that?

The goal at 12 should be great training and improvement with a side of confidence building. Period.

I don’t think he coaches the 2030s

Who coach the 2030 then? they have more than one male coach who loves yelling at the girls? I have heard a lot of parents quietly complain. I have also heard first hand on the side line last year. Wasn't lucky enough to play them this year yet.

Curious why you would leave out YJ completely

In Nassau and wouldn’t play on YJ Nassau and YJ Suffolk too far

Well, here are those clubs with the number of commits to "top 25" academic schools over last 4 years (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)

1. Jesters (4)
2. Igloo (0)
3. Top Guns (25)
4. Team 91 (0)
5. Tradition (3)
6. Liberty (15)

Top 25 academic will get lots of discussion/disagreement I went with us news top 30 national university plus top 30 liberal arts

Of course, Igloo just started and has zero recruiting classes while Tradition has only had one class.

also I'm sure I missed a few here and there