BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Boys 2034-3rd Grade Fall 2024/Summer 2025

Use this thread to discuss lacrosse pertaining to 3rd Grade Boys (2034 Grads) for the Fall 2024/Summer 2025 Season.

Who is the team to beat for this age group?

Who cares .... 91 is flying in kids from Florida already on both teams at this age!

flying in doesn't bother me. If they are on the team they are on the team. Maybe the Florida programs aren't as good?

LOL - make sure you sign it 91 coach!

List of AA NY tournaments so far: (If I missed any please add)

Columbus Day - 91 LI won with a 4-0 record beating Towermen, Shore 2 Shore, East Coast Elite and Towermen again
Fall Jam - Team 91 LI won with a 4-0 record beating Set Lacrosse, Igloo, True Recon and 2way black
Pumpkin Shootout - Predators won with a 4-0 record beating True Garden State, BBL, True Westchester and Team 91 Tristate
Upstate Laxfest - Sweetlax won with a 3-0 record beating Orange Crush, Grizzly and Beast
Octoberfest - Predators won the black division with a 3-0 record beating LI Express, Shore 2 Shore and Be the Best. Express East Ferrara won the Orange division beating Legacy, Rebels and Express North
Igloo LI Elite Challenge is the next big tournament for this group on November 2nd, featuring 2way, Cavalry, LI Express and Igloo.

Definitely a number of good teams so far at this age level but 91 LI probably #1 in this area given strength of schedule

Why are the Rebels and Igloo so weak at this age? Rebels Raptors went 0-3 and Igloo went 1-2 with their only win over the Rebels. Outside of 91 LI who are the other good LI teams at this age?

You can't call them 91 LI if they're flying kids in ...... The 91 top team is a National Team at this age group.

They're babies. I really don't think 91 is flying in any 3rd graders. 91 has two solid 34 teams. Their B kids will move to Rebels & Igloo once they realize they prefer AA training and tournaments. Express hasn't even split into an A & B team yet. They're carrying a big roster and letting everyone play. Most players will find a permanent home by 4th/5th grade, in my opinion. Just enjoy this stage with your kid.

True recon is an excellent team at this age. I think they have only lost once since last year. They beat our Express East team, which i think is good, in the finals of the North Shore Invitational.

First, it's so early, it's not even funny. Team to beat?? LMAO. With that said, there are some kids with talent/potential. I've got a '34 and played some of these teams. I think 91 and True have the most talent at this very very early stage.

I heard express East parents complaining about officiating was one of the reasons they lost in overtime. Ok some of the officiating was fool but it hurt us as well. I mean I didn’t know if you get pushed from behind into crease they award you the goal and give you possession. It was a good call. What was horrisble to see. One of our kids took a shot in the head trying to block a shot with the ball and went down. Ref let the express team go down field and yelled I don’t stop fast breaks. You should for an eight year old potentially hurt.

The result was was our boys didn’t want to lose again. I was honestly impressed to see how express came back the next week and destroyed manhassat set, a team we barley beat. I think like 8-0 in a championship. Ouch.

Just looked at tourney app. Express scored 40 goals and let up 3. Loses drive hunger in all sports. Will be an interesting season next year for these little ones. A win against them will be a lot harder but they have a light amount of kids. I agree with these kids are all young but so proud of my son.
I would say set lacrosse has some issues now but use them as middle team.
Set lost to 91. 3-6
Set lost to recon. 5-6
Set lost to express 8-0

I think those are the three to watch next year. Wait until they hit puberty and switch teams !!! My kid needs a growth spurt already lol

WHERE ARE THE OTHER AGE GROUP BOARDS???????

Express train rolls on from the East and West. Now is the time to get onboard.