Originally Posted by Anonymous
Why is there no talk of Team 91 they are a very good team this year. The Orange team got rid of some of the Hills kids who couldn't play at this level and picked up some good kids from the Raider program. They poached a lot of the Raider 2016 team, coach and all. The Hills kids who (last year) were forced onto the old orange team are now (2012)sent down to white, some of the better Hills kids left, leaving a huge void but the new Orange 91 team has some excellent players and will be giving all teams a good run for the title. We heard a lot of Hills crying with moving them down but we are a better team without those Hills kids. Last year those parents were a nightmare.


A few points here a) 91 did not get rid of a few "Hills" kids they had a competitive tryout and some kids that were on the team last year did not make it, where they were from was not a factor, this in no way was a Hills purge. b) 91 did not poach the Raiders program, as another organization on LI expressly tried to develop a "super" team and "recruited not poached" players from a few organizations including the Raiders, The Raiders coaches decided to join 91. The advantage of joining 91 was that all the Raiders would have a place to play, if not on 91 Orange then on white ect. the Raiders only had 2 teams last year 2016 and 2018 and both teams rolled into 91, most the the 2016 raiders went to Orange while most of the 2018 stayed together and are now playing on a 91 "Raiders" team, and a few found other homes.

there are a lot of very good 2016 teams on LI and 91 Orange is certainly one of them - the wish here was that the better LI teams would play each other more, not for bragging rights on BOTC but for better lacrosse competition.

I am not a parent or coach with 91 and I do not have a 2016 player.