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Seems like you clearly do internet research on what Puffy and other grown men are doing. You mock people to make yourself feel better, but everyone else is just laughing at how petty you are.

Looks like someone is jealous of another person having a son play D1. Sorry, you can make silly remarks but the reality is that D1 is not for people like you. Nothing wrong with that, it just isnt.

Modern D1 lacrosse is for the older players . Hardly any on age freshman or sophs see the field. With transfers and covid(wrapping up now) . It has been hard for the poster above and others like him. They just dont want to accept the reality of putting all that time and labor into lacrosse and coming up short. While the rest of us put out chest out singing away !

Classy. Maybe spend some time learning how to use the quote button.

Anyone know if the Empire games are worth it? Meaning there will be independent selectors, not just the usual 91 and Express pre-filled rosters.

Travel does nothing but take your money and let the Daddy coaches play their kids and brag on social media. Let your kids play High School, that's where they are getting recruited. Travel Directors do not care about you, your kids or your families.

Why is venom goalie listed as 29 in showcase ad

I believe he has reclassified along with some others from that team. I know this bothers many people, but people should just be concerned with their own family. This has been happening in lacrosse for a while. We are starting to see it in other sports but not as often. It was a lacrosse thing bc Lax was one of the only sports that was based on a graduation year and not an age. Having an extra year to grow and get stronger and faster is a big advantage. It is exactly why may schools redshirt kids or why many go to a prep school for a year. In lax it is not about the money or becoming a pro, it is about getting into a top tier school like an Ivy, Duke or Notre Dame. The top 25 NCAA mens lax rankings are filled with the best colleges and universities in the world. So reclassifying your kid may be one way of getting your child into a top tier school. The other way would be to work hard in the classroom and on the field and get in without gaming the system.

Cuz he is an on age 29 that was, maybe still is playing up. Tip the cap for playing up!

I’ll give you 3 guesses.

Ill give you three guesses mind your business, mind your business, and mind your business!

Completely false. High school does very little for recruiting.

anyone's son doing the excelsior game tryout Sunday? Never did it before, he's going to tryout and gauge the ability of everyone to decide if he's going to register for game if he's invited. anyone do this last year?

Don’t do it. It’s absolutely awful. Just another money grab by Long Island Lacrosse Journal.

Nearly every single kid that gets recruited is because of travel. You need to find the right fit. Sitting on the bench isn't gonna get your kid recruited.

100% correct. Son got into the car and was like, "no thanks". Glad we only paid for the "tryout" and nothing more. Barely enough kids to field a team. Lesson learned moving forward. Tried to get out tryout but no refunds, of course.

Anyone start outdoor practices yet? weather stinks, assuming mid-march for most teams?

These showcases are mostly to line the pockets of directors/coaches. Even the ones that kids get “invited” coaches/directors nominate then parents/kids feel obligated to attend so parent foots the bill. There can be exposure but for the most part all are predetermined money grabs. You can always spot connections of the kids that get picked.

Rebels have been going hard all winter. Going to surprise people this Spring!

Good luck with that. Shore to Shore will be the team everyone is talking about.

LOL some things don't change...still waiting for Rebels to win a AA tournament (or at least more than 1 game in a weekend tourney).

You know the season is just beginning when a Rebels parent is confident…come back to us with an update in a few months pal

S2S improved this year? Hope so, can only be a good thing for LI lax.

Always seems like a battle for 3rd place behind express and 91.

Def not a Rebel parent. This 2028team does not even have any of the same kids. They have all moved on to different clubs.

Legacy/Rush are in the conversation for best team at this age group heading into the spring. Our attack is dynamite, our middies are big and fast and our poles are the best group on LI.

attack is eh, frequently injured. your middies are over-rated and the coaches still play daddy ball. Poles are definitely not the best group on LI, but hey...wishful thinking, right? Then again, when you combine 14 teams into 1, i guess you should be pretty good, huh? Another delusional imbecile. Best kid on that team is Jack Gardner, and I can't believe he's still there. Should've left a couple of years ago.

Didn’t you lose to Igloo.

Stop being a troll. You’re not a leg/rush parent and everyone knows it.

i think they did lose to igloo in the Fall...but hey, their poles are the best on LI. Not express, not 91, not S2S, but Legacy/Rush Red/White/Blue/Green/Orange or whatever color they are is the best. They'll never have the best D with that jaloop D coach that they have.

Went to watch a LUHI game and like 8 players were Express or 91 is seemed. They are really pulling in some players there. LUHI will be an elite team in a few years.

You go to LUHI to repeat a grade because your Dad thinks you will become taller/faster/bigger than you are actually going to be. You are just peaking early.

the LUHI team is all reclass...don't get me started. the express pole EB is doing a reclass year because he wasnt good enough on his own grade. pathetic. but hey? he'll look awesome going against kids a year or 2 younger than him.

LOL, all those boys are simply using LuHi as a placeholder to repeat a year and reclass back at their publics. None of them will graduate from LuHi.