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Did top guns black 2018 get out of pool play in best of the beach. Very funny that they went to a non competitive tournament to get a needed championship and went home early. On the other hand congrats to purple. They work hard and play as a team. Sorry white loses a lot and chants thank you 91 for losing when they are a mess themselves b

You're actually supporting your child being involved in a great program but if you have a problem shelling out $10 at the door you need to go somewhere else. I gave $20 gladly and told them to keep the change. Oh and we also bought some $10 yj tshirts and a backpack and were happy to do it. You can all look at it negatively, I haven't once regretted having my girls involved in the yellow jackets. If any of you are move one. For all of you "others" that come on here and constantly bash the program, you're obviously jealous and obsessed.

Oh I thought all the money for training and tournaments support my daughter playing lax didn't realize it was the $10 at the gate.

Really. Why is it that YJ keep avoiding TG 2018. Ms Rose always puts her team in a different bracket then TG in National Draw?

So your daughter is on purple and your upset she's not on black. In turn you put down white team. You reAlize purple only beat white by 1 yesterday. Right?!

You did see billy smith cheering for / coaching purple on sidelines totally inappropriate but I guess he figured your group wouldn't handle if they lost to the clubs step-child g

Black won their bracket but unfortunately could not field a team because girls had flights already booked to Denver...so they forfeited. Purple is a solid team...great group of young ladies. Black beat them 5 - 2 in semis yesterday

Tournament was horrible , drove home in hideous traffic , told would have college coaches there, fields were bad and layout worse. Can tell you my daughters team will not make the trip north next year.

Same bracket, just avoids the head to head within the bracket. Ever think it may be TGs requesting not to play YJ? Who knows why but both teams in same bracket and not scheduled to play each other is the only way to assure they never face each other later in playoffs, because only one team will get out of pool play.

The TG White Team in the 2018 age group? That team is horrific.......

Oh. Thought black lost their first game. How did they field a team for the later games but had to forfeit their first game which I'm assuming was where
their only loss came from. Don't 2017's
Go to Denver or do they borrow some 18's
Purple a nice team that seems to
Play as a group well

I don't think rose cares. Tg 2018 black so weak like another poster stayed previously

The Hofstra tournament was the only tournament that had not one vendor selling food! Couldn't even buy a bottle of water?! I have never been to a tournament with no vendors. So strange

About 100 yards away on Hempstead turnpike is Mcdonalds,, chipotle, Ralph's ices, subway... Take a walk and eat up

If this is true, I'm sorry the experience was bad, as a LI lax parent who has traveled many times south to play it was great staying home for a tournament. The tournament needs great teams/clubs to get better.. Then the coaches will come... Thanks for making the trip up..NY doesn't compare with too many other parts of the country, traffic is always bad, people are always in a hurry. hopefully you took advantage and did something in the city or on the shore during the down times.

Why must your responses be so obnoxious. EVERY tournament has vendors. Maybe they just don't want to be associated with you and your daughter BS

Coach Rose is NOT afraid to play a Top Guns Team!!

Come on Really think about this for a minute,.....YJ 2015 Blue has played 2015 Black probably once a year ask the parents how they made out.
Skywalkers and M&D vs 2015 Blue are the best games at every tournament for years. Yes 2015 Black and 2015 Blue are two good teams and have had some good games BUT NOT close to the SkyWalkers and M&D games. The sidelines are packed with players parents and coaches from other teams watching those games, and has been that way for years.
Liberty and Top Guns are good programs but not at the same level as of July 2014!

KP9WPKKeep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better.

Don't forget Dunkin Donuts and Subway. In a way - I liked the fact that there was not a big vendor village. We were there for lacrosse not shopping. If you wanted to shop and eat Roosevelt Field was two exits up on the Meadowbrook.

The student center inside Hofstra was open all day for breakfast, lunch and drinks, (hot and cold food) all at very reasonable prices. Unfortunately, it was not well advertised

Tournament was crap. Elevate pulled out this year for a reason. There won't be a tournament next year. And having not one vendor for food or drink was pathetic. No organization should waste their money on this debacle, they couldn't even keep the scores right!

Any college coaches there other than SS?

Yes, I did see some at every game we played. Didn't look to see from where, though.

Agree about the food situation. Food and water should've been available for sale, regardless of the fast food joints in close proximity. If I wanted to run quickly to a vendor to pick up another water, it shouldn't involve getting in my car.

100 yards? Car?

In all sincerity, where do you think the $10 admission is really going?

Agreed. Not saying the tournament was bad. Games ran on time. Parking wasn't an issue. Just would've been nice to have the option. Instead of getting so defensive maybe take the opinions and improve. You just might draw more teams if ur not so nasty

Yes. Compared to the Grind - and those fields out in the middle of nowhere with no parking and overpriced vendors - Hempstead anyday. A food truck or two in one of the parking lots would have made a killing this weekend.

IDK where the 100-yard poster's field was, but ours were never that close. Frankly, I don't think any field was 100 yards from the fast food joints. Maybe as the crow flies, but not walking.

I heard from reliable source ( non topgun), that elevate was sent away due to financial reasons.

That's all I'm saying. A food truck. Pretzel. Water. If I had one I would've killed to park there. Cha Ching !

A good portion went to approx $8k in schloarships to YJ kids. If they really need another $10 by family, they would just raise the price of membership. You might have legitimate issues with YJ, but this is really not one of them worth your time.

They might be talking about fields 1, 2 and 3. Probably not 100 yards - more like 100 meters to Mcdonalds, DD and Subway. That's also where the vendors were. But, if you were stuck on the other fields all weekend - you were SOL. Actually, compared to other tournaments parking was very nice.

Ummm..a meter and a yard are approximately the same...

I have to say that being a Long Island parent of a Top Guns team it was nice to be local for this last tournament. I understand for out of town folks that not having food or vendors may be a big deal but we were just at one in NJ and they didn't have any decent food vendors there either at least not the first day. They should have advertised the student center being open with food. Agreed. Bottom line is though your going there to watch/play lax and in all likelihood you are bringing a cooler that has food and drinks. If your not then its something you should think about for next trip.

Obviously not a reliable source. They chose to do better tournaments as witnessed by the complaints on here. They did go last year but clearly ran into the same issues as people are discussing on here. You have NO reliable source because you as human being most likely have no credibility in any aspect of your life. Elevate clearly had their best financial year ever, most teams they have ever had, great turnout at tryouts, more kids than ever. But you keep going.

You'll only know how great it truly was when you see number of kids at NEXT tryout, right?

No they did not. They lost first game Went home due to loss. Not forfeit
Post it this time

Hey dope [lacrosse]...they finished at 3 - 1 and in a tie with T3 but beat them head to head...that was first tiebreaker. But too many girls had to leave for a flight to Denver so they could not field a team. No big deal..why are you so hung up on a team full of 13-14 year old girls. Let me explain to you that everyone wants to win, however the goal for travel lacrosse if your daughter wants to play at the college level is to get better as a player, and hopefully because of her play she might get noticed at a recruiting event by a college that she may want to attend because it suits her academically and lacrosse wise. Good luck to our daughter...step away from the keyboard

Nice to see the Maryland teams and Mass teams at Hofstra Tourney this weekend. Even nicer when I went home to my bed and they were all in the parking lot talking about what hotel they were staying in.

Heros and Integrity don't count when saying Maryland teams showed up. You all know there are really only 2.5 that matter. (TLC gets a half)

The guy was using dry sarcasm, it was obviously lost on you.

Compared to Beach Bums & CT Grizzlies at the Elite showcase?