• Update: March 9th To All YAC Boys Lacrosse Parents
  To all YAC Boys Lax Parents:   Okay so...
• Update March 9th to our 7/8 Grade Players:
  To All 7/8 Grade Parents:   This email...

To all YAC Boys Lax Parents:

Okay so now that we have a burst of spring fever we would like to provide an overall update on how we expect our season to progress. We will start with the Senior Division and work our way down to the Mighty Mites.

What you son should be doing: Don’t wait to step on the field to get started! At this point your son should have his stick in his hands and playing catch with his friends or against a pitch back, a wall or with you and a baseball glove everyday and as much as he can.

As for the start-up of the season:

First the weather is nice but the fields remain closed and are not close to any type of playing shape. In the past we have used FDR Parking lots to conduct practices for the upper division teams but generally we are not able to use them until on or about April 1^st when our filed use permits begin.

In addition we will send email blasts like this one to all divisions so look for your division’s info. As an FYI, if you need to check your personal YAC email account, please click on the EDIT MY ACCOUNT tab to the left and you can change your own contact information.

This is how our preseason team formation will progress. We expect all tryouts, player evaluations and teams to be formed by the first second week in April. This time frame may change if the weather cooperates. 

7/8 Grade Senior Division: Teams are split based on the level of play AA, A, and B and we will have four teams. The Green AA and White A team require tryouts that will take place March 7 & 14^th. Once the Green and White teams are selected we will have evaluations for the Black and Red teams. Based on field availability player evaluations may or may not take place and players may be assigned to one of these teams.

5/6 Grade Junior Division: After the Senior Division is split we will split the Junior Division. The Green A Level Team requires a tryout that will take Place on March 7^th and 14^th. After the tryouts are complete we will have player evaluations and split the players onto the White B+ level team and the Black B Level team.

3/4 Grade Bantam Division: After Senior and Junior division teams are split we will conduct player evaluations and split the players into two teams. Green and White. Depending on field or parking lot availability, we may split these teams concurrently with the other divisions but that is TBD at this time.

Pee Wee Clinic for 2^nd Graders and & 1^st year 3^rd Graders: This Clinic will be held Sunday’s from 9:00am to 10:30am at the Sports Barn. We don’t expect this clinic to start until the second Sunday in April but we will keep you posted.

Mighty Mite Clinic for K-1^st Graders: This Clinic will be held Sunday’s from 10:45am to 12:15pm at the Sports Barn. We don’t expect this clinic to start until the second Sunday in April but we will keep you posted.

Finally we need goalies for each team in the Bantam, Junior and Senior Divisions. If you are interested, the YAC will pay for your goalie equipment and we will provide free goalie clinics and instruction. Please contact Mike Nolan at if you are interested.

Thank you once again.

Mike Nolan and Mark Vercruysse

YAC Boys Lacrosse

    

To All 7/8 Grade Parents:

This email is meant to provide you with an update on the 7/8 Grade Green and White Team tryouts that took place last Sunday, March 7^th.

We would like to say that splitting these teams has not been an easy task and has really tested the core of our experience as administrators of the YAC Youth Lax Program. However we do feel that we have developed an evaluation process that has allowed us to look at and evaluate each player fairly.  

Here is a summary of the results from the first 7/7 Grade tryout held March 7^th.

As administrators, we felt the tryouts went well and we were very impressed with the talent level of the players who participated in the tryout.

We had a total of 50 players participate in the Sunday March 7^th Green AA Level team tryout. Based on the initial 50 players, approximately 18 players will make the Green Team and 18 will make the White Team, therefore approximately 14 players will not make either team.

We will invite 25 players back for a second Green Team tryout and 25 players back for a second White Team tryout that will be held on Sunday, March 14^th.

Final Green Team Selection Process: As discussed, we expect 18 players to make the final Green Team Roster. This means that approximately 7 players who were invited back for a second Green Team tryout will not make the Green team, however they will be placed on the White Team.

Final White Team Roster: We expect approximately 18 players to make the White Team Roster. 

Second Tryout, March 14^th

Here is how the process will work.

By this Friday we will send out two separate emails.

Email #1 will be a Green Team invite. The time of the tryout will be 2:30pm – 4:00pm at West Point. If you receive this email it does not mean you made the Green Team. Instead, please report for the second tryout at 2:30pm.

Email #2 will be a White Team invite. The time of the tryout will be 3:00pm to 4:30pm at West Point. If you receive this email it does not mean you made the White Team. Instead, please report for the second tryout at 2:30pm.

Please note that regardless of the results of the tryouts, all players will be placed on a team. If your son did not make either of the above mentioned teams, then we will continue later this month with our player evaluations. Our two additional teams are the 7/8 Black team which is a competitive B + Level Team and the Red Team which is a mid to lower level B Level team.  

Finally we need goalies for each team. The YAC will provide goalie equipment and goalie clinic and instruction for all players who are interested in learning/playing this position.

Thank you once again.

Mike Nolan and Mark Vercruysse

YAC Boys Lacrosse