Florida Club Lacrosse '08 Season

[Lacrossebum03]

1 Douglas (Champ)
2 Palm Beach Gardens
3 Miami Palmetto
4 Benjamin School
5 H.B. Plant (runner-up)
6 W.T. Dwyer
7 Spanish River
8 St Thomas Aquinas
9 Palm Beach Central
10 Paxon
11 Wesley Chapel*
12 Western-Davie
13 Jupiter
14 Freedom-Tampa
15 Clearwater
16 Barron Collier
17 Coral Reef
18 Wellington
19 Miami-Killian
20 Tampa Jesuit
21 Boca Raton
22 Canterbury-Ft Myer
23 St Petersburg
24 Sandalwood
25 Archbishop McCarthy
26 Suncoast-Riviera Beach
27 Community Sch-Naples
28 Coral Springs
29 Sarasota Mil Academy
30 Fish Hawk LC
31 Fort Myers
32 Gulf Coast
33 Mandarin
34 Nova
35 Lakewood Ranch
36 Wolfson
37 Citrus Park
38 Cypress Bay
39 Apopka
40 Naples
41 Santaluces
42 Cypress Lake
43 Hernando LC
44 Terry Parker
45 Bishop Verot
46 Brandon
47 Berkeley Prep
48 Riverdale
49 Port Charlotte
50 Estero
51 Ocala
52 St John Neumann
53 Cape Coral
54 All Saints Academy
55 Golden Gate
56 Bloomingdale
57 Lehigh Acres

Final Standings for '07 (laxpower) Douglas was crowned champion, Plant was runner up. Whats '08 lookin' like?

[laxgthreeone]

is that official... ? .. or your rankings

[AquinasLAX]

there is another thread but thats for all of fla. lax not just club so that one might get closed down by one of the mods. anyways....

douglas is losing ALOT of talent. and i know my team (st. thomas) is going varsity, so they wont be in the club division next year

[AquinasLAX]

is that official... ? .. or your rankings

thats im assuming of laxpower.com

[Lacrossebum03]

Yeah, thats laxpower.com My rankings would be way different. I don't believe teams hardly over .500 should be in the top 10.

[CBgoalie64]

to be truthful even tho cypress had a horrible first season were goin to be moving up in the standings quick im not saying we are going to be on top but were goin to be in the top 10-13

[lax4life5555]

I think plant will be pretty good, jesuit i think will be a lot like last year, wesley chapel i don't know about, douglas loses a lot of seniors and i think benjamin does to (not sure tho), i'm sure douglas and benjamin will be good again tho, does anyone have pretty good info on the top teams in plant and douglas's regions? i just put stuff that i have heard, but does anyone have solid info on the top teams? does anyone return a ton of good players?

[jtownlaxer]

benjamin is losing a ton of players alot of seniors and there losing there x attackman. gardens should probably be the favorite for that division there the most complete team i think they have an amazing goalie a pretty solid defense 2 good attackmen and pretty solid middies. thats just my opinion it could come out completly different i no my team will become a threat if our goalie keeps improving and our middies man up. im not sure bout dwyer there on a pretty steady decline

[LotsOfLax]

I heard that Benjamin was going Varsity this year, can anybody confirm that? Club lacrosse in Broward and Dade will be watered down with St. Thomas going varsity this year. Douglas was winning games last year with a JV team against a couple of teams, and their starting unit played less than one quarter in just about all of the division games. They lost a ton of talent but will still have enough to win out in Broward/Dade. There are some good club teams on the West Coast, Plant is going to be tough again, they played with only a few seniors last year.

[Eagle Middie]

LOL!!!!! I was snoopin around laxpower and I looked up my cousins team.

Our laxpower ratings compared to New Yorks or any other northern states are hilarious. My team is like .68.

[FireLax]

Wait two years WC will take it all.

[ChapelGoalie21]

Im just gonna throw it out there that this thread can touch the Florida Club '07 Season Thread

[spanishriverlax]

spanish river is going to be pretty nasty next year. I am the starting goalie for SR and I think we will definatly do a ton better then last year. We played in the club state quarterfinals and lost to Benjamin, but with Benjamin losing most of their talent, they were the only team this past season that gave us a run for our money. And we have the fact that last year we had brand new coaches that just graduated college, so this year they hopefully will be better at running practices and games. Just my two cents, but dont count out Spanish River.

[Lacrossebum03]

Im just gonna throw it out there that this thread can touch the Florida Club '07 Season Thread

Cute, real cute. :whyme:

[clwkev35]

here are my predictions for spring season 08 WFLL A division

1.Plant
2.freedom
3.Tampa Jesuit
4. WCAA
5. Clearwater
6. St.Pete
7. Citrus Park
8. FishHawk
9. hernando

[ChapelGoalie21]

uhh well as much as i dont respect your opinion smiley, WCAA is taking it all the way as the underdog

[Lacrossebum03]

uhh well as much as i dont respect your opinion smiley, WCAA is taking it all the way as the underdog

:rofl: Woot!

[FHSpatslax18]

id say smileys predicitions are pretty accurate, id probaly move WCAA down a notch lol

[WClax17]

below who? clearwater? they have billy and thats about it at least wc still has 2 good poles (HM last yr), a solid middie line (something clearwater didn't even have last yr), and danny (who is just as good if not better than billy), i gotta say smileys pretty accurate but iwouldnt be suprised to see some more upsets and a much more level field then last year all the way across the league

[lax4life5555]

does anyone know some good details about the top teams in the wfll (plant, freedom, wc, clearwater, jesuit)? who returns a lot of players, and who doesn't? which players are gonna be good this year? which team is gonna win it all? just want some details, if anyone can provide.

[ChapelGoalie21]

Plant lost 1 starter and he was there face-off and offensive middy, Freedom didnt lose anyone good excpet there best middy who took the face-offs, WC lost all of there offensive and there best d pole, Clearwater also lost a lot of kids, jesuit lost a middy but thats all i know

Plant is definitely the favorite to win the league and probably the state

and as much as i hate to admit it clwkev35 pretty much nailed the preseason rankings

[Partagas]

Great positive thread so far. The wild card will be if WCAA can score. The goalie is good enough to steal 1 or 2 games they shouldn't win. Midfield will be deep. If the young guns are put into attack next year they should peak.

If Freedom maintains intensity they will be there. I love their style of attack.

St. Pete is very well coached and their backline will be senior led and good.

Jesuit is deep just by the number of players in the program.

Clearwater has a good goalie and well coached but in my humble opinion not deep enough to move up. But then again their goalie could steal a game from someone too.

I think clwkev35 is dead on too.

Does anyone from Division B move to Division A?

If SMA moves up they are not deep but have a midfield that could carry them into the middle of the pack.

[Eagle Middie]

SMA hasnt moved up. We are staying in B div but are planning on playing alot of A div teams this season. So mad when I heard that, but its for our own good.

Partagas how do u know about our middies? I dont know any A division teams that have seen us play other than than the jamboree and a few scatterd games.

[Lacrossebum03]

SMA hasnt moved up. We are staying in B div but are planning on playing alot of A div teams this season. So mad when I heard that, but its for our own good.

Partagas how do u know about our middies? I dont know any A division teams that have seen us play other than than the jamboree and a few scatterd games.

Some of your mids play on the Tribe, which he coaches/manages. The only way to get better as a team, is to play harder teams. We played some of the best teams around at Disney, even though we got smoked, we still learned and got better from it. Smiley hit it on the money pretty much, but we'll see how it holds up when the season goes on.

[Partagas]

You are a good man, Kemo Sabe Lane.

[mattiboy13]

hey.

new down here from Long Island. just wondering, is there a website where you can find out all information reguarding the club lax league in florida???

any other information would be great. thanks.

[TopDog22]

hey.

new down here from Long Island. just wondering, is there a website where you can find out all information reguarding the club lax league in florida???

any other information would be great. thanks.
mattiboy13,

what part of florida? Orlando/Jacksonsonville would be Possums. tampa - would be tampa bay fire. Miama would be Makos

[Lacrossebum03]

hey.

new down here from Long Island. just wondering, is there a website where you can find out all information reguarding the club lax league in florida???

any other information would be great. thanks.

Do you mean Elite teams or regular season club? If you're in the Tampa area tampabaylacrosse.com is a good website for regular season club. Just tell us the area, and we can help you out.

[mattiboy13]

palm beach area.

[agdomain]

http://www.palmbeachlacrosse.org/


Talk to Jay Liegey.

[mattiboy13]

but like the club lax league. with spanish river, boca raton and those teams.
is there a website to follow all those teams or what?

[spanishriverlax]

I am the goalie for spanish river so if you want to talk to someone i would be able to help you out.

[laxkid891]

I play for palm beach central and we are in the same district as boca, spanish river, etc. I could help you out as well if you need it.

[spanishriverlax]

Sup central lax? How are you guys looking for this year? You know its going to be a rematch at disricts again this year :P

[laxkid891]

Of course its gonna be a rematch...:agree: . We look good, how about you guys?

[spanishriverlax]

we look better than last year. Our whole defense is going to be at least 5x times better. We have a sick attack next year too, and our middies are fast as f***. This year we will be better because its going to be a team effort, not just brandon soblick and alonzo scoring now that they are gone. I think this year will be a good season.

And listen to this, Boca High is now going to have a legit program. They have 2 new coaches are where running practices during june and july. so i guess its welcome to the jungle for them too.

[gunitattack3]

palm beach area.

yo if ur lookin to play on a club team the best are all in district 4 the main 3 power house's in like the palm beach area would be gardens dwyer and benjiam

[mattiboy13]

there isnt a website that shows teams records, playoff schedule, things like that???

[laxkid891]

website is laxpower.com, then click on high school boys, then click on FL Club

[gunitattack3]

yeah then if you want to look at records go to ratings archive and click boys high school and the year you want to know about

[Hawkeye]

In 2006 Douglas lost in the semi's at states and finished the season ranked #1by laxpower. They lost several seniors including their 2 leading scores, starting goalie and top defender. So what happened, in 2007 they reload and win states. Yes, again they are losing several seniors, but they will reload and win states again in 2008. In 2007 they played their JV team for most of several games and still won easily. They have a great coaching staff a very deep pool of talent. The rest of the club teams should pay them to go varsity if they want a chance at winning states.

[H.B.PlantD#11]

i think at the end of the year everyone should talk to their coaches in trying to get a east vs west allstar team.. so u can say ur on the allstar team of fl instead of your own little divsion.

[SouthFLlax13]

i go to west boca we dont have a team yet but we are hopefully gettin one this year i was playin for spainish river till some other coach got scared and wouldnt let me play at spainish river eventhough i didnt have a team at my school would u agree that i should have been allowed to play or not allowed to play??

[ChapelGoalie21]

im sure that coach just wanted to have a shot to make the playoffs... my team lets kids from other schools that dont have lax play too but we are ineligible for the state playoffs

[SouthFLlax13]

i know thats why i wasnt going ot e allowed to play

[PlantGoalie32]

these are my preseason top 10 rankings for the west, lemmi kno what yall think...

1.Plant
2.Freedom
3.Jesuit
4.Tampa Catholic (moved from Varsity)
5.WCAA
6.Clarwater
7.St. Pete
8.FishHawk
9.Citrus Park
10.Hernando

Also Plant only lost one starter on midfield where we now have a TON of depth compared to last year and i think well have the best team chemistry in the state (ofcourse my opinion is biased)... i completely agree with Nick that there should be a East v.s. West all-star game, it would definately settle all of the **** talking from last year lol.... how does the east size up??

[jtownlaxer]

so whats everyones predictions on the clearwater tourney this weekend i play on the storm which is basically what the east all star team would be minus douglas

[Lacrossebum03]

Storm's a pretty solid team, you guys should do well if you play like you did against us 2 weeks ago. Should be interesting to see how we do, we've still got to do alot of work to get to our full ability. We'll see what happens, I'm not sure who will take it, probably Team FL.

[jtownlaxer]

idk ive heard rumors that alot of team florida isnt gonna be there im not sure if thats true though but regardless there should be some good competition. any word if theres going to be any college coaches there?

[Partagas]

I beleive it could be a close race for positions 1 through 3. You always have to give advantage to home team for home cooking. I predict Fire, Storm, Team FL but it could scramble easily.

[jtownlaxer]

How is the fire ive never seen them play before.

[Lacrossebum03]

Their U-19 isnt bad at all, theyve got alot of talent on defense, as well as on attack. I guess you'll find out saturday.

[Partagas]

I'd give Fire a bit of edge on positional and system play. storm edge on size and physical play. Team whose back line shows up wins.

[jtownlaxer]

yea i think that the main advantage the fire would have over us (storm) is that theyve been playing together all summer and were just learning how to play with eachother

[SouthFLlax13]

anybody know how spainish river will be this year cause im a sopmore and if my high school (west Boca) doesnt get a team this year i wanna transfer after the first semester so i can play this spring

[JupiterLacrosse]

Who ended up winning? We (the storm) lost to the fire in the semis. It was a good game though. I hope Team Florida lost, they had a lot less class than the fire.

[ChapelGoalie21]

We (fire) lost to team florida, it was close at the beginning but we just ran out of gas

[jtownlaxer]

no offense to you fire guys but i still believe that we were the better team you guys obviously had the refs on your side and we had a few shots that bounced off inside post not complaining just my opinion

[JupiterLacrosse]

yeah...they had a sick goalie though, we had shots that shoulda been easy goals. but if those are the refs you guys have for your highschool games i feel bad for you.

[jtownlaxer]

o nieve boy they dont ref like that for their games. i must admit that your goalie did make some sick saves though.

[JupiterLacrosse]

al (storm goalie) seemed off though, he let some in that he usually saves.

[jtownlaxer]

i think its safe to say that all of our team was off cause nobodys used to playing in tournament conditions. the offense didnt realize that once ur up by like 5 or 6 u need to start coasting. i think that was our biggest problem that we werent conditiond enough i mean i was out for 3 weeks and i was still in as good of shape as most of the team

[JupiterLacrosse]

thats true, if you notice the football players were the ones doing the best because we practiced in that heat and were used to it, everyone else was taken by surprise. we'll be more prepared for the Shoot out, especially if we get a U 17 team entered

[H.B.PlantD#11]

so your saying not tournament condition, u all were just not conditioned and out of shape, thats not anyones fault but urs. and no i dont think storm could have beaten fire at all , thats why they won.

[Partagas]

I'm sure we will see a rematch of Storm and Fire somewhere.

Fire isn't playing Derek Pieper Cup so it gives Storm a great opportunity to win that and move into tournament of champions.

[FireLax]

The storm could not have beat the fire. Everyone has "off" games. Out of condition is not something to use an excuse.

[ChapelGoalie21]

how is saying that we had the refs on our side and that you had shots off the inside post not complaining, and because they bounced off this "inside post" should they have been considered a goal?

[ChapelGoalie21]

and since none of us are complaining i think that we are better than team fl, we had some shots that clearly went in but then bounced out, and those college refs that reffed the semis and the finals are just straight up terrible i dont think they know what they are doing

[FireLax]

In the end of the storm vs. fire game one thing mattered. the scoreboard.

[JupiterLacrosse]

yeah, but wait until we get more playing time under our belts, we practiced together for nine practices and one game. And we weren't using being out of shape as an excuse, it was a factor that we didn't realy take into consideration, for a first year team with one game under their belt to run with team FL and the Fire we did pretty good, we should of lost by a lot more if you guys are that much better.

[FireLax]

First year team excuse? if the talent is there, the talent is there. The fire was a first year team last year when we lost we didnt use the first year team excuse. And until the fire and storm play again the fire has bragging rights.

[JupiterLacrosse]

I'm not saying its an excuse, it is a factor though, and we definitely showed that we have talent, we'll see whose better when we meet on the field.

[FireLax]

Already met on the field.

[JupiterLacrosse]

I meant again. And the game was a good game either way you look at it.

[Partagas]

It was a good tournament. The better teams won last weekend. There should not have been any surprises and I think it did show the true top teams at that particular time. At the next tournament it may change or it may not depending on who works harder until then.

The officiating was consistent and really not bad at all. Everyone faced the same heat. The same mud pits. etc. For now we know the Florida hierarchy.

Those of us not at the top will either work harder to change it or roll over and quit. We saw who will quit and those who are in for the long haul. I do regret the poor sports whose teams lost so they left and didn't play out their games.

For the most part sportsmanship was great. Keep it at that level and each of you will benefit and so will florida lacrosse. I wish I could see the top 3 teams in the TOC. I think we could see 2 of the 3. Good Luck all.

When is the next big event we all play in?

Partagas

[TopDog22]

It was a good tournament. The better teams won last weekend. There should not have been any surprises and I think it did show the true top teams at that particular time. At the next tournament it may change or it may not depending on who works harder until then.

The officiating was consistent and really not bad at all. Everyone faced the same heat. The same mud pits. etc. For now we know the Florida hierarchy.

Those of us not at the top will either work harder to change it or roll over and quit. We saw who will quit and those who are in for the long haul. I do regret the poor sports whose teams lost so they left and didn't play out their games.

For the most part sportsmanship was great. Keep it at that level and each of you will benefit and so will florida lacrosse. I wish I could see the top 3 teams in the TOC. I think we could see 2 of the 3. Good Luck all.

When is the next big event we all play in?

Partagas
Thank you Partagas.

[LotsOfLax]

The best club team according to the final 2007 Florida combined rankings was only the 14th best team in the State. The best lacrosse is played on the varsity level and it can only be hoped the entire State goes varsity soon. There are a handful of club programs that can be absorbed into the current varsity system, other than that winning "Club" states is the same as saying we are the 14th best team!
1 Saint Andrews 96.00 2 22- 4- 0 FL
2 Lake Brantley 94.35 3 18- 4- 0 FL
3 Winter Springs 93.83 7 12- 3- 0 FL
4 Winter Park 93.54 4 19- 6- 0 FL
5 Timber Creek 92.30 11 14- 3- 0 FL
6 Nease 91.96 6 15- 8- 0 FL
7 Lake Highland Prep 91.29 8 13- 5- 0 FL
8 Bolles 91.05 19 14- 3- 0 FL
9 Bishop Moore 89.97 1 11- 8- 0 FL
10 Gulliver Prep 89.10 5 13- 8- 0 FL
11 Matanzas 88.12 42 18- 6- 0 FL
12 Ransom Everglades 87.78 14 14- 4- 0 FL
13 Lake Mary 87.18 12 11- 6- 0 FL
14 Douglas 87.00 50 16- 2- 0 FL

[Partagas]

Good points but not equal comparisons. You have HS varsity, HS club and non-affiliated club teams. In comparing HS varsity and HS club your conclusions could be argued as accurate. Until the two types of teams play head-to-head it will have to be assumed you are correct by the current ranking tools.

Non-affiliated club teams are bascically allstar teams with players from both HS varsity and HS club teams and don't fit into the ranking system. You are 100% correct on winning "HS Club" states. Winning what I have called the "non-affilated club" tournaments is different. I do think the top varsity programs would still win if they played in this category but the rankings would be more dispersed vs the current varsity top heavy rankings. Of course this is all conjecture since they don't normally compete. They could compete in these tournaments if the school varsity programs formed a team outside the school programs with same players. We have at least one team doing this for the Derek Pieper Cup.

[AquinasLAX]

i think the douglas team from last year couldve beat some of the teams ranked ahead of them. obviously they arent going to touch teams like SA but i think they couldve beat teams like ransom everglades and even given a team like gulliver run for their money

[JupiterLacrosse]

Is anyone playing in the Shoot out coming in October I think?

[Partagas]

At the moment the Tribe is looking towards the Palm Coast Veteran's Day and the Derek Pieper in november. We are undecided on the benefits of the 7v7.

We have some single day games in September/October and would be willing to expand them to include mini-round robins. Anyone interested can contact me through this site.

We need to peak for the TOC and that is our sole focus. We would like to add about 7-8 players and split U19 and U17 for the November/December and TOC tournaments. Again you can contact me through here.

In the Derek Piper Cup we have teams from North Carolina, Atlanta, Miami and central florida all signed up. So speak to your coaches as this is an official TOC qualifying tournement for all age groups. We will see some rematches and new teams as well. I am fairly certain at least 2 teams will be invited from the Derek Pieper to the TOC in U19 bracket.

[JupiterLacrosse]

The U-19 Storm is going to the Pieper in November so we'll see you there. I also think that we have a friendly game between the Storm and the Tribe coming up in October.

[LotsOfLax]

The point I was trying to make was simply that the high school club lacrosse (not the travel select teams) is a category that should be eliminated. There is no reason that certain counties have adopted lacrosse in the public school system as a varsity level sport and other counties consider it a club activity. There were a handful of teams last year that would have competed against Varsity competition and done well but each year moving forward the overall quality of club lacrosse from top to bottom will decilne. The teams like Douglas and Plant and Palm Beach Gardens should not be content to be one eyed kings in the land of the blind, they should be fighting to be recognized as varsity programs and play the varsity schedule. Those other teams can use the club program to build up their teams and get experience until they are ready to play the varsity level schedule. Lacrosse would become the most popular FL HS sport for the spring season and only then would the recognition come as being a hotbed area.....

[Partagas]

I agree with you 100%.

Pasco County Public Schools will not recognize the sport beginning with the school system's AD. I also believe that some of the multi-school club team directors don't wish to see it happen either. It would dilute their talent. They talk the talk but don't walk the walk.

[JupiterLacrosse]

Many teams are trying to become varsity and recognized in schools. The main problem in South Florida, at least in my area (Palm Beach County) is that there is much resistance from some AD's. Many don't want too, or simply don't have the money to put into a new sport. We are content with being winners in the club schedule because thats all we have. Trust me, many are fighting to be varsity, it's just not happening, especially in an area thats already spending money for sports such as football and baseball. You mention gardens, how are they supposed to fund a new team when they are putting in a $100,000 turf field? We're trying to become varsity, theres just too many outside obstacles interfering with that. Also if it weren't for club teams, alot of talented players would have nowhere to play.

[Partagas]

Some Sunshine cup photos. They include Tribe, Fire, Storm and Possums.

http://sports.webshots.com/album/560539879IOVuXG?vhost=sports

Partagas

[gunitattack3]

thats all possums and tribe

[Partagas]

Some U19 Fire too. I coach the Tribe so the pictures tend to sway that way. It is the teams we played. If you play for storm I have some videos of some of your goals and another album from the first game we played in august. If anybody sees any they want just send me a private message and I fell send them along for free.

Sorry.

[AquinasLAX]

i heard douglas is going varsity this year? anyone have any word on that, and how does that change the outlook for states this year?

[gunitattack3]

i heard douglas is going varsity this year? anyone have any word on that, and how does that change the outlook for states this year?


where did you hear this and i really don't think it will affect states because of how strong FL SFIA-4 division is. it is always douglas aganist some1 from division 4, douglas has only beaten a team from this division once in the playoffs

[PlantGoalie32]

We would play at the varsity level if we could, but they cant do it because of title 9. womens lacrosse will go varsity before we will.And not all club teams are allstars from the area. We used to be but 3 years ago they started making it so you had to be a student at Plant to play on the team. I definately think we, as well as a handful of other club teams, could compete at the varsity level. AND most of the area teams are trying to affiliate themselves with a hjigh school but are having trouble because alot of schools dont want to do it right now...

[Hawkeye]

There is a rumor that Broward and Palm Beach public school will make a decision next week on allowing the girls public school lacrosse teams to go varsity and if a school also has a girls and a boys team, the boys lacrosse team can go varsity as well. Because of Title IX, if you only have a boys team you are out of luck, you will have to play club.

[mattiboy13]

The FHSAA has approved a invitational state championship in the state of Florida. 63 boys and 62 girls teams have elected to participate.

There will be an entirely new format to Florida Lax come this season.

[laxkid891]

There is a rumor that Broward and Palm Beach public school will make a decision next week on allowing the girls public school lacrosse teams to go varsity and if a school also has a girls and a boys team, the boys lacrosse team can go varsity as well. Because of Title IX, if you only have a boys team you are out of luck, you will have to play club.
what if the girls team is already varsity, but the boys is a club? do we have a chance of going varsity still??

[Hawkeye]

Yes, that is my understanding.

[CBgoalie64]

u have a chance but it depends on your season.....our team went up because our girls team went varsity a week ago and we went up a few days ago

[AquinasLAX]

so is cypress bay lacrosse now a varsity sport? if so im glad to see the move, and more teams makign the move in south florida, this year alone includes the likes of sta, cb and douglas just alone in broward

[eddrico29]

so is cypress bay lacrosse now a varsity sport? if so im glad to see the move, and more teams makign the move in south florida, this year alone includes the likes of sta, cb and douglas just alone in broward

Yup, cypress is now varsity. Is nice to know lacrosse has really grown so quickly here in South Florida. :clap:

[CBgoalie64]

looks like theres going to be alot more competition at the varsity level

[mattiboy13]

it seems like a lot of teams may be going varsity, with the new format setup by the FHSAA.

[lax4life5555]

wait, I don't understand the new format. can you explain it again? whats going to be different from last year?

[TitansGoalie11]

would that mean that the nova titans are going varsity too?

[Lacrossebum03]

Its alot easier for teams in South Florida to go varsity because of the other teams in the area are going varsity. On the west coast, we had 1 team, that dropped back to club this year. I hope sometime in the future Plant, Jesuit, Freedom and hopefully Wesley Chapel can get a Varsity team, because they are usually the strongest teams on the west coast.

[mattiboy13]

check fhsaa.com. they now recongnize the lacrosse championship, so the "varsity" programs now are run through the state organization.

[CBgoalie64]

Nova..........a varsity ..............we got it because of our girls team but novaa i dont think youll get it because there goin to realize that nova isnt good in any sport

[CBgoalie64]

st.thomas heres our divison as of right now...........
Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale)
Pembroke Pines Charter
Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale)
St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale) –x
it says western but they said it wuz a mix up with cypress bay so
Cypress Bay(Weston)

[laxkid891]

Heres my district, I go to Palm Beach Central:
DISTRICT 13
(4 schools)
Cardinal Newman (West Palm Beach) – X
Palm Beach Central (Wellington)
Palm Beach Gardens
Pine (Stuart)

So, does this mean that we have moved up from club this year and we are a varsity sport now?

[jtownlaxer]

What does it mean if your team isnt on that list. I dont understand why Gardens would be on their but none of the other public schools in our district are.

[Partagas]

Anyone in the West Central Florida who wants to play in the Derek Pieper Memorial Cup or Dick's Sporting Goods Tournament of Champions and needs a team should contact me via a private message here. The Tampa Tribe is looking to add enough players to split its high school roster into two teams to particiapte. BOTH teams are guaranteed spots in the TOC. check out the TOC website to see who you'd be playing.

Partagas

[TitansGoalie11]

What would be the difference of going varsity rather than being a club

[Partagas]

Varisity is typically school funded, use of school facilities, different primary governing body. Coaching is dependent upon school rules.

[CBgoalie64]

um varsity you have a better chance of getting reconized and getting a scholarship stupid

[Lacrossebum03]

um varsity you have a better chance of getting reconized and getting a scholarship stupid

Not necessarily a better chance of being recruited. Its def. an elevated level of play in Varsity than club. But alot of recruitment comes from Elite teams during the off-season, because of tournaments with collage recruiters and such. TOC in WC (Tampa area) will def. bring much more attention to the talent down in Florida, being such a major tournament.

[Titan124]

I think plant will be pretty good, jesuit i think will be a lot like last year, wesley chapel i don't know about, douglas loses a lot of seniors and i think benjamin does to (not sure tho), i'm sure douglas and benjamin will be good again tho, does anyone have pretty good info on the top teams in plant and douglas's regions? i just put stuff that i have heard, but does anyone have solid info on the top teams? does anyone return a ton of good players?

Benjamin loses almost no seniors of note. None of the seniors they lost were really huge parts of the team (i.e. they're all replaceable now). Our best player (arguably), will be a sophmore, though apparently Benjamin recruited 3 freshmen, so we'll see how they are. Then there is the JV. Now, most of the soon to be juniors have no desire to play on varsity. One of the two best attackmen is essentially being forced up to varsity by administration, and I'm not sure what's going on with the other one, though he doesn't want to go. Basically no juniors that were in JV last year want to go to varsity.

Also, we have 2 grandkids of Jack Nicklaus, one is a Freshman, one is a junior. Both are insanely good athletes (understandable). The older one made varsity when he had never played before as a sophmore. I'm not sure if the other one is playing, but he has Nicklaus blood, so if he does he'll probably own.

[Titan124]

I heard that Benjamin was going Varsity this year, can anybody confirm that? Club lacrosse in Broward and Dade will be watered down with St. Thomas going varsity this year. Douglas was winning games last year with a JV team against a couple of teams, and their starting unit played less than one quarter in just about all of the division games. They lost a ton of talent but will still have enough to win out in Broward/Dade. There are some good club teams on the West Coast, Plant is going to be tough again, they played with only a few seniors last year.

I go to Benjamin, and we're definitely staying club.

[Titan124]

there isnt a website that shows teams records, playoff schedule, things like that???

laxpower, problem is is that in the palm beach region, most teams are school teams. I know you can't get onto Benjamin without going to the school, but Im not sure about the others.

[TitansGoalie11]

im gnna wreck u cb goalie

[jtownlaxer]

Also, we have 2 grandkids of Jack Nicklaus, one is a Freshman, one is a junior. Both are insanely good athletes (understandable). The older one made varsity when he had never played before as a sophmore. I'm not sure if the other one is playing, but he has Nicklaus blood, so if he does he'll probably own.

cause golf takes soo much athletisicm right

[CBgoalie64]

im gnna wreck u cb goalie

really in what way.....................and i would like to see you try =)

[flalax55]

Does anyone know the results of the Pumpkin Shootout in Palm Coast this past weekend.

[AquinasLAX]

so i guess douglas and cypress bay are staying club this year according to an article i read the other day in sun-sentinal?

[TheLaxLife]

Does anyone know the results of the Pumpkin Shootout in Palm Coast this past weekend.

The "Scots" (South Florida Select players, although most were from SA) beat the Sunshine (Timber Creek players playing on their own club team)

[buckethead]

Tampa Bay Fire v. TC Storm

I believe the Fire won this game......again!

[CoUgArLAX18]

No one talks about Barron Collier. They made it to the final 4 last year and there going to be alot better this year.

[stslax]

all I know is Barron Collier's goalie was really good, when they played plant.

[Longpole2489]

all i no is that CB talks mad crap, but has nothin to back it up with

[eddrico29]

so i guess douglas and cypress bay are staying club this year according to an article i read the other day in sun-sentinal?

yup, no funding. :evil: :sad: :bawling:

[CBgoalie64]

yea i kno that to thanks for letting me know mr.white guy

[low2high]

so i guess douglas and cypress bay are staying club this year according to an article i read the other day in sun-sentinal?

Two fewer drubbings for the Raiders in '08 :rofl:

[Longpole2489]

then why are you talkin?? you didnt even start last year..

[Partagas]

May be true but The TC Storm are playing in the Derek Pieper Cup and Fire are not. TC Storm has great chance of playing in TOC and fire has none.

Partagas

[CBgoalie64]

i dunt kno maybe cuz it was my first year playin lacrosse and the kid in front of me was a senior n played for 5 years..................hmmmmmmmm what school you play for.............n lemme guess your an all american huh

[CBgoalie64]

then why are you talkin?? you didnt even start last year..

i dunt kno maybe cuz it was my first year playin lacrosse and the kid in front of me was a senior n played for 5 years..................hmmmmmmmm what school you play for.............n lemme guess your an all american huh

[AquinasLAX]

if you guys are going to uselessly smack talk, please PM each other

[CBgoalie64]

y do people get so heated over little things like what i say it kunda sucks because now im in trouble with my coach so i just wnt to say sorry for trying to have some fun

[low2high]

if you guys are going to uselessly smack talk, please PM each other

"smack" is, by definition, useless. With this in mind (and full in the knowledge that we all already have a Mom), what's your point?

[killerboots8]

i dont think the spanish river or pbc kids should get too high and mighty..pbc only barely beat wellington in overtime and i hear that spanish river struggled against boca...and no offense but cmon its boca...

[laxkid891]

i dont think the spanish river or pbc kids should get too high and mighty..pbc only barely beat wellington in overtime and i hear that spanish river struggled against boca...and no offense but cmon its boca...
nobody was getting high and mighty...it should be a good year...

[killerboots8]

pj you doin rec? and who else on your team is doin it? i think all of wellington is doin it and i heard park vista and seminole ridge kids are gona play too...dunno how thatll turn out..

[laxkid891]

pj you doin rec? and who else on your team is doin it? i think all of wellington is doin it and i heard park vista and seminole ridge kids are gona play too...dunno how thatll turn out..
of course man....idk who else, i think anton and probably anthony, maybe a couple others...who am i talking to? lol

[killerboots8]

tony...the only reason i knew was cuz your the only kid on pbc that knows how to string...

[laxkid891]

tony...the only reason i knew was cuz your the only kid on pbc that knows how to string...
haha yea, do you know if rec has enough people in our age group???

[killerboots8]

haha yea, do you know if rec has enough people in our age group???

i hope so...i know we had 45 kids come to a meeting who wanted to play and they said theyll all sign up..20 have already so thats like 2-4 teams right there

[laxkid891]

i hope so...i know we had 45 kids come to a meeting who wanted to play and they said theyll all sign up..20 have already so thats like 2-4 teams right there
well from what i hear, about 25 ish kids have signed up.....i guess we'll see

[killerboots8]

well from what i hear, about 25 ish kids have signed up.....i guess we'll see

they were talking about 5 on 5...that would be useless and i hope theyre joking

edit:thats no poles aswell

[laxkid891]

they were talking about 5 on 5...that would be useless and i hope theyre joking

edit:thats no poles aswell
that would be ridiculously retarted....id get my money back...thats a waste of money

[killerboots8]

that would be ridiculously retarted....id get my money back...thats a waste of money

i talked to my dad and he said as of monday there was 38 ppl signed up and 3 teams...10 on 10...hopefully we can get 4 teams in our division and we wouldnt have to play 2 games a day like a year or two ago...

[laxkid891]

i talked to my dad and he said as of monday there was 38 ppl signed up and 3 teams...10 on 10...hopefully we can get 4 teams in our division and we wouldnt have to play 2 games a day like a year or two ago...
ok thats definately good then...yea those 2 games a day are killer...i hope we can atleast have 4...do you know what day or days games will be on and how many we will have each week?

[buckethead]

May be true but The TC Storm are playing in the Derek Pieper Cup and Fire are not. TC Storm has great chance of playing in TOC and fire has none.

Partagas


You got that right, they do have a great chance, based on the teams in the Pieper Cup, at least there will be one decent team in the TOC representing Florida. Good luck Storm!

[killerboots8]

ok thats definately good then...yea those 2 games a day are killer...i hope we can atleast have 4...do you know what day or days games will be on and how many we will have each week?

its tuesday thursday sunday games

[laxkid891]

its tuesday thursday sunday games
three a week or they alternate what you have each week?

[killerboots8]

three a week or they alternate what you have each week?

no idea...youll find out next week or whenever the coach calls

[laxkid891]

no idea...youll find out next week or whenever the coach calls
yea, i guess they should be callin soon?

[killerboots8]

yea, i guess they should be callin soon?

i hope so...we start tuesday...it hopefully they wont call at 11:59:59 on monday night...lol

[killerboots8]

pj you and ryan are the coaches for our team...they couldnt find adults to coach so the kids are doing it and idk if youve heard from joe yet but we got screwed on d(other than ryan that is)

[laxanalyst]

Hasn't Team Florida qualified for this tourney by winning thelaxclassic.com in Charlotte?

[laxkid891]

pj you and ryan are the coaches for our team...they couldnt find adults to coach so the kids are doing it and idk if youve heard from joe yet but we got screwed on d(other than ryan that is)
ryan just called me tonight and i talked to him....if you dont know practice is thursday from 4:30 to 6pm...ill probably get there around 5ish....is joe coaching as well?

[killerboots8]

ryan just called me tonight and i talked to him....if you dont know practice is thursday from 4:30 to 6pm...ill probably get there around 5ish....is joe coaching as well?

yea depending on work i might be there or i might not...and joe isnt coaching hes just there to supervise...but knowing him hes gona give 'pointers'

[laxkid891]

yea depending on work i might be there or i might not...and joe isnt coaching hes just there to supervise...but knowing him hes gona give 'pointers'
lol yea, any idea how many teams there are?

[killerboots8]

lol yea, any idea how many teams there are?

i think three...and the rec is being stupid and wont make it more...i just talked to a kid before this class whose on a waiting list... i dont see why they dont just add another team but thats just me

[Partagas]

Hasn't Team Florida qualified for this tourney by winning thelaxclassic.com in Charlotte?
Team Florida did qualify but so far has not chosen to accept an invitation. The DPM cup this week has at least 3 teams I would say are quite good for the south playing. Only one will make it unless the South Carolina team wins the cup then a second florida team may get an invite as well.

Tribe is in TOC regardless of showing by being the TOC host team. Like it or not we were forward enough thinking to lock it up for 3 years minimum. Our program plan is to become more competitve over that time period.

Good luck all and as always post or pm me with questions.

Partagas

[H.B.PlantD#11]

i Think the biggest weekend i know so far is in one weekend all of this is happening......

SATURDAY
freedom vs douglas and WT dweyer vs PLANT
SUNDAY
Douglas vs PLANT and WT dweyer vs freedom

[laxkid891]

i think three...and the rec is being stupid and wont make it more...i just talked to a kid before this class whose on a waiting list... i dont see why they dont just add another team but thats just me
what the hell, thats a bunch of crap...atleast its not 2 teams, im fine with three, but if there is more people why not make another??

[killerboots8]

what the hell, thats a bunch of crap...atleast its not 2 teams, im fine with three, but if there is more people why not make another??

yea its dumb...if not make another team distribute the kids around to the existing teams...i dont see the point in a waiting list but w/e

[CBx51]

how bout it only a month left till lacrosse training starts then games

[TheLaxLife]

Partagas,

So what were the results from the tournament this weekend, and are there going to be any Florida U19 teams playing in the TOC, aside from the Tribe?

Team Florida did qualify but so far has not chosen to accept an invitation. The DPM cup this week has at least 3 teams I would say are quite good for the south playing. Only one will make it unless the South Carolina team wins the cup then a second florida team may get an invite as well.

Tribe is in TOC regardless of showing by being the TOC host team. Like it or not we were forward enough thinking to lock it up for 3 years minimum. Our program plan is to become more competitve over that time period.

Good luck all and as always post or pm me with questions.

Partagas

[Partagas]

Partagas,

So what were the results from the tournament this weekend, and are there going to be any Florida U19 teams playing in the TOC, aside from the Tribe?
The finals was Miami Makos out of #1 slot and PBG Storm out of #3 slot. The storm won a very well played and physical game. The Orlando Moonfish looked very good as well. In day one rounds they were in second slot.

The Storm will be awarded the auotmatic bid opportunity.

The Tribe dropped down and played in the U17 bracket and finished second behind the Fire U17 team. Fire went undefeated and Tribe's only loses were to Fire in two very tight games.

Don't be shocked if additional invitations to the TOC are given to DPM Cup team(s). Or for the Tribe to drop down and play Rising Stars in TOC to be competitive.

Overall the tournament was well played and well ran.

Partagas

[Stormlax]

Partagas,
Thanks for a good tourney! I would love to see a definitive "Best of the South Tourney" be it Derick Pieper or other. Florida has got to quit cuting it's own throat with the petty turf battles, but no time soon. Anyhow thanks to the WCAA folks and the Tribe. Thanks for this great opportunity!


Coach Kohn
Treasure Coast/North Palm(TC/NP) Storm

[Partagas]

Did you all get your call yet?

As you see we are dropping into our age group for the TOC. I see the Makos have accepted. I think we will see Moonfish as well.

Coach Schneider
Tribe/Warriors/ soon to be something in California

[Stormlax]

It was put to bed in by close of business Tuesday....Thanks. I'll catch up on the move via personal e-mail.

[laxanalyst]

Is there a problem with Florida varsity players playing in the TOC because of in-season/in-training rules?

[TheLaxLife]

The FHSAA off-season is defined as anytime time during the calendar school year that is outside of the official season. The official season is defined as the first date that a team can hold practice through the date that they are eliminated from playoffs or the date of the state series championship, whichever comes first. As the lacrosse season officially begins on 1/14, the dates of the TOC fall outside and are therefore part of the offseason, and FL varsity players would be allowed to participate.

There is a stipulation which concerns the use of open facilities. The bylaws require that a school can not provide open facilities within two weeks of the start of the official season, but that is the only time based limit to off season activities prior to the official start date.

[Partagas]

I agree 100% with what The Lax Life said. The loop hole is that a group of players may play for a "club" team at any time. That team can be made up of the school team players and may particpate. All the Florida teams who have qualified are made up of players from various varsity programs and the coaches as well.

These club teams have rules around using school resources and should gain permission from their coach as a courtesy as well.

I beleive all the qualifying tournaments are history for the year so....

Partagas

[lacrossegirl2]

so um why arent there any girls on this forum??? lol

[FL_surf]

The finals was Miami Makos out of #1 slot and PBG Storm out of #3 slot. The storm won a very well played and physical game. The Orlando Moonfish looked very good as well. In day one rounds they were in second slot.

The Storm will be awarded the auotmatic bid opportunity.

The Tribe dropped down and played in the U17 bracket and finished second behind the Fire U17 team. Fire went undefeated and Tribe's only loses were to Fire in two very tight games.

Don't be shocked if additional invitations to the TOC are given to DPM Cup team(s). Or for the Tribe to drop down and play Rising Stars in TOC to be competitive.

Overall the tournament was well played and well ran.

Partagas

I heard that the winning teams of the DPM cup were going to be put into a magazine...... any news on that?

[hatterslax5]

does anybody know where carlos and evan from wesley chapel went to college and if/how they are playing there?

Also does anyone know when wesley chapel is cbc from missouri? should be a good match-up.

[PcLax35]

Anyone going to the no snow classic on saturday(12/15)

[Lacrossebum03]

does anybody know where carlos and evan from wesley chapel went to college and if/how they are playing there?

Also does anyone know when wesley chapel is cbc from missouri? should be a good match-up.

Carlos Amado-Blanco and Evan Mills both went to play D-II at Saint Leo, a school about 10 minutes north of WC. And I also have no idea about the WC/Missouri thing.

[ChapelGoalie21]

Wesley Chapel is playing that Missouri team before a Saint Leo game. I am not sure which one but I will post once I find out.

[PcLax35]

I know its still december but whos everyone playing for there first game of the season

Port Charlotte(me) plays Fort Myers on the 6th of Feb.

[killerboots8]

wellington plays pbc first...should be a good game...btw thats not counting the jamboree

[PlantGoalie32]

Plant plays at Fishhawk first, but our second and third games are Dwyer on 2/23 and Douglas on 2/24, who are both comin to our neck of the woods to play us and Freedom, who will play douglas first and then dwyer. I thought Tampa Catholic scwitched into my division but our schedule doesnt show us playing them... does anyone know what division they're in and who they're playing?

[PcLax35]

Happy Holidays to everyone and good luck to state teams in the tourney on the 3rd 5th and 6th.

[Madman lax]

cbc, from Missouri Christian Brothers College high School. They travel down to orlando every year for their spring break. This year they are playing Lake brantley, Bishop moore, WC at St. Leo's ( CBC has 4 guys playing for then) they play prior to the MIT game on Wednesday March 26th, then they play St. Andrews and Gulliver Prep at Disney. Should be a great. The only bummer cbc would be starting their third week of practice for the season. l

[lacrossebones89]

hey guys, i play for west boca's team this year, its our first year with a team, but its only club :/ but its better than not having one...who do you guys think will be our hardest match up as a new team this year?

[CoUgArLAX18]

hey guys, i play for west boca's team this year, its our first year with a team, but its only club :/ but its better than not having one...who do you guys think will be our hardest match up as a new team this year?

Palm Beach Central is probably your hardest game but Wellington will be tough. Your scheduale is pretty easy though.

[spanishriverlax]

For the west boca kid, It will be Spanish River. We are the raining district champs and state quarterfinalists last season, and we are returning a good group of guys again this year. Oh, tell Connor Ramage that Ted says hi when your practices start. Good luck to ya all and see ya on the field.

Oh, I am the starting goalie at River so make sure you say hi you fellow lacrosse Forum buddy.

[PcLax35]

How did tampa tribe do in TOC?

[killerboots8]

hey guys, i play for west boca's team this year, its our first year with a team, but its only club :/ but its better than not having one...who do you guys think will be our hardest match up as a new team this year?

i agree with cougarlax..its either us(wellington) or pbc

For the west boca kid, It will be Spanish River. We are the raining district champs and state quarterfinalists last season, and we are returning a good group of guys again this year. Oh, tell Connor Ramage that Ted says hi when your practices start. Good luck to ya all and see ya on the field.

Oh, I am the starting goalie at River so make sure you say hi you fellow lacrosse Forum buddy.

as for you...your dead wrong...id put river in third or fourth(yea fourth under boca)..you barely squeeked past them in districts...plus your defense needs work...pray that they can actually cover someone next time we play you

btw im just throwin this all out there...no offense to anyone...constructive criticism?

[Partagas]

The U17 played in the championship game. The 17's got killed in the first 10 minutes of the game then actually played even the reminder of the game.

The u19's started off slow but in each game you could see improvement. I don't think they won a game but were in at least 3 of the games with opportunity to win.

In my humble opinion both teams exceeded the expectations I had pre-tournament.

The tournament as a whole was absolutely amazing.

Partagas

[PcLax35]

my coach said it was pretty nice, he also said that when i think edge played one of the baltimore teams the only reason edge won was because baltimore made a couple more mistakes, but i could be wrong.

[spanishriverlax]

as for you...your dead wrong...id put river in third or fourth(yea fourth under boca)..you barely squeeked past them in districts...plus your defense needs work...pray that they can actually cover someone next time we play you

btw im just throwin this all out there...no offense to anyone...constructive criticism?


I accept the criticism, but I think the league is in for a big shock esp. on defense. We did lose 2 of the 3 starters in d, but I am back as the starting goalie and so is Max, the other returning d-pole. That might not say much, but Max was second team all county last year. We also just received a transfer from St. Anthony's school in New york who started there at d, so we are already looking good, with 5 other players working for that last spot. We also have really great attackmen coming back with all 3 being seniors and most of the first line of middies.

We beat PBC in districts by 3 goals if I remember right, and beat them all 4 times we played them in the season. Also we creamed Wellington and Boca last year.( I heard that boca got new coaches but we had new coaches last year so we will see about what all that fuss is about). We only lost all year to Benjamin, Dwyer( by 2 goals), and PB gardens. We will see as our conditioning starts tomorrow, but I really think all this Spanish River hating in this district is a bunch of talk. We are district champs and have been for 4 out of the last 5 years.

Well I assume you play for Wellington and all I can say is good luck and I will be meeting you on the field, that is of course is determined by if you even play anytime.

[AquinasLAX]

i would have loved to seen some of the games this past weekend. sounds like it was a good couple days of lacrosse. its good for some of the florida teams to play the competition from up north and know that they can actually stay competative/win. there is such an aura about the MD/NY teams that they are all the next casey powells or john grant jr's and that the FLA kids for the most part arent on that level, but with tournaments like this and having teams like SA play BL and McDonough it opens up some eyes

[PcLax35]

just wondering, but did any saint andrew kids play on the FL teams?

[killerboots8]

I accept the criticism, but I think the league is in for a big shock esp. on defense. We did lose 2 of the 3 starters in d, but I am back as the starting goalie and so is Max, the other returning d-pole. That might not say much, but Max was second team all county last year. We also just received a transfer from St. Anthony's school in New york who started there at d, so we are already looking good, with 5 other players working for that last spot. We also have really great attackmen coming back with all 3 being seniors and most of the first line of middies.

We beat PBC in districts by 3 goals if I remember right, and beat them all 4 times we played them in the season. Also we creamed Wellington and Boca last year.( I heard that boca got new coaches but we had new coaches last year so we will see about what all that fuss is about). We only lost all year to Benjamin, Dwyer( by 2 goals), and PB gardens. We will see as our conditioning starts tomorrow, but I really think all this Spanish River hating in this district is a bunch of talk. We are district champs and have been for 4 out of the last 5 years.

Well I assume you play for Wellington and all I can say is good luck and I will be meeting you on the field, that is of course is determined by if you even play anytime.

i start....5 goals on you if i remember and 11-12 isnt a creaming in my books

[FL_surf]

DWYER is trash and BENJAMIN is garbage......

[gunitattack3]

DWYER is trash and BENJAMIN is garbage......

fl surf who do you play for

[Ramage13]

For the west boca kid, It will be Spanish River. We are the raining district champs and state quarterfinalists last season, and we are returning a good group of guys again this year. Oh, tell Connor Ramage that Ted says hi when your practices start. Good luck to ya all and see ya on the field.

Oh, I am the starting goalie at River so make sure you say hi you fellow lacrosse Forum buddy.


YOO teddy we play u first game fo the year.. yo r attck is sick, i might not even e the best player its between me and this other kid hes like 6'3 2 omthin and he played at saint andrews in middle school. d is so so(but they r big and strong and fast and two of the three were football players, one linebacker and one o lineman,) our first line of middies r good but 2nd and 3rd not sooo great. so u boys betta be ready and tell coach that i say hi and who r u starting attckmen??

[dwyerdpole]

for the spanish river kid i just wana say that you make your team out to be something real special and all i have to say is your not, it means nothing that you won your districts its about how much further you go after that i wouldn't be surprised if you guys got beat by the new boca team

just my 2cents

[FL_surf]

fl surf who do you play for

does it matter? your attack is horrible anyways you have no chance of beating anyone

[killerboots8]

for the spanish river kid i just wana say that you make your team out to be something real special and all i have to say is your not, it means nothing that you won your districts its about how much further you go after that i wouldn't be surprised if you guys got beat by the new boca team

just my 2cents

agreed...btw cant wait to play you guys this year...should be a good game...im just glad our schedule is a little more challenging this year

[Ramage13]

yo killer, didn't u guys(wellington) get whooped by spainish river last year

[JupiterSailfish]

Cardinal Newman (West Palm Beach) – X


:worship: ..

[PcLax35]

Cant we leave the past the past, congrats to Douglas on winning the championship but this is a new season, teams have gotten better so i dont really think you should trash talk a team till you play them, or untill they get a losing record.

[eck4rd]

what about tallahassee or however you spell that im from louisiana and we played them last year. are they club or?

[killerboots8]

yo killer, didn't u guys(wellington) get whooped by spainish river last year

11-12 isnt a whooping in my book

[Ramage13]

11-12 isnt a whooping in my book

i was talkin about this game

2/22/2007 Spanish River 3 - 11 (L)

(its on ur team website if you dont belve me)

[killerboots8]

i was talkin about this game

2/22/2007 Spanish River 3 - 11 (L)

(its on ur team website if you dont belve me)

then all i gotta say is..wow we got good in a couple of weeks or they got amazingly bad

[Titan124]

cause golf takes soo much athletisicm right

Maybe you should look up Jack Nicklaus's athletic history (I think he played football for Ohio State). Being in Jack Nicklaus' family was just something to back it up, the point remains that they are extremely athletic. If you choose not to believe that Nicklaus or golfers are athletic, it's irrelevant (I promise you that Nicklaus was one of the, if not the best all around athlete in history though) These kids are stars at anything the first time play, so much so that it is frustrating. One of them had never touched a lacrosse stick and started on Varsity his first year. The younger one isn't playing, which sucks. Rumor is is that he is also transferring out of Benjamin, which kills the football team.

[PcLax35]

Anyone going to the lacrosse convention thing in Orlando on the 26/27th, on the 26th Duke is playing against Team USA.

[NTLAX13]

With the season a couple of weeks away, who is everyone's Top 5 Rankings go into the season?

[killerboots8]

eh i really have no idea but based off of what ive heard and last years rankings id say...

1. Plant
2. Miami Palmetto
3. Gardens (if they still have that goalie)
4. Dwyer
5. Benjamin

i heard douglas lost everything so thats why there not here if your wondering..and if your not then it don' matta nun.

[PcLax35]

1.Plant(this is just a pre-season prediction but i say state champs again...but i havnt heard anything on them yet)
2.Benjamin(havnt heard anything so im assuming there just as good as last year)
3.Miami Palmetto(havnt heard anything so im assuming there just as good as last year)
4.Barron Collier(there team is just as good as last year and they also have a canadian kid who is pretty sick as hell...watch for his fakes hes pretty good at them)
5.Douglas(i heard they lost eveyrhting as well but still have them ranked fifth because they have a good program)

[lacrossebones89]

For the west boca kid, It will be Spanish River. We are the raining district champs and state quarterfinalists last season, and we are returning a good group of guys again this year. Oh, tell Connor Ramage that Ted says hi when your practices start. Good luck to ya all and see ya on the field.

Oh, I am the starting goalie at River so make sure you say hi you fellow lacrosse Forum buddy.

haha ill definitely give you a heads up when we play man! and good luck to you guys too this yr :thumbsup: , although we want that first win pret-T-y bad man...lol :grin:

[FL_surf]

1.Plant(this is just a pre-season prediction but i say state champs again...but i havnt heard anything on them yet)
2.Benjamin(havnt heard anything so im assuming there just as good as last year)
3.Miami Palmetto(havnt heard anything so im assuming there just as good as last year)
4.Barron Collier(there team is just as good as last year and they also have a canadian kid who is pretty sick as hell...watch for his fakes hes pretty good at them)
5.Douglas(i heard they lost eveyrhting as well but still have them ranked fifth because they have a good program)

no your completely wrong

[PcLax35]

Well then correct me instead of just saying im wrong, im just going on what i have heard.

[killerboots8]

no your completely wrong

whats your opinion? id like to hear it

[dwyerdpole]

plant won't make it past state semi's this year and if they do i doubt they're going to win it all you guys are making plant seem amazing they're garbage

[Ramage13]

Anyone going to the lacrosse convention thing in Orlando on the 26/27th, on the 26th Duke is playing against Team USA.

yeah i heard bout that i think like half my team is ganna go

[killerboots8]

never said they were amazing...they just sound better than what ive heard about other teams

[PcLax35]

you can clearly read that i havnt heard anything about them so im assuming there still just as good, and didnt you all say plant was garbage two years ago when they won the state championships and last year when they were runner up?

[Stormlax]

Guys the time for trash talk is over. Barron Collier v. Douglas 2/9, very interesting game to see if any of the Lee/Collier teams are up to the east coast and Tampa. B/C has an excellent Head Coach Matt Hunter, goalie NYIT and back-up MLL. The school also has excellent support from the A/D and the administration. How many clubs schools can make that statement? Well as an official I'll get to see alot of you play, Good Luck with all your seasons!

For those of you in the Northern half of Palm Beach County interested in a summer tournament schedule, the Storm will be holding try outs within a couple weeks of states. Also keep your eyes open for information on summer league in North Palm.

[Titan124]

Ok, so one of the Nicklaus grandsons (the younger one) transferred to Dwyer from Benjamin during winter break. I'm assuming he's going to be on varsity, and I'm also assuming at defense, can anyone from Dwyer confirm this (his name is Nick). His brother started his first year ever playing as a sophmore, so I'm very curious to know if he is just as good.

As for people ranking the teams, I really don't think anyone- especially lax ranking websites- can know much at this point. Obviously you can remember seeing some good players, maybe even remember the class they were in, but there is not much of a way to know the new talent how people have improved, how the chemistry will be, etc. I mean power rankings in pro sports before the preseason are pretty unreliable, and people can find out a ton about peoples' history, they've watched them, etc., in high school we don't have any of that. A perfect example is Benjamin- a lot of the defense has graduated, but there are a lot of middies who have switched to defense as well as Juniors and Seniors who are natural athletes playinng their first year (Connor Kempe was there for most of the first week, he might've quit though).

[ssir]

8 best teams in Florida Club 2008

1. Gardens
2. Dwyer
3. Benjiman
4. Douglas
5. Plant
6. Barron Collier
7. Jupiter
8. Miami Palmetto

[pbcdman]

8 best teams in Florida Club 2008

1. Gardens
2. Dwyer
3. Benjiman
4. Douglas
5. Plant
6. Barron Collier
7. Jupiter
8. Miami Palmetto

A lil biased to district 4 are we lol im guessing you play for dwyer cause no one else would put them up that high gardens is definatly the strongest in my mind with the most solid defense (including goalie), a very strong midfield, and a pretty good attack but i think team attitude might hurt them. Dont really have an opinion on benjamin but they are well coached and have some good players. Dwyer has a strong midfield and will have a good defense but their attack is in serious trouble and have significant goalie issues. Jupiter has arguably the best attack in the district and a solid defense. So i guess we will just have to wait and see how the season pans out. Dont know anything about the other teams.

[ssir]

It doesnt take any type of bias to realize that district 4 is by far the strongest district. Dwyer may be a reach at two but they will have a strong defense and have the deepest midfield and their attack is no where near "Serious Trouble" The goalie issue would be their only downfall.

[CTbobcat]

all you guys r underestimating boca high this year. we've got a great new coach and a sick line of defense and attack.

[pbcdman]

all you guys r underestimating boca high this year. we've got a great new coach and a sick line of defense and attack.

i played with a couple of kids from boca high this summer and they said u guys were awful cant remember their names for the life of me tho one played d and the other played attack. And ssir last i heard the only attack you have is eddie and he cant do it all i might be wrong though

[RubberBandMan]

I'm a senior at Miami Palmetto and I think we are even better than last year. We lost to Douglas last year in the last game before the state final four, it stung pretty bad.

But I play for the Miami Makos, and we destroyed the Douglas Club Team (parkland xtreme i believe) and if those were there best guys, I think we could def. give them a run for it this year.

[Titan124]

I was wondering if anyone knows anything about a coach with the last name Gray (I don't know his first name). He coached varsity at a school down in ft. lauderdale and now he is coaching JV for Benjamin, and I'm wondering if any former players have any info on him.

[LotsOfLax]

Palmetto, the travel games have nothing to do with the league games, you should know that by now, Douglas has owned your team over the last couple of years and the game you won last year was against their JV team. This is the year to get it done, Douglas lost a ton of talented players including a couple of D2 players and some kids that are playing at top club programs at FSU and UCF....

[Tetris22]

spanish river is going to be pretty nasty next year. I am the starting goalie for SR and I think we will definatly do a ton better then last year. We played in the club state quarterfinals and lost to Benjamin, but with Benjamin losing most of their talent, they were the only team this past season that gave us a run for our money. And we have the fact that last year we had brand new coaches that just graduated college, so this year they hopefully will be better at running practices and games. Just my two cents, but dont count out Spanish River.

yo is this brian ?

[spanishriverlax]

No we dont have a brian on the team. This is Ted.

From what I understand how the districts are set up this year, Dywer, Benjamin and PBG are all in the same district. So from what I know that means only one of the three will make it out of the district title out of them, hence opening up the rest of the playing field. But this trash talk is all garbage, the season is now on and Spanish rivers first game is against west boca in a week and 2 days. Seasons open boys.

[RubberBandMan]

I believe that the travel season does have something to do with the regular season, seeing as the Parkland Team is just a bunch of sasquatches with Douglas helmets. They were not very good.

And they really have not owned us over the last few years. My freshman year, we raped them. My sophomore year we lost by one in the regular season (both games) and then by a small margin in the playoffs because our top two players were out. Last year we BEAT them in the regular season, and then lost in the playoffs, (which by the way was our only loss of the season.)

Our loss of seniors is not nearly as harmful to us as Douglas losing their seniors from last year.

[LotsOfLax]

Enough with the excuses...your team is 1-4 over the last 5 games with the one win coming against their JV team in a game that was much closer than it should have been. The travel teams are not the same team as the HS team but I do agree that this could be your year, you are correct about Douglas losing their seniors, those guys are in denial about that for sure. I think those Palm Beach teams are going to be tough this year....good luck!

[RubberBandMan]

thanks man

[PlantGoalie32]

plant won't make it past state semi's this year and if they do i doubt they're going to win it all you guys are making plant seem amazing they're garbage



O really? You know nothing we only lost two kids from last years team, and only one of which started. We started 6 juniors and 3 sophmores last year. Im not going to say were going to win it all, because im sure a bunch of teams have gotten better, but so have we. And just because Douglas lost alot of players from last years team doesnt mean they wont be good. After our state championship year we lost over half our team and still made it back there...kids get better and step up....And you'll get to see how garbage we are and a few weeks buddy.

[H.B.PlantD#11]

douglas will have lost alot of playres but you seriously cant count them out teams lose a hell of alot of players and still come back like we did last year. and they do have a good attack. and dwyer , what are you doing really stop talking trash?? and we will just have to see who is good after out first four games.

PLANT plays dwyer and douglas the same day and then 3 days later play palm beach gardens. and dwyer and douglas you guyys have to worry about playing freedom, they will gice you more trouble then you think.

[PcLax35]

Well put to both plant players, also i noticed on laxpower you guys have two plant teams?

[H.B.PlantD#11]

well we just now this have three teams one is a JV team that is not on laxpower and will play other JV teams the other is a VARSITY A the (REAL) varsity team which is hb plant panthers and the varsityB. the varsity B will play teams like sarasota militaary academy and like 3 or 4 jv teams but they cannot compete to go to disney for the state.

[ChapelGoalie21]

Was the storm the elite team from douglas, dwyer and all those teams? If so, you guys are going to get a rude awakening against plant. But plant is going to lose in the WFLL finals. :jawdrop:

[pbcdman]

The storm is just from jupiter, dwyer, and gardens primarily with a few others represented no doulgas but offseason club ball and season ball are completly different as been stated many times before

[H.B.PlantD#11]

danny shut your mouth son, haha just kidin but i mean i dont know who you think we are losing too. ill see WFL teams this weekend at the jamboree get a little inside scoop

[Ramage13]

First game on tuesday against spainish river...

How pumped is everyone im like goin out of my mind

[eddrico29]

Dude.... I'm counting down the minutes. I don't think I can wait till Tuesday for our game.

[PcLax35]

Fort Myers @ Port Charlotte 5:30 Wensday.

Cant wait, the game it will be a good match up this year.

[Ramage13]

yo i have to take a tylonal pm tonight just so i will be able to fall asleep

[killerboots8]

!! PBC v. Wellington @ 7:00 PM...probably deciding district 3...=] w00t

[killerboots8]

Wellington 15-3 over PBC...and omg i just checked laxpower and rivers lost to west boca(brand new team if you didnt know)...district 3=all wellington

[AgjackaL91]

Wellington looks pretty dirty