Online Registration for our Saturday Youth Clinic is open until March 15. There are no late fees. Since we have no other dependencies (league registration, Uniforms, etc.) other than equipment hand-out, we take clinic-aged boys and girls right up to the last possible moment.

To begin online K-2nd Grade registration , click  here.

Thanks to all that registered. Regular registration is closed. We will be have a late registration in January and will post the date and time and via TigerMail.

The Northport Lacrosse Club is pleased to announce it will field boys’ tournament teams at the 3rd through 8th grade levels.

Blessed with an abundance of talented players and coaches, we intend to develop the Northport Tigers Tournament Team program into one that will nurture Northport players with exceptional passion and skill for lacrosse for many years to come. Our high school and middle school coaches have consistently advised us that keeping our players together in the tournament season is the best thing for them as players developing their skills, and for stoking their passion for the game.

Because this is a “home-grown” program, it is exclusively for Northport Lacrosse Club registered players.

As we did last season, we will enter tournaments at all grade levels. It was fun for everyone to hang together and watch all the teams play. For those families with more than one boy playing at this level, we offer the convenience of playing the same events. Younger boys will play a few events local to Long Island. Older boys will play more events, some of them “away” events in nearby states .

Teams will be coached by both parent volunteers and student athletes. The Club will run this program on a not-for -profit basis. It will be very affordable.

When the Club holds evaluation sessions in January-February in preparation for the Spring season, players who make application for the tournament team will be evaluated by an independent group of coaches not associated with their grade. ALL are welcome to tryout. Initial selections will be made within a week of the evaluation session. At least six weeks before the end of the spring season, tournament teams will gather and begin to practice together. At this time, if necessary, additional selections will be made.
Playing time will be as close to equal as can be managed by the coaches, with full discretion given to coaches in the end of either very close or runaway games.

Summer time is vacation time for many families and many young athletes play more than one sport in the spring. The Northport Lacrosse Club Tigers Tournament Team we will require a strong commitment to the tournament team’s respective schedule of activities, including practices and events in their entirety.

We will be sending out more details after online registration for the 2009 season ends on December 5th, so please make sure you register as soon as possible.

To register for the Spring 2009 Season, please click here.

Sincerely,
Northport Lacrosse Club Tigers
Tournament Team Committee

P.S. We are exploring tournament team options for 3rd – 5th grade girls. We recognize that girls of these ages do not have an option to play lacrosse in the summer, so we will see if we can fill the gap. We’ll let you know.

It was a busy summer for Georgetown junior men’s lacrosse player Craig Dowd (East Northport, N.Y./Northport).

After finishing his spring season with the Hoya men’s lacrosse team, Dowd helped lead the United States Under-19 National Team to the International Lacrosse Federation World Championship.

Dowd scored three goals and had two assists as Team USA beat Canada, 19-12, in the gold medal game. The United States went 7-0 during the tournament in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada and improved to 36-0 all-time in international competition.

Dowd finished with 21 goals during the tournament, was named the Most Outstanding Attacker and was selected to the All-World Team.

The honors for Dowd continued this week as he was featured in Sports Illustrated’s September 1 edition of “Faces in the Crowd.” To see the posting of Dowd in the edition, please visit http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/scorecard/faces/2008/09/01/.

The honors did not stop there for Dowd and the Georgetown men’s lacrosse team as they were featured as picks in the 2008 Inside Lacrosse Laxies, presented by Inside Lacrosse magazine.

Dowd is one of 10 candidates in the category of “Individual Game Performance of the Year” as a result of his showing during the U-19 Championship: Five goals in fourth quarter of dramatic comeback overtime victory over Canada in Group play.

Georgetown’s men’s lacrosse team was selected as one of six nominees in the category of “Upset of the Year” for its win over previously undefeated and then No. 1-ranked Duke on March 22, 2008.

To vote for Dowd and the Georgetown team, please visit www.insidelacrosse.com.

Original Story located @ http://www.ncaa.com/lacrosse-mens/article.aspx?id=340696

Thanks to all that came to this year’s cocktail hour and dinner. All had a great time and we raised close to $9,000 for our club. We also had some big winners from our 50/50 raffle and many bid and won some great baskets, prizes and services …

50/50 Raffle Winners

1st Place: Don Ramme $1,060
2nd Place: Charlie Barbagallo $635
3rd Place: Franco $420
NLC raised $2115 via the 50/50 raffle. Prize Checks will be sent via US Mail

Live Auction Winners

Northport Boys Lacrosse Stick donated by Lacrosse Unlimited
Rich Ford

Northport Girls Lacrosse Stick donated by Lacrosse Unlimited
Mark Boland

2 Hours of Lacrosse Training with Ryan Thompson plus official UVA Sweatshirt
Joe Garzero

2 Hours of Lacrosse Training with Drew Thompson plus official UVA Game Jersey
Pat Morris

Custom Photo Session and Premium Bound Photo Book By Christine Monahan
Bill Golden

Mets Tickets
Jon Hatch

Yankees Tickets
Jay Hellegers

Bud Light Custom Snowboard
John Acompora

Littman Cruise for 6 on Sea Dog
Bill Golden

Lacrosse is a game that has started to take off across North America. It is hardhitting and fast paced like hockey, but it has the playmaking styling of a basketball offense. There is a lot to learn about lacrosse and there isn’t a huge amount of information on the topic, but hopefully we can change that with this list of drills and practice plan advice.

» DOWNLOAD COMPLETE 60-PAGE PDF DOC

Check out the PHOTO section for professional action photography of various Northport Lacrosse games, events and tournaments … all available for purchase from North Photography.

Welcome the the new Northport Lacrosse Club Website. It’s a work in progress designed to give you more information from more sources in a timely manner.