*Registration is now open for 2009 - 2010 season (No prior experience necessary)
*IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ BEFORE REGISTERING
AYLL Boundaries for JHS (6th - 8th grade). AYLL rules specify that our JHS players must live within the following school based boundaries:
"All public, private, religious, and charter schools that are physically located within the following school boundaries - All schools in Kyrene #28 that feed the following: Akimel, Altadena, Centennial"
These boundary rules do not apply to our Dragons Youth Program.
Please do not register for JHS if you do not live within the AYLL boundaries. We are sorry for any lacrosse player who wants to play with us but can't because of boundary issues. The rules are not ours, and we would happily let everyone play if we could. Please refer to AYLL website www.azlax.com for more information.
Ahwatukee Boys Youth Lacrosse Schedule
Middle School (6th - 8th grade) - Fall practices have started. We practice on Mon. and Wed. from 6 - 8 pm at Pecos Park, plus Sat. 8 - 10 am at Vista Canyon Park (Will Nolan). Fees are $250 for the 2009 - 2010 season plus an additional $125 to cover AYLL league fees for those selected for the Lightning A and B rosters
Key Dates:
- Mon 11/2 Tryouts for our Spring 2010 AYLL(Arizona Youth Lacrosse League) teams
- Sat 11/21 Scrimmage vs Glendale
- Sat 12/5 Fall tournament in Gilbert
Our Lightning A and B teams compete in the Junior High School Division of the AYLL . In addition, our Lightning Juniors 5th/6th grade team will compete in the new AYLL 5th/6th grade league starting with the Spring 2010 season. Accordingly, we plan to hold tryouts for, and field, three "travel" teams that will compete separately in the AYLL:
1. Lightning A ( AYLL JHS Division)
2. Lightning B ( AYLL JHS Division)
3. Lightning Juniors (new AYLL 5th/6th grade league)
Dragons (1st - 5th grade)- The Dragons 3rd-5th grade Fall program will start Wed. 10/7 and run for 8 weeks. This program will consist of Wednesday practices and Friday "house" games(16 total sessions. No practice/game Thanksgiving week. Last game 12/3). Both Wednesday practices and Friday games will be at Vista Canyon Park (Will Nolan) from 4 - 5:30pm. Fee is $125 for the 8 week Fall season
1st and 2nd graders are invited to participate in our Spring program which will begin in February
Equipment:
The following equipment is mandatory for every player: Lacrosse stick, lacrosse helmet, water, shoulder pads, elbow pads, gloves, mouth guard, cup, cleats, and reversible practice jersey.
Any player missing any of the mandatory equipment listed above, will not be allowed to practice or play in games.
Helmets: Our helmet colors are a navy blue shell with a white visor and white chin piece. There is no difference in price versus a plain white helmet, but this color scheme need to be ordered in advance. We recommend Cascade CPV helmets for our youth players. For our 8th graders, we recommend a more advanced helmet such as a Cascade CPX or Cascade Pro7 that players can also use at the high school level.
There are two local lacrosse retailers:
- Austin Gray at Elite Lacrosse (602-615-1727)
- Albin Haglund at Lax Locker (602-793-0800)
US Lacrosse Membership
A US Lacrosse membership (www.uslacrosse.org) is mandatory for every player. Youth player membership cost is $25.
Ahwatukee Boys Youth Lacrosse Charter Ahwatukee Lacrosse supports and fosters amateur boys' youth lacrosse and strives to offer the community and youth players the best lacrosse in the valley.
Middle School Lacrosse Programs
The Ahwatukee Lacrosse Middle School programs are open to boys currently in 6th through 8th grade. Our program consists of an A team (Lightning) and B team (Storm) which will compete in the Spring Season of the Arizona Youth Lacrosse League (AYLL) JHS Division. In addition, we will run a Middle School Spring House League. The Middle School Fall Season starts in September and will run until early November and consist of Fall-Ball practices and individual player evaluations. Lightning and Storm rosters will be set and formal practices for these teams will start in early November. AYLL League and House League games will start in early January 2010.
Lightning A and B
We will select players to the Lightning A and B rosters based on player evaluations conducted during our Fall Lacrosse Season. Lightning A and B roster sizes will be limited to no more than 22 - 25 players. The players who are not selected to the Lightning A and B rosters will play in the Middle School division of our 12 game Spring House League. Information on player evaluations is available on the Divisions pages under Middle School.
Dragons K-5th Grade Lacrosse Program
The Dragons Lacrosse program offers boys an opportunity to have fun, make new friends, and build lacrosse skills. The Dragons prepare boys to play higher level lacrosse in our local Middle School and High School lacrosse programs.
The Fall League will run for 10 - 12 weeks starting Wednesday October 7th for boys from 3rd through 5th grade.
The Spring League will commence in January and run until late March early April for boys from Kindergarten through 5th grade.
The Dragons Fall and Spring League will include skills intensive practices once a week with games on Sundays. Games will be two 20 - 25 minute running time halves and will include a clock, referees and scorer's table.
Important Web Site Information
| Important news, events, practice times and dates (and in the future, game dates, times and places) will be posted on the Calendar section of the web site. Just click on the Calendar link from the menu (upper left hand side) and a Calendar will appear, which shows dates, times and events. News items and events will be announced on the Homepage with full details in the My Site News section. My Site News section can be accessed using the My Site News link from the menu. From time to time parent and player Handouts will be available for download in the Handout section. Just click on the Handout link from the menu and download the Handout to your PC to save or print. Player and Parent Code of Conduct Contracts are currently available for download. We have an Album section that currently contains photos from last years' middle school and Dragons seasons. Our Album can be accessed by clicking on the Album link from the menu. If you have a photo(s) that you wish to share and post on the web site please email the photo(s) or a link to your photo(s) to Dana Tompkins @ mieitrefigli@cox.net. We will post the photo(s) or the link in the Album section. |
Ahwatukee Lacrosse is a volunteer organization that enlists the help of team parents, players and local businesses. We would like to thank our sponsor Ace Hardware Foothills location for sponsoring the paint for our fields. If you are interested in helping to support our youth lacrosse, please contact us.
Thanks again to Foothills Ace Hardward!
