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Abington Lacrosse Club
(Abington, Pennsylvania)

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by posted 01/24/2012
 
In the past, programming for 2^nd/3^rd graders was a little like…  
EITHER
 
They had to “play up” w/ kids as old as 11 and in 5^th grade in the U11 House league – TOO HOT
 
-OR-
 
They had to “play down” w/ kids as young as 5 and in Kindergarten in the “Mighty D” clinic – TOO COLD
 
The NEW U9 House League should be JUST RIGHT!
(For players w/ Birthdays 9/1/2002 – 8/31/2004)
 
No Kindergarteners & 1^st graders (New U7 program for them)
No 4^th & 5^th Graders (they're restricted to the U11 House League)
Weekday Practices + Saturday Game Day
Formal games w/ US Lacrosse sanctioned Officials
 
Spread the word - REGISTRATION is OPEN but spots are limited.


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by posted 01/22/2012
 
 For 1^st graders and younger (born 9/1/2004 after)
 
The U7s will play in a clinic style program that combines individual skill development with "pick-up" scrimmages. This is a non-competitive program focused on exposing kids to the sport and developing basic skills.  The program will run on Saturdays during the spring.

Please spread the word... registration is open.

For questions regarding the U7 Program, contact the U7 Division Manager:
Chip Weinstein

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by posted 01/08/2012
 
Spring registration is now open and will continue through January 31^st.
 
All kids play for free…
Spring Registration Raffle: Each registered/paid player will be issued raffle tickets ($5 ea) for the total amount of their registration costs (ALC + US Lacrosse) at the beginning of the season.

• Sell the tickets and keep the proceeds to recoup 100% of your registration fees.
• Or, hold the tickets for a chance to win in the drawing to be held at the annual ALC Youth Festival at the end of the season.

Should you need raffle tickets prior to the start of the season or need to make other special arrangements, please contact:
Mike McLaughlin

 
US Lacrosse Membership:
All Players are required to hold a US Lacrosse Membership valid through June 30th. In the event you do not have a membership or it lapses prior to June 30th, you will be able to obtain / extend membership directly with US Lacrosse as a part of your ALC registration process. To access your U.S. Lacrosse number, click on https://secure.uslacrosse.org/m.cfm
 
Note:
Generally, leagues and teams are filled on a first come, first served basis. If a league is full, a wait list may be started. If a registered player drops out, wait listed registrants will be contacted.  ALC reserves the right to add or eliminate teams based on the final number of registered players and the availability of coaches.
 
To Register:
Go to www.abingtonlacrosseclub.com
Select “Register Online” from the menu to the left
Follow the instructions from there.
Or, simply access the registration page directly by clicking on:
http://leagueathletics.com/Registration/Default.asp?snid=jLJC%5B7O1V&org=abingtonlacrosseclub.com
 
For general registration related issues, please contact
Mike McLaughlin

 

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by posted 10/31/2011
 
Age division cut-off dates change for 2012.
 
US Lacrosse has changed the dates that define the age based divisions (U15, U13, etc.)  Our league has voted to adopt the new age division definitions, which means ALC is directly impacted...
 
The old date ranges were based on calendar year, w/ a 12/31 cut-off date.
 
The new date ranges are 4 months earlier… 8/31.  As such, players with a fall b-day (September – December) will continue to play at the same age division played in last year.
 
Here’s the breakdown

From	To	Division
9/1/1996	8/31/1998	U15*
9/1/1998	8/31/2000	U13
9/1/2000	8/31/2002	U11
9/1/2002	8/31/2004	U9
9/1/2004	8/31/2006	U7

 
*Note that 9^th graders are eligible for U15 ONLY IF they are NOT also playing for a High School Team at the same time.
 
 

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by posted 08/01/2011
 
Montgomery all star team takes Gold at Keystone games.


                




A great finish for the 7 Abington Lacrosse players who made the Montco All Star team. With just 2 practices and guided by 2 new Young coaches. The Montco all star team took the tuff road and defeated Delco County team fpr the championship The Delco team had given  the Montco team their only loss, the first game of the tournament Saturday morning. The final game had a couple of lead changes and all the Drama that goes along with a Double overtime Championship game. The Alc group held their own all weekend with the best Lacrosse kids across the state and led the way to a double overtime win for the Gold. These boys are just the latest example of the great and long line of young men in ALC long tradition, and should serve as a reminder to all the younger boys that hard work does pays off.
The Keystone game, which is held up at Penn State each year picks a hand full of counties against each other. The Jr Division 7-8^th graders had 13 teams from the state including Chester County, Bucks County, and Delco County. The 7 Game tournaments runs over 2 days. Along the way to the Gold there were a couple of games of note. In a must win situation after already losing to Delco the team found itself  down 7-1 at half time with a huge second half comeback lead by James Vandergrift  and a buzzer beating last second goal form Cameron Leech they sent the Capital county team out of the playoffs. A huge victory over the Bucks county team 10-5 in the semi finals put the team in to the Championship game. The rematch was on with the Delco county team the only loss of the weekend 5-4.
The championship game and whole weekend could and was defined by James Vandergrift’s 30 second left double overtime face dodge and tournament winning goal, but it would not do justice to the efforts of all of 7 of the ALC players as well as the other Montco team members. The 90+ degree weather and 7 games played did not seem to affect the hard work of Joey Lomady and Ruben Narine taking on the role of team’s 2 best face off options which proved to be a great advantage. Joey Lomady was also busy putting in his share of goals this weekend from the crease. Jamie Griffin LSM, coming back from a tough hip injury, which knock him out of the spring playoff game looked like he was back, running with the best middies in the state and playing great defense. Stephan Leach as well as Christian Teuber lead the way as our two most Athletic middies doing whatever was needed.  Just being able to keep up with the athletic  middies in the state would have been a great accomplishment but for Christian Teuber clearing the ball form one end of the field to the other wasn’t enough. He did some great work on the offensive side as well by taking the ball from X and scoring to having the two most important assists both game winners, the Championship game and the 7-1 half time comeback. Stephan Leach showed his athleticism all weekend playing midi as he was all over the field clearing the ball, playing defense as well as the ability to run around over thru (as well as out of his own cleats) on the way to scoring some of the most entertaining goals of the weekend.
From left to right
Christian Teuber, Stephan Leach, Jamie Griffin, James Vandegrift, Ruben Narine, Cameron Leech and Joey Lomady.
Very proud of all of them Great Job



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