14U and 12U Youth Lacrosse
Age Guidelines:
14U – born 9/1/2006 through 8/31/2008 | 12U – Born 9/1/2008 through 8/31/2010 | Click HERE for an age guidelines chart
Indoor Practice schedule
At The Wex Auditorium: Tuesdays and Wednesdays, February 23 – March 24 (weather dependent),
Tuesday | 12U 7:00 – 8:00pm | 14U 7:30 – 8:30pm
Wednesday | 12U 7:00 – 8:00pm | 14U 7:30 – 8:30pm
We know many players are still in season with hockey or other winter sports. If you are available to attend this indoor practices please be there. Please also invite any potential new players to attend to check it out. We will have some extra gear available to borrow to get people started.
Outdoor Practice Schedule:
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays 6:00pm-7:30pm. Outdoor practice starts when field conditions are favorable (typically will start after spring break).
OUTDOOR FIELD LOCATION: 1601 W. Division St. Cadillac, MI (Lot across the street from Temple Hill Baptist Church
TENTATIVE Game Schedule
I am still working on getting a final game schedule together for the season, however here is what is tentatively planned for 12U & 14U so far!
Sunday April 25th: Round Robin Tournament at Midland, 14U & 12U
Saturday May 1st & Sunday May 2nd: Games in Traverse City, 14U & 12U
Saturday May 8th: Honor the Game Tournament in Midland, 14U & 12U
Saturday May 15th (Possibly May 16th): Games in Petoskey (NO Boyne Mountain Tournament this year), 14U & 12U
Saturday June 5th: Home Games in Cadillac at Mackinaw Trail Middle School, 14U & 12U
I am still working on getting the specific game details for each date, however, once I get more information, I will send it out via email and place it on our website (www.cadillaclacrosse.com) and the Lacrosse Facebook group (Cadillac Crossfire Lacrosse).
14U COVID Testing:
We are looking for 4-6 volunteers to help out with the rapid COVID testing for 14U practices. We are required to test all athletes ages 13-19 at least once a week at practice. The tests are free and provided by MDHHS, however need to be administered by adults before the start of practice each week.
With practice starting at 6pm, we will be encouraging players to get to practice up to 30 minutes early to begin their COVID rapid test. Volunteers will need to be at practice by 5:30 to begin testing for the players. I am hoping that by players coming around 5:30, the testing won’t eat up too much practice time. The tests take 15 minutes to get results and players are unable to begin practice until they show a negative test result.
Please let me know if you are available to help out with this task every week or every other week. Each time we test, it is recommended that 2-3 adults are present to help with efficiency! I plan to meet with interested volunteers to provide more information. There are also a few online training videos that each volunteer will need to watch prior to testing athletes.
If you are able to assist with this at practices, please let me know ASAP so I am able to get you the information for the online training videos! Also please pass this info along to anyone that may have not received it and are interested in helping!
** UPDATE 4/6: We do not yet have any tests, so we will not begin testing until we have those. If your child has tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 3 months, they can produce a doctors note and will be exempt from testing. Please send that doctors note to Mary Spalding (marys@cadillacareaymca.org), or drop off at the YMCA (Attn. Mary Spalding)
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FEES:
YMCA Members: $95 | Community Members: $195
Community Member Fee includes youth membership for Lacrosse season March 23-June 15 2021
VOLUNTEERS:
We are looking for volunteers to help out throughout the season. Please consider to help out with the following:
Scorekeeping, Striping the Field, Cutting the practice field’s grass, caddy lax Tournament at MTMS , fundraising.
Forms:
Player Code of Conduct & Consent for Medical Treatment
Equipment
Cadillac Area YMCA lacrosse players must provide their own individual equipment. The Y will have some gear for people to borrow for practice at The Wex or keep if they wish for a donation to the Y lacrosse program.
Click HERE for US Lacrosse Equipment Guide
