40 Thieves (2028-29 Grads)
Our JV High School program is designed to help both the freshman and sophomore players who are transitioning from middle school to a high school program, as well as current HS juniors and seniors that need more focus on fundamental development and basic offensive and defensive concepts. There will continue to be a large focus on stick skills and foundational lacrosse IQ development, including off ball movement and introductory slide packages, in order to build a foundation for more advanced development at the varsity level.
By High School we expect advanced players to understand core offensive/defensive principles and have very sound stick skills. However, we will continue to drill them on a daily basis, push the girls to train/play faster and develop the ability for the stick and legs to operate independently of each other when running on the field. Odd-man and small-sided drills remain a critical part of our player training, and at this age players should be making the skip passes and mastering their ability to move off ball and find seams in the defense. Defenders will do both team and individual drills to understand and begin to master off-ball positioning, approach to the ball, dictating the path of a dodger, slide and recovery. Players will be taught more advanced team concepts and team offense and defense will remain “principle based” but those principles will become more complex.
SCHEDULE
FALL 2025
8 weeks // Sept 28-Nov 22
*players expected to attend one weekday practice and Sundays.
PRACTICE
SUNDAYS- BROOKLYN
9:00- 10:30a @ Bishop Laughlin School
9/28, 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/16
MONDAYS- BROOKLYN
5:30- 7:00p @ Major Owens Center
9/29, 10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17
FRIDAYS- MANHATTAN (UWS)
7:30- 9:00p @ Stephen Gaynor School (Field House)
10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14, 11/21
Local GAMES
Times/dates TBD (Sat/Sun)
TOURNAMENTS
Oct 26- Victory Fall Classic, Malvern, PA
Nov 8- Platinum Games, Flemington, NJ
Nov 15- Fall Draw, Flemington, NJ
Winter 2025/26
8 weeks // Dec 15-Feb 28
PRACTICE
*players expected to attend one weekday practice and Sundays.
MONDAYS- Brooklyn
6:00- 7:30p @ Major Owens Center
12/15, 1/5, 1/12, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/23
FRIDAYS- Manhattan
7:30- 9:00p @ Stephen Gaynor School, UWS Manhattan
12/19, 1/9, 1/16, 1/23, 1/30, 2/6, 2/13, 2/27
GAMES
Sunday Sixes: 6-7:00p @ Major Owens
12/21, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 3/1
SUMMER 2026
6 weeks // May 16- June 28
PRACTICE:
Required 2x per week for entire season
*Tuesdays: 6-7:30p @ Location TBA (Brooklyn)
5/19, 5/26, 6/2, 6/9, 6/16, 6/23
*Thursdays- 6- 7:30p @ Randalls (MANH)
5/21, 5/28, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18, 6/25
*permits pending, exact times/loc TBA
TOURNAMENTS:
Victory Summer Rise - June 6-7, West Chester, PA
Live Love Lax - June 13-14, Edgewood, MD
Summer Genesis - June 20-21, Hershey, PA
Lax for the Cure - June 26-28, New Egypt, NJ
*Pending Registration
IMPORTANT: players are only expected to participate in one weekday practice but are encouraged to attend both- Brooklyn and Manhattan. All players are required to attend 1 weekday practice per week and all weekend practices and games/tournaments.
Habitual tardiness or absences may result in losing your roster spot without refund. PLEASE communicate with us re: conflicts.