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Anonymous wrote:The notion that the Pride lacrosse program and teams are better to or even equal to the Stars lacrosse program is false. The teams are, in order of competitiveness and ability: Stars blue, Pride red, Stars black, Pride white. This is not in any doubt with anyone who is familiar with both programs and is based ample, long-term evidence.

The teams for both programs do not play at the same level (A) in tournaments. Stars blue is always in the highest bracket. Pride red is not.
Stars is included every year in the most prestigious invitation-ony showcase, the Nike G8, for middle school clubs in the country. Pride has never been invited.
Girls who leave Stars for Pride are always girls from the black (or B) team and move over to Pride red (their A team). Multiple players have made this transition. No Pride B team player has ever moved over to the Stars A team.

As fr the poster or posts who insists that Pride red beat a Stars blue team recently. I can attest that over the 3 years my DD has played for Stars, no Pride red team has ever come close to beating a Stars blue team, although their meetings are limited to indoor games due to the failure of Pride to play in a Spring league and the fact that Pride red is never in the top bracket at the few tournamets both teams play in each year. The poster may be referring to a 3rd, 4th or 5th grade team, in which case Pride red may well have beaten a Stars team. Stars doesn't start separating girls by ability until 6th grade and only has one team prior to 6th.

Ummmm.... hello... Pride 2023 Red beat Stars Blue this year in a "A level tournament." And it wasn't the first time. (And not a 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade team.)
They were in the top bracket for many tournaments this year. Also, will be in the spring league next eyar.
I, for one, don't think it matters too much, but it bothers me the way you state all your points as if they are total fact. They're not. Don't be so sure that Stars is the only worthwhile team in town. At least be honest.

Anonymous wrote:The notion that the Pride lacrosse program and teams are better to or even equal to the Stars lacrosse program is false. The teams are, in order of competitiveness and ability: Stars blue, Pride red, Stars black, Pride white. This is not in any doubt with anyone who is familiar with both programs and is based ample, long-term evidence.

The teams for both programs do not play at the same level (A) in tournaments. Stars blue is always in the highest bracket. Pride red is not.
Stars is included every year in the most prestigious invitation-ony showcase, the Nike G8, for middle school clubs in the country. Pride has never been invited.
Girls who leave Stars for Pride are always girls from the black (or B) team and move over to Pride red (their A team). Multiple players have made this transition. No Pride B team player has ever moved over to the Stars A team.

As fr the poster or posts who insists that Pride red beat a Stars blue team recently. I can attest that over the 3 years my DD has played for Stars, no Pride red team has ever come close to beating a Stars blue team, although their meetings are limited to indoor games due to the failure of Pride to play in a Spring league and the fact that Pride red is never in the top bracket at the few tournamets both teams play in each year. The poster may be referring to a 3rd, 4th or 5th grade team, in which case Pride red may well have beaten a Stars team. Stars doesn't start separating girls by ability until 6th grade and only has one team prior to 6th.

Anonymous wrote:Yep, Stars is pretty overrated. And the parents are awful

Anonymous wrote:The notion that the Pride lacrosse program and teams are better to or even equal to the Stars lacrosse program is false. The teams are, in order of competitiveness and ability: Stars blue, Pride red, Stars black, Pride white. This is not in any doubt with anyone who is familiar with both programs and is based ample, long-term evidence.

The teams for both programs do not play at the same level (A) in tournaments. Stars blue is always in the highest bracket. Pride red is not.
Stars is included every year in the most prestigious invitation-ony showcase, the Nike G8, for middle school clubs in the country. Pride has never been invited.
Girls who leave Stars for Pride are always girls from the black (or B) team and move over to Pride red (their A team). Multiple players have made this transition. No Pride B team player has ever moved over to the Stars A team.

As fr the poster or posts who insists that Pride red beat a Stars blue team recently. I can attest that over the 3 years my DD has played for Stars, no Pride red team has ever come close to beating a Stars blue team, although their meetings are limited to indoor games due to the failure of Pride to play in a Spring league and the fact that Pride red is never in the top bracket at the few tournamets both teams play in each year. The poster may be referring to a 3rd, 4th or 5th grade team, in which case Pride red may well have beaten a Stars team. Stars doesn't start separating girls by ability until 6th grade and only has one team prior to 6th.

Anonymous wrote:Stars 21? All the good players have left.

Both programs are average, I’ll stick with M&D

Anonymous wrote:Stars 21? All the good players have left.

Both programs are average, I’ll stick with M&D

Anonymous wrote:The notion that the Pride lacrosse program and teams are better to or even equal to the Stars lacrosse program is false. The teams are, in order of competitiveness and ability: Stars blue, Pride red, Stars black, Pride white. This is not in any doubt with anyone who is familiar with both programs and is based ample, long-term evidence.

The teams for both programs do not play at the same level (A) in tournaments. Stars blue is always in the highest bracket. Pride red is not.
Stars is included every year in the most prestigious invitation-ony showcase, the Nike G8, for middle school clubs in the country. Pride has never been invited.
Girls who leave Stars for Pride are always girls from the black (or B) team and move over to Pride red (their A team). Multiple players have made this transition. No Pride B team player has ever moved over to the Stars A team.

As fr the poster or posts who insists that Pride red beat a Stars blue team recently. I can attest that over the 3 years my DD has played for Stars, no Pride red team has ever come close to beating a Stars blue team, although their meetings are limited to indoor games due to the failure of Pride to play in a Spring league and the fact that Pride red is never in the top bracket at the few tournamets both teams play in each year. The poster may be referring to a 3rd, 4th or 5th grade team, in which case Pride red may well have beaten a Stars team. Stars doesn't start separating girls by ability until 6th grade and only has one team prior to 6th.

Anonymous wrote:The notion that the Pride lacrosse program and teams are better to or even equal to the Stars lacrosse program is false. The teams are, in order of competitiveness and ability: Stars blue, Pride red, Stars black, Pride white. This is not in any doubt with anyone who is familiar with both programs and is based ample, long-term evidence.

The teams for both programs do not play at the same level (A) in tournaments. Stars blue is always in the highest bracket. Pride red is not.
Stars is included every year in the most prestigious invitation-ony showcase, the Nike G8, for middle school clubs in the country. Pride has never been invited.
Girls who leave Stars for Pride are always girls from the black (or B) team and move over to Pride red (their A team). Multiple players have made this transition. No Pride B team player has ever moved over to the Stars A team.

As fr the poster or posts who insists that Pride red beat a Stars blue team recently. I can attest that over the 3 years my DD has played for Stars, no Pride red team has ever come close to beating a Stars blue team, although their meetings are limited to indoor games due to the failure of Pride to play in a Spring league and the fact that Pride red is never in the top bracket at the few tournamets both teams play in each year. The poster may be referring to a 3rd, 4th or 5th grade team, in which case Pride red may well have beaten a Stars team. Stars doesn't start separating girls by ability until 6th grade and only has one team prior to 6th.

Anonymous wrote:Ok thanks for the info. Do you have any insight into whether Pride or Stars is better for a B team player? My DD will most likely not be on the top team so how does that affect my choice? I have had a travel team experience with my other child where the lower team was treated like crap. So I don’t want that again.