PYL spring schedule news

THE SPRING PYL SEASON RUNS FROM EARLY APRIL THROUGH EARLY JUNE. All players, all experience levels are welcome! FOR THE 2009 SEASON WE WILL START ON MONDAY, APRIL 6th, WEATHER DEPENDENT! THE PYL HOME FIELD (practices and home games): GREENWOOD PARK SPRING PYL PRACTICES are currently (2009) held at Greenwood Park in Penfield (see link to map on PYL home page) for boys. Girls will utilize Greenwood Park and Cobbles.Start times are TBD, usually 6pm, coaches will discuss with players at first practice. The boys teams will schedule three practices per week (currently M/W/F), the girls two (currently Tu/Th). Boys are expected to make two of the three. Working around other schedules (i.e., Little League baseball, soccer, etc.) makes things busy but is typically not a problem.   LEAGUE GAMES: Games for all teams are scheduled by the Rochester Area Lacrosse League (see RALL link below) and typically start the last weekend in April or first weekend in May. NOTE - the RALL schedule is subject to change often, so please check often! Players generally must make two practices the week prior to a game in order to play. ONCE PYL HAS ASSIGNED PLAYERS TO TEAMS (usually by mid-April), YOUR SPRING GAME SCHEDULES can be found at the following web site. Enter your team information at the "Games" link:   INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY: We will practice in steady light/intermittent/moderate rain. We will NOT practice in steady, heavy rain. We will NOT practice if there is lightning in the area 5:30pm or afterwards unless it has ceased for 30 minutes. If we are on the field, at the first lightning we head all players to cars. If you are not there your child will be in a teammates car. If we start practice and the weather looks "iffy", please stick around or close by! If practice is cancelled it should be posted HERE by 5:30pm. If it is not posted, practice is ON or we could not update the web page and use your best judgement.   SPRING SEASON ENDS typically with all PYL teams participating in the Fairport Classic Festival in early June. Many towns and locales run tournaments all summer long and into fall. Since summer/fall practice time is sparse, the teams at these tournaments typically consist of players with experience. The games are more competitive than the RALL season games. Summer/fall is the "travel" season for youth lacrosse. In the past, interested Penfield parents and/or coaches have formed teams to play in these summer/fall tournaments. These are not PYL teams, they may or may not be run like PYL teams and participants pay for all expenses. Any parent wishing to take on the task is welcome to form a team!