SPRING LACROSSE REGISTRATION
The time has finally arrived!! Registration for the 2021 Spring Lacrosse season opens on Saturday January 16th for boys and girls in the 1st-8th grades!
While we are always excited to provide the young people of Andover an opportunity to get outside, be active and connect with their peers, this season seems so important. We have been working hard to identify the aspects that make a youth lacrosse experience both fun and rewarding for players and their families and we feel that despite the challenges that our current reality present, we can, with your help, offer a space of connection – which we are all sorely in need of.
While we don’t know exactly what the spring season will look like, we do know that we are committed to giving players of all abilities and experience a chance to learn the game of lacrosse in a positive, ecouraging and fun envirornment; working toward building a lacrosse community that fosters growth, inclusion and accessability.
It is with those goals in mind, that our girls program joined the Founders Girls Lacrosse League a few years back and our boys will be re-joining the Mass Bay Youth Lacrosse League this spring.
Both of these lacrosse orgazinations are focused on the growth of the game in Massachusetts and work to advocate for players and their families in providing leadership, guidance and training to anyone interested in lacrosse.
The Andover Youth Services was formed in 1994 by a group of high school students with the hope of giving young people a voice and a space to belong within their community. In 1998, the Andover Youth Services helped bring lacrosse to Andover and since that time, the missions of AYS and Andover Youth Lacrosse have been the same; to provide affordabe, accessible, safe and challenging youth programs that appeal and respond to diverse interests.
It is our belief that the steps we have taken in building our 2021 lacrosse programs give us, and our lacrosse community, the greatest chance for success. We know that this season will be different than years past, for many reasons, but we are confident that these steps are in the right direction and look forward to you joining us on the path. Please check out what we currently have going on, and what is planned for the spring!
If you have questions about current offerings or the spring season, please feel free to email
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CURRENT LACROSSE OPPORTUNITIES
Boys Lacrosse Skills
-1st-4th Grade Mondays and Wednesdays at the Cormier Youth Center
-5th-8th Grade Mondays and Wednesdays at the Cormier Youth Center
Boys Lacrosse 3v3
-5th-8th Grade 1.0 Tuesdays at the Cormier Youth Center
-5th-8th Grade 2.0 Wednesdays at the Cormier Youth Center
-9th & 10th Grade Tuesdays at the Cormier Youth Center
PRESEASON LACROSSE
Be on the lookout for boys and girls preseason lacrosse opportunities during February Vacation and through the month of March leading into the start of the spring season.
CALL FOR COACHES and VOLUNTEERS
Andover Youth Lacrosse is always looking for folks, regardless of their lacrosse experience, that are interested in stepping in to help young people learn and grown within the game of lacrosse. If you, or anyone you know, are interested in learning more about coaching or helping out in some way, please contact
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AYS and AYL COVID INFO
Since June of 2020, the Andover Youth Services has been offering in-person programs and experiences for middle school and high school students while following proper state and local guidelines as they pertain to mitigating the spread of COVID-19. Through the diligent efforts of staff, participants and parents, we have successfully offered opportunities for thousands of young people to be active, stay connected and have fun. It will be a top priority of the Youth Services staff and Andover Youth Lacrosse volunteers to continue with these efforts and the rewards of being able to step out of the virtual world and into spaces together, safely.
As the start of the season approaches, we will monitor current COVID guidelines and put in place the proper plans to offer a successful and safe lacrosse season.
As always, if you have any questions, please reach out to
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See you soon!