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Team Carolina · 2030 Red

A premier club experience for 9th graders.

Year-Round development. Real tournaments. The Carolinas’ best coaching standards. Built on a single idea — the team comes first.

~24Fall practices
~24Summer practices
7Tournaments
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Our Standard

CONNECT Beyond Winning.

Winning games is great. It is not our highest aim. Our standard is whether we build players, teammates, and environments your family is proud to be part of. CONNECT is how we define that — daily.

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Compete Daily Compete with purpose every day — not just on game day.
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Outwork Yesterday Effort must be visible and consistent. Improvement is a daily standard.
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Non-Negotiables Above average in punctuality, attitude, and preparation.
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No Jerks Talent never excuses selfishness, disrespect, or poor behavior.
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Energy Bring juice, enthusiasm, and positive presence to the field.
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Courage Courage matters more than comfort. Try, fail, respond, grow.
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Teammate Every player is a great teammate first, an individual performer second.
The Team Carolina Experience

Every season has a purpose.

Year-Round development built around the calendar — not stacked on top of it.

Fall

Build the Team

Starts week of September 20

Purpose: Develop fundamentals. Build team chemistry. Install offensive and defensive systems.

Weekly Cadence
  • Tuesday Team Training
  • Wednesday Team Practice
  • Sunday Team Practice
  • Tournament weeks: Tuesday + Wednesday (no Sunday)
  • Approximately 24 fall team practices
Fall Tournaments · 10v10
  • Charlotte Fall Lacrosse Classic · Oct 24/25
  • Apex Fall Invitational · Nov 7/8
  • Legends Chrome Classic · Nov 14/15
Winter

Prepare for Spring

December – February

Purpose: Prepare players for their spring season through small-area games, stick development, decision making, and lacrosse IQ.

Box-Field Hybrid Development Model
  • Approximately 12 box-field hybrid training sessions
  • Team box practices
  • One team box tournament — Carolina Box Invitational
  • Position development
Equipment Recommendation
  • Box Lacrosse Rib Pads recommended (not required) for added protection.
Spring

Support Your School Season

March – May

Purpose: Your school or recreation season comes first. We support it.

Monthly Team Mini Camps
  • One Sunday each month · approximately 2 hours
  • Skill development
  • Team concepts
  • Competitive scrimmages
  • Team chemistry
Summer

Compete

Late May – mid July

Purpose: Premier summer competition with the team your son has built all year.

Training
  • Approximately 24 team practices
  • Three team mini camps
Summer Tournaments · 10v10
  • Project South · May 30/31
  • Big South Summer Classic · Jun 6/7
  • Millon National Showcase · Jun 12/13
  • The Alliance Lacrosse League Summer Championships · Jul 10–12
Your Team Carolina Year

Here's what your player will receive.

Development

  • ~60 team practices
  • ~120 hours of training
  • 3 team mini camps
  • Box-field hybrid training
  • Team box tournament
  • College recruiting support · building the high school foundation

Competition

  • 7 tournament events
  • Team box tournament
  • Premier summer competition

Experience

  • Professional coaching
  • TeamSnap communication
  • Media Day
  • Team & individual photos
  • Leadership development
  • Player evaluations
  • End-of-season celebration

Community

  • CLA Town League included (8th grade & younger)
  • Real reps with school friends
  • Leadership opportunities
  • Growing the game locally
Included · CLA Town League

This is not another travel team.

Every Team Carolina player in 8th grade and younger receives complimentary registration into the Carolina Lacrosse Association Town League.

It's an opportunity to:

  • Continue getting meaningful reps.
  • Play with friends from school and your community.
  • Grow the game locally.
  • Give back by serving as leaders and role models.
  • Stay connected to the local lacrosse community.

We believe the best players don't just compete. They help grow the game.

Leadership Team

The people running the program.

Director

Ricky Reyes

Director, Team Carolina. Built the program. Runs the program. Reachable directly at rreyes@clalax.com.

Youth Director

Billy Ward

Youth Director, overseeing development across the youngest Team Carolina age groups.

College Recruiting

Connor Doyle

Director of College Recruiting. Leads placement work for HS Red families. For 2030s, recruiting is a few years out — but the foundation starts now. Connor Doyle, our Director of College Recruitment, is on staff and watching the class develop.

Operations

Josh Hamilton

Operations Coordinator. Logistics, tournament registrations, family-facing operations.

Coaching Staff

2030 Red Coaches

Coach announcements will be made the week of [date TBD].

Head Coach

Coming soon

Bio and background announced the week of [date TBD].

Assistant Coach

Coming soon

Bio and background announced the week of [date TBD].

Next Step

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