Author Archives: Ellis Joshua
LILJ Girls High School Winter League Recap: Week 4
The first week of playoff games in the girls high school winter league was nothing short of spectacular. The teams in the Purpose bracket played their games back on Thursday, January 6th, and the teams in the Dragonfly bracket played their games on Sunday. Out of the eight games played, six of them were decided
LILJ Boys High School Winter League Recap: Week 4
The playoffs have begun and the question remains who is going to be the team that takes home the winter league championship?! We’ve seen some great regular season games and the first week of the playoffs did not disappoint. We had two games decided by three goals or less with one of them being decided
LILJ Girls Premiere Winter Showcase Standouts, Coaches & Recap
The LILJ is always looking for ways to get players at all ages across Long Island an opportunity to showcase the talent and skills that they have. To end the year 2021 the LILJ held the first ever Winter Premiere Showcase at Stony Brook University’s indoor sports complex. The girls showcase was held on December
LILJ Boys Premiere Winter Showcase Standouts, Coaches & Recap
The LILJ hosted its first ever boys Premiere Winter Showcase at Stony Brook University’s indoor sports complex to wrap up the year 2021. It took place on December 20th and 21st from 7-9:30pm. The event was held for top high schoolers in the class of 2024 and 2025 as well as uncommitted players in the
LILJ Boys Winter Box League Recap: Week 3
After a few weeks off for the holidays the Boys LILJ Winter Box League was back in action for week three. The two games in the bantam league were competitive, while the high school league games were both decided by three goals or less. Here is a recap of how all four games were decided.
LILJ Girls Winter Box League Recap: Week 3
It’s a new year and the Girls Winter Box League returned for week 3 where there were some great performances on display. We had a game winning goal in one game, a 12 goal performance in another, multiple games with 10 plus saves by the goalies, and three games decided by three goals or less. Here’s
LILJ Boys College Bound Experience Standouts, Coaches & Recap
Some of the top middle school boys participated in the second annual LILJ College Bound Experience. The event was put together by the LILJ and took place at Stony Brook University at the indoor sports complex on December 22nd and 23rd. The boys were in action from 7-9:30pm where they got to learn and develop
LILJ Girls College Bound Experience Recap, Coaches & Standouts
The second annual girls College Bound Experience was a great event that was created by the LILJ for elite 6th, 7th, and 8th graders to gain knowledge and get college level training from coaches at various programs across the country who have ties to Long Island. The event was held at Stony Brook University at
LILJ Boys Winter Box League WBL & BBL Recap: Week 2
The second wee of play in the boys box league had some very close games take place in the high school division. The Jr. Riptide team narrowly defeated Syosset Winter Red, and Bing Bong got a close victory over Syosset Winter Black. In the bantam division the games weren’t as tightly contested, but there were
LILJ Girls Winter Box League WBL & BBL Recap: Week 2
The second week of the winter box league featured some extremely high scoring games both in the high school league and in the bantam league. It was a big day for the FLG 26 and 27 Navy team in the bantam league and in the high school league, South Side, Long Beach, and Manhasset picked
