Lightning Lacrosse

Lightning Lacrosse player registration is now open for Spring 2025! Season runs from early March until early June (Little Laxer season runs from early April until early June). Register before February 1, 2025 to receive $25 early bird discount off regular price listed below! Protect player registration fee from injuries and unforeseen circumstances through TeamSnap's RegSaver insurance coverage. All players must be registered with USA Lacrosse ($35 per player) in order to sign up with Lightning. Parents will be responsible for adding or renewing each child's USA Lacrosse membership themselves (i.e., Lightning no longer includes the price of USA Lacrosse membership in its registration fees). Please use the below link to add or renew a USA Lacrosse membership. And please use the last link below to look up each child's USA Lacrosse number. All families will pay a refundable $175 volunteer bond (one per family - regardless of number of players) as part of the registration. Volunteer bonds will be refunded at the end of the season provided that volunteer hours are fulfilled. Little Laxers have no volunteer commitment so their bonds will be refunded immediately after registration. Custom uniforms can only be purchased during the registration process. Please be sure to add this optional fee to your registration if you plan to purchase a custom uniform. 

Lightning Lacrosse has an equipment lending program available to new and existing players. An email with more information will be sent out regarding equipment lending as the season gets closer.

Lightning Lacrosse offers a two-week trial period for new players to try the sport and receive a full refund (excluding the cost of the $35 USA Lacrosse membership and any custom uniform purchases) for withdrawal, but the player must sign up for a USA Lacrosse membership and complete the registration form below. There are no refunds for injuries or changed circumstances, and no refunds after the two-week trial period for new players. 

Lightning Player Registration Link: https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/464338

USA Lacrosse Membership Sign-Up Link: https://www.usalacrosse.com/membership

USA Lacrosse Membership Number Look-Up Link: https://pub.usalacrosse.com/

Little Laxers - $46 per player; no organized games; no equipment required; Little Laxer sessions are held on Sunday afternoons each week for the season; no volunteer commitment is required (mandatory $175 volunteer bond will be immediately refunded after registration); Little Laxers will receive a custom jersey included in the price of the player registration

1st/2nd Grade - $75 per player; equipment and uniform required; player receives a photo plaque as part of registration (included in the registration fee); expect one practice per week and 5-10 organized game(s) predominantly on the weekends; parents are obligated to provide two hours of volunteer service to the club in order to receive a refund of the volunteer bond at the end of the season

3rd/4th Grade - $225 per player; equipment and uniform required; player receives a photo plaque as part of registration (included in the registration fee); expect two practices per week and 15-25 organized game(s) predominantly on the weekends; parents are obligated to provide four hours of volunteer service to the club in order to receive a refund of the volunteer bond at the end of the season

5th/6th Grade - $255 per player; equipment and uniform required; player receives a photo plaque as part of registration (included in the registration fee); expect two practices per week and 15-25 organized game(s) predominantly on the weekends; parents are obligated to provide four hours of volunteer service to the club in order to receive a refund of the volunteer bond at the end of the season 

7th/8th Grade - $260 per player; equipment and uniform required; player receives a photo plaque as part of registration (included in the registration fee); expect two practices per week and 15-25 organized game(s) predominantly on the weekends; parents are obligated to provide four hours of volunteer service to the club in order to receive a refund of the volunteer bond at the end of the season

Lightning Lacrosse is thrilled to announce the 2025 dates for the Playday (girls) and Thunderbolt (boys) youth lacrosse tournaments in West Windsor Community Park! Playday (girl's tournament) and Thunderbolt (boy's tournament) bring together nearly 100 teams for some of the best recreational youth lacrosse in New Jersey! Tournament t-shirts will be available for purchase. Food, apparel, and lacrosse vendors will be on-site on tournament days.

Both tournaments will host "A" and "B" level pools at the 3/4, 5/6 & 7/8 levels to help ensure competitive play. Every team will play four games. For Thunderbolt (boys) tournament, medals awarded to the top three finishing teams in each division in both tournaments. For Playday (girls) tournament, no medals will be awarded (i.e., playday style tournament). All participating players and coaches must be registered with USA Lacrosse. Registration is strictly on a first come, first serve basis. Registration not complete until payment has been made.

A variety of different sponsorship opportunities are available. Please email ken.topolewski@gmail.com for additional information. 

Additional tournament/game format details are as follows:

Dates/times: Playday - Saturday, May 3, 2025 / Thunderbolt - Sunday, May 4, 2025 (no rain dates)

Game details: All 3/4, 5/6, & 7/8 teams will play four games. 

Price: $650 per team (plus processing fees) / $600 per team (plus processing fees) for teams that register before Saturday, February 1, 2025. Payment must be made by card payment through TourneyMachine using the links below. 

Playday registration: https://tourneymachine.com/R152945

Thunderbolt registration: https://tourneymachine.com/R152946

Game length: Two 20-minute halves with two minute half time (master horn determines the start and stop of game play).

Clock format: Strictly running time (clock does not stop for timeouts, injuries, etc).

Field size: 5/6 and 7/8 games on regulation size lacrosse fields (3/4 games on smaller size fields).

Team strength: 3/4 games will play 7v7 format with goalie (5/6 and 7/8 games will play 10 players).

Timeouts: One one-minute timeout per team per half (no timeouts in the final two minutes of each game).

Tie breaking: For purposes of determining medal winners, in the event two teams have the same winning percentage, the team with the head-to-head win (if applicable) will be the higher ranked. The third tie breaker is most goals scored. The final tie breaker will be a coin toss.

Tied scores: Games can end in a tie.

Schedule, scores, and standings: Lightning will use TourneyMachine to post schedules, scores, and standings. 

New for 2025: For Thunderbolt (boys) tournament, all teams will play four games in pool play (i.e., there will be no second round games based on seeding). For Thunderbolt (boys) tournament, medals will be awarded to the top three finishing teams in each division based on the outcome of the four pool play games. For Playday (girls) tournament, same as 2024, all teams will play four games in pool play, but no medals will be awarded (i.e., playday style tournament).

Please use this park map to locate field assignments within West Windsor Community Park for Thunderbolt and Playday lacrosse tournaments:

https://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/view/West-Windsor-Community-Park/Playday2023

Lightning Lacrosse is designated as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with the IRS. As such, Lightning's tax information is a matter of public record. In accordance with tax requirements, Lightning Lacrosse recently filed its 2023 IRS Form 990. Please contact ken.topolewski@gmail.com if you would like to obtain a copy of Lightning's most recent 990 filing, or any of the other tax documents (e.g., IRS Form 1023, IRS determination letter) applicable to the club.