The 2021 Spring Lacrosse Season is set to start! We are all excited to play and compete, and we look forward to a great season. All travel teams will begin practices this week, and here are some important reminders and updates.
Girls Varsity, Boys Varsity/JV, Boys 14U, and Boys 12U travel teams all start to practice the week of March 29th (this week!). Please check your team's schedule online or in the app. Practices will either be at Metro Rec or Rustad Rec for the first three weeks. The schedules are set and make note of the times and days for each week, as well as location. We will send out notices when we transition to outdoor schedules.
If you haven't done so already, please download the Sports Signup Play Mobile App to get schedules and team chats. You will use your same RRVLA login and password to link the app to your team. Here is the link: Mobile App | Red River Valley Lacrosse Association
Practice pinnies will be distributed at the first or second practice.
Uniforms, shooter shirts, sweatpants, and hoodies will be distributed 1-2 days prior to the first travel weekend of April 17-18.
Hotel blocks are being secured for all the travel teams and will be shared via email and/or the website when ready.
Boys 14U and Boys 12U players must register with GNLL/Homegrown Lacrosse prior to the first game. The link is GNLL Youth Spring Field League homepage. If you have registered with Homegrown Lacrosse in the past, you can use the same login and password.
The Boys Varsity/JV and Girls Varsity will host a home NPLL weekend April 24-25. If you are a parent of one of these players, we need your help in organizing and supporting a great weekend of games! Please contact JJ Evenson at
to volunteer. It's also a great weekend for the other teams to come out and support our Polars Varsity teams.
For practices at Metro Rec and Rustad Rec, please follow the facility mask and covid guidelines. If masks are required indoors at these facilities, players will need to wear their masks until the helmets are on. At this time, masks are not required under the helmets during practice. For outdoor practices, masks will not be required unless city, county, or state ordinances require it.
We do not know the rulings on wearing masks during GNLL or NPLL games yet. We will pass along the information as soon as we have it.
The Spring Academy Non-Travel Sessions are now open for registration for Cub Club, Beginners, Flex 6, and 6v6. Please share with neighbors and friends your love of lacrosse!
If you have any questions, please reach out to one of the board members or email
. To reach Ryan, please email
.
Thank you again for being part of our local lacrosse community and for being a Polar player!
Red River Valley Lacrosse Association 2021 Families,
Our fundraiser this year is PushSave and our requirement is PushSaves 6 per Athlete. This fundraiser is totally CONTACTLESS.
The details are on our website under the FUNDRAISING tab, but the action needed is quite simple at this point. We need EVERYONE who did not buy out the fundraiser at registration to create an account and join the fundraiser ASAP. This process will only take 90 seconds and must be completed by May 8th, 2021.
Click the link below to join the fundraiser, the process will provide you with 2 short videos with more info.
Due to the increasing cases of Covid-19 in our area and with these cases increasing among the younger population, along with checking in with the local public health department and park district policies, we have made a change to our mask policy. Effective immediately, ALL coaches and players must wear masks during indoor practices. This includes wearing masks under the helmets and goggles.
With our first games in 2-3 weeks, we are taking this precaution to do our best in making sure our players, coaches, and families stay healthy. Our plan is to move practices outdoors the week of April 19th, pending weather changes. We will provide an update to the mask policy at that time. We will also provide the mask policies for the game weekends as soon as we receive confirmation from each association.
We continue to ask for your cooperation with the mask and related covid-19 policies and guidelines so we can have a successful season.
Updated COVID-19 Guidelines