2024 Central Jersey Youth Lacrosse Champions
May 23, 2024
Congrats to Monroe Boys 7/8 team as champs of the CJYLL 2024 Season. Impressive performance !
MONROE LACROSSE
2025 Spring Season is NOW OPEN for REGISTRATION
These clinics are designed to expose players grades Pre-K - 2 grade to lacrosse, teach the basic fundamentals and promote a positive, long-lasting experience with lacrosse. Registration includes all dates above.
Boys Little Laxers
Monroe Boys Little Laxers
Monroe Boys Lacrosse is excited to announce a new collaboration with the NJYLL to provide top-tier lacrosse training for youth residents in the league's townships.
Program Details:
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Training Ratio: 6 Players to 1 Coach
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Location: Monroe HS Cage Field
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Registration Fee: $50
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Equipment: No additional equipment needed; just bring your enthusiasm!
Management & Supervision: The program will be supervised and run by experienced Monroe lacrosse players and coaches to ensure a fun, educational, and safe experience for all participants.
Don't miss out on this great opportunity to learn from the best and develop your lacrosse skills!
Girls Little Laxers
Monroe Lacrosse Presents: Girls Little Laxers - Spring 2025
Monroe Lacrosse is excited to announce the launch of Girls Little Laxers, a program for girls in Pre-K through Grade 2. This is a great introduction to the sport of lacrosse in a fun and supportive environment!
Program Details:
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Dates: Starting April 2025
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Location: Ave. K Fields, Monroe, NJ
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Sessions: 9 sessions for $90
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Equipment: No equipment required – just bring your enthusiasm!
Sign Up Now!
To register, please click on the link above.
SPRING SEASON REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
GRADES 3-8
SPRING 2025 rEGISTRATION
Click here for registration
Spring Practices
Outdoor practices start in March for grades 3-8
Monroe Township High School Cage
Tentative schedule
Girls
Monday, Wednesday & Sunday
Boys
Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday
times to be determined.
April Practices
Will continue at Avenue K in April 2025.
Game schedules to be determined.
Monroe Rec Lacrosse
Our Mission: Monroe Rec Lacrosse is a community-based lacrosse program dedicated to increasing the exposure and enjoyment of the game of lacrosse to children in and around the community of Monroe, NJ. Boys and girls teams grades K-8.
Our goal is to place a lacrosse stick in every child’s hand within the community and to teach train and involve the larger community in supporting what we consider to be the greatest game in the world.
The lacrosse season begins the first week of March and runs through the end of May. Our Registration for the Spring Season, grades K-8, opens mid-December.
Monroe Lacrosse will offer fall 7v7 games, little laxer clinics and winter clinics.
Monroe Lacrosse Spring Program
Monroe Lacrosse Spring Season for both boys & girls grades 3-8 opens the first week of March.
Our Practices are held three times a week starting at the Monroe High School fields, then are moved to Veteran’s Park, Ave. K fields in April. All home games are played at Veteran’s Park. Ave. K fields. Games are held both weekdays and weekends. Games continue into early May, culminating in conference playoffs.
Spring registration opens in January with early bird discounts. We also offer sibling discounts with regular registration.
Our Little Laxers Program begins in April and runs for 8-10 weeks. Our Little Laxers Programs welcome players Pre-K to grade 2.
Boys 7/8
Monroe High School Lacrosse News
MONROE LACROSSE
High School Sports
Updated: Apr. 17, 2024, 8:22 a.m.|
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Dowd, Monroe fire back to defeat East Brunswick - Girls Lacrosse recap
- Updated: Apr. 09, 2024, 11:00 p.m.|
Julianna Dowd (11) of Monroe looks to pass the ball against North Brunswick during the girls lacrosse game at Monroe HS in Monroe Twp, NJ on Thursday, May 4, 2023John Jones | For NJ Advance Media
MONROE LACROSSE LEAGUE INFORMATION
Monroe Lacrosse Girls
Jersey Girls Lacrosse
Association
JGLA is dedicated to the promotion and growth of girls lacrosse programs across the state of New Jersey
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Monroe Lacrosse Boys
Member of the Central Jersey Youth Lacrosse League
PROUD TO SERVE BOYS LACROSSE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL NEW JERSEY
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East Brunswick EAST BRUNSWICK BLACKHAWKS LACROSSE
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South Brunswick SOUTH BRUNSWICK VIKINGS LACROSSE
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West Windsor WEST WINDSOR LIGHTNING LACROSSE
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Congratulations to Director of Coaching Joe Garavente who has been selected to be a member of the Johns Hopkins Lacrosse Board!
Congratulations to Director of Coaching Joe Garavente who has been selected to be a member of the Johns Hopkins Lacrosse Board! The Board is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the Men's and Women's programs and implement directives to maximize the experience of the Hopkins Student Athletes.
Coach G was a High School All American-lacrosse player at Uniondale High School in New York. He graduated from Johns Hopkins with a BES in Electrical Engineering and was a member of two NCAA Championship lacrosse teams at John Hopkins and is a 3-year Captain of Pod for Johns Hopkins Mentoring Program. He received his MBA from JL Kellogg Business School at Northwestern University, where he was Head Coach for Northwestern Club Team for two seasons. He is an active member of the Monroe Rec and HS lacrosse programs and is a resident here in Monroe. He is a proud father of two girls, two boys and grandfather of three.
Coach Joe Garavente is currently an Assistant Coach for the Monroe High School Lacrosse Program. He has been an integral part of the Monroe coaching staff since 2008, overseeing the transition from a new lacrosse program to one of the top programs in Central New Jersey. His accomplishments with Monroe High School Lacrosse include Two Time GMC Assistant Coach of the Year, Nine GMC Finals, Five Consecutive GMC Championships- six in last seven seasons.
Coach G has been the Vice President of Central Jersey Youth Lacrosse League since 2011. Co-leading the effort to standardize rules, originated a playoff system and All-Star game for grades 5-8 for a 16 towns group. He is a leader in providing clinics and ongoing education for coaches and players.
Coach G started the Monroe Rec Lacrosse program in 2006, designed as the feeder program for the new Varsity Program at Monroe High School. He was the President of the program from 2006 to 2017 seeing growth to 200 Rec players and 120 HS players and has been the Director of Coaching since 2018. Coach G also started the 5/6 grade East Brunswick Rec Program as a joint effort with Monroe and EB- coached from 1995 to 2006.
We would like to send huge congratulations to Coach G for this great honor of being selected to be a member of the Johns Hopkins Lacrosse Board.
