Welcome to Desert Ridge Lacrosse Club serving youth boys and girls U8 to U14 in the North Phoenix, North Scottsdale and Paradise Valley areas of Arizona. The Desert Ridge Lacrosse Club's mission is to make sure that kids are welcomed into a fun team atmos

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To determine your "competition age" US Lacrosse uses September 1st as the cut-off date for each division. Age segmentation is done in keeping with the best practices of Long-Term Athlete Development models.  More information can be found on the US Lacrosse website here.

The chart for the 2019-20 season is below.  In General:

  • 8U is for K - 2nd grade 
  • 10U is for 3rd - 4th grade (Novice in Box Lacrosse)
  • 12U is for 5th - 6th grade (PeeWee in Box Lacrosse)
  • 14U is 7th - 8th grade (Bantam in Box Lacrosse)