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Big 4 and NXT Meltdown Weekend Recap

By Murf Butler, 06/20/17, 10:00AM EDT

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North HS Competes on National Level at Big 4...SJ Has Inaugural Weekend!

An Awesome Start to the Summer for the Youth and High School Teams!

 

Both the SJ and North youth teams kicked off their summer circuit this past weekend at the Meltdown with some big wins against club teams from the tri-state region!

The SJ High School teams competed at the Meltdown while the North High School squared off at the Big 4 Summer Champions League against the best competition in the country!


North High School All-Stars Take on Nation's Best At Big 4 Summer Champions League

In just year two, the north high school teams continued to compete and experience success against the nation's top talent!

2018's

The oldest group of All-Stars kicked off the summer with a very strong showing against some of the nations best teams, going 2 and 3 on the weekend with wins against the Carolina Cannons and Building Blocks. 

2019's

The North 2019 team faced off against top teams from around the country, as they played teams like Primetime, Crabs, Eclipse and Big 4 HHH. They played an incredibly tight 2-1 loss against Eclipse, and had a great close win against Upstate LC.

2020 White

In just their first summer playing together, the 2020 White team took on a very tough schedule of nationally respected teams; playing incredibly tight games that included a 6-4 loss to Primetime, a nailbiting 8-7 loss to Long Island Express, and a last minute 7-5 loss to Leading Edge. They came out on top against a very tough Freedom Team 9-7

2021's

The 2021 team had an incredibly competitive weekend against a group of extremely talented teams; including Edge, Crabs, Green Turtle and 3d New England. After facing these stiff tests, it's safe to say that the team will be ready to continue to improve throughout their summer schedule.


Ryan Kemp '19 puts on past Upstate LC


**2020 Blue Kicked off its summer season last weekend at Baltimore Summer Kick off!

Two weekends ago, the 2020 Blue Team got a head start on the season and travelled down to Goucher College to compete against some very tough competition! This team played scrappy and all out all weekend long and Coach Doss and Coach Green were proud of these boys! The ceiling is high for these boys!


North Youth Teams Experience Success & Growth in Second Year

2022's

Building on year two, the 2022 team defeated two quality teams in Rock PA and Cincy Royals while competing against a bunch of other very talented local teams. There is a lot of potential with this group and the coaching staff is looking forward to maximizing that potential!

2023's

The 2023 team came out of the weekend with arguably the most impressive resume; finishing with a .500 record against a very impressive group of opponents, as they took down MD Roughriders and Tri-State 2023, tied South Shore, and lost by a combined 5 goals to Risings Sons and Team 11. The future is bright for this group!!!

2024/25's

In just their first year of action, the youngest group of studs proved their merit against a very competitive schedule; competing in a bracket with teams that consisted of just 2024's. Despite being younger, the team battled hard and came out with a 2-3 record, with both wins being gutsy defensive battles decided by the final score of 5-3. Coach Sanczyk, Coach Murf, and Coach Gib were pumped to share this teams first win with them!! One of many more to come!


Photos from the North 2021's at Big 4 Champions League

100+ College Coaches in Attendance at Big 4...

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Blue Star SJ: The Inaugural Season


This summer we have added a brand new group of teams and players to the Blue Star family, with the addition of our SJ teams. We are committed fully to developing players across all our teams.  On almost every SJ team this weekend, there were 4 coaches on the sidelines. The work paid off as all the teams improved tremendously in just 2 short days!!

Blue star south was excited to kickoff its first full weekend. The program is young in its first summer but has shown daily improvement from each player and team chemistry. The coaches and players are looking forward to continuing the progression into the next tournament.  

- SJ Director Bill Sutphin

SJ 2018

The SJ team was in action at NXT Meltdown, where they took on big name teams like Starz, LB3 and Tri-State and played each of them tough; losing by a combined 4 goals, before claiming their first win by a dominant margin of 10-2 against the SF Big Horns. This group played hard and gritty all weekend!!

SJ 2019/20

The SJ 2019/20 team gained some invaluable experience against great competition from Pennsylvania and beyond. Hard work and attitude was everything with this group as they improved drastically in just 5 games!

SJ 2022/23

The SJ 2022/23 team faced off against a number of elite teams from Pennsylvania all weekend. After the first day of games, they showed up Sunday morning and pulled off a big win against the Starz from Maryland! 

SJ 2024/25

The SJ 2024/25 team competed in the same division as the other Blue Star 24/25 team, and showed tremendous improvement against other teams composed entirely of 2024's. The second day they showed their endurance of this young group as they competed tightly with two different NJ Riot teams. The energy on this team was markedly awesome all weekend!

Dalton Hoffman '18 Turns the Corner