Dear Parents and Players,

We look forward to seeing a lot of familiar faces and getting to know many new players and parents as well.  Just as a reminder, this is an annual tryout for everyone this year from 2032-2026.  There are a few attachments in the email which may show up as links at the bottom of the email.  They are: 

• Iron Horse Cost Table

• How Iron Horse Dallas High School Teams Are Formed

• Team Texas Information (2029, 2028, 2027)

• Coaches

• Campus Map

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE MASTER CALENDAR FOR FALL

About the Master Calendar:  Your practices/events are labeled by your grad year and are color coded yellow for youth practices/events, green for high school practices/events.  There are also high school (blue) and youth (orange) skills which are a separate registration.  Ponies practices/events are gray and our annual Holiday Camp which is a separate registration is red.  The second tab of the spreadsheet contains all of the Tournaments by Year of Graduation (We are still working on summer especially at the high school level).  The 3rd tab is a break out for skills only.  It is easier to toggle between the tabs on a computer than a phone.   

There are several youth rainouts built into the schedule.  If we don’t use them you just get the extra practices which I think is what happened last year.  We guarantee 14 practices for fall and 14 for summer for 2030’s -2028 (fall only).  As the calendar stands now, there are 17-18 practices scheduled for those age groups depending on the team.  

Tournaments:  As many of you know, from 2029 and down, US Lacrosse is trying to get tournaments on board to go age based.  In those age groups our local tournaments (which are most of our tournaments on the schedule for our youth) are staying grad year based at least for now.  That is the reason we have decided to stay grad year based at those levels for this upcoming year.  One of the reasons we do not have our away tournament nailed down at the youth level from 2031 Secretariat through 2029 for next summer is because some event operators are still not disclosing what they are doing for summer 2024.   
 

For summer at the high school level, most of the dates just are not out yet for the events we normally attend which is why those are not listed yet on the tournaments tab.  We are also looking at some new events and those dates are not out yet either for next summer.

As mentioned above our positional skills are not included with a team registration. Goalie spots are not available for sign up until after we form our teams because our team goalies get first dibs on those spots so goalies don’t need to panic, they are not sold out, just closed until we form teams.  Skills are open to anyone in regardless if you are on one of our teams or not.  

Our 17th aannual Holiday Camp registration is also a separate registration.  Open to any and all!

Tryout Location:  Jesuit College Preparatory School 12345 Inwood Road Dallas, TX 75244.  

Parking:  Please park in the main parking lot of the school.  There is plenty of parking behind the school (adjacent to the creek) and some parking in the front circle.  Please don’t park in spots designated for the president or principal.
 

Our main tryout dates are this Saturday and Sunday.  We sent an email on Monday regarding moving all practices from the evening to the morning.  The adjusted times are below.  

Saturday August 5th: 

• 2028  8:00 AM-9:30 AM

• 2027 9:30 AM-11:00 AM

• 2026 9:30 AM-11:00 AM

Sunday, August 6th:

• 2032  8:00 AM-9:30 AM

• 2031 8:00 AM-9:30 AM

• 2030 9:30 AM-11:00 AM

• 2029 9:30 AM-11:00 AM

We only print the names of the players that are trying out on your chosen date so if that has changed, please  CLICK HERE to let us know by filling out a 5 question form.  

If you signed up for the make-up date, we will let you know the Friday before what the times will be on Sunday, August 13th.  

What do I bring to tryouts?

Full equipment; stick, helmet, mouth guard, arm guards, shoulder pads and lacrosse gloves

Water, water and more water.  Make sure you have plenty of water.  We will not have community water for the players.

Check-In

If you have never been to one of our tryouts before, please arrive at least 20 minutes prior to your designated tryout time to check in at the main entrance to the stadium (see attached campus map). Iron Horse will provide you with a numbered tryout reversible to borrow for the tryout. Do not trade this jersey with anyone because your jersey number is associated with your name for the purposes of the tryout.  Tiffany Surran will be available for questions in between check-in times.  She is happy to answer any questions. 

Restrooms:  There is a restroom bank in the building under the scoreboard at the South side of the turf field.  

Uniforms: We are getting new uniforms this season.  The uniform package is $180 and includes:

• Fully sublimated game reversible with last name and grad year

• Sublimated shorts with jersey number

• Shooter Shirt

• Custom socks Iron Horse socks

Not included but can be purchased separately our sublimated Iron Horse practice jersey:  $35

You may try on sample sizes of the uniform at Team Lax in Frisco.  

Costs:

Our cost chart is attached by Year of Graduation (May show up as a link below)

Lastly, we have been working on a number of things this summer to improve the Iron Horse operation on a specific front which I will wait until the invite letters to unveil.  

Good Luck and GiddyUp,

Our Iron Horse Lacrosse Coaching Staff

Documents below may show up as links! 

Regards,

Tiffany Surran