2026 Schedule & Key Dates

Registration

Registration for our 2026 season will open in November 2025.  Registration will be open for approximately 6 weeks and close in mid January 2026.  There will be a late registration period after our general registration closes.  Late registrations will be subject to a late fee and roster availability.

Practice Schedule

Our teams begin regular practices in early March as our fields become available.  Our boys’ teams typically practice on Mondays & Wednesdays, with grades 1/2 & 3/4 practicing from 6:30pm – 7:30pm and grades 5/6 & 7/8 practicing from 7:30pm – 8:30pm on the North Reading High School Turf.  The girls’ teams follow the same schedule on Tuesdays & Thursdays.  This schedule is based on previous years’ schedule and is subject to change.
 
For 2026, we’ve once again partnered with All Sports Center in North Reading as well as HGR in North Andover to provide our teams with indoor turf time for early season skill sessions.  These indoor sessions will take place in March 2026.  Full skills session schedule is TBD.

MYL Classic Game Schedule

All registered players will participate in the MYL Classic league. The schedule is comprised of 8 games in which our North Reading teams will play other local town programs.  There are no standings or playoffs for the MYL Classic league at any level.  The 2026 schedule is as follows:

 

  • Week 1 – Sunday, April 12
  • Week 2 – Sunday April 19
  • Week 3 – Sunday April 26
  • Week 4 – Sunday May 3
  • Week 5 – Sunday May 10
  • Week 6 – Sunday May 17
  • NO GAMES (Memorial Day) – Sunday May 24
  • Week 7 – Sunday May 31
  • Week 8 – Sunday June 7

MYL Select Game Schedule

Towns who participate in the MYL Classic league have the option of registering teams into the MYL Select league.  The MYL Select league is a division based league that keeps standings, has playoffs and ultimately crowns a champion for each division.  MYL currently offers Select for Boys & Girls for grades 5/6 and 7/8.  In order to be eligible to play Select, registered players must also participate in the MYL Classic league, there are no “Select Only” players.  Select games typically take place on Friday nights. The current select schedule is TBD and will be announced by MYL in early 2026.

 

  • Regular Season: begins Friday, April 3
  • Playoff Brackets Announced: TBD
  • First Round of Playoffs – completed by TBD
  • Quarterfinals – completed by TBD
  • Semifinals – completed by TBD
  • Championship Games – TBD

Other Key Dates

Youth lacrosse has been growing tremendously in North Reading and throughout the North East over the past two decades.  Keep your eye on these other key dates to get your developing players involved with this wonderful sport.

 

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  • MYL Jamboree Weekend 1 (Levels 5th/6th & 7th/8th) – June 13th & 14th at Rogers Field in Devens, MA
  • MYL Jamboree Weekend 2 (Levels 1st/2nd & 3rd/4th) – June 20th & 21st at Rogers Field in Devens, MA
  • MYL All-Star Weekend – TBD at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy, MA