US Lacrosse Youth Memberships, which are required in order to play for the Cavaliers, can be obtained on-line at www.uslacrosse.org    After submitting your on-line application and payment information, you will immediately receive a confirmation number which is not your membership number.  Membership numbers and expiration dates are usually e-mailed to you within half an hour of your clicking the "submit" button.  Youth memberships are valid for one year and cost around $25.  You will receive some, but not all issues of Lacrosse Magazine, with your membership.  There is an option towards the end of the on-line registration process which allows you to upgrade your youth membership and receive all issues of the magazine for an additional $15.  You are only required to have the regular Youth Membership to sign up for the Cavaliers.  Your membership term must be valid for the entire lacrosse season (October 1 through May 31st), which includes the practice season, the regular game season, and the playoffs.  For example, if your membership expires in January, you will have to extend your membership another year to participate in the practice and pre-season activities.  Current US Lacrosse memberships are required for all players for liability purposes.

The sites below are also related to lacrosse and might be useful if you want more info.

• Greater Houston Youth Lacrosse Association (GHYLA), the lacrosse league for 8th grade or younger players in the Houston area: - http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=ghyla

• US Lacrosse, the governing body of the sport in this country - http://www.uslacrosse.org/

• Houston Chapter of US Lacrosse, the local chapter which promotes the sport and issues informative newsletters about what is happening in other areas of the country - http://www.greaterhoustonlacrosse.org/ 

• Texas High School Lacrosse League (THSLL), the governing body for 9th grade or higher players in the Houston area - http://www.thsll.org/

• LaxPower, College& High School Lacrosse schedules, scores and stories - http://www.laxpower.com/

The State of Texas does not include lacrosse as an officially-sanctioned school sport.  However many lacrosse clubs have formed along the boundary lines of the high school.  In anticipation of some day becoming a UIL sport, the organizers of lacrosse have formed the Texas High School Lacrosse League (THSLL).  The Greater Katy Area currently has three clubs loosely formed along high school boundary lines (Katy HS, Cinco Ranch HS, and Taylor HS).  The Seven Lakes HS players have traditionally played on the Cinco Ranch team and will continue to do until such time as Seven Lakes forms its own team.

The Katy Cavaliers Lacrosse Club is the youth feeder program for all of the current high school-age club programs in the Greater Katy Area.  An asterisk indicates which club programs have players who played previously with the Katy Cavalier Lacrosse Club:

• Katy (high school age) Lacrosse Club* – the varsity and junior varsity club team within the boundaries served by Katy High School was established in 2007.  http://www.lacrosseatkaty.com/

• Cinco Ranch (high school age) Lacrosse Club* – another varsity and junior varsity lacrosse team in the Katy area.  Cinco Ranch Lacrosse is the club team within the boundaries served by Cinco Ranch High School and Seven Lakes High School.  http://www.cincoranchlacrosse.org/

• Taylor (high school age) Lacrosse Club* – one of the oldest high school-age club lacrosse teams in the Katy area.  They have both a varsity and junior varsity squads.  http://www.eteamz.com/TaylorLacrosse

• Seven Lakes (high school age) Lacrosse Club* – The school is trying to form a new high school-age club team, but will not have a team for the 2010-11 season.  Their players mostly play on the Cinco Ranch Lacrosse Club for now, which is the closest team geographically.  The Seven Lakes Lacrosse web site is a bit outdated, but you can check it out.  They might have a separate team from the Cinco Ranch Lacrosse Club in 2012 or later, but no one knows for sure.  http://www.ballcharts.com/teams/index.php?team=SpartanLacrosse

• Mayde Creek (high school age) Lacrosse Club - This club does not exist yet, but reports suggest that someone might be trying to form a team for the 2010-11 season.  A web site does not exist yet, the but school has a link.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayde_Creek_High_School.