Santa Monica Vikings Youth Lacrosse has opened registration for its 2026–27 winter season, with practices beginning the week of Tuesday, Dec. 8, at Airport Park.
The program offers boys and girls divisions for players in kindergarten through eighth grade. Teams are grouped by school grade: K-2, 3/4, 5/6 and 7/8.
All practices run from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Airport Park. The weekly schedule varies by division, according to the program's registration page:
- Boys K-2: Thursdays
- Girls K-2: Tuesdays
- Boys 3/4: Tuesdays and Thursdays
- Boys 5/6 and 7/8: Wednesdays and Fridays
- Girls 3/4, 5/6 and 7/8: Tuesdays and Thursdays
No practices will be held from Dec. 25 through Jan. 1, 2027.
Games for all boys and girls teams will be played on Saturdays in the South Bay Winter Sixes league. The season opener is Jan. 9, 2027, with no games Jan. 16. Saturday competition resumes Jan. 23 and runs weekly through Feb. 20.
The winter season uses Sixes, a small-sided version of lacrosse played on a shorter field. Sixes is also the format set for the 2028 Olympic Games.
