Entries from July 2008

July 31, 2008

Petaluma Lacrosse Community Pushes For Acceptance With School District

Published: Thursday, Jul 31, 2008
http://www1.arguscourier.com/article/20080731/COLUMNISTS03/572675555/-1/COLUMNISTS
In one Southern California school district, the jump rope game Double Dutch has been recognized as an official school sport. Somehow, I can’t visualize a television program “Wednesday Night Lights” being built around jump rope, no matter how gifted the athletes.

Morgan Hill Clovers’ Karissa Watanabe fires a shot at Petaluma goalkeeper [...]

July 30, 2008

Lauren Ciccomascolo Announced As Part of University of Denver Women’s Lacrosse Team

http://www.laxpower.com/laxnews/news.php?story=11478
DENVER – The University of Denver women’s lacrosse team welcomes 11 freshmen in its latest recruiting class, head coach Liza Kelly announced today. The class of 2012 consists of Lauren Ciccomascolo, Laura Connors, Kaiti Delaney, Ashley Harman, Kelsey Hughes, Morgan Johnson, Kathryn Keppler, Rachel Lenchner, Melissa Maier, Kara Secora, and Becca Steinberg.”We have been looking [...]

July 29, 2008

Cameron Piorek High School Senior Lacrosse Classic To Benefit Assistance Fund

Cameron’s Story On April 22, Cameron Piorek, a sophomore defenseman at AlisoNiguelHigh School suffered a spinal injury while playing in a Wolverine lacrosse game. After the injury, he has been experiencing paralysis from the chest down. Cameron has responded well to his treatment and therapy sessions and was currently released from St. Jude Medical Center [...]

July 28, 2008

Lacrosse On “90210″ TV Series Update

West Beverly High parking lot and Lacrosse fields (El Segundo High School: 640 Main St.)
The scenes in the high school parking lot and lacrosse fields are filmed here. Dustin Milligan, who plays Ethan Ward, a star lacrosse player, enjoyed his scenes here the most because “I skateboard and there’s all these waxed curves and ledges, [...]

July 27, 2008

Video: Nike Lacrosse Camp

July 26, 2008

Univ. of Mary Washington Nike Lacrosse Camp Attracts Young Players From California

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1783050/
Although he’d never played lacrosse before, Magnus Charters of Chevy Chase, Md., didn’t mind being thrown in with more skilled players attending the Nike camp at the University of Mary Washington.
“Everything is new to me, but I’ve learned a lot here. And I’m a better player now,” the rising junior and safety for the BCC [...]

July 26, 2008

Profile: Robert Abbott and West Coast Starz Compete At U-15 Championships

http://www.puyallup-herald.com/102/story/2782.html
Robert Abbott recently got the opportunity to unveil his lacrosse skills on the national stage.
Abbott, a 15-year-old who will be a ninth grader at Ferrucci Junior High School this fall, competed against some of the best lacrosse players in the United States at the U-15 National Championships in Philadelphia, Pa. from July 17 to 20.
Abbott [...]

July 25, 2008

Lake Tahoe Lacrosse Tournament This Weekend

By By Kevin MacMillan
BONANZA SPORTS EDITOR, http://www.tahoebonanza.com/article/20080725/NEWS/935250506/1051
It’s back.
And while it will follow the same format, feature many of the same teams and be played at its familiar Village Green venue, one thing could be different about this year’s 18th annual Lake Tahoe Lacrosse Tournament in Incline Village, which runs from today through Sunday.
The home team [...]

July 25, 2008

Adidas National Lacrosse Classic Recap

http://www.laxpower.com/laxnews/news.php?story=11468
Baltimore, MD — The inaugural adidas National Lacrosse Classic featuring the top high school underclassmen boys on 16 regional teams from eight regions in the United States gathered at the Maryland Soccerplex in Germantown on July 19-20 for an exciting weekend of high school boys’ lacrosse action. In all, 31 games were played in a [...]

July 23, 2008

Cameron Piorek Update

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/cameronpiorek

Despite a small glitch with a very nasty ticket agent in Baltimore which resulted in them missing their originally scheduled return flight, Brandon and Cameron made it home safely last Saturday. It was late (11pm), and both Cameron and Brandon were tired, but after 3 very long months… Cameron is HOME!! The van drove like [...]