Adidas National Lacrosse Classic: Northwest Team Arrives in Maryland

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Greg Angilly is a former coach at St. Ignatius College Prep in San Francisco and the head coach of the Northwest Regional team at this weekend’s adidas National Lacrosse Classic in Germantown, MD. He will be filing regular reports of the tournament action. For more information about the event, Click Here.

The NorWest boys arrived and practiced for the first time at 1:00pm today. Most of us landed at 8:30am after taking a red eye from Nor-Cal last night. To say we were tired would be an understatement! Temps were in the upper 90’s today when we arrived and the boys were sluggish throughout our walk through. In an effort to conserve energy and give ourselves the best chance to win games, we dropped in a nice variation of an invert offense, courtesy of X’s and O’s guru and former Brown great, Chris Debiase.

We scrimmaged the boys from the Chicago metro area after a 90 minute practice. My sense is they didn’t fly on a red eye as they exhibited much more energy early and jumped on us 2-0. It took the boys a good deal of time to grasp our invert offense but by the end of the scrimmage, we were moving the ball and getting some nice looks. The final (30 minute scrimmage) was 3-1 but our boys left feeling good about their chances tomorrow.

We used to rest of the day to watch some of the other squads work out. There’s D1 talent littered throughout the rosters and the event stands to be a good one tomorrow. Thankfully we play at 3, 6, and 8 – so my Nor-West boys will avoid the heat of the day. Who knows – maybe fog will blow in and freeze the east coast kids.

One team appeared to be the hands down favorite – the boys from Rochester look great and I suspect they will be in the finals.

Let’s go Nor-West!

The top 25 players were selected by a committee of California high school coaches after a three hour evaluation process on May 31 at Bentley School in San Francisco, California that included individual position drills, time-testing for speed and a series of scrimmages.  Registration for the on-field evaluation was open to all high school underclassmen players entering grades 10,11 and 12.

The adidas National Lacrosse Classic features the top high school underclassmen lacrosse players in the country.  Sixteen regional teams, including San Francisco, will compete for a National Championship, July 18-20, 2008 at the Maryland Soccerplex in Germantown, Maryland to determine the best region of high school lacrosse players in the United States.

The winner of the adidas National Lacrosse Classic will play against Canada for the Brogden Cup in Orlando, Florida December 5-8, 2008 to determine the best region of high school lacrosse players in North America.

Head Lacrosse coach of St. Ignatius, Greg Angilly and Head Lacrosse coach of Bellarmine Prep, Brad Lipscomb have been named to coach the Northwest Region San Francisco team in this summer’s adidas National High School Lacrosse Classic.

Greg Angilly recently commented on his selection as coach of the adidas San Francisco team. “”As a New Jersey native, it’s an honor to have the opportunity to bring a team based of west coast players to the inaugural adidas event.  This is a great opportunity for all the players involved and in particular, the west coast boys, as they will have a fantastic opportunity to show the country that lacrosse is a national sport, not just an east coast sport.”

When asked how the adidas event will benefit the high school underclassmen lacrosse player, Coach Angilly says, “”This event has the opportunity to expose underclassmen to the best of the best. It’s my goal to present unique challenges and opportunities to compete and this national event is set to be the ultimate competition.  In addition to playing in front of and against elite high school lacrosse players, the boys will also have a chance to play in front of college coaches which is not common west of the Mississippi.”

Coach Brad Lipscomb echoes Coach Angilly’s comments about the adidas National Lacrosse Classic , “I am very excited to coach the Northern California Adidas regional team and represent such a strong team of players.  This event venue gives us a tremendous national stage to showcase our high school talent.”

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JERSEY	L.NAME	F.NAME	GRAD YR	POS	SCHOOL	COACH
474	Alimam	Nick	2010	Midfield	St. Ignatius	Greg Angilly
455	Bertotti	Bryan	2009	Goalie	Oak Ridge	Jim Neimi
462	Bodine	Jack	2011	Attack	St. Ignatius	Greg Angilly
464	Chee	Jon	2009	Midfield	Berkeley High	Mike Costanzo
452	chiappari	Devin	2009	Attack	St. Vincents HS	Doug Carl
461	Gray	Bobby	2012	Attack	St. Ignatius	Angilly
449	Hayes	Travis	2009	Attack	Dublin	Joe Viviani
450	Jefferis	Jon	2010	LSM	Amadorh	Rory Manley
451	Lieber	Ryan	2010	Attack	Monte Vista	Mike Emerson
300	Maxwell	Mason	2009	Defense	Oak Ridge	Brad Speno
454	McCarron	J. Ryan	2010	Midfield	San Marin	Marty Jayne
463	Mead	Carson	2011	Defense	Miramonte	Bill Abriel
466	Mistele	Barrett	2011	Midfield	San Francisco University HS	Matt Mesa
459	Naughton	William	2010	Midfield	St. Ignatius	Angilly
475	Roman	Nick		Midfield	st. ignatius	Greg Angilly
460	Rosen	Spencer	2010	Midfield	St. Ignatius College Prep	Greg Angilly
301	Sanders	Grant	2009	Attack	Oak Ridge	Jim Niemi
471	Sangiacomo	Giancarlo	2010	Midfield	St. Ignatius	Bowe
453	Theobald	Grant	2010	Midfield	California High	John Britton
465	Torrey	James	2010	Attack	California High School	John Britton
470	Wolf	Trevor	2010	Attack	Berkeley High School	Mike Costanzo

Congrats to 2008 All-Orange County Teams

2008 ALL-ORANGE COUNTY LACROSSE TEAMS

           

Boys All-County team
Trent Jones, Foothill, attack: He wasn’t just the table-setter for the Foothill offense. Jones scored several important goals as the Knights repeated as county and section champions.
Mike Kidushim, Corona del Mar, attack: He scored 46 goals, had 32 assists and leaves as CdM’s all-time leading scorer.
Graham Nichols, El Toro, attack: Stepped forward to lead the Chargers after the team graduated 15 seniors and six starters from 2007.
John Duddridge, Foothill, midfield: Stood tall in the biggest moments, scoring three goals and assisting on two others in the county championship game
Noah Molnar, Corona del Mar, midfield: Could have been the best middle in the county, had 58 goals, 22 assists, 103 ground balls and 41 takeaways.
Hunter Steffien, St. Margaret’s, midfield: Trinity League MVP Steffien scored 48 points and had 31 assists for the Tartans.
Nick Taylor, Corona del Mar, defense: Was the key to the Sea King defense with 87 takeaways and 109 ground balls.
Jeremy Baileys, St. Margaret’s, defense: The anchor of the Tartan defense. Baileys recorded 128 ground balls this season.
Michael Fice, Santa Margarita, defense: Voted MVP of the Eagles, Fice also earned first-team all-Trinity League honors as a valuable member of the Eagles defense
Kelly McMinn, JSerra, goalie: McMinn set a team record with 251 saves. He also had a 68 percent save rate and allowed 5.7 goals a game.
 
 Girls All-County team
Sara Weber, Tesoro, attack: She scored 58 points (40 goals, 18 assists) to earn her second consecutive first team all-county selection.
Shelby Grose, Trabuco Hills, attack: Scored 46 goals, five assists and had 31 ground balls for the Mustangs.
Natalie Cummins, Foothill, attack: Cummins (Brown) controlled 60 percent of draws, scored 40 goals, 22 assists and led the Knights with 102 ground ball possessions.
Abbey Messmer, Beckman, attack: Described as the future of the Patriots’ program, Messmer scored 30 goals in her freshman season.
Olivia Wetterau, St. Margaret’s, midfield: Had 41 goals, 29 assists and 27 ground balls for the Tartans in their double championship campaign.
Francie Crowell, Los Alamitos, midifield: Two-year captain for the Griffins led with 63 points (46 goals, 17 assists) on the way to a berth in the county championship game.
Anna Maria Carabini, St. Margaret’s, midfield: Scored eight goals in four playoff games. She finished the season with 43 goals and 43 ground balls.
Natalie Cross, Foothill, midfield: Led the Knights with 60 goals and 79 points and recorded the most ground balls (40) for an attack player.
Lindsey Schmidt-Beck, Los Alamitos, defense: Labeled as an aggressive defender. She picked up 25 ground balls and had 19 draw controls.
Mary-Rachel Walsh, St. Margaret’s, defense: Had 72 ground balls and 25 draw controls. Walsh also scored 10 goals in four playoff games.
Jeni Centner, Foothill, goalie: Last year’s county player of the year didn’t disappoint this year, anchoring Foothill’s defense with six saves a game.
 
 Boys lacrosse coach of the year
Jon Fox, FoothillFox did a remarkable job guiding the Knights to the O.C. and Southern Section titles in 2007. However, his greatest job was getting them to do it again.
That’s what happened this season as the Knights repeated their double championship season, and, for that, Fox is the Register’s coach of the year.
The Knights began the season a target on their back and emerged with two nonleague losses, thanks to Fox’s leadership.

 Girls lacrosse coach of the year
Summer Crabtree, St. Margaret’sThe Tartans got a taste of success last season, advancing to the semifinals of the county championship. That was all the motivation they needed.
“We focused on being mentally prepared,” Crabtree said. “We had a lot of team-building activities that challenged them.”
It all worked as the Tartans won the county championship and the first girls Southern Section title. That’s why Crabtree earns the nod as Register’s coach of the year.Contact the writer: dcalhoun@ocregister.com