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May252018 by Seth AustinNo Comments

Floridians Invade Championship Weekend

College, College, Featured Posts, Uncategorized

Shown above at the 2014 FLN All-Star game (coming back next year - maybe) at FAU, from left to right, Boca Raton's Harrison Rodormer (played football at Jacksonville), Jupiter's Braylen Sampson (Bryant), and Benjamin's Anthony Cicio (FSU, who doubled as our inside writer for the Seminoles), McKenna Johnston (Washington and Lee) and Jerry O'Connor of Yale. Below is all sorts of good information for the Floridian lax junkie... For the first time, there are Floridians on all of the men's Final Four D1 teams, how about that?!!! In addition, St. Leo's appearance on the big stage in the DII championship game Sunday marks the first by a Sunshine State Conference team and the 11 Floridians on the roster . The women's DII championship game has already been played, with our Florida Souther...

May52018 by Seth AustinNo Comments

Scots’ Justin Lugo Named Warrior/USL South Player of the Week

Featured Posts, Florida Lacrosse News, High School, Southeast Boys, Uncategorized

Photo credit to Robin Knowles Congratulations to Saint Andrew's goalie and Goucher commit Justin Lugo who was honored for his play against Oxbridge in the quarterfinals of the FHSAA playoffs. Justin continues the tradition of excellent stoppers who hail from the Sunshine State and we look forward to watching him Friday night in Boca Raton against Jupiter in the semi-finals. Enjoy the article HERE

May22018 by Seth AustinNo Comments

Belen’s Breakthrough Win Photos

Featured Posts, High School, Southeast Boys

Thanks to the success of the Belen Jesuit and Gulliver Prep programs, and the early afternoon schedule, this author (actually photographer) has had the opportunity to see first hand the growth of our sport in Miami-Dade County. Gulliver has historically competed at the highest level in Florida and many graduates have continued to play in college. Coach Jim Piggot, now in his tenth year, is one of FLN's favorites, and a very little known fact is he was an early tweeter of play-off games for our site. Across town, former St. Andrew's assistant coach Alan Bellando took the helm of Belen five years ago and has steadily improved the program each year, reaching its first FHSAA Elite Eight appearance with a convincing win yesterday over Gulliver. Sound pretty good? Sure, but this team saw...

Mar12018 by Seth AustinNo Comments

#4 Thunderwolves Down #8 Scots In Hard Fought Battle

Featured Posts, FHSAA, Florida Lacrosse News, Florida Top Ten, High School, Southeast Boys

Tuesday night in a game which looked and felt like a replay of Friday's Oxbridge win over Bishop Moore, the visiting St. Andrew's Scots took a 3-2 lead into the second half as both defenses were dominant. The third quarter ended with the Thunderwolves leading 4-3 and the fourth started with SA man up. No, SA did not tie it up as Oxbridge stopped the attempt and went on to win 8-5. As the score shows, most of the game was very even and if these two meet again, it will be a dogfight. Oxbridge continues it's tough early season schedule Friday, hosting defending state champion and number 1 ranked St. Thomas Aquinas. Must see lax! Scoring: Oxbridge James Dorsey 1,0; Connor Davies 2,2; Bennet Bowers 1,0; Jack Kilian 2,1; Blake Jerd 2,0 Oxbridge Saves Christian Tomei 7 ...

Aug132017 by Lee RoggenburgNo Comments

Recruiting Rundown’s Ty Xanders: Highlight Reels – What To Do & What Not To Do

Featured Posts, Florida Lacrosse News, Recruiting, The Recruiting Process

Author's Note: If you are looking at getting recruited you need to know who Ty Xanders is and be familiar with his website Recruiting Rundown. I've gotten to know Ty over the years and he pretty much covers the entire country to give you the best information about recruiting available (you'll note that we carry Ty's Twitter feed on this page so you can get the latest from him). Ty first published this article in 2015 and recently re-ran it. I think it is a terrific piece of advice for every family out there who is looking at playing at the college level. Note: This article originally ran in July 2015 Excerpt: Over the past few years, highlight reels have become an essential part of getting recruited. They won’t make or break the recruiting process (re...

Aug102017 by Lee RoggenburgNo Comments

2017 Cascade Rookie of the Year Nominees Announced – Dylan Molloy Named A Finalist

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via MLL press release Here are the nominees for the 2017 Cascade Rookie of the Year: Josh Byrne, Attack, Chesapeake Bayhawks After being drafted by Chesapeake in the third round of the 2017 MLL Collegiate Draft, Byrne went on to become the most prolific rookie goal scorer in the history of the league with 39 goals. He led all MLL players in goals in 2017 and was named the Cascade Rookie of the Week on two occasions. Despite only playing in 10 games, the Hofstra product finished the year tied for the 10th-most points in the league (46). Byrne recorded his second seven-goal game of the year on Aug. 3 against Denver to break the rookie scoring record previously held by Kieran McArdle. Dylan Molloy, Attack, Florida Launch A former Tewaaraton winner, Molloy ...

Aug32017 by Lee RoggenburgNo Comments

The History of Lacrosse – SU’s Documentary on the Sport

Celebrating The Game, Florida Lacrosse News, New For Parents, Parent's Corner, Youth/Club

This video was created in the 2012-13 academic year by the Syracuse University School of Sports Management and I would suggest every parent and child who is thinking of playing this sport or has already started, will find this an excellent introduction to the sport. This sport has a very different history to other team sports in North America. not only is it the oldest sport in this continent but it's significance extended far beyond being just a sport. This film will take you through that history so the parent and child can understand what exactly you are getting into from that standpoint. The film takes less than an hour. This was played on ESPN when it first debuted. Click below to play the documentary and enjoy!