To commence the 2015 NLL season home games, John Grant Jr., Athan Iannucci and Dillon Ward were the stars of the game. In front of a crowd of approximately 12,000 spectators, the Mammoth showed their offseason work. It paid off big time. Let’s get to it. The Colorado Mammoth came out on top of the Calgary Roughnecks following a sudden death overtime. 17-16 was the final score, the game winning…
A source closely involved with Cascade has reconfirmed with Johns Hopkins that they will wear Cascade helmets this 2015 season. Cornell has also been reconfirmed to use Cascade, but will sport STX Stallions as well throughout the season. Penn is confirmed to wear STX Stallions, as well as Ohio State. This has been an update from the ILWT Gear crew.
As the 2015 NCAA lacrosse season approaches, teams continue to gear up. Most will wear Cascade R’s following the helmets’ modifications. Warrior Regulators will cease to exist. That leaves STX Stallion 500’s to be donned by some teams. Rumors are that Johns Hopkins, THE Ohio State, Cornell and UPenn will be among programs currently lining up to wear the new helmets in 2015. Without needing to be said, the mockups…
A few weeks ago, Cascade R and Warrior Regulator helmets were declared uncertified by NOCSAE standards. This past Friday, Cascade announced they came up with solutions alongside NOCSAE following constant updates throughout the process. Where’s Warrior and what are they doing? In the few retail lacrosse stores there are across the nation stand giant Regulator displays. Mocked up helmets sit on a helmet throne center of the display. All T-II…
As of this morning (Friday) Cascade has announced they’ve come to an agreement with NOCSAE on how to fix their R model helmets. In simple terms, Cascade will manufacture new helmets as Cascade R-M, but the helmets will still say ‘R’. For all those people in the world who already own the helmets, I hope you registered them online as has been stated numerous times over the past few weeks….
What’s better than watching the top seeded team get upset? Or seeing a powerhouse ultimately come crashing down in the finals? Below are my personal predictions as to who has shots at seeing postseason action this season in Baltimore. I’m not saying all these teams, or any of these teams, will make it. I’m not saying others won’t. But based on underdog criteria I will outline below, these schools have…
Do I hear another ‘Invincible’ movie taking place? The 1976 Philadelphia Eagles holding open tryouts at the cost of being the NFL’s laughing stock for the season. Them actually finding someone in the mix and inviting him to training camp where he somewhat proves himself. What do the Denver Outlaws hope to accomplish? For one, in 1976, the Eagles were struggling in the NFL, getting booed by their own fans…
Cascade has been working around the clock to remedy their recent decertification. At the end of this week (two days ago), they released a statement saying they expect to have answers and solutions in the next ‘coming days’. So, I project by Christmas. Just like your iPhone/Mac, or iPod, or vehicle or whatever else, you can register your product online. Go to R.CascadeLacrosse.com and you can register your Cascade helmet….
It’s that double-time of year: holidays and manufacturers releasing new season’s gear. As someone who also works retail for LaxWorld Colorado, here’s my inside scoop to holiday purchases of lacrosse gear. HELMETS Let’s start with the most controversial at the moment. STX just partnered with Shutt to create their first lacrosse helmet incorporating football padding and design. within two days of those helmets hitting retail shelves, it was announced Cascade…
It was recently declared by NOCSAE that the Cascade R and Warrior Regulator helmets are not to standard. Coincidentally, this came within 48 hours of STX releasing their new helmet they partnered with Schutt to create: Stallion. This poor marketing scheme of STX’s is really beginning to impact the lower levels of lacrosse. It seems that Black Friday commences the seasonal shopping for gear, specifically gloves and helmets. More and…