Author: Rocco Granato

Today the Iroquois Nation and Canada face-off for the gold medal in the FIL-World Indoor Lacrosse Championships.  This time they are looking for a different result. Since it first started the Iroquois have finished second and the Canadian National team has finished first.  What better way to end the streak, but to win it on your home soil. These teams met in the preliminary round, Canada was victorious 11-9, after…

Canada Earns Semi-Final Berth and Top Seed with Victory. USA faces Ireland in Quarter Finals Thursday.   If you were to look at the stat sheet after the final buzzer, you would see that not only did the USA out shoot Canada 44-40, but also picked up 68 ground balls to Canada’s 57.  But unfortunately for USA those numbers were not the ones you go by to decide a winner…

Onondaga Arena Hosts USA & Canada Match Tonight at 7:30; Winner earns Semi-Final Berth.   Tonight USA (2-1) will face Canada (2-0).  The winner will lock up a spot in the semi-finals, a Canada win will give them the top seed overall in the Blue Division. After an opening night loss to Iroquois 13-9, USA has come back to defeat the Czech Republic 14-7 and England 13-9. USA is led…

This afternoon Team U.S.A. rebounded from an opening tournament loss to Iroquois on Friday night, to defeat the Czech Republic 14-7, and even their record at 1-1. The United States came out on a mission. After allowing an opening minute goal to the Czech Republic, Team U.S.A. went on their first six goal run of the game that only took 4:53 of playing time.  That was basically all they needed…

Yesterday we were live at the Team USA scrimmage as they practiced with their recently cut down roster. After the scrimmage, we caught up with a few players and the team’s general manager to discuss the team’s preparations for the WILC tournament. Casey Powell Jeff Ratcliffe Jimmy Butler Garrett Thul