Israel Eliminated from European Championships

June 28, 2012

The debut of Israel’s men’s national lacrosse team in the European Lacrosse Championships came to an end, as No. 8 Netherlands rolled to an 18-3 quarterfinal win at Amsterdam Bos on Wednesday. Netherlands grabbed an early 2-0 lead, but Elan Daisudov and Ben Bretter answered back for Israel to tie the game at 2-2. Goaltender Hank Altschuler made several impressive saves to preserve the tie after one quarter of play. However, the Dutch scored seven straight…

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Sean Murphy Blog: Ireland at the European Lacrosse Championships

Coaching overnight lacrosse camps can be exhausting.  So I was not very happy when my phone rang at 4:30 in the morning last Wednesday while I was getting precious sleep at a Trilogy Lacrosse camp in Georgia.  But you can imagine my surprise when the call turned out to be from the Director of the National Lacrosse Team of Ireland telling me I had been moved from an alternate to…

June 28, 2012
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Rochester Rattlers Fly Three Down to Boca Raton, Florida

The Rochester Rattlers will be sending three players down to Boca Raton, Florida this weekend for the 2012 MLL All Star Game. Two of them will be playing for the Young Guns and one for the Old School. Even though the Young Guns have two players, the Old School player has five times the All Star experience over them. Here they are. Starting out with the first Young Gun will…

June 28, 2012
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RIP Chris Sanderson

This morning at 2:00am Canadian lacrosse goalie Chris Sanderson passed away from his battle with brain cancer. Sanderson took a turn for the worse this Thursday after battling the disease for four years. Most people diagnosed with this are given a life expectancy of a year at the most. Sanderson played in the 2010 world games through the disease, and since has undergone several surgeries and this past March he experienced a…

June 28, 2012
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Notes From The MLL All Star Game Conference Call

Unlike the usual two hour coach’s conference call, this one was only an hour. First on the call was MLL Commissioner David Gross. He talked about how the first time they did Young Guns versus Old School was in 2005, and it was a great success. This year, he mentioned that some of the guys on the Old School team didn’t realize that they were old. Dave talked about how…

June 27, 2012
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Chesapeake Bayhawks Send Seven to All Star Weekend

This year’s MLL All Star game will be taking place in a city that does not hold an MLL team, Palm Beach County, Florida. The sunshine state will hopefully bring nothing but sunshine after dealing with tropical storm Debby. It’ll be Young Guns versus Old School in this year’s all star game. The Young Guns will be coached by Boston Cannons head coach Steve Duffy. The Old School team gets…

June 27, 2012
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BostonLax.Net: A Look at Massachusetts High School Lacrosse

Editors Note: Bostonlax.net is a lacrosse website devoted to changing the face of Massachusetts lacrosse.  The website focuses on high-school players in Massachusetts and it contains player rankings, polls, standings, videos, game stories and utilizes social media to provide users with dynamic score updates.  Boston Lax will continue its coverage during the summer months so visitwww.bostonlax.net to voice your opinion and tell the Boston Lax team which games they should cover…

June 26, 2012
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Major League Lacrosse 6/26 Transactions

June 26, 2012

There have been four transactions in Major League Lacrosse today thus far. The first move we saw this morning was the Denver Outlaws signing free agent face off man Nolan Godfrey. Godfrey was drafted in the MLL supplemental draft from the Ohio Machine before being released before the season. Meanwhile, the Charlotte Hounds made three moves today. First, they activated injured defenseman Brett Schmidt from the physically unable to perform…

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Israel Upsets Wales, Moves to Quarterfinals

June 26, 2012

The Israel men’s national lacrosse team earned a berth into the quarterfinals of the European Lacrosse Championships with a 14-13 win over No. 11 Wales at Amsterdam Bos on Sunday. Israel (4-0) will meet either host No. 8 Netherlands or No. 13 Czech Republic on Wednesday at 2:30 PM. Striker Richard Cheifitz was dominant for the blue and white with seven goals in the win. “[Cheifitz] was without a doubt our MVP tonight,” said Israel head coach…

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Part Two of Western NY High School Lacrosse Look In

Last week we looked at two top players from Western NY who dominated Section 6 lacrosse. This week we take a look at a few more ballers that will own the field in the 2013 season. Austin Goltz- Sr- A/M- Orchard Park- Committed to Providence Goltz is a average size attackman but also has the ability to play at midfield as well. Goltz is very athletic with dominate hands left…

June 25, 2012
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