June 22, 2012- The Hounds face a familiar foe in fellow expansion team, the Ohio Machine, tomorrow at Selby Field. On May 12th in Charlotte, the Hounds pulled out an 18-15 win after outscoring the Machine 5-1 in the second quarter, giving them a lead they would not relinquish for the remainder of the game. This time around, the Machine has home-field advantage against a Hounds team that has yet…
The Israel men’s national lacrosse team defeated No. 17 Slovakia, 11-8, in their championship debut at Amsterdam Bos on Thursday. Israel trailed 5-2 in the first half, but Richard Cheifitz and Ben Bretter combined for six straight goals to take the lead for good. Slovakia cut the deficit to 8-7 with a pair of goals, but Alex Jacobs and Michael Pffefer rallied for three straight scores for Israel, who was able to run…
US Lacrosse today honored nearly 2,500 high school girls’ lacrosse players as US Lacrosse High School All-Academic team members. A total of 56 chapters of US Lacrosse are represented in the list. A US Lacrosse All-Academic team member is a player who exhibits exemplary lacrosse skills, good sportsmanship on the field, and represents high standards of academic achievement in the classroom. This player should also have left her mark beyond…
On Wednesday night the WLA action picks up once again as the 5-3 Langley Thunder take on the 1-7-1 Maple Ridge Burrards. Maple Ridge is coming off their first win of the season as they defeated the Burnaby Lakers 9-5 on Sunday night. While the Thunder had their 5 game winning streak broken by the Coqutilam Adanacs as they lost 7-6. Langley will want to win this game as a…
This year Alabama’s high school state champions are the Spain Park Jaguars. The Jaguars won a decisive 16-5 victory over the Virgil Grissom Tigers. In Florida, the Saint Andrews Scots won their state title with a 16-10 win over the Lakeland Prep Highlanders. Fun fact, the St. Andrews Scots are coached by lacrosse legend Casey Powell. Georgia’s high school lacrosse is divided into class AAAA and class AAAAA. In the…
A few months ago, I originally announced a new idea, the InLax Lacrosse League. We ran into a few road blocks along the way, but I am glad to announce that we here on the new site we are moving ahead with the project! Marisa and I have been working behind the scenes for a while, and we are ready to move ahead. Here are the details. There are 24 teams…
Dan Leventhal scored five goals, and Hank Altschuler played a stellar game between the pipes, as the Israel men’s national lacrosse team topped No. 9 Ireland, 12-11, at Amsterdam Bos on Tuesday. Israel raced out to 2-0, 4-2 and 6-4 leads, but Ireland answered the bell each time, staying within striking distance as they stifled the Israeli offense for the last 13 minutes of the first half. Ireland tied the game at 6-6 with…
We finally stopped the losing streak and started playing as a team again! Charlotte is a very difficult team to match up against because they have a tremendously talented roster, and while though their record might not show it, they are going to gel soon and be a tough team to stop. We went into Charlotte riding a 2 game losing streak, so it was a delicate situation to make…
Battle of the new franchises is upon us, again. This time though, there are new factors at play. Teams have altered their rosters and get to try different game plans. Charlotte, standing at 1-6, has the edge with an early season 18-15 win over Ohio. The Machine’s record is at 1-5, with their only win coming over Rochester. The Hounds have come close to a couple wins, losing by one…
Western New York has always been a hotbed for high school lacrosse but in recent years it has developed more great players to jump to the next level. The 2013 Section 6 season will not lack talent as there is some great ballers playing in the Greater Buffalo Area. Zed Williams- SR Midfield- Silver Creek The record books of New York State High School Lacrosse had to be rewritten on…