Desmond Bailey is the goalie for the CILL defending champion Chicago Outlaws. I sat down with Desmond to find out more about him, his team, and Box lacrosse in the Midwest. 1. Have you always lived in Chicago? Yes sir, born and raised on the north side of the Chi. 2. When did you start playing lacrosse? I started playing lacrosse sophomore year of high school after quitting baseball and…
The Chicago Outlaws (1-0), proud members of the Continental Indoor Lacrosse League (www.ci2l.com), defeated the Indianapolis Copperheads (0-5) 26-8 at the SportONE Parkview Icehouse on Sunday, August 23. This season started exactly where last season ended, with Chuck Czerkawski winning the faceoff. Chuck would go on to win 23 of the 29 faceoffs he took. The game got off at a fast pace with a lot of back and forth transition, until Ryan Shahidehpour…
Following a three-day training camp at the Westminster School in Simsbury, Conn., US Lacrosse has announced the final 23-man roster for the 2015 U.S. Men’s Indoor National Team. Team USA will compete in the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Indoor Championship, Sept. 18-27 in Onondaga Nation and Syracuse, N.Y. The U.S. men’s indoor national team is led by head coach Tony Resch and assistant coaches Adam Mueller and Chris Schiller….
In the last 13 months the National Lacrosse League has had a lot of paperwork moving across their desk. In July of 2014, news breaks of the Philadelphia Wings leaving Philadelphia after 28 years to relocate to the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut. Then we had rumors of the Minnesota Swarm moving to Georgia, and Edmonton Rush going to Saskatchewan. Both of these came true. On May 22 the Swarm announced…
People were wondering when the USA indoor team was going to come out with a roster, being so close to the world games next month and not hearing of anything since the tryouts way back in November. Well, we have life and USA Lacrosse put out a 31 man roster, which looks much different than the names of the tryout applicants who were first listed way back in the fall….
The Quebec Senior Lacrosse League finals are underway, and the Capitol Axemen hold a 2-0 series lead over the Kahnawake Mohawks. The Axemen beat the Kahnawake Tomahawks in the first round while Mohawks played the second seed Vermont Voyeurs and came out on top. This past weekend the Axemen won 11-9 and 10-4 to beat the defending league champs. The Axemen had already won the regular season and looked to take the…
This week we learned of the newest American indoor lacrosse league, Premier Series Lacrosse. ILWT caught up with league founders Larry Fila, Ginny Capicchioni, Patrick Crosby, and Julian Maliszewski to discuss the league. QUESTION: What exactly is the PSL? “Premier Series Lacrosse is an entity that is BY Americans FOR Americans TO HONOR of our American Armed Forces.” Mission Statement: To honor, support and bring awareness to the brave men…
The Iroquois Nationals will be the host team at this year’s World Indoor Lacrosse Championship that will be held on the Onondaga reservation in central New York. Coming off a third place finish at the field games in Denver last summer—it was the highest they have ever finished in field—Onondaga expects a higher finish with the box lacrosse games where they normally take second as Canada has never lost gold in…
Premier Series Lacrosse Mission: To honor, support and bring awareness to the brave men and women who serve our country in the armed forces, and who have fought for our FREEDOM & LIBERTY, through the platform of Indoor Lacrosse. Est. July 4, 2015. The 2015 Premiere Series Lacrosse season will consist of 100 adult indoor lacrosse players separated onto 4 teams. These 100 players will be drafted equally amongst each of the four teams….
In the Black Wolves’ inaugural season, things started out strong with wins in their first two games. Unfortunately for New England fans, the Black Wolves would only win two more games before finishing in last place. The season also ended with Head Coach Blane Harrison resigning due to personal commitments. This is not to say that things are all doom and gloom for the new franchise. Even though new coach…