Americans in the National Lacrosse League are hard to come by. The indoor/box game primarily belongs to both the Canadians and Iroquois players. In an article written by ILWT CEO and President, Marisa Ingemi, an NLL executive stated, “To play defense in box lacrosse takes more athleticism, which field lacrosse players have, but they lack the skills of scoring in box lacrosse from lack of playing.” This seems true with…
This afternoon US Lacrosse reached out to ILWT regarding their tryout process. After a great initial evaluation weekend in Rahway with approximately 25 guys, the U.S. coaching staff decided this morning to cancel the second evaluation weekend (this upcoming weekend). Reason being, due to numerous conflicts including NLL training camp (with some late schedule changes there), only 12 players of the 40+ player pool would have been able to attend….
Day 2 is in the books, we’re hitting the road a bit earlier than scheduled. It’ll be nice to get home before 2 am even though I could have scrimmaged for at least another hour. 7:30 am came pretty quick this morning but a coffee and a Red Bull later I felt alive again. We hit the floor for warmup a bit after 9 then got some shooting practice in….
Its great to have a LAX weekend. Since we lost in the playoffs my weekends have been working on the house, chopping wood and getting ready for winter. While I like doing it and my wife likes to have me home there’s just something about a weekend of good intense lacrosse. Plus it’s a bye week for the Pats so I might as well hit the road. That being…
Photo credit: Ryan Pfeiffer/Metroland Although he may have had to wait longer than expected, Sheldon Burns was just happy to be selected in the NLL draft. “It’s going to sound cliche, but it’s truly a dream come true,” said the 22nd overall pick of the New England Blackwolves. “I grew up wanting to play in the highest level I can and to be apart of this and a new organization…
Ryan Conwell goes one on one with Boston Box Lacrosse League co founder Chuck Jaffe about the latest news and notes from the league.
The European Lacrosse League has crowned a new champion. Deutschland Adler, the only German team in the league, won the playoff tournament to win the league title. Deutschland had to get past the Wolves in the championship game, which was no easy task. The Wolves had won two of the three regular season tournaments. They finish in second for the season, with the Custodes third and Pietro Filipi fourth and…
In the next two weeks, we will be profiling American players who will be trying out for team USA. Today, we go one on one with Chicago Outlaws player Nicholas Jonas. Q. Where has your lacrosse career taken you? My lacrosse career has taken me to places I thought I’d never ever visit, experience new things, and meet a TON of new people. For starters, after I finished college I…
This week’s podcast continued the Baltimore theme as we went one on one with Larry Fila, the league’s commissioner, along with players Garrett Ince and Tyler Midwinter. We also talk to Baltimore league player and MLL player Will Harrington along with Philadelphia Wings and NLL great Tom Marcheck.
Ryan Conwell spoke with Randy Fraser about the Boston Box Lacrosse League and we have some video footage of the action.