The 2015 NLL draft was held on Monday evening at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville. To nobody’s surprise, Lyle Thompson was chosen first overall by the Georgia Swarm. With the first draft pick in their team’s history, the Swarm chose the youngest Thompson brother, who will be the fourth of four to play in the NLL, preceded by Jeremy (Saskatchewan), Jerome (Buffalo), and Miles (also Georgia). Thompson just…
The Georgia Swarm were the big winners at the 2015 NLL draft held Monday night in Oakville. With four picks in the first round, the Swarm added a multitude of talent to a roster already deep with young, talented players. The Swarm took Lyle Thompson first overall. Lyle will join his brother Miles and is happy to be reunited with former teammates Randy Staats (taken sixth) and Johnny Powless. “I…
Casey Powell and Drew Snider scored four goals a piece as USA cruised to a 22-2 victory over Ireland to vault them into a semi-final matchup against the Iroquois Nation. The Iroquois defeated the USA 13-9 in the preliminary game earlier in the tournament. This was total domination by the USA. Ireland would finally get on the board eight minutes into the game to trail 4-1. That’s as close as…
Early this year, the PT Lacrosse Club once again showed their dedication to making the world a much better place by supporting fledgling athletes at the Peters TWP High School Boys Lacrosse Team. The guys at the PT Lacrosse Club held its 11th Annual Bingo Night on February 28th where they raised thousands of dollars to support the needs of said boys club. There are lots of sports clubs that…
The United States came out strong, keeping their game against the Iroquois close. They then went on to gain two victories over England and Czech Republic. Unfortunately they received the other side of the sword when they went up against Canada and were dismantled by their northern neighbors. Tony Resch’s group sits at 2-2 and looks to make the semi finals. Ireland has had a strong presence at the WILC’s….
In a game that USA was heavily favored, England goalie Nick Rose had different ideas as he stood on his head to keep his team in range, but the firepower from USA was too much as USA (2-1) defeated England (0-2) 13-9. USA opened up a 3-0 just ten minutes into the contest with goals from Casey Powell (2G/4A), Garrett Thul (3G/2A), and Joe Walters (2G/6A), but England battled back…
The Iroquois National Team opened their quest for the gold in the 2015 FIL World Indoor Championships with a 13-9 victory over Team U.S.A. at the War Memorial. Iroquois was led by Jeff Shattler (3G/4A) and Lyle Thompson (3G/2A). The game started with a number of scoring chances by both teams, but stingy defense prevailed until the 3:15 mark when Johnny Powless (2G/3A) scored the first of his two goals…
Tonight the four year wait is over. Team U.S.A. led by Head Coach Tony Resch, along with Assistant’s Adam Mueller and Chris Schiller look to jump over the next hurdle. In 2003 and 2007 the United States came away with the Bronze medal, This time they want GOLD!!! This time they are a huge underdog, and some have said the offense isn’t their and they will have problems putting the…
Ten years later and the Victoria Shamrocks are back on top of the lacrosse world. The WLA champion Shamrocks are now Mann Cup champions after defeating the Peterborough Lakers in six games to win the 2015 title. After losing the cup to the Six Nations Chiefs in 2013 and 2014, it was extra sweet for the Shamrocks to beat the Lakers, the team they defeated in 2005, the last time…
Green lids littered the floor of The Q Centre Friday night, indicative of the party to come as the Victoria Shamrocks won their first Mann Cup in a decade. The ‘Rocks beat the Peterborough Lakers 12-6 to close out the best-of-seven series in six games, the culmination of a dominant season for Victoria. Throughout the season Victoria left little doubt about who was the team to beat; not only in…