Lacrosse has skyrocketed in popularity; this is reiterated countless times a day by players, coaches and fans. Unfortunately, not many people outside the sport understand quite what it takes to be a topnotch competitor. There are so many professional lacrosse leagues that it would be impossible to hold professional league recruitment combines. The events would overlap too many leagues’ seasons and events, and therefore comes down to college players competing…
Bandits’ Domination of the NLL Frontier
A lot can happen in the course of nine months. In between the Buffalo Bandits last home game on April 20 2013 (where they were eliminated from the playoffs by Rochester) to the current success they are achieving five games into their current 2014 season, a major feeling of change was definitely in the air. During the off-season, the Bandits let go of head coach Darris Kilgour and acquired the 2013…
NCAA: Outlooks on St. John’s and Rutgers
The Big East conference will have quite the competition this year and sees a lot of change as well. Gone are Big East powers in Notre Dame and Syracuse. Welcome, Denver, yes Denver to the Big East. While Denver may be the favorite, Rutgers and St. Johns are two teams that could give Denver a run for its money in 2014. St. Johns When talking about St. Johns, the conversation…
Richards Has Carried Stealth Through Week Six
This past summer Tyler Richards took some time off from the WLA, and New Westminster Salmonbellies. For many Vancouver Stealth fans this left some questions to be answered. Would the T-Rich we have all grown accustomed to show up to camp, still be productive between the pipes, and have the passion we have seen in seasons past? This early in the season Richards appears to have two weaknesses. First of…
National College Athletic Association v Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association
I had never heard of MCLA lacrosse before I came on board with ILWT. Natural curiosity led me to do some investigation into why I had recently learned there were hundreds of college varsity lacrosse programs and approximately 30 percent are NCAA sanctioned. Repeatedly, lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the world. The question in this instance is not what is keeping the NCAA from sanctioning MCLA teams. The…
Power Rankigs: RUSH(ing) to the Top
Another exciting weekend of action in the NLL. Junior’s overtime winner, Tyler Richards’ unbelievable save and the Bandits showing they are for real. This week looks just as exciting with five games on the schedule. Power Rankings Week 6 (2) 1—Edmonton Rush (4-0) Fell behind 7-2, but outscored the Stealth 7-1 in the final 30 minutes to win 9-8. Matthews, Greer, Knight all with two goals. Bold was pulled…
Lock Monsters Look to Terrorize CLax
On Saturday the Niagara Lock Monsters became the first team in the Canadian Lacrosse League to announce their 2014 roster. The Roster is as follows: 2014 Niagara Lock Monsters Roster # Player First Shot Hometown Last Team(s) 2 Niesink Brandon Left St. Catharines Oakville Rock 3 Potter Kyle Right St. Catharines St. Catharines Spartans 4 Dumont Mitch Right St. Catharines St. Catharines Saints/Durham Turfdogs 6 Gillies Sean Left Oakville Oakville…
Audio: Bandits Defeat Knighthawks to Take Over East
Last night the Buffalo Bandits took over the eastern conference with their win over the Rochester Knighthawks. After the game we caught up with some of their players to discuss the team’s fourth straight victory. Resetarits Tavares Cosmo
Reasons Edmonton is Rushing Out Early
The Edmonton Rush are off to their best start since entering the National Lacrosse League in 2006. Four straight wins to start the season has them atop the league standings after Week 5 and even though Head Coach and GM Derek Keenan has stated that it is too early to get excited about any team’s successes or failures, we are still going to take a look at what has the…
Demons Announce 2014 CLax Roster
The Ohsweken Demons unveiled their roster, which consists of 13 returnees from last year’s team, along with 15 from the Creator’s Cup Champion Iroquois Ironmen. There will be no shortage of talent for the Demon’s this year who will showcase 3 Top 10 scorers from 2013 in Wayne VanEvery, Chris Attwood and Roger Vyse. Demons Head Coach Randy Chrysler said, “It was a very tough decision this season as there is a lot of talent here. But, it comes down to talent, plus attitude and…