The long treacherous road to the Founders Cup began as the 2012 OJBLL playoffs got underway this weekend. With the majority of the favorites to win the Founders this year being from Ontario; including the host Six Nations Rebels, the outcome of the OJBLL playoffs will be vital to see the set up for the Canadian Championship. First we will take a look at the East and what has happened…
Israel Upsets Wales, Moves to Quarterfinals
The Israel men’s national lacrosse team earned a berth into the quarterfinals of the European Lacrosse Championships with a 14-13 win over No. 11 Wales at Amsterdam Bos on Sunday. Israel (4-0) will meet either host No. 8 Netherlands or No. 13 Czech Republic on Wednesday at 2:30 PM. Striker Richard Cheifitz was dominant for the blue and white with seven goals in the win. “[Cheifitz] was without a doubt our MVP tonight,” said Israel head coach…
NLL Opts Out of Final Two Seasons of Current CBA
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) announced today via the @NLLCBA Twitter account that they will opt out of the final two seasons of the current collective bargaining agreement. “NLL opts out of the final two seasons of the current CBA. NLL intends to operate for 2013 under wages and conditions of 2012 CBA terms.” The NLL states above in a tweet saying that they will operate 2013 under the current wages and…
WLA Weekend Recap
This past weekend there were two games on the WLA schedule the first was on Saturday as the Coquitlam Adanacs faced off against the Langley Thunder and the second was on Sunday as the Nanaimo Timbermen faced off against the Maple Ridge Burrards. The first matchup of the weekend matched  the Coquitlam Adanacs against the Langley Thunder. These two teams have met twice so far this season with each team…
Vincent Talbot Blog: Exhibition vs US Devo team
This past weekend the Vermont Voyageurs hosted the USA Developmental team. It was a good opportunity for some of our players to showcase what they can do in different situations. I think the team did good overall and we ended the weekend one and one. I was the backup for the weekend, letting the chance to two of our goalies to show what they can do in a senior game….
Beaches Lose Again, In a Must Win Situation
The Toronto Beaches Junior A lacrosse club has not hosted a playoff game in eight years. All season long players have been talking about the prospect of finally bursting that bubble. Sitting two points back of the final spot, and without the tie breaker, the Beaches found themselves in “must-win” mode Sunday night against the Kitchener/Waterloo Braves. Beaches forward Allister Warren said even though the final games are important, “It’s…
Part Two of Western NY High School Lacrosse Look In
Last week we looked at two top players from Western NY who dominated Section 6 lacrosse. This week we take a look at a few more ballers that will own the field in the 2013 season. Austin Goltz- Sr- A/M- Orchard Park- Committed to Providence Goltz is a average size attackman but also has the ability to play at midfield as well. Goltz is very athletic with dominate hands left…
Whitby Warriors Weekend Recap
This weekend the Whitby Warriors took on the Six Nations Arrows in back to back games on Saturday and Sunday night. These were two big games for both teams as they were  battling for first place going into Saturday night’s game. The winner of these two games would improve their position in the OJALL with the season quickly coming to a close. On Saturday night Whitby defeated Six Nations 11-7…
Bayhawks Stay in First, Defeat Cannons
The Boston Cannons have now lost three of their last four games, as last night they fell to the Chesapeake Bayhawks by a score of 14-13. The Cannons are now 5-3 while the Bayhawks move to 7-1 to lead MLL in the standings. Kip Turner, the former Cannons goalie and a former MLL goalie of the year, beat his former backup in Jordan Burke. The troubling thing about this game…
Hounds Continue Expansion Domination, Beat Ohio 17-16
For the second time this season the Charlotte Hounds walked off the field as winners, and for the second time it was against their expansion brothers the Ohio Machine. Thanks to great games from Boltus and Kaminski Charlotte finally got things rolling, and were able to defeat a Machine team that was starting to look very good coming into this weekend. Like many of Charlotte and Ohio’s games it started…