Loomis Chaffee lacrosse celebrated 50 years on the Island Saturday with an alumni game that enticed more than 60 former Pelican lax players to don jerseys and face off on Pratt Field, honoring the program and retired head coach Jim Wilson. Hundreds of spectators cheered from the bleachers and sidelines.

For 10 great days of summer, around 10,000 firefighters, police officers, corrections officers and border guards will descend on Metro Vancouver for what many consider a dry run to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

US Lacrosse is pleased to announce that more than 450 girls high school lacrosse players have been named US Lacrosse All-Americans and just over 1,700 girls have been named US Lacrosse Academic All-Americans for the 2009 season. The process is coordinated by the high school committee of the US Lacrosse Women’s Division Coaches Council. Players are nominated and presented to US Lacrosse by each of the 62 US Lacrosse chapters.

Lacrosse highlights from the Under Armour Senior Boys Game.

Inside Lacrosse's #1 recruit John Greeley talks about his summer plans before attending Hopkins.

. . . it warmed my heart as a lacrosse guy when I greeted Jim on the phone before we did the interview and the first thing he said to me was "How 'bout that national title in lacrosse this year?"

I'm wrapping things up here in Prague -- the rest of Team USA has scattered, either headed homeward or off on some well-deserved vacation time. Here's the All-World team, which was announced at the post-final banquet.

Head coach Lars Tiffany (LaFayette) brings 11 exciting recruits to the Brown program

The Under Armour All-American Underclassman Tournament is over, and the Long Island boys team walks out champs after an 8-5 victory over Upstate New York in the final. Here’s a look at the final standings:

After a beautiful day weather-wise on Friday, rain crept into the picture on Saturday, delaying the overtime period of the Masters semifinals between Middlebury and The Olympic Club. Today's delay was relatively minor, and Middlebury was able to finish off the win against O-Club after about a 30-minute stoppage. The Masters and Grandmasters divisions are set to crown champions on Monday, as the first section of the tournament is already drawing to a close. The Supermasters division completed quarterfinal play, while the U-19 boys' and girls' tournaments kicked off their events with pool play.

The Lake Placid Summit Lacrosse Tournament reaches an important milestone in 2009, it's 20th anniversary event! From it's humble beginnings as a single division, 7-team event in 1990, the 2009 Summit will feature 120 teams participating in 10 divisions of play. And, players from age 14 to 60+ will display their lacrosse prowess on the athletic fields of Lake Placid, one of the world's premier sports towns.
New this year: Schlastic Division.

Registration for the scholastic divisions is currently open on a first come, first served basis. It will remain open until all available slots have been filled.

The final tallies are in and the winner has been crowned in the Girls Underclass sessions. It was a battle between Baltimore and Long Island as the two undefeated teams (both 3-0) met in the championship game.

Upstate walked away with a 11-2 victory, chasing groundballs and forcing turnovers to control time of possession.

The first games at the Under Armour All American Lacrosse Classic kicked off bright and early this morning. Starting off the day on field 1 was the Upstate New York boys facing off against the underclassmen from New England. Even though the play was up and down with non-stop action, Upstate New York had the better of the play and proved to be the stronger squad, winning comfortably 12-6.

Great day of play for the Under Armour All-American Lacrosse Classic. Of the teams, Long Island looked dominant and Upstate NY played extremely well together as well. Both of those teams are 2-0 heading into Sunday’s field of play.

Hello everyone, the women’s underclass teams took the field for the Under Armour All-America Classic in Towson for the first day of the two-day event. The teams are from the same regions as the men’s: Baltimore, Philadelphia, New England and Upstate New York in Pool A, and Long Island, New Jersey, Midwest and Washington D.C. in Pool B.

. . . But while the victory was important for the South, the real fun of the Under Armour All-American Classic is getting a peek at the game’s top players debuting on a national platform. Here’s 10 who left immediate impressions:

Kara Cannizzaro (M, Cazenovia, N.Y./UNC)
Driving through double teams and being active in the clearing game, Cannizzaro seemed to be on the turf more than any other player throughout the game. But she showed the toughness to keep getting back up, and the aggressiveness to keep going at defenders.

Long hailed as the nation's hotbed of lacrosse, Baltimore had fared somewhat less impressively in the Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic. Heading into Saturday's game at Towson University's Johnny Unitas Stadium, in fact, the South team - annually stocked with the area's senior standouts - had lost all three games in the series.

Katie Rowan and Team USA defeated Australia, 8-7, in the final game of the 2009 Federation of International Lacrosse World Cup on Saturday, June 27 in Prague, Czech Republic. It marks the sixth time the U.S. has won the World Cup and the fourth time Team USA has defeated Australia in the final.

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Gender equity has jumped to the front burner in many Floridians' minds in the past few weeks as the Florida High School Athletic Association has faced a Title IX lawsuit. At issue is the FHSAA's decision to cut varsity and junior varsity contests for the next two seasons in all sports but football and cheerleading.

Some people may feel that the bull dodge is not a dodge at all. In football, one might call the bull dodge a “juke.” In any event it could be the easiest dodge to teach to munchkins. Many will do it on their own initiative.

The Nationals had a quick turnaround this week, playing two games within three days-and it showed. Earlier this week Toronto fell to the Cannons, and tonight they kept on falling. In their previous meeting, the Denver Outlaws made sure to make a statement by defeating the Toronto Nationals 15-8, proving they were worthy of the number one spot.

U.S. goalie Devon Wills (Denver, Colo./Dartmouth '06) made seven saves and had three ground balls to earn Player of the Match honors. Caroline Cryer (Centennial, Colo./Duke '09) led the way with three goals, as Team USA claimed its sixth World Cup title and fourth over Australia. The international rivals have met in the championship games six times since the World Cup's 1982 inception.

MVP: Soon to be Cavalier Chris LaPierre

MVP: Stephanie Anderson (Shorham-Wading River), North, 3 goals and 1 assist

Team Canada wore number 3s drawn onto their legs for team captain Linsday Hart (on the bench with a broken collarbone) and big smiles on their faces defeated England, 14-9, in the bronze medal match at the 2009 FIL World Cup. Mandy Friend (5g, 1a) opened scoring with an unassisted goal, kicking off a 6-0 run that England never managed to erase. Canada last claimed a medal in 1982, when they defeated England for the bronze. Today’s win ended an often frustrating run for a country that officially designated lacrosse its national summer sport.

What: Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic, featuring boys and girls games with the 91 best seniors in the country.

When: Saturday and Sunday (girls senior game, 5:30 p.m. Saturday; boys senior game, 8 p.m. Saturday).

Where: Johnny Unitas Stadium, Towson University.

“We are very excited to be expanding our Underclass tournament to include four more powerhouse regions that raise the bar of the Event to watch some of the best talent in the country square off against each other on June 27-28th at Towson University. The Upstate NY team is very athletic and loaded with young talent.

The Canandaigua Braves don’t want this season to end on a sour note. In fact, they don’t want it to end at all. So they keep winning in impressive fashion, going deeper...

OP was bidding to become the first team from Section VI to win a state crown and in the process duplicate what its football team did last fall. Instead, it lost in the Class A championship to West Islip, 10-5.
"We thought we had an incredible season. Our guys played great in both sports. In lacrosse we almost did the impossible, we beat some good teams," said Gene Tundo, who coaches both sports.

In the rematch of the season, the first and now third place teams will battle it out in the hunt for the first place standing. The Denver Outlaws (5-1) took out the Toronto Nationals (4-3) in their first meeting last week by a decisive score of 15-8. Expect the Nationals to come back with a vengeance at their home stadium this Saturday night at 7 PM ET. Undefeated for away games, the Outlaw road warriors will be sure to give the viewers an exciting matchup.

Brine announced today that the sporting goods company has signed the 2009 NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player, Kenny Nims (Watertown), to their research and development team. Nims comes to Brine from Syracuse University were he totaled over 175 points in his four year career at the school, and was a 2009 first team all American. He was also the number one draft pick in the 2009 MLL draft by the Chicago Machine.

Sight: The strange and terrifying ball of fire that appeared in the sky after the conclusion of Team USA's dominating 20-3 win over England. (There has been a LOT of rain and generally weird weather in Prague over the past few days and some bad flooding in other parts of the Czech Republic.)
Sound: Sarah Albrecht singing the national anthem before the semifinal game. As readers of Lacrosse Magazine's June issue know, Albrecht is the team's unofficial, in-house American Idol. She also plays the guitar, in addition to scoring and assisting at will. She can probably divide by zero, too.

When the Cannons selected Colgate’s Brandon Corp with the fourth pick in the is year’s Major League Lacrosse draft, they knew exactly what kind of player they were getting. Last night he took a major step toward proving the team was right. Drawing his first start at attack with Ryan Boyle (work commitment) out, Corp scored four goals to help the Cannons to a 19-15 victory against the Toronto Nationals at Harvard Stadium.

Brandon Corp, (Chittenango) goes 4-1, Greg Downing (Auburn) 3-1 in the victory. Box score

Though BU edge overall by Vermont, Bearcat men's lacrosse, soccer, and swimming/diving led the Conference.

On one sport's home page at the University of Florida's athletic Web site, there is a countdown clock, ticking off the hours, minutes and seconds to a highly anticipated season opener . . . Erica LaGrow (Skaneateles) will assume assistant coach duties after World Cup finale.

The Fundraising and recruiting event of the year as Nike presents the Lax for the Cure event, featuring 3200 athletes competing on and off the field for Susan G. Komen For The Cure.

Volunteers are being sought by the Janet Zilinski Memorial Fund to gather information about the AEDs (automated external defibrillators) in schools in preparation for their effort to pass Janet’s Law, an initiative to equip every school and playing field in New Jersey with AEDs.

LaFayette's senior midfielder John Greeley named Player of the Year. Mike Wiese, LaFayette, is Coach of the Year.

Katie Rowan recorded a team-high eight points to lead Team USA to a 20-3 victory against England in the semifinals of the 2009 Federation of International Lacrosse World Cup on Thursday, June 25. The United States will take on Australia in the gold medal match on Saturday (9:00AM Saturaday). Team USA came from behind to defeat Australia, 10-9, during pool play.

"Our focus has just been building up in each game. We have little goals, and today was D-Day. We wanted to get everything right defensively -- double teams and controled turnovers -- and I think we did it," said Bullard, who was named Player of the Match.

Sarah Mollison scored three times to lead Australia to a 12-10 win over Canada in semifinal action Thursday at the women's lacrosse World Cup. The victory moves the Aussies into Saturday's final against the unbeaten Americans, who walloped England 20-3 in the other semifinal. The Canadians will face the English for bronze earlier Saturday.

Two of the nation’s top NCAA lacrosse programs – the University of North Carolina Tar Heels and the Brown University Bears – will face off in the inaugural San Francisco Fall Lacrosse Classic, scheduled for Kezar Stadium at 3 pm on October 10, 2009.

The U.S. blasted England, 20-3, in the 2009 FIL Women's World Cup semifinal Thursday and will advance to the gold medal game Saturday against the winner of the ensuing Australia-Canada semifinal. "Our focus has just been building up in each game. We have little goals, and today was D-Day. We wanted to get everything right defensively -- double teams and controled turnovers -- and I think we did it," said Bullard, who was named Player of the Match.

Tell us what call you would make and post your comments below. Then, check back next week to see if our expert officials agreed with you.

When Oswego native Tom Dumas was a seventh grader at Oswego Middle School, he began playing the school’s newest sport—lacrosse. He was told then by coaches Dave Gillmeister and Doc Nelson that lacrosse was his best opportunity to continue his athletic career in college, a goal Dumas had set for himself

Kara Moschetti, Baldwinsville senior midfielder, named Player of the Year. Doug Rowe of Baldwinsville is Coach of the Year.

Katie Rowan, a 2009 Syracuse graduate, recorded eight points to lead Team USA to a 22-5 victory against Ireland in the quarterfinals of the 2009 FIL World Cup in Prague, Czech Republic. The United States will face England in the semifinals on Thursday, June 25 at 8:30AM EST.

The United States raced to a commanding 22-5 victory over Ireland in today's Federation of International Lacrosse World Cup quarterfinal game. Caroline Cryer (Centennial, Colo./Duke '09) had four goals, three assists and five draw controls. The game marked the first time that the U.S. and Ireland have met in international competition.

It was a reception one might expect for a visiting head of state, not a college lacrosse team. But Vice President Joe Biden made it clear Wednesday that Syracuse University holds a special place in his heart as he hosted two receptions and led a tour of the White House for SU's national champion men's lacrosse team.

On Monday, members of Canandaigua Academy’s state championship boys lacrosse team were the special guests of Assembly minority leader and Canandaigua resident Brian Kolb in Albany.

The US Lacrosse U-15 National Championship is set to begin July 6, 2009. It will be held in Bel Air, Md. at Cedar Lane Sports Park. The tournament will have boys and girls youth programs from across the nation, competing and representing their respective teams and regions.

Highlights of Under Armour All-American Hakeem Lecky, from Duxbury, MA.

Meet some of the Under Armour All-American boys as they introduce themselves.

Meet some of the Under Armour All-American girls as they introduce themselves.

Matt Springer was honored to finish off his career as not just a three-time sectional champion but also to join a prestigious group of past and present All-Americans from Western New York. This year’s group also includes from state-finalist Orchard Park Jeff Tundo and Artie Marrapese, Frontier’s Clay DelPrince, West Seneca West’s Ethan Murphy and Niagara-Wheatfield’s Pierce Abrams. Though his high school career is one to remember, Springer is looking to the future as he goes off next year to Binghamton where he will play for the Division I America East Conference program.

After taking the ASPAC title, we headed to Tokyo, Japan for the second half of our tour of the Asian South Pacific. Tokyo is a vastly different world compared to Korea with multitudes of new experiences for the guys to endure. We first arrived at the Shiba Park Hotel for a two day stay and a break from lacrosse. Our hotel was a 15 minute walk from the Tokyo Tower and also close to Roppongi, a very busy district of Tokyo. Most of the guys upon arrival went to go see the sights and have a good time during our time off.

On Monday, May 18, seven seniors skipped the final game of the boys lacrosse season because they were in Wildwood, N.J. - a beach resort where they spent the weekend following their senior prom on Friday, May 15. The team was 3-11 and not eligible for the postseason. The players informed coach John Fitzgerald of their intention days in advance. Senior captain Brian Clifford said that Fitzgerald warned them that they would forfeit any awards, such as all-league and MVP. They soon learned that they had forfeited much more.

Seibald, the 2009 Tewaaraton Trophy winner, was the second overall pick in the 2009 MLL Draft and has seen action in four games for the Outlaws. He has tallied four goals, two 2-point goals and an assist on the season, to go along with 11 ground balls. Following his first professional contest vs. Washington he was named the Bud Light MVP of the Game.

Lacrosse stars Brett Queener, Casey Powell & Colin Doyle have some fun at their Georgia camp.

LaxPower, the world's leading authority on lacrosse team performance ratings, is pleased to announce the National Coaches/Computer Ratings for high school boys' lacrosse for the recently completed 2009 spring season.

Farmingdale, on Long Island, is LaxPower's national champion for 2009. The Lady Dalers, who capped off a 17-0 season winning the New York state Class A title, finished in first place both in the coaches' poll and in the computer ratings. Farmingdale had 11 of 20 first place votes among the coaches. McDonogh School had six first place votes. The coaches' poll and the computer power ratings agreed on the first five positions.

Attackmen Jeff Colburn (CNS) and Kevin Curtin (Corcoran), midfielders Nunzio Doldo (IHC) and Mike Suits (CBA), defensemen Ricky Evans (IHC), goalie Max Silberlicht (New Hartford), and Chris Hurley represented Hobart on this year’s team.

No official word from Princeton yet, but numerous sources in the coaching community believe the school is down to four finalists. The school is conducting interviews this week and a decision is expected by the end of the week or early next week. The names InsideLacrosse.com has heard as finalists are Army coach Joe Alberici (Auburn); Haverford (Pa.) coach Mike Murphy; Drexel coach Chris Bates; and LeMoyne coach Dan Sheehan (West Genesee).

For the second summer in a row, Orange head coach John Desko and his NCAA title-winning men’s lacrosse team will visit the nation’s capital as guests of Washington, D.C.’s elite.

Seton Catholic's Jesse Wood led New York Section 4 in scoring for the second straight season, driving the Saints all the way to the Class C sectional championship in their first playoff bid.

The 2009 NCAA champion Syracuse University men’s lacrosse team was recognized by the NCAA as the Division I statistical champion for scoring margin. The Orange outscored its opponents by an average of 5.56 goals per game. SU scored 233 goals, which was second in the nation, while allowing only 133.

While the League has implemented an “East” vs. “West” format for the past two seasons, this year’s game will return to the popular “Old School” vs. “Young Guns” format which was featured in the 2005 All-Star Game, which also took place in Denver. The “Young Guns” squad is comprised of players from the 2007-2009 classes, while the “Old School” squad will be made up by those players from the classes prior to and including 2006.

The U.S. national team emerged from the rigors of pool play with a 4-0 record -- including late comebacks against Canada and reigning world champion Australia -- in the 2009 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) Women's World Cup.

We asked Denver Outlaws defenseman Zac Jungers to give us the particulars of executing a legal, safe and effective body check. Keep these tips in mind to dislodge the ball and avoid getting flagged or hurt.

Highlights from Under Armour All-American Kyle Carey, from Worthington, OH.

Former Syracuse standout Katie Rowan recorded three points to help Team USA to a 10-9 come-from-behind victory against defending champion Australia in the final round of pool play at the FIL World Cup in Prague, Czech Republic on Monday, June 22. The United States now stands at 4-0 and will face the winner of the “play-in game” between Ireland and Czech Republic in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

"Dave, unfortunately this past Thursday Erik Holbrook, a former lacrosse player from Syracuse University and West Genesee High School died unexpectedly at the age of 41. Erik was an All-America defenseman at Syracuse, graduating in 1991. He was also a member of a state championship team at West Genesee as well as a gold medalist during the Empire State Games. A great teammate and friend.

Going into the trip my primary goal was to help and serve others; however, looking back, I realize that I needed Africa more than Africa needed me! I went to teach the game of lacrosse to the children of Uganda, and they taught me an eternally valuable lesson: You can buy pleasure, but you cannot buy happiness, happiness must come from within.

The National Association of Athletic Trainers said its recommendations, which include longer breaks between practice and more time for players to ease into contact drills, are not radical changes and closely mirror policies already in place at the Division I college level.

MSG PLUS and Casey Powell show off some stick tricks to work on after practice.

Quint takes a look at the new lacrosse conferences and which teams will be moving.

At :40, Blue #7 does "the flip"

Team USA trailed 5-0 early in the first half and entered halftime with a 9-4 deficit. But the Americans stormed back in the second period, shutting out the powerful Australian offense and slowing chipping away at the lead. The game-winner came when Sarah Albrecht (3g) made a strong cut to the center of the arc and slammed home a perfect feed from Caroline Cryer (1g, 1a) with 4:21 remaining.

Over the last few days I have been working on devising a ranking of programs in New York since 1999 (since laxpower began recording records for its rankings) that is numerically quantifiable. This is what I have came up with, I figured you would all find this interesting.

It was a relatively slow week for MLL rookies, but Boston's Brandon Corp played well for the Cannons Friday night. Building off of his first career goal last weekend, tallied a goal and his first career assist in Boston's blowout against Washington. The attackman scored early in the first and then assisted on a late goal in the fourth, to teammate Sean Morris. Adapting to the quicker pace of the MLL, Corp also took five shots on goal.

The Arrows, using draft picks and cash, acquired high-scoring Peter Jacobs and Jerome Thompson (LaFayette) from the Akwesasne Indians on the weekend and the move paid immediate dividends at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena on Sunday night.