Denver Outlaws Make Major League Lacrosse History in front of 31,019
It’s the Fourth of July and you’re playing lacrosse on Sports Authority Field in Denver, Colorado in front of a record setting 30,019 fans. Could you imagine? As a professional player, that alone would be pretty sweet. Add in the fact you play for the Denver Outlaws, who became the first team in Major League […]
Editor’s Note: Help the German Women’s National Team
Shout out to Colleen O’Connor, one of two American women playing for the German National Team. She emailed us this morning to let us know about the team’s new crowdfunding campaign to help offset player travel costs to Canada for the Women’s Lacrosse World Championships later this month. There are 18 players and 6 staff members on the team, and it […]
Three Athletes With Adrenaline: 2013 Black Card Showcase
Photo credit: Adrln Blog Last week, our friends at Adrenaline, an LAS partner, hosted the 2013 Black Card Showcase in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In it’s second year, the Black Card event featured 175 high school boys lacrosse players who are counted amongst the top one percent of uncommitted aspiring collegiate athletes in North America. From what I’ve gathered […]
Four Goals in 27 Seconds
St. Margaret’s Episcopal School at it again. This Southern California team had a great season playing an explosive brand of ball. Just a few weeks ago, St. Mararet’s faced off against Corona Del Mar in the Orange County high school boys lacrosse championship. At one point, SMES landed four goals in just 69 seconds and that put the game […]
Meet Claudette Wilmot, Jamaica Game Grower
Congratulations to Claudette Wilmot of Jamaica, the May 2013 Game Grower of the Month.
The LAS Internship Program
Lacrosse All Stars is excited to announce the brand new LAS Internship Program. Beginning June 2013, a select number of internships will be available year round to passionate lacrosse players, fans, and followers interested in sports media. The Basics LAS is a media outlet dedicated to making lacrosse the most popular sport in the world. […]
GTG Jamaica: C.W. Post Gear Drop
Last week, a huge equipment donation arrived in Kingston, Jamaica from the C.W. Post University (LIU Post) men’s lacrosse program. Coach John Jez and his staff provided over 50 sets of custom gloves, custom elbow pads, and team uniforms to aid in the efforts of Fields of Growth lacrosse volunteers like Joey Blount, former standout […]
GTG Jamaica, Day 2
Sunday, April 21 Day 2 featured an eye-opening trip to Riverton City, a trash dump town just West of Kingston. As soon as we got there, the children embraced us with open arms. Of course, they were already familiar with the game thanks to Joe, Harry and Kevin’s previous efforts in the community, but that […]
GTG Jamaica, Day 1
Saturday, April 20 Day 1 was all about travel, and I thought it’d be good a few photos from the journey so you can see how far we traveled and what we ran into on the way. Unfortunately, I don’t have much time to write at the moment – we’ve kept an extremely busy schedule […]
Editor’s Note: GTG Jamaica Intro
After nearly 36 hours of travel, I’ve arrived in Jamaica and met up with the Fields of Growth crew. Fields of Growth is a non-profit organization founded by Kevin Dugan, former director of operations for the Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team. Its mission is to harness the passion of the lacrosse community into positive social impact through […]
Editor’s Note: Happy Saturday, Lacrosse Fans
Happy Saturday, lacrosse fans. Today’s going to be a good day… I can feel it. Rain or shine, I love Saturdays. My plan is to wake up around 9am and make a delicious breakfast complete with an omelet, greek yogurt with strawberries, and cinnamon raisin toast. Then I’ll go coach a high school lacrosse game, […]
Editor’s Note: Will you be America’s Top Scorer?
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hat if you could compare your game to someone who lives two States over? Or how about on the opposite coast? What about comparing yourself to America’s #1 scorer in your age group who plays the same position? Today, our partner RipNet launched the first ever national leaderboards for high school and middle school boys and girls. Ranked based on scoring data submitted by players […]