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Meet Coach Dave Pietramala's Twin Future Lacrosse All Stars
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Meet Coach Dave Pietramala’s Twin Future Lacrosse All Stars

Legendary lacrosse coach Dave Pietramala has definitely shared his passion for the game with his twin sons. Lacrosse royalty is in the blood of Nicholas and Dominic Pietramala, who both play for the Koopers Lacrosse 2021 team. Not only is Kooper’s a well-known and well-instructed youth program, the youngsters are fortunate enough to get to practice on Hopkin’s Homewood Field (thanks, dad!) and other top-notch Baltimore-based facilities.

The two Petros have great stick skills for their age and dominate at their positions. You can tell these two constantly have their sticks in hand, just like pops back in the day.

Nicholas took after his old man and is making a name for himself as a pole. You can already see the makings of a great LSM, Nicholas has no problems clearing the ball and isn’t afraid to push it in transition. Not to mention, he also knows when to pull the reigns and settle the ball after clearing.

Dominic on the other hand is a well-rounded attackman who can beat his guy to the goal or draw the slide and make the perfect dish. If Nicholas can push the ball downfield quickly to Dominic, these two are going to make a crazy full-field 1-2 punch for years to come.

Now roll that beautiful Petro footage…

Nicholas Pietramala (LSM)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2MFjVVl3Hg

He’s pretty good right? His stick is a vacuum when it comes to getting ground balls whether he’s in the open field or in a scrum. The one-on-one defense he likely got from his dad is also on-point. He never does anything too fancy because he’s busy playing fundamental defense and throwing solid checks.

The attackmen never get a chance to breathe with the pressure he applies and it usually ends in a take away. He doesn’t stop there, Nicholas also goes to the rack a few times and definitely seems comfortable dodging and shooting when he wants to.

Dominic Pietramala (Attackman)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwn-DJuPY1Y

So now you know how good Dominic is too. His outside shot has plenty of speed and incredible accuracy. It seems like if his team is on man-up and they call his number there is a good chance he’s burying the rock. The field vision and passing he has is also top-notch, whether it’s feeding the backside or the crease, Dominic’s ball movement is legit. He also beats his defender in a variety ways whether it’s purely using speed, or throwing a fake, the kid has tricks up his sleeve.

It will be great to see where these two end up down the road! Whether it’s at Johns Hopkins with Coach Pietramala or somewhere else, I’m sure they’ll dominate in whatever they do. There’s a good amount of time between now and their freshman year of college but when they’re about to hit campus, I’m sure we’ll hear plenty more about them.

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Some call Dave Pietramala the greatest defenseman to ever play lacrosse. If that’s true, and he’s got a set of twins on the way that carry the same passion, the future of lacrosse is looking blindingly bright!