The Design Contest is over and the winning shaft was voted by the fans. It is the limited edition Barbed Wire Shaft.

Glory Hound has been announced as one of the sponsors for the Patriot Cup next week at SMU in Dallas. The event will feature High School and college teams from all over Texas as well as visiting teams from New England, Oregon and Michigan.

They’re also offering free shipping on team purchases placed before March 31st. Teams can beat the rush for end of season MVP awards, senior gifts and coach gifts by ordering a quantity of shafts now to ensure availability and sending the engraved message closer to the end of the season. Orders can be a mix of men’s and women’s shafts and teams are encouraged to combine high school and youth programs for more savings.

Today we received CustMbite mouthguards in the mail. Dr. Monroe Elkin, DMD, has spent the past twenty years researching and developing the latest in athletic mouthguard technology. He and polymer chemist Dr. Manese Rabeony formed CustMbite LLC to bring you the most effective, precision-fit mouthguard to come on the market in over 40 years.

The MVP features superior speech clarity that facilitates clear on field communication between teammates. The MVP also eliminates the distraction of the constant dislodging of the mouthguard found with traditional “boil-and-bite” models – the MVP simply stays in the mouth better, allowing the athlete to concentrate on his game.

CustMbite provides mouthguards for teams all over the country at every level such as Quinnipac College lacrosse team, The Hotchkiss School, Loyola Blakefield, University of Kansas, Yale and Iowa State University to name a few. Head to CustMbite now to order an MVP mouthguard.

For the third year, USA Starz is excited to announce four international lacrosse trips this summer for both men and women. Teams are filling up fast, but there are still limited spots at just about every position on each trip. With an incredible staff and exciting itineraries, they are confident that this will be the best summer of USA Starz ever.

USA Starz is done in partnership with the Starz Lacrosse Club, which is run by LXM’s Scott Hochstadt. Both programs are instrumental in growing the sport and also giving youths the chance to learn the importance of unity, strength, and character, while also getting an opportunity to attend college and see the world.

Here is an impromptu video of the Global Starz Lacrosse Club trip to Europe, summer 2008. Enjoying a little bit of history in Berlin, they decided to do wall-ball as they walked the streets with their sticks.

Go to their website, www.globalstarzlax.com, for more details. Feel free to email Rick Sheinin (co-program director) with any questions at ricksheinin@gmail.com.

We’d like to thank one of our readers for sending in pictures of the King II gloves that players at St. Paul’s (Md.) will be wearing this spring. The all white gloves include blue and gold accents and the St. Paul’s logo on the cuff. St. Paul’s is No. 2 in the Maryland State Lacrosse Coaches’ Association pre-season poll.

The Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic had no shortage of drama this weekend. After Maryland topped Duke in the first game of the day, Princeton and Hopkins added their own drama, as the Tigers knocked off Hopkins 11-10 in overtime.

Re-live the action of the weekend with some of the shots below. (Photos: Bill Jones)

One of the most famous parquet floors is the one used by the Boston Celtics of the NBA. The celtics also share the TD Garden with the NLL’s Boston Blazers. We came across a time-lapse video of the TD Garden staff changing the Celtics floor to the Blazers turf. Pretty neat.

Cali Lax Classic is a tournament Brine is now sponsoring where the proceeds benefit the HEADstrong foundation.

Head to Cali Lax for more info.

Elite Motion Coach had over 50 kids attend “Secrets of Scoring” Clinic this past weekend in Millersville, MD. The slow motion video technology was used to break down John Grant Jr’s shot.

Brine teamed up with Great Atlantic to produce a Limited Edition St. Patty’s Day King T-Shirt. Only 200 were made and are available right now for delivery.