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The Uganda Lacrosse Team Isn't Messing Around

The Uganda Lacrosse Team Isn’t Messing Around

By Lacrosse Playground | March 21, 2014 |
The 38 teams will be a record for the FIL World Championship, surpassing the mark of 29 set for the 2010 championship in Manchester, England. The last time the U.S. hosted the world championship, in 1998 in Baltimore, there were only 11 nations competing. Read More...

Princeton Announces Captains

By Lacrosse Playground | December 10, 2013 |
With opening day a little more than two months away, the Princeton men's lacrosse team has announced its three captains for 2014 and a major change to the schedule. Seniors Derick Raabe, Tom Schreiber and Jack Strabo will be Princeton's captains this coming season. Schreiber, the first-team All-America and Tewaaraton Trophy finalist, will be a captain for the second straight season. Read More...

Fields of Growth Volunteers Build a House for Batwa Pygmies in Uganda

By Lacrosse Playground | December 1, 2011 |
Fields of Growth Volunteers helped build a house for the Batwa Pygmies in Uganda last Summer. This video, which was edited by Adam Little, captures the impact FOG has been fighting to make. The volunteers, who are lead by Notre Dame assistant coach Kevin Dugan, are seen building a house from the ground up with a Batwa community. Read More...

Fields of Growth: A Day In The Lax…In Uganda (Video)

By Lacrosse Playground | October 20, 2011 |
This Summer Fields Of Growth (FTL) visited Uganda to teach and spread the game of lacrosse. Fields of Growth works with the close-knit lacrosse community throughout the world to build relationships with some of the top athletes with some of the most vulnerable children in the world. Read More...

Fields of Growth Update # 1 – John Christmas Checks In From Kampala

By Lacrosse Playground | August 15, 2011 |
John Christmas is a professional lacrosse player on the LXM Tour and Pro Rep for Maverik Lacrosse. He is currently traveling through Uganda, East Africa with Fields of Growth, and serving as the head men’s clinician for the D’Accardi Clinics sponsored by the Federation of International Lacrosse to support the development of the Uganda Lacrosse Union. Read More...

Maverik’s Christmas Heading Off To Uganda With Fields of Growth

By Lacrosse Playground | August 8, 2011 |
NEW YORK – August 8, 2011 – Maverik athlete and lacrosse ambassador John Christmas is off to Uganda this week with Fields of Growth founder and former Notre Dame midfielder Kevin Dugan. John will be assisting Dugan in his efforts to grow lacrosse in Uganda while also performing much needed development work in rural Ugandan villages. Read More...