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McDonogh (Md.) No. 1 in Nike/US Lacrosse High School Girls’ Lacrosse Top 25

By Lacrosse Playground | April 16, 2014 |
Unbeaten McDonogh (Md.), winner of 103 consecutive games, remains the unanimous No. 1 team in this week’s Nike/US Lacrosse High School Girls’ Lacrosse National Top 25, released today by US Lacrosse. The Top 25 appears as part of Lacrosse Magazine’s weekly report on high school girls’ lacrosse. Read More...

Boys’ Latin (Md.) No. 1 in Nike/US Lacrosse High School Boys’ Lacrosse Top 25

By Lacrosse Playground | April 15, 2014 |
The Lakers received all 10 first-place votes to remain atop the poll, followed by Culver Academy (Ind.), Georgetown Prep (Md.) and Malvern Prep (Pa.) as the first four remain unchanged. Chaminade (N.Y.) joins the Top 5 in this week’s poll after improving to 5-0. Read More...

Register by May 1 for US Lacrosse Regional Championships

By Lacrosse Playground | April 14, 2014 |
Coaches or program administrators that register two or more teams from the same organization will save $50 per team, be entered into a raffle to win a free team registration to a 2015 US Lacrosse Regional Championship, and be entered into a raffle to win a free registration and hotel stay at the US Lacrosse Convention in Baltimore Jan. 23-25, 2015. Coaches that refer a team from another organization to register will receive a $50 referral credit. Read More...

National Lacrosse Participation Nears 750,000

By Lacrosse Playground | April 10, 2014 |
BALTIMORE — A record total of 746,859 players competed on organized lacrosse teams in 2013, as reported in the annual US Lacrosse Participation Report released today. The growth rate from last year (722,205) was 3.4 percent and youth participation topped 400,000 for the first time ever. The 403,770 youth participants represent over half of the total playing population and youth participation grew 3.6 percent over 2012. Roughly two-thirds of the youth participants are boys (265,428) and more players came from New York (55,298) than any other state. Read More...

US Lacrosse, LaxSnax Announce Sponsorship to Help Teams Raise Funds

By Lacrosse Playground | March 12, 2014 |
BALTIMORE, March 12, 2014 — US Lacrosse and LaxSnax today announced a sponsorship agreement that makes LaxSnax the official fundraising snack of US Lacrosse through 2015. LaxSnax also becomes a supporting sponsor of the US Lacrosse Convention, the US Lacrosse Regional Championships, powered by Lacrosse Unlimited, and the US Lacrosse U15 National Championships, powered by Lacrosse Unlimited. Read More...

U.S. Men’s National Team Announces 30-Man Roster for FIL World Championship

By Lacrosse Playground | February 5, 2014 |
The team was selected from a 51-player training roster that last took the field at Champion Challenge, a US Lacrosse event, in Orlando on Jan. 26 for a Blue-White exhibition game, which has been chronicled in this week’s all-access series, “Road to the Rockies: Making Team USA” on The Lacrosse Network. Read More...
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By Lacrosse Playground | February 5, 2014 |
Episode three of "Road to the Rockies: Making Team USA" is now live on The Lacrosse Network. The third installment of the series follows the team during the Blue-White exhibition game at Champion Challenge in Orlando. Read More...

US Lacrosse Among Founding Members of New Urban Lacrosse Alliance

By Lacrosse Playground | January 28, 2014 |
BALTIMORE, Jan. 28, 2014 – Consistent with its strategic goal to help foster increased diversity and inclusion efforts within the game, US Lacrosse has committed to being a charter member of the Urban Lacrosse Alliance (ULA), which pulls together like-minded organizations dedicated to expanding lacrosse opportunities for urban youth. US Lacrosse will partner with the ULA’s other member organizations to grow the game through shared strategies and the exchange of best practices. Read More...

2014 US Lacrosse National Convention Wrap Up

By Lacrosse Playground | January 14, 2014 |
Don't worry if you couldn't make it to the 2014 US Lacrosse Convention in Philadelphia, PA,  because Lacrosse Playground has you covered.  We got the chance to interview a wide range of vendors to show you just what the weekend is all about. Read More...

US Lacrosse Accepting Grant Applications for 2014 P.E. Workshops and Soft Lacrosse

By Lacrosse Playground | January 7, 2014 |
ALTIMORE, Jan. 7, 2014 — US Lacrosse is now accepting applications for 2014 physical education lacrosse workshop grants and soft lacrosse equipment grants. Both grant applications can be accessed online atwww.uslacrosse.org\PEgrant, and submitted to US Lacrosse through March 1, 2014. Grant awards will be announced by the end of March. Read More...

Loyola Lacrosse Alumnus Mark Frye Named To US Lacrosse Baltimore Hall Of Fame

By Lacrosse Playground | December 30, 2013 |
BALTIMORE – Loyola University Maryland men’s lacrosse alumnus Mark Frye ‘99 is one of 10 who has been named to the USLacrosse Greater Baltimore Chapter’s Hall of Fame Class of 2014. Frye was a three-time All-American for the Greyhounds, and he is the last player in school history to earn All-America First Team honors in back-to-back seasons (1998-99). Read More...

US Lacrosse Partners With ArbiterSports and NFHS to Host a Central Lacrosse Hub

By Lacrosse Playground | December 10, 2013 |
BALTIMORE, Dec. 10, 2013 — US Lacrosse today announced its partnership with the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) and ArbiterSports, a game management solutions provider that streamlines the process of coordinating games, assigning officials, and paying participants. A one-year partnership has been signed with anticipation of annual renewal. Read More...