Category: From the Vault

The FLN Final Four Recap Show from May 2023!

Written by Lee Roggenburg on January 25, 2024. Posted in Featured Posts, Florida Lacrosse News, From the Vault, Lee's Corner.

For those who did not watch this on Varsity Sports Network (now moving to Florida Athletic Network), here is the full 2-hour recap show! All four championship brackets recapped, with highlights, interviews with the winning coaches and the FLN Final Polls for each class/gender! Hope you enjoy reliving the excitement of last year’s...

From the Vault: When Tony Seamen and Jeff Goldberg Met in the 2017 Districts . . .

Written by Lee Roggenburg on December 7, 2022. Posted in Featured Posts, Florida Lacrosse News, From the Vault.

This one was back when I would attend a full District semifinal doubleheader and wrote a narrative that wound plenty of information above and beyond the normal game recap. This article featured a semifinal District 26 game between American Heritage-Delray and Saint Andrew’s. SA had won comfortably, 15-5, in the first game of the year...

From the Vault: My First FHSAA Title Game in 2013 – LHP 8-SA 7!

Written by Lee Roggenburg on November 16, 2022. Posted in Featured Posts, Florida Lacrosse News, From the Vault, High School.

from the Vault by Lee Roggenburg Note: My first championship weekend was in West Orange, for the rubber match between Lake Highland and Saint Andrew’s. The teams had swapped 2011 and 2012, with LHP finally ending the lengthy SA championship run in 2012, and SA regaining the title the following year in Port St. Lucie. What made these...

From the Vault: Miracle on Military Trail – Jupiter’s Late Rally Leads to the 14-13 OT Win Over Cardinal Mooney

Written by Lee Roggenburg on November 10, 2022. Posted in Featured Posts, Florida Lacrosse News, From the Vault.

Written on May 5, 2019. Posted in Featured Posts, Florida Lacrosse News, High School, Southeast Boys, Tampa/Treasure Coast Boys. thanks to Paul Kabalin for the pictures! (FLN: This was an amazing game of lacrosse and still sticks in my memory. Cardinal Mooney had to travel to Jupiter for the second straight...

From the Vault: When the Bobcats Finally Slayed the Scots; the 2014 District Final

Written by Lee Roggenburg on October 19, 2022. Posted in Featured Posts, Florida Lacrosse News, From the Vault.

April 17th, 2014 (note: the pictures did not come over with the database change) Boca Takes the Next Step: District 23 Final – Boca 9 – SA 7 It would be easy to just write the standard sports cliches about this one . . . The changing of the guard The death of a dynasty and so on But that’s not what really happened last...

From the Vault: A Look Back at March 26th, 2015!

Written by Lee Roggenburg on October 14, 2022. Posted in Featured Posts, Florida Lacrosse News, From the Vault.

I’ve been wanting to highlight more of these stories in the early years of writing for FLN, and this one always sticks in my mind, as well as many who played or coached in this game. The story going in was simple. Four teams would make the district playoffs and Saint Andrew’s, SJP II and Boca High were locked in. This game was...

Remembering 9/11 . . .

Written by Lee Roggenburg on September 11, 2021. Posted in Across The LAX World, Featured Posts, Florida Lacrosse News, From the Vault, The LAX Community.

I published this last year and will only change the first line as it still rings honest in my thoughts . . . 9/11 – Still Fresh In My Mind & The Rest of the Lacrosse World Written by Lee Roggenburg on September 11, 2020. Posted in Across The LAX World, Featured Posts, Florida Lacrosse News. No...

Get to Know Niko Morfogen, One of Florida’s Top Uncommitted Seniors

Written by Lee Roggenburg on July 7, 2014. Posted in Boys Recruiting, From the Vault, The LAX Community.

Niko Morfogen – pure and simple he’s a warrior. “Hey Niko, we need you to play attack.” Okay, Coach. “Hey Niko, we need you to play pole.” Okay, Coach. “Hey Niko, we need you to play goalie.” That one stuck. By the way, like his favored Brett Queener (below) and Florida’s own Chris...

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Vero ‘Streaks’ to Another Title – Triumphs Over Bartram Trail 17-3

Written by Lee Roggenburg on May 7, 2013. Posted in Florida Lacrosse News, From the Vault, High School, Northern Girls, Southeast Girls.

No surprises in this one. Vero has been winning titles longer than they’ve been official state crowns. Bartram Trail was the latest victim in a streak of eight straight championships for the Fighting Indians. Bartram came into the game on an emotional high, having rallied late in the semifinals to earn the right to play Vero...

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Bishop Timon-St Jude Edges St. Andrew’s in Back and Forth Thriller 13-11

Written by Lee Roggenburg on April 8, 2013. Posted in Featured Posts, Florida Lacrosse News, From the Vault.

Measuring Stick. A term used in sports to give one an opportunity to compare. In past years the term was specifically used by Florida lacrosse teams as a given. How do we compare to programs from the traditional lacrosse regions? It’s a sign of how far Florida has come that the term is no longer used by our top programs. It’s been replaced, at...

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