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Trinity Prep’s 2017 goalie, Kathleen Garvey, has committed to Johns Hopkins. Garvey plays club lacrosse for REV Florida. “Hopkins is a perfect fit for me, offering both a world renowned education and a top tier lacrosse program. Thank you to my REV coach, Meg Reddy, who helped me to realize that my dreams of playing Division 1...

2017 Middie from Timber Creek, Briana Burnett, has committed to Army. Briana plays club lacrosse for the CT Dodgers and the Central Florida Lacrosse Club. She is a high performer in the class room as well as the field.  She has a 4.4 weighted GPA and is a Member of Timber Creek High School Air Force JROTC program.  

Buchholz senior middie, Finn Swanson, is headed to UMBC this fall.  Finn keeps the “student” in student-athlete with a 4.4 GPA.  He intends to major in Engineering while at UMBC. The three year varsity starter was named All American by the North Florida US Lacrosse Chapter last season as he compiled an impressive 74 goals and 47...

Florida Lacrosse News is profiling some of our state’s top uncommitted talent.  Today we will feature Hunter Loper, a big, athletic goalie from Timber Creek High School.  Hunter utilizes his size (He’s 6’4″!) and positioning to take up most the goal.  The rising senior is also excellent at clearing and transitioning the ball up...

Davie, FL- The South Florida Prime Lacrosse Team will be holding tryouts for their High School Elite and Rising Star 2018/2019 teams on Sunday August 30th.   Tryouts for both teams will be held at Bamford Pine Island Park in Davie, Fl at 10:30am. The South Florida Prime High School Elite team had a successful summer going 10-3 overall.  They...

Jacksonville University men’s lacrosse coach, Guy Van Arsdale, had been finding some excellent talent close to home.  The Dolphins recently took a commitment from PV’s Reid Smith and have now added Nease’s standout defenseman Tyler Schaffer.  Schaffer plays club lacrosse for Bold City and LB3 and is a member of Team...

The Lax4Autism Team Naples, Fl. – Giving back has always been a part of Ron Miller’s life.  As a parent of a special needs child, he has always recognized the need to help others who may not be able to help themselves.  Hence, his lacrosse program, Lax4Autism (L4A).  L4A not only trains athletes to be top lax players, but also to be outstanding...

The University of Tampa is able to keep Plant’s senior middie, Jose Marnotes close to home.  He has committed to the Spartans. Marnotes plays club lacrosse for West Florida and he has a 3.4 GPA. “I want to thank my parents, all the coaches that have helped me up to this point in my career and all my teammates who kept me pushing to...

Lake Brantley’s Jared Bernhardt has made the 30 man training roster for the US U19 Men’s Lacrosse team.  105 players were invited to tryouts that began July 29th.  That number was cut to 51 who attended the most recent camp August 7-9.  That pool has been cut to 30.   Head Coach Nick meyers (Ohio State), and his brother Patrick...

Landon Salie is headed to Orlando this fall to play for Rollins College.  The senior goalie plays club lacrosse for Stampede and Treasure Coach Revolution.  Landon played a big role in the emergence of the Jensen Beach team in a competitive district 19, winning the district in 2014. “I am grateful to the many talented people who I have...

Saturday, August 8th was a great day for lacrosse.  Set in Fifth Third Bank Stadium at Kennesaw State University, on the heels of Major League Lacrosse’s announcement of an Atlanta expansion team, the MLL Championship game between the New York Lizards and Rochester Rattlers provided a spectacular display of lacrosse in front of over...

I’m not sure who the rules makers believe the game is for, but they clearly are out of touch with what the players want.  I have yet to meet a college face off specialist who likes the current face off rules and they just brought that same ridiculous procedure to the high school level.  Players come down first, then the ball is placed by...