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(Tampa, FL – July 19, 2013) Area lacrosse teams squared off this week at the West Florida Lacrosse Tampa Team Tournament. Held at the University of Tampa’s Naimoli Family Athletic and Intramural Complex, regional teams representing areas North, East, and South of Tampa competed earlier this week for the title of T3 champion. Goalie A.C. Cordero...

Tampa, FL – July 16, 2013) Tampa Elite Lacrosse’s Boys team dominated in GA and MD this month, showing teams from around the nation that, yes, Florida teams can compete with the best. Elite’s U13 Boys squad, comprised of athletes from South Tampa, Lakewood Ranch, Fish Hawk, New Tampa, Weeki Wachee, Sarasota, Valrico, and Plant City, prevailed,...

Above Photo courtesy of NCAA Photos WINTER PARK, Fla. (July 16, 2013) – Rollins men’s lacrosse has added Tim Desko as Assistant Coach and Offensive Coordinator, announced Head Coach R.J. Rossi on Monday. Desko enjoyed a stellar career playing for his legendary father John Desko at Syracuse University, earning All-BIG EAST honors and serving as...

Coach Andy Bolger and his South Florida Swashbucklers headed up to the Carolina Summer Shootout with two teams.  The Swashbucklers White Team went undefeated during the showcase going 6-0.   The last game of the tournament featured two undefeated teams going head to head with the Swash winning it in a Braveheart!  Niko Morfogen & NIck McCabe...

The Jokers Lacrosse Club of Orlando won the U19 and the U13 Division Championships at the annual Grip It & Rip It 7 vs 7 tournament in Clearwater.  Monsters Lacrosse Club won the U9 and U11 Divisions, Team 99 took home the championship for the U15 Division and the PHU Hurricanes won the U17 group. The annual tournament is run by Shooters...

The Jokers Lacrosse Club of Orlando won the U19 and the U13 Division Championships at the annual Grip It & Rip It 7 vs 7 tournament in Clearwater.  Monsters Lacrosse Club won the U9 and U11 Divisions, Team 99 took home the championship for the U15 Division and the PHU Hurricanes won the U17 group. The annual tournament is run by Shooters...

Lake Highland and St. Andrew’s traveled to Baltimore to participate in the first National High School Showcase.  While the number of Florida recruiting events continues to grow, most Floridians still have to hit the road to get in front of many college programs.  Without question, this event was one of the best of its type, and this writer...

The Oviedo, Florida lacrosse community is standing strong around their long-time coach, mentor, and friend, Rene Kortus. Rene is undergoing treatment for a third time in response to an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer. As the JV coach for the Oviedo Lions men’s lacrosse team and as a coach, organizer, and supporter of the Oviedo Pride...

By Tony Lowe It’s that time of year when players from across the country head to various showcase camps to play in front of recruiters in hopes of earning a letter of intent or in very rare cases a college scholarship. Much has been written about the state of college recruiting on laxallstars and other sites, about how the system is broken. I’m...

The All Star Rosters from the Blue Chip 225 Showcase featured five Florida players. Nate Bleckley (Wharton) Miami’s Cameron Rasco (Choate Rosemary Hall, CT) Colby Blackburn (Newsome HS) Nick Ludy (Berkley Prep) Connor Berg (Palmetto Sr. HS). Photo Above – Colby Blackburn is shown in the goal at Blue Chip 225  

From InsideLacrosse.com’s coverage of Under Armour –  Noah Menendez Noah Menendez, M, Tampa Jesuit (Fla.)-Florida 22/2014: Nice group of players from down south made up Florida 22, which I saw in a game against Team Dallas. Menendez led the team at the X with a strong face-off game, pushing the ball upfield when he won (had him for...

Florida Maverik All Stars pictured above are; Dominick Gilberti (Showtime All Star Team Coach, “Stampede LC Coach”) Connor Alexander, Jupiter Stephen Chase , Maclay Sam Chase, Showtime Legend and friend of Billy Bitter Teddy Transou , Maclay (Duke) And, of course, Andrew Packer was named 2016 MVP of the event.