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America’s longest-running program recognizing excellence in high school athletics Lake Highland’s Lewis, Vero Beach’s Pridemore Claim Lacrosse Awards; Spaulding, Dean Win Coaching Honors GAINESVILLE (May 24) – Senior Devon Lewis of state champion Lake Highland Prep and junior Katy Pridemore of state champion Vero Beach have been selected as...

America’s longest-running program recognizing excellence in high school athletics Lake Highland’s Lewis, Vero Beach’s Pridemore Claim Lacrosse Awards; Spaulding, Dean Win Coaching Honors GAINESVILLE (May 24) – Senior Devon Lewis of state champion Lake Highland Prep and junior Katy Pridemore of state champion Vero Beach have been selected...

Blue Devil Elite got their summer off to a fine start by running over the field at the Citrus Bowl Summer Face Off in Kissimmee last weekend, defeating the Sandsharks to win the championship. Tampa Elite took the HS B division and the Outlaws came down from Georgia to take home the trophy in both the U15 A and B divisions. Tampa Elite took the...

Under Armour lacrosse held try-outs last weekend at UCF.  Over 160 players from ten different states showed up to play for 24 roster spots.  In addition to the 24 roster spots on the Under Armour South team there were coveted spots in the “Uncommitted” games to play for.  Five players in each graduating class who did not make the...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Pine Crest School director of athletics Keith Flynn announced today that George Harris has been named the school’s Boys Varsity Lacrosse Coach and head of the boys lacrosse program. George Harris is the new head coach at Pine Crest “We are thrilled to have George join us here at Pine Crest. He has tremendous...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Pine Crest School director of athletics Keith Flynn announced today that George Harris has been named the school’s Boys Varsity Lacrosse Coach and head of the boys lacrosse program. George Harris is the new head coach at Pine Crest “We are thrilled to have George join us here at Pine Crest. He has tremendous...

There are three events taking place in Central Florida this weekend. Blue Devil Elite’s Connor Alexander The Citrus Bowl Summer Face Off is taking place at Austin Tindall Regional Park in Kissimmee.  Over 110 covering both A and B divisions of six different age groups are competing. Clubs represented include the Orlando Possums, Blue Devil...

Oprah Winfrey delivered the commencement address at Harvard yesterday and a surprise local lacrosse connection popped up in the speech. It starts at the 24:50 mark of the tape: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/multimedia/oprah-winfrey-commencement-speech-harvard-commencement-2013/ Thanks to Jennifer Bolger for the heads up!

The first annual Southern Region Senior All-Star Game, held Thursday at Saint Andrew’s was a rousing success as the weather held off, attendance was nice for a game announced just a week earlier and the seniors put on an offensive show that culminated in the Red Team rallying for a 20-14 win. Most of the kids nominated accepted although we...

The weather cooperated and Timber Creek High School provided a top shelf playing surface for the FloridaLacrosseNews.com Central Florida Senior All Star game. [album: http://fln.mattplu.com/wp-content/plugins/dm-albums/dm-albums.php?currdir=/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/CF SAG/] Players, families, and fans were treated to some high level play...

By John McAuiffe From the first time a player puts on his pads, grabs a stick and takes the field, the “ROOTS” principles of the game are taught as a method to illustrate the sportsmanship required at every level of play. The need to respect the Rules, Officials, Opponents, Team and Self are a cornerstone of any successful team. What’s not...

Florida Lacrosse News is proud to announce that we are sponsoring the first annual Florida Southern Region High-School Lacrosse All-Star Game for graduating seniors. The game will be played on Thursday, May 23rd at the Saint Andrews school in Boca Raton and will start at 7:00pm. The game features seniors from Districts 20 through 30, which...