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On January 12th the Florida Youth Lacrosse Foundation is offering it’s 8th annual Pre-Season Lacrosse Goalie School. Each January the Florida Youth Lacrosse Foundation, a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization, presents and underwrites a Goalie School.  To date the FYLF has donated over $220,800 to lacrosse programs in our state. We spoke with...

St. Andrew’s Grant Mahler (Cornell) playing for Sweetlax Elite Division – The only Florida team to qualify this year for the Elite division was the Tampa Tribe.  They lost in the first round of the play-offs after earning the 10th seed. The division was eventually won by powerhouse Team Long Island over SweetLax.  FCA, always in the...

St. Andrew’s Grant Mahler (Cornell) playing for Sweetlax Elite Division – The only Florida team to qualify this year for the Elite division was the Tampa Tribe.  They lost in the first round of the play-offs after earning the 10th seed. The division was eventually won by powerhouse Team Long Island over SweetLax.  FCA, always in...

  Florida Elite’s Dawson Allen shoots on Michigan Team Total Lax The last two Florida clubs still sanding this afternoon were both playing in the U11 division.  The Palm Beach Storm and the Florida Xtreme had been setting the pace in the division up to the semi finals. Unfortunately, only one could advance to the finals because they...

The Dick’s Sporting Goods Tournament of Champions is all set to begin tomorrow in Wesley Chapel. The final pool play schedules are set with the Tampa Tribe being the only Florida representative in the Elite division.   Florida Elite, Tampa Tribe, and Tampa Bay Fire all have teams in the Rising Star’s division.  The U15’s have Stampede, PB...

Hannah Pridemore, 2015 Vero Beach Middie, has made a verbal commitment to Florida. Hannah plays club lacrosse for the Stickbenders and TLC Baltimore. “After having the opportunity to visit many schools with my older brother Ben (Boys’ Latin, Sr. / Notre Dame) and older sister Katy (Vero Beach, Jr. / Florida) during their recruiting...

Saint Andrews School defenseman, Jake Bargas, has chosen Michigan.  Jake is a 6’4” 225 pound letter winner in lacrosse, basketball, and football.  Jake, class of 2015, plays club lacrosse for Team Florida.  He attended Jake Reed’s Nike Blue chip, and was a Hot Bed’s All-Star. He also considered UPenn, Syracuse, Denver, and...

Tom Marechek is once again bringing his All Pro Lacrosse camps back to Florida this winter.  They will be back at St. Edwards in Vero Beach, FL on December 27th and have added a date at the Canterbury School in Ft. Meyers on December 29th. Inside Lacrosse recently called Marechek the “one man show” of the NLL draft of 1992.  He accumulated 773...

By:  Pete Vining Cheer was everywhere at the 4th annual Jingle Brawl sponsored by Lacrossewear at North Broward Prep.  No doubt the setting feels like a second home to many Florida lacrosse families.  To this writer, at this time of the year, the Jingle Brawl embodies the spirit of the game above all. Yes, there were the standard Florida...

Thirty lacrosse teams met at the Northwest Recreation Complex in Apopka Florida over the weekend for the Second Annual Reindeer Rumble. With amazing weather and spectacular fields, this was a weekend of great lacrosse in an up-tempo 7v7 format.  Most of the games were very fast paced with lots of scoring.  Stated Co-Tournament Director and...

Note: This article is part of a series.  We took a fall tour to visit with our Florida born impact players at Florida’s NCAA schools.  Our first stop found us at Florida Tech where we spent some time with Andrew Conley and Coach Ryan McAleavey. After that we made our way to Lakeland to visit with Brad Fretti and Dan Krispinsky.  Heading...

Miami Killian High School senior and lacrosse team captain Nicholle Galletti signed her National Letter of Intent to play for Mount Olive University in 2014. Nicholle is a standout Middie/Attack for the Lady Cougars. Nicholle has been honored as team MVP and Midfield Player of the Year in 2010, rookie of the year 2010, and Coaches award 2012....