‘Tis the season to be jolly – and for some pretty lively lax! The annual Jingle Brawl provided some of the best lacrosse action this writer has seen in some time. I only wish senior swami Lee Roggenburg could have seen the overall high quality of play in all divisions. Florida lacrosse is rapidly on the rise! We wish we had more...
Most readers of FLN will recognize the setting of the photo above, Delray Beach’s Old School Square. Shown are members of the boys and girls of Atlantic High School’s first lacrosse teams going for a run. If you have not yet visited Atlantic Avenue and it’s famous restaurant and shopping scene, we are pretty sure you have...
Billed as a warm weather recruiting showcase, the Paradise Shootout showed promise in its early years. The fourth edition, completed last weekend in Naples, has evolved into a high quality local and junior event, spiced with some out of state competition and run exquisitely by Corrigan Sports Enterprises. As usual, the fields were beautiful...
Sources within the lacrosse community confirm MLL is seriously considering moving up it’s schedule in the 2015 season two weeks, which would make the season start on April 11th and end on July 25th and that a decision to potentially do so is close to being made. Â The impact of this move is particularly a problem for the Launch as...
MLL recently released each team’s 23-man protected roster for December’s Supplemental draft and the following players were protected by Florida:
Player
Position
Reid Acton
Defense
Niko Amato
Goalie
Steven Brooks
Midfield
Joe Cinosky
Defense
Ryan Creighton
Midfield
Kevin Cunningham
Attack
Tucker...
Here is a link to the Major League Lacrosse’s YouTube channel, where they semenax pills posted a very nice season highlight video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD7QeupzhOM&feature=youtu.be
Enjoy!
Doug Shanahan, Florida Launch player and an Assistant Coach last year at St. Thomas Aquinas, takes the reigns at start-up program St. Brendan HS in Miami.
Coach Shanahan spoke with the author last week and made the following points:
The school will start as an Independent this year and will make the decision on when to turn into an...
The article below was written earlier in the summer so many of you have probably already seen it. Living in Florida, we all HGH know how fantastic the growth of the sport is here.
Thanks to buzzfeed.com and author John Templon. Happy back to school!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/johntemplon/lacrosse-fastest-growing-sport#2y9g2ph
From Press Release
The Syracuse alum led the league in points and assists in 2014
Boston (August 21, 2014) – Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced Florida Launch’s Casey Powell as the 2014 Coca-Cola Most Valuable Player. MLL coaches and general managers voted for the athletes they...
via press release from MLL:
http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/press-release/10479/cascade-rookie-of-the-year-kieran-mcardle/
BOSTON (August 12, 2014)- Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced today that Florida Launch attackman Kieran McArdle has been named 2014 Cascade Rookie of the Year, as...
Once again the Florida Launch needed to play from behind and even though they pulled within 8-7 late in the third quarter they were not able to fully catch up, losing their season finale to the Ohio Machine 14-10 in Ohio. The Launch finish the season with a 5-9 record and will go into the off-season looking to upgrade their roster.
We...
via press release from the Boston Cannons web site: http://www.bostoncannons.com/press-release/10405/cannons-blast-past-launch-1615/
BOSTON, MA (August 2, 2014) – The Boston Cannons needed Coca-Cola Player of the Game, Jordan Burke to make a crucial save in the final seconds to seal the victory over the Florida Launch....