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Final Four Musings – And A Few Predictions . . . Or Not

Written by Lee Roggenburg on April 28, 2017. Posted in Uncategorized.

Reminder, we’ll be live blogging today from the semifinals! This one will be fun. Last year’s was incredibly dramatic Girls Semis: Bartran Trail by one, Vero by 6 Boys Semis: Ponte Vedra by 6, STA in 3OT Girls Finals: Bartram in OT Boys Finals: STA by 2 And both 6-goal wins were interesting to watch with...

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The Return of The Podcast! Wells and Lee With A Preview of The Weekend!

Written by Lee Roggenburg on April 27, 2017. Posted in Florida Lacrosse News, Podcast Central.

We’re BACK!!! The return of the Podcast by Lee and Wells! In Technocolor . . . okay SoundCloud . . .

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The Bracket Challenge – Where Do We Stand Going Into the Final Four?

Written by Lee Roggenburg on April 27, 2017. Posted in Uncategorized.

Okay, in our annual bracket challenge we are coming down to the nitty gritty. The format is 1,2,3,5, and 7 points for a win in each round Current Standings for the top 5: Peter Ranta leads with 35 points and is the betting favorite with 3 teams still standing Pete Opresko and Kepler Funk are tied for second with 32...

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It’s Just Around The Corner! The Final Four in Jupiter This Friday & Saturday!

Written by Lee Roggenburg on April 26, 2017. Posted in Uncategorized.

Click on the emblem below to go to the ticket sales page! Click HERE to open PDF

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OTS – Israel Will Host 2018 Men’s World Championships After England Withdraws

Written by Lee Roggenburg on April 26, 2017. Posted in Uncategorized.

via press release Author’s note – was pretty surprised to see this today. But given how much Israel has made inroads in the lacrosse world in such a short period of time this should be a wonderful way for them to spread the popularity of the sport in their country. Israel finished 6th in the 2016 championship in their first...

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UF: Fitzgerald Earns Big East Defensive Player of the Week Honors

Written by Lee Roggenburg on April 26, 2017. Posted in Uncategorized.

via press release – photo via UF web site GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida senior defender Caroline Fitzgerald was named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday, as announced by the conference office. Fitzgerald shadowed Temple’s Morgan Glassford, and limited her to just one goal before checking out of...

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US Lacrosse North Florida Chapter Announces AA’s and Award Winners!

Written by Lee Roggenburg on April 26, 2017. Posted in Florida Lacrosse News, High School, Northern Boys.

via Twitter For the 2017 scholastic season, US Lacrosse allotted seven All Americans and seven All Academic awards to the North Florida boys’ award area, which encompasses 45 high school teams. The North Florida area boys’ award process was led by the Men’s Game Area Chair Tom West. In addition to the All American,...

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OTS – Utah Lacrosse Builds Toward Division I Dream

Written by Lee Roggenburg on April 25, 2017. Posted in Uncategorized.

from the Salt Lake Tribune and the photo was taken by Michael Mangum for the Tribune Author’s Note: I am using the abbreviation OTS for when FLN finds an article ‘outside the state’ that might interest our readership, whether in a general interest way or in a more tangible way. If the University of Utah is going to...

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IL’s Kyle Devitte’s First MLL Mock Draft

Written by Lee Roggenburg on April 25, 2017. Posted in Uncategorized.

Author’s note – Kyle Devitte’s first mock draft is just that, a first attempt. This is his way of starting the process of getting the MLL coaches to start thinking about the upcoming draft. Unlike previous year’s, when I covered the MLL Draft live from LaxCon in late January, MLL has decided to move the draft to...

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CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL: 2017 SSC Men’s Lacrosse Tournament

Written by Lee Roggenburg on April 25, 2017. Posted in Uncategorized.

via press release TAMPA, Fla. – The University of Tampa will host the Sunshine State Conference Men’s Lacrosse Tournament for the third consecutive year. The tournament will be held at Tampa’s Naimoli Family Athletic and Intramural Complex on Friday, April 28th (semifinals) and April 30th (championship). ...

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SSC Athletes of the Week: April 17 – 23

Written by Lee Roggenburg on April 25, 2017. Posted in Uncategorized.

via press release Men’s Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week Cody Martin / Florida Tech / Sr. / Attack / Middletown, Maryland Martin has been named the Offensive Player of the Week after he led the Florida Tech in a win over RV Rollins 12-8 to secure the No. 2 seed in the SSC Championship. The Middletown, Maryland native had four...

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Coin Toss Determines SSC Conference Playoff Slots

Written by Lee Roggenburg on April 25, 2017. Posted in College, Florida Lacrosse News, Lynn Men, Rollins Men.

Remember the coin toss scene from Friday Night Lights, the movie version? Permian, Midland Lee and Midland High finished with 4-1 records and there was no tie-break mechanism to determine which two teams would go to State. So the three head coaches flipped a coin . . . Well, that wasn’t made up just for the movie . . .it...

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