BALTIMORE – US Lacrosse has announced the 122-player tryout pool for the U.S. men’s national under-19 team that will travel to Turku, Finland, in 2012 for the Federation of International Lacrosse U19 World Championships.  The tryouts will take place July 7-10, 2011, at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in Catonsville, Md. “We have assembled an excellent group of talented, strong players,” said Team USA Head Coach Tim Flynn.

From InsideLacrosse.com Press Release

First Round- Lake Washington v. King's Way, Eastside Catholic v. Tahoma, Tacoma v. Eastlake, Bellevue v. Lake Tapps

The Washington State Boy's Lacrosse Association announced this year's boys U.S. Lacrosse All-Americans.  This year the number of selections was expanded from the usual three to five.  The selections are comprised of three midfielders and two defensemen.  They are definitely interesting and perhaps controverstial this year and will have a lot of people talking.  Are there any big snubs?

Click here for the All-State and All-Conference selections.  Some interesting selections and spots, let us know what you think.  Who deserves praise and who got snubbed?

From Maryland Athletics, picture from lax.com. (Note Drew's number is 23 this season)

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Junior Drew Snider scored four goals and senior Ryan Young had two goals and three assists to lead the University of Maryland to a 13-6 victory over No. 8 seed North Carolina Sunday afternoon at Fetzer Field in the first round of the NCAA men's lacrosse tournament. Maryland drew first blood at the 8:11 mark of the first quarter. Good ball movement lead to Snider getting a good look from the right wing and he made it count by sneaking a shot inside the near pipe. Sophomore Owen Blye then scored back-to-back goals to give the Terps a 3-0 lead with just over 5:00 to go in the first. His first was a great individual effort that saw him convert from the left side of the crease. Blye's second goal came on Maryland's first extra-man opportunity of the game. Senior Grant Catalino laced a pass through the defense to Blye on the right side of the crease and Blye took one-step before scoring on a bounce shot.

Welcome back to Walax's Rundown.  This past week had more excitement around the state and around the nation as playoff May Madness is in full swing.  From high school to college to the professional level there was playoff action all across the board.  Featured this week is an interesting upset in DI, DII first round results, Washington boys in NCAA playoffs and the Stealth falling short in final game.

Garfield's junior midfielder Carl Barnes had a game high 6 points helping the Bulldog to win their first round playoff game with Snohomish.  Metro conference champions, Garfield entered the game as the one seed looking to get their first playoff win, since returning to Division 2 in 2010.  Standing in their way was the number one preseason ranked team, the Snohomish Panthers, who entered this game as a three seed from the highly competitive Cascade Conference.