Who is the best Offensive Freshman on Varsity in D2?

Submitted by ReLAXinWA on Wed, 2006-04-12 00:28.

David Carlton

32% (10 votes)

Calvin Wiley

19% (6 votes)

Mark Rueter

26% (8 votes)

Nick Moser

13% (4 votes)

George Dolack

10% (3 votes)

Total votes: 31

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Northwest Lacrosse Invitational Pre-sale Tickets Now Available!!

Submitted by walax on Wed, 2006-04-12 02:29. Boy's Leagues

Advance ticket sales are available HERE. All proceeds go towards the travel expenses of the traveling teams. This should be a great time!

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Boys High School Weekly Beat Division I week 5

Submitted by walax on Wed, 2006-04-12 04:37. Features

April 3-10, 2006 By Fred Wilmot

SCOREBOARD

DATE	DIVISION I
Mon 4/3/2006
	5:00p Vashon 13 at Seattle Prep 7
	8:00p Maple Valley 2 at Mercer Island 14
Tue 4/4/2006
	5:00p Mercer Island 17 at Lakeside 4
	7:00p Roughriders 8 at Eastside 9
	8:00p Curtis 4 at Issaquah 12
	8:00p Garfield 12 at Nathan Hale 2
Wed 4/5/2006
	5:00p Bellevue 8 at Seattle Prep 3
	7:30p Curtis 13 at Roughriders 5
Thu 4/6/2006
	8:00p Vashon 14 at Nathan Hale 4
Fri 4/7/2006
	5:00p Eastside 5 at Seattle Prep 14
	8:00p Lakeside 3 at Bellevue 12
	8:30p Garfield 8 at Issaquah 7 (OT)
Sat 4/8/2006
	TBD (Exh) Mercer Island 9 at Charlotte Latin 4
	12:00p (Exh) Bellevue 11 at Southridge 2
	3:00p Bellevue 6 at Aloha 5
	8:00p Bainbridge at Maple Valley

DIVISION I

WALAX.COM WEEK FIVE RANKINGS


Conference	Team	In-Conference	Overall
Sound	Bainbridge Island	1	1
Metro	Garfield	1	2
Mountain	Bellevue	1	3
Mountain	Issaquah	2	4
Sound	Vashon	2	5
Sound	Curtis	3	6
Mountain	Mercer Island	3	6
Metro	Seattle Prep	2	8
Metro	Lakeside	3	9
Mountain	Eastside	4	10
Sound	Maple Valley	4	11
Metro	Roughriders	4	12
Metro	Nathan Hale	5	13

*To view the most current and complete Computer Rankings, visit LaxPower

RECAPS

DIVISION I

Parity seems to be the story this week. Prep dropped one to Vashon who came to play, at home on Monday missing O’Neill in their line-up. Curtis was missing three starters in their loss to Issaquah, and Bellevue picked up a strong win over Prep at Prep’s house. Bellevue has a tough week ahead of them, as does Prep with Bellevue playing Issaquah and Bainbridge this week. Also, Garfield plays Mercer who will be coming back from a road trip to Norht Carolina and Garfield coming off of the best game to watch of the year in their overtime defeat of Issaquah. The top spots may change possession a few more times, the parity this year is very satisfying. Was Bainbridge over Garfield a fluke? Was Bellevue over Issaquah a fluke? I see the 6-8^th spots as completely up in the air, but look for the mid-season evaluation of playoff contention next week. If you get an opportunity to watch the video of Issaquah vs. Garfield, it was incredible. Hats off to both teams!

Bainbridge Island BI is officially 6-0 and hitting their stride. Defeating Maple Valley, BI has a host of weapons in the shed right now with a gelling offense and a solid defense. The Gilbreath brothers and Weisner have been playing very well to support Masi, Delius, Colegrove, Knight and others. BI is uncontested at this point, but will have an interesting game against Bellevue on Tuesday.

Garfield Playing a short game against a beat up Haile squad in their 12-2 win of just three quarters, Garfield went into the Issaquah game with just four subs on the bench. Garfield’s keeper Montoya is playing very strong as are Snider, Hoffman, and Rohrbach. Attackman Jason Travis broke the drought this week, but will have to begin producing in order for Garfield to keep developing.

Issaquah Takes their first OT loss in their game against Garfield. Defeating Curtis two days before minus three of Curtis’s starters led them into Friday. Defensively, Gerrard has been playing terrifically as has Smith and Johnson. More production from Wright and Yaap now that he is back will help Campi shoulder his leadership role as will continued Kale support from the brothers. Issaquah is a run and gun team, and will need to keep relying on the youth to help peak in mid-season. Issaquah is explosive, and will be a play for the championship if they can keep MI down.

Seattle Prep Vashon beat Prep last week without a full strength O’Neill and fire in their bellies.Prep has a tough week facing Bainbridge and Issaquah back-to-back. If Prep leaves Thramer in cage (assuming no Travers) and allows their defense to gel, we may have games both ways. The Prep offense has been generating with and without O’Neill, but his return will be essential for success in these two big games. One nice surprise has been Sam Bernoski, who has been producing for Prep. A well-rounded offense in addition to settling defense and goalie situations will be key to begin a mid-season settled run.

Bellevue Defeating lakeside on Friday, Bellevue plays two games on Saturday in Oregon. Tuesday will be a true test against the undefeated Spartans though it is Spring Break. If Bellevue can get offensive output and possession time minus their line of d-mids, Spangler may be able to lead his offense against Weisner and company at home. Defensively, Bellevue has been playing solid ball, and will have to keep the ball out of Delius and Masi’s hands to keep the game in check.

Curtis Goes into their spring break week with an easy win over the Roughriders and developing a well-balanced offense. At times the Yerglers, Hodge, and Grimstead ball movement is tremendous, their defense is young but improving. Dropping their game to Issaquah came after not playing three starters. Curtis is showing they have what it takes to make the playoffs already, we will have to see what happens at Bellevue next week.

Vashon In solid form against Prep last week, Vashon’s new formula seems to be working. I think Coach DuPuis said it best stating Vashon is on a mission. Friday’s test against Garfield will pair potent offenses up. Vashon has led ground balls in the last three games and possession time. Led by Craighead and Serko, Kimbrough and McMurdo continue improving as does Wilks who is just getting back into the fold. Vashon continues to impress as the freshman class in Division I.

Mercer Island Mercer had an easy week with a game against Lakeside, their out-of-state trip will hopefully get the Islanders into a groove they have been looking for thus far. Beating Charlotte Latin was a good start, the Islanders also defeated Providence Day on Monday, a team that is 10-0. Mercer has the week to prepare for Garfield on Friday, another great game to define MI.

Lakeside Dropped a nail-biter to Maple Valley Last Saturday, and then a pair of tough games against Mercer and Bellevue. The Lions have to unseat Prep as number two to make the playoffs and will continue to count on Copenhaver, the Holmes brothers and Rothblatt for production. The Lakeside defense continues to improve, this is a rebuilding year for a young team with a bright future.

Maple Valley Buckman, Butt, Tooley and Johnson helped lift the Vandals over Lakeside in a great game. Maple Valley then faced two tough games in BI and MI. Both islands came away with wins, but Maple Valley has potential. The Vandals have their work cut out for them on Wednesday against Garfield, pitting a developing attack against a developing attack. If Maple Valley will have their work cut out for them, and will play Eastside. The Vandals still have time to get out of the Sound doghouse, but are members of the developing second best conference behind teams who are firing on all cylinders right now.

Eastside The Mountain-bourne Ravens have two games against the Sound conference bottom in Vashon and Maple Valley. Eastside has relied on Bearson all season, and he will need continued help from Liias and Finkenstadt to win games on points alone. The Ravens defense led by Sophomore net minder John Olin will have to have big games this week, but may be able to battle for wins.

Roughriders Truitt played a gritty game in their loss to Curtis. Roosevelt will have to get perspective on their goals for the season. Their season success will be determined by what Pawluskiewicz, Shaul and Hennings bring to help Grose, and the defensive effort exerted by Wheeler and company.

Nathan Hale Springer, Benitez and Shiplett lead the listless Hale Raiders looking for leadership and wins this week. Hale will travel to Issaquah to take on the Eagles before another game against Curtis. Hale is winless, but not hopeless- Defense is key and solid focus from team leaders and coaches can break the drought.

Division I Leaders

GOALS		ASSISTS		PTS/GAME
Drew Snider, GAR	30	Jeff Spangler, BEL	17	Drew Snider, GAR	5.38
Greg Bearson, EAST	27	Andrew Bjorkman, SEA	14	David Campi, ISS	4.5
Jared Grose, ROSE	25	David Campi, ISS	13	Kevin Mahony, MI	4.25
Danny Hoffman, GAR	25	Drew Snider, GAR	13	Greg Mahony, MI	4
Kevin Mahony, MI	25	Alex Craighead, VASH	12	Greg Bearson, EAST	4

GROUNDBALLS		G.A.A. (min 100 minutes)		SAVE % (min 60 shots)
Mijail Benitez, HALE	82	Jason Montoya, GAR	3.98	Jason Montoya, GAR	0.730%
Drew Snider, GAR	65	Spencer Schmidt, BEL	4.57	John Henderson, CURT	0.687%
Andrew Parietti, SEA	65	Garrett Johnson, ISS	5.05	Spencer Schmidt, BEL	0.661%
Kevin Mahony, MI	61	Jon Schwartz, MI	5.19	Garrett Johnson, ISS	0.604%
Greg Bearson, EAST	55	Taylor Knowles, SEA	5.78	Conner Fischesser, MV	0.604%

TOP PERFORMERS

JOHN HENDERSON, SR, Goalie, CURTIS… Facing 75 registered shots and saving 53 last week in two wins and a shelling at Issaquah, Henderson is a backbone for Curtis with a .706% save percentage for the week, including a bunch of tough solo saves.

JEFF SPANGLER, SR, Attack, BELLEVUE… Spangler leads Bellevue’s offense in goals and assists. He registered at least three points in each of last week’s four games and hs the money man for production for Bellevue.

DAVID CAMPI, SR, Attack, ISSAQUAH… Campi registered 9 points last week in a win over Curtis, and 6 of those points in their loss to Garfield. Campi comannded Issaquah’s offense in their loss, and continues to score at least three points average per game.

Games to Watch:

Tue 4/12/2006 5:00p Bainbridge @ Bellevue The first match up between these two this season. Number 1 versus Number 3 for out-of-conference top billing.

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The Walax.com Crease Monkey Camp Series Is Back!

Submitted by walax on Wed, 2006-04-12 09:44. Camps

The Crease Monkeys Are Back!

The highly successful Crease Monkey Lacrosse Camp Series will return to Seattle for its fourth straight year. Bringing even more experience, excitement and enthusiasm for the sport, we have sought out the most respected local and national lacrosse coaches.
Our directors are also accomplished players themselves; they share your passion for the sport and have shared their knowledge with hundreds of young lacrosse players.

The Crease Monkey Lacrosse Camps are a great place for any young, new or experienced lacrosse player to improve their skills, work hard, make new friends and have fun! Our Lacrosse program is designed to give players the opportunity to acquire the skills necessary to fulfill their goals and reach their potential.

Crease Monkey Lacrosse Camps immerse you in the sport, giving you the kind of focused, intensive training that is essential to improvement. Every facet of the game is covered, teaching you the fundamentals and skills to become a valuable team player.

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We welcome boys of all ability levels at our camps. Once in camp, each camper will be personally evaluated and placed into a group with other players of similar age and abilities. We have a low camper to staff ratio and some of the best coaches in the city/country running these camps. You’ll not only have fun but improve your skills in this positive teaching environment.

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Defenseman, Navy Division 1
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