Rumor Mill

Rumor has it , Kyle Harrison formerly from STX, and an MLL superstar has signed with Nike.  Another monumental force in Lacrosse has allied with Nike- living legend Gary Gait has also moved over to Nike...Looks like the forces are aligning with corporate America.

Rohrbach commits to St. Lawrence University- finished top five in the nation losing to Cortland in the NCAA play-offs, stay tuned for an interview...

Looks like there may be a new Lacrosse team in the 'A' division in Portland- Finally...Danny Ernst may be the leader.

Looks like the idea isn't dead, and there are a couple of groups of folks re-evaluating a pro team in Seattle, Portland or San Diego for 2010

Looks like Puyallup will go Division I, hopefully they can remain coinsistant as they move up.

One of the top defensemen in Washington signed with Denver last night!!  Formerly interested in Chapman after being recruited by Towson, Drexel, and UMBC- Platt decided on Denver late in the game, and will be a Pioneer for 2008!  Congrats TP!!

management has made a change, and a new coach from Poly Prep in New York may be climbing into the drivers seat at Prep...

Rumor has it, Coach Ian O'Hearn has been selected for the U-19 team USA selection comittee in Baltimore!

Looks like we'll also be adding rosters and team info for all of the boys youth 7/8 grade teams!!!!!

Haven't heard about the publication yet?  It'll be a free publication coming out at the beginning of the spring season.  In it you'll find photos and rosters for all varsity DI and DII programs plus youth 7/8.  In addition you'll find a wealth of useful information about lacrosse, it's rules and regulations, info on the playoffs, coaches notes and letters from WALOA, WHSBLA and BYLW plus loads of other great content.

Rumor has it, Meg Elston will be taking the reigns at Mercer island this year.  Good luck Meg!

Rumor has it- Yes, Drew Snider is officially going to Maryland to play Lacrosse...

will there be another team on the Eastside this year?  Rumor has it Woodenville HS is also starting a team...

Nathan Hale announced it's new Head Coach for 2007 will be Bobby Laudig.  Congratulations Bobby and good luck in 2007.

Two new boys youth teams are springing up this year in Seattle, a 5/6th grade team and a 7/8th grade team team.  Teams will practice and play games in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle. If you are interested in playing for the new team or in helping out with the team please contact Ryan Kelly [email protected] or Tad Harmon [email protected].
 

Washington State won its first lacrosse game in 3 years, defeating Idaho 12-6.

I heard that Coach Bayley has walked away from the program. Is he going to coach still? Maybe start a new program...

Well, looks like Lynnwood will be a DI program next year.  That makes the total moving up 3, now, will any programs move down?...

The Seattle Starz rosters will be announced this evening on Walax.

No rumor- Jeff Pattison, the Middle School coach for the top Mercer Island Middle School team and Varsity assistant coach, has taken the Head position at Lakeside School.

From the June 22nd Seattle P-I:

Whitsitt seeking lacrosse team
Former Seahawks, Sonics exec places NLL bid for Seattle

P-I NEWS SERVICES

Jim Jennings, commissioner of the National Lacrosse League, said Wednesday he has received an application from Bob Whitsitt for a Seattle expansion team for the 2008 season.

Whitsitt is former president and general manager of the Sonics and Portland Trail Blazers and former president of the Seahawks whose son, Sean, played on the Harvard lacrosse team as a freshman.

"I'd say his chances of getting a franchise in Seattle are pretty good," Jennings said from his office in New York.

Before receiving a franchise, expected to cost $5 million, Whitsitt must secure an arena lease and demonstrate that a Seattle-based franchise can attract season ticket and corporate support. The team likely would play its home games at KeyArena or the Tacoma Dome.

"We still have to present it (the application) to our board, but I think with a guy like Whitsitt running the team, I think he'll accomplish the goals," Jennings said.

The P-I was unable to reach Whitsitt for comment.

The indoor league has 13 franchises in the United States and Canada. They include the Arizona Sting, Buffalo Bandits, Calgary Roughnecks, Chicago Shamrox (new for 2007), Colorado Mammoth, Edmonton Rush, Minnesota Swarm, New York (new for 2007), Philadelphia Wings, Portland LumberJax, Rochester Knighthawks, San Jose Stealth and Toronto Rock.

"The Portland team, which was new last season, played in the Rose Garden and averaged about 10,000 fans per game," Jennings said. "We think Bob (Whitsitt) could develop a nice rivalry between Seattle and Portland."

Last season, the league's average attendance was 10,804, with several games drawing crowds in excess of 16,000. Total attendance was 1,037,147 for 88 regular-season games, six playoff games, the All-Star game at Toronto and the NLL Championship Game.

Each NLL team plays a 16-game schedule (eight home, eight away) in a season that runs from January through April and concludes with the Champion's Cup Playoffs.

All games are played on weekends.

The NLL is not affiliated with Major League Lacrosse, the professional field league that plays in the summer.

Professional indoor lacrosse, played within an NHL rink, combines the physical play of hockey with the high scoring and fast pace of basketball. The playing surface is turf carpet.

The 20-year-old league recently announced a national broadcasting agreement with OLN that will begin in January.

The ducks defeated PLU to win it, followed by Western and UW filling out the 3rd and 4th spots.  U of O will attend the USLIA championships in Dallas in May.

Rumor has it, Meg Elston will step down at the end of the season...

Men's Club team Victoria bows out for the season sighting a shortage of players and money.   This will prevent them from playing in the playoffs next year as well!

rumor has it.... UW will still be a club team!

Rumor has it, Starz Director Fred Wilmot will be the new hed coach at UW...

The annual Army/Navy game will be televised tomorrow at 1pm ET on CSTV.

The National Lacrosse League and ESPN2 have announced the network will televise the league’s 2006 Championship Game live on Saturday, May 13 at 6PM Eastern/3PM Pacific.   Maybe we'll see the Lumberjax in the final, this weekend they are playing for home field advantage.

 Is this a legitimate opinion?
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/01/sports/othersports/01lacrosse.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print

Our image galleries are now online and under the multimedia section.

If you are a registered user you'll shortly be able to unload your photos to the galleries. If you want us to create any extra galleries just let us know.

Just a quick word though on content.  They musy be lax or lax related photos, nothing rude or obscene as they will be removed.  Thanks in advance for keeping it clean and fun.

That is interesting since Ryan is moving out here to play for the Dragons...I don't see how the NLL would be able to keep NLL players from competing with the MLL since 40% of the MLL all-stars are playing both.

Rumor has it that the NLL will move to have an outdoor league as well as the indoor league...I wonder if the MLL knows about this;)

This Saturday, 25th, Walax is running a free boys defensive clinic with Brian Kelly, one of THE best D poles in the country!  See the front page for info and how to register.  Remember it's free so what do you have to loose!

Pro player  Danny Ernst (Portland Lumberjax) has quit the PNLA Div 1 Portland team in favor of playing for the B league!  Danny will now be playing for the Multnomah.

Rumor has it Brian Kelly, Todd Eichelberger and Brian Silcott will all be coming to town for a number number of free walax.com clinics.  Check the clinics page shortly for dates and times.

Folks, it looks like the last company to be purchased by a major corporation- is about to fall... rumor has it New Balance, Nike and others have been fighting for the opportunity. 

The National Lacrosse League has announced an international broadcast agreement for the “NLL Game of the Week” with Eurosport 2.  Eurosport 2 is broadcast in 18 million households in eight languages across 40 different countries. 

"We're pleased to bring NLL action to fans internationally with a broadcast partner like Eurosport 2,” said NLL Commissioner Jim Jennings. “This is a great opportunity for fans all over the world to experience the excitement of the NLL.”