the first annual Sammamish Shootout 3-on-3 lacrosse tournament went off without a hitch on July 3rd.  This tourney used a new tournament format for Washington.  Open to all comers grades 5-12, games are much shorter, and very exciting.  Scoring on a small marker on the field is much different than a 6' by 6' goal, and proved a great change of pace during this endless Lacrosse summer.  Think of 3 on 3 Lacrosse using "Chumash" Rules on a small field as "LACROSSE IN A BLENDER".  

Boston, MA - The U.S. National Team imposed its own brand of lacrosse Thursday, using a punishing defense and an opportunistic offense to defeat the Major League Lacrosse All-Stars, 18-10, at the MLL All-Star Game before 9,234 fans at Nickerson Field.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Central New York apparently heard the word that Casey, Michael and Ryan Powell were returning to their alma mater for an exhibition game as part of the 2006 U.S. Men’s National Team. Unfortunately for many in the overflow crowd of 3,500 at Coyne Field on the Syracuse University campus, a group of current area college stars also got the message and played their role in holding the area’s favorite sons to a lukewarm performance.

The 2007 National Convention will take place on January 11-14 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in downtown Philadelphia. With over Over 5,000 lacrosse enthusiasts attending last year's convention, this event has established itself as the largest educational opportunity for US Lacrosse member coaches, officials, and administrators in the world.

Everyone is caught up in the current “World Cup” which happens to be the Soccer World Cup.  In just two short weeks, the Lacrosse World Cup begins bringing teams from around the world to participate in the celebration of Lacrosse.  London, Ontario is the site for the International gathering, and will boast some of the best players in the world on the fields there.  Among the those players, several local players will be attending from Washington:

We published the MLL TV game schedule earlier in the year but as a reminder, here are the games scheduled to be televised on ESPN2 (including the Team USA v MLL All-Stars game on July 9th.

Team USA is coming off a huge 27-2 win over Team Ireland, while the MLL All-stars have a team rosters that promises to provide one of the best televised games of the year.

LONDON, Ont., Canada – The 2006 Warrior World Lacrosse Championships are just over one month away. The tournament will end on the heels of another global championship, the World Cup of Soccer in Germany, early next month.

The Lacrosse tournament, which runs from July 13-22, is expected to be the largest lacrosse event in history, promising to draw tens of thousands of fans to London, Ont., “The Forest City.”

Anyone who attended the HS Championships at Memorial Stadium will agree this was another great year for girl's lacrosse in Washington.  We've seen some really great performances throughout the season and it's been very hard to come choose the Walax.com HS Girl's Players of the Year so we're also awarding the Play-off Player of the year, Championship Players of the Year and Walax.com Player of the Year.

DURHAM, N.C. - The Duke University men’s lacrosse program will resume this fall under a strict new standard of behavior that the players drafted and with stronger administrative oversight of the program, President Richard H. Brodhead announced Monday in an electronic letter to the Duke community.

June 3rd 2006- Laxfest was a great day for Washington Lacrosse to cap off a phenominal season of parity and growth with a day to celebrate it all. The event, held at Mercer Island High School, showcased the best Lacrosse talent playing Lacrosse at its highest level. It was great to see people from all ages enjoying the games.