Northwest Lacrosse News

Attention, all club lacrosse players and ex-players, both men and women.  There is a crisis occurring in lacrosse in Washington State, and we need your help. 

Lacrosse has been an important part of your life.  Through lacrosse, you have had the opportunity to enjoy many good times and experience playing a great game. You may not be aware of the number of people that contributed their time and effort to ensure that your athletic experiences would be memorable ones.  It requires contributions of the entire lacrosse community to provide a positive lacrosse experience for players.  One group of dedicated professionals that work at every level of the game are the lacrosse officials.  Without officials, you would never have played lacrosse.  Their jobs are crucial, and their numbers are in short supply.  We need your help.  In Washington State, the phenomenal growth of lacrosse has made us victims of our success.  There are close to 50 boys high school teams, 30 girls high school teams, 50 middle school boy's teams and 20 middle school girls teams, as well as a burgeoning Lightning league of 3-4th and  5-6th graders of 12 teams.  That's a whole lot of games over a March-to-May season!

Over the past two years, many club players have stepped into the breach and now wear stripes, as well as their club jerseys.  Despite their efforts, we WILL NOT have enough officials to cover all the games this year, unless we recruit and train additional officials.

I am asking you to take your skill and knowledge of the game and help the younger players by joining us as officials.  Feed your passion and devotion to the game of lacrosse and honor the traditions of this game.  In doing this you bring honor to yourself and the teams and coaches you have played for in the past.  You will make it possible for the upcoming players to share in those traditions.  Officiating is fun, and it's a great way to earn $ money $ and give back to the game you love. 

We have prepared a training program for Rookie Officials, and will do everything we can to ensure your success as a lacrosse official.  The training begins January 28th and finishes January 29th at Seattle Pacific University. 

REGISTER HERE! 

Please respond positively to this request.  The game needs you. For further questions, or information, please visit http://www.waloa.info or contact:

Erik Smith,  Boy's High School District Assigning Authority  


Coco Hess,  Washington Lacrosse Umpire Board Director