We had the opportunity to catch up with Brad Gillies #10, Defense/Transition player and rookie for the Rochester Knighthawks after their win over the New England Black Wolves on January 7, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=WH45X0pT5Ek&feature=vm Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome
JJ Seaward, Beat Writer Saskatchewan Rush Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday January 7, 2017 and the first game of the new year for the defending NLL champions Saskatchewan Rush, they headed to Infinite Energy Arena in Atlanta, Georgia to face the Swarm. There were only 4,809 fans on hand for the home opener, but the Swarm fans got a real treat. It did not go the way the Rush would…
Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome The Colorado Mammoth (1-1) hosted the Vancouver Stealth (2-0) at the Pepsi Center on Saturday night, January 7, 2017. The temperature was cold outside, but the Pepsi Center was heating up as the 14,631 anxious Mammoth fans were pumped and ready for their team to open the 2017 NLL season in Colorado. Unfortunately for the Mammoth,
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome With this being the home opener and start of the Calgary Roughnecks 2017 NLL season, the Vancouver Stealth traveled to Calgary. The Stealth showed up with a stingy defense and a solid team effort to beat the Calgary Roughnecks 12-11 in a game that went to the last second of regulation time.
Chris Vale, Beat Writer Six Nations Lacrosse Lacrosse is Awesome The Six Nations Snipers are excited to start their first season this weekend in the newly formed Arena Lacrosse League. The A.L.L. is a six team league beginning this weekend in Southern Ontario. Their hopes are to become a minor league system to the NLL and giving players a chance to play at a higher level.
Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome The Colorado Mammoth opened the 2016-17 season with a bang. They headed to Buffalo to face the Bandits at KeyBank Center in front of a crowd of 14,268 fans. Bandits fans wanted that home opener victory, but it wasn’t in the cards. Tonight’s loss was only second to the worst opening night in Bandits history when they were defeated by the…
Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome The Rochester Knighthawks kicked off the 2016-17 NLL season with their home opener at the Blue Cross Arena against the Toronto Rock. The Hawks 8,137 fans were excited to see their team back in action after many months of a quiet arena. I have to admit that it’s quite different watching the game from the vantage point of the press area. …
Chris Vale, Beat Writer Six Nations Lacrosse is Awesome The fourth annual Dreamcatcher Charitable Foundation Lacrosse Tournament took place in early November. The tournament weekend didn’t just include playing some great lacrosse but it was also for a great cause. The Dreamcatcher Foundation is an organization that helps Native Americans with the financial offset of attaining their goals. Josh Powless put together this ten team tournament that had some very…
Chris Vale, Columnist Lacrosse is Awesome Kaitlyn Cooke is a High School freshman who attends Percy Johnston High School in Ontario, Canada and comes from a lacrosse family, her dad Chris Cooke is a goalie in box lax and her little brother plays minor in Mimico. Kaitlyn plays field lacrosse as a goalie. She is looking to start up the lacrosse program at Percy Johnston and has already gotten the…
JJ Seaward, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome Growing up in the small suburb city of Smokey Creek in Ontario, Kiel Matisz had cemented his legacy as a professional lacrosse player and paving his way up to the National Lacrosse League. “Stoney Creek is a suburb of Hamilton, Ontario. Hamilton is a city of half a million people; it is an hour or so from Toronto and an hour west of…
Di Miller, Beat Writer Metro State University of Denver Lacrosse is Awesome The Metropolitan State University of Denver Men’s Lacrosse team headed to Ft. Collins, Colorado to compete against the Colorado State University Rams, and the Colorado State University Pueblo Wolves. It was beautiful day of lacrosse with a gorgeous view of the mountains in the background. Field conditions were deplorable. There was about half an inch of water puddled…
We had the opportunity to catch up with Dylan Burke, Transition player and rookie for the Parker Rangers. The Rangers are one of two teams in the RBLL (Regional Box Lacrosse League) here in Colorado. The league was started by Brandon Scharaga to bring Semi-Pro Box Lacrosse to Colorado. https://youtu.be/79iENH32dDY Di Miller, Beat Writer Regional Box Lacrosse League Lacrosse is Awesome