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The Hammerheads Have Surfaced 2/29/2020

February 29, 2020

Justin Ivey, Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The surface question on everyone’s mind at the Connecticut Hammerheads first press conference was fortunately blatantly asked. Why a hammerhead shark? Team President Ian Frenette responded, “We like the type-a, alpha nature of the shark and its aggressiveness.” The actual shark isn’t a common site in Long Island Sound, and it is tough to find if there has been any sighting off the shore…

Black Wolves Remain Unbeaten on Road 2/29/2020

February 29, 2020

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The New England Black Wolves (6-3) visited the New York Riptide (1-10) on Friday night for the second meeting of three between the two East Division rivals. This game was nothing like the first meeting where the Black Wolves won easily. Plagued by slow starts, New England again found themselves behind early. A six-goal run between the second and third quarters, as well…

Justin and Friends NLL Picks Week 14– 2/28/2020

February 28, 2020

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Standings: Shawn Palmer 42-19 Stephonya Hunter-Penner 38-23 Justin Ivey 37-24 Shawn went 5-0 last week – please everyone pay attention to this man’s picks. I fell to last but somehow still am tasked with doing the write ups! Stephonya only called one game wrong. If it wasn’t for the will of Dane Dobbie, I might be a bit better. This week has all…

Black Wolves Run Through Knighthawks 2/23/2020

February 23, 2020

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© On Saturday night, the New England Black Wolves (5-3) hosted the Rochester Knighthawks (1-8), for the first meeting between the two teams. The Knighthawks of last year are in Halifax, and this new Rochester expansion franchise is not as bad as their record leads you to believe. Up until this game, five of their seven losses have been by three goals or fewer. …

Justin and Friends NLL Picks Week 13 – 2/20/2020

February 20, 2020

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Standings: Shawn Palmer 37-19 Justin Ivey 35-21 Stephonya Hunter-Penner 34-22 Not a bad week for the panel! Everyone is still above 50% and darn are we proud of that. What a weekend it was! The undisputed highlight was the Philadelphia Wings going 2-0 by winning in Buffalo Saturday, and in New England Sunday to take first place in the East Division. Also noteworthy…

Wings Fly in New England, Cap Perfect Weekend – 2/16/2020

February 16, 2020

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© On Sunday night, the Philadelphia Wings (7-3) visited the New England Black Wolves (4-3) for their second game in as many nights. Just like their first meeting of the season, the winner of the game would claim first place in the East Division. Unlike the first meeting of the season, the Wings left victorious, but it wasn’t easy. After taking a commanding lead…

Swarm Hold Off Riptide, Avenge Loss – 2/16/2020

February 16, 2020

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© On Saturday night, the Georgia Swarm (5-3) hosted the New York Riptide (1-9) in front of nearly nine thousand fans at Infinite Energy Arena. The lone win for the Riptide in their inaugural season came on January 18 when they hosted the Swarm. In that game they were behind as many as five goals before mounting a comeback that ended with an overtime…

Justin and Friends NLL Picks Week 12 – 2/14/2020

February 14, 2020

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Standings: Justin Ivey 32-18 Shawn Palmer 34-16 Stephonya Hunter-Penner 30-20 Chris Vale 28-22 I got brought to school last week. Shawn has taken the group lead and along with him, Stephonya and Chris all went 5-0. My 2-3 needs some work. This week is the week for retribution. With six games on the schedule, including two Alterna Cup games, it is gearing up…

Justin and Friends NLL Picks Week 11 – 2/7/2020

February 7, 2020

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Standings: Justin Ivey 30-15 Shawn Palmer 29-16 Stephonya Hunter-Penner 25-20 Chris Vale 23-22 No undefeated teams remain! Toronto took down the last unbeaten, Halifax, at home and they were even down a few key players. Buffalo squeaked by Rochester, New England fell flat against a visiting Vancouver, Georgia handled the Wings and San Diego won the first NLL game in Las Vegas!! Another…

Warriors Stifle Black Wolves in New England – 2/2/2020

February 2, 2020

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Justin Ivey, Correspondent New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome© The New England Black Wolves (4-2) had a chance to respond to their first loss of the season with a home game against the Vancouver Warriors (3-4) on Saturday night in front of 4,801 fans. Unfortunately for those fans, the Black Wolves fell flat. “Not good. All over the floor. Dougie (Doug Jamieson) was good. That was the only good…

Justin and Friends NLL Picks Week 10 -1/30/2020

January 30, 2020

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Standings: Justin Ivey 28-12 Shawn Palmer 26-14 Stephonya Hunter-Penner 24-16 Chris Vale 22-18 Only one undefeated team remains! Georgia took down New England in OT to finish a great Week 9 schedule full of great lacrosse. Buffalo eked by Colorado, Philadelphia and San Diego beat up New York and Halifax remains the only undefeated team after defeating Calgary. Can they keep the streak…

Black Wolves Fall to Swarm in OT – 1/27/2020

January 27, 2020

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Tragedy struck the sports world on Sunday. Just after halftime at Mohegan Sun Arena, the news of the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of nine individuals including Kobe Bryant and his daughter, started to circulate through the media booth. Disbelief. Bryant’s mentality extended well beyond the basketball court. His outreach even touched lacrosse as Saturday he was working with high school lacrosse…

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