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

February 16, 2020

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…

Justin and Friends NLL Picks Week 9 -1/24/2020

January 24, 2020

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Standings: Justin Ivey 25-10 Shawn Palmer 22-13 Stephonya Hunter-Penner 20-15 Chris Vale 18-17 Vancouver started off last weekend with a low scoring win over Colorado, setting the stage for an underdog weekend that saw both New York and Rochester get their first wins as franchises. Philadelphia flexed their muscles, pushing New England to OT in a loss on Saturday, and then completely dismantling…

Callum Crawford is the OT Hero in Win Against Philly – 1/19/2020

January 19, 2020

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The forecast in Connecticut on Saturday was 3-6” of snow. Fans still turned up to see the undefeated New England Black Wolves (4-0) host the Philadelphia Wings (3-2) for rivalry night. The 4,084 fans were not disappointed and witnessed some of the best lacrosse played so far this year. In the Black Wolves last action, three weeks ago, they treated the home crowd…

Justin and Friends NLL Picks Week 8 -1/17/2020

January 17, 2020

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Standings: Shawn Palmer 19-8 Justin Ivey 19-8 Stephonya Hunter-Penner 17-10 Chris Vale 15-12 As the leader of this group, nothing gets me more excited than a 5-0 weekend with the picks! Finally, I have evened up with Shawn for the group lead. We aren’t going to dwell on last week because this week crazy. Another weekend with EIGHT GAMES scheduled, so let’s get…

Rush Hold Off Seals in San Diego – 1/12/2020

January 13, 2020

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Saskatchewan Rush (3-1) travelled south to play the San Diego Seals (1-4) in the final game of Week 7 in the NLL on Sunday. The team stat line showed an even match. The Rush outshot the Seals 58-52, but the Seals gathered more loose balls (73-70). Both teams were dead even in the faceoff circle going 12-24. The difference maker was the…

Justin and Friends NLL Picks Week 7 -1/10/2019

January 10, 2020

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Standings: Shawn Palmer 15-7 Justin Ivey 14-8 Stephonya Hunter-Penner 14-8 Chris Vale 12-10 Week 6 only had two games, but they were exciting! The Colorado Mammoth completed an outstanding come from behind victory over the Vancouver Warriors on the back of their gritty defense. The New York Riptide had a similar scenario to get their first win of the season against the Philadelphia…

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