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

February 2, 2020

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…

Riptide Comeback Effort Comes Up Short 1/5/2020

January 5, 2020

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: New York Riptide The New York Riptide (0-5) hosted the Philadelphia Wings (2-1) in front of just over 5,000 people on Saturday night at the NYCB Live Arena. New York took their first home lead as a franchise in the first quarter, but a six-goal Philadelphia run in the middle of the first half had them playing catch up…

Justin and Friends NLL Picks Week 6 -1/3/2019

January 3, 2020

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Standings: Shawn Palmer 13-7 Justin Ivey 12-8 Stephonya Hunter-Penner 12-8 Chris Vale 11-9 Week 5 was full of surprises. Stephonya went an amazing 4-2 in a week full of “upsets”. I put the upsets in quotes because well, the season is young. Chemistry is a big part of the NLL and that will grow throughout the season. Colorado willed their way to an…

Rush Spoil Riptide Home Opener 12/29/2019

December 29, 2019

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Until last night, box lacrosse had not been played on Long Island since 2009. It was a historic night at the renovated NYCB Live Arena as the New York Riptide (0-4) hosted the Saskatchewan Rush (2-1) in front of 6,089 fans. Even commissioner Nick Sakiewicz was in the building. New York was playing their second game of the weekend, dropping a Friday night…

Justin and Friends NLL Picks Week 5 (Saturday and Sunday Games) -12/28/2019

December 28, 2019

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Standings: Shawn Palmer 10-4 Justin Ivey 9-5 Chris Vale 8-6 Stephonya Hunter-Penner 8-6 The panel was correct for the first Friday game! New England steam rolled New York with many players hitting milestones (read our recap – it was amazing). Calgary ended up coming out with a strong second half to defeat the Seals in San Diego. Five of the eight weekend games…

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